Isaiah Willson

Aft 1779 - Aft 1840  (> 61 years)

• Name	Isaiah Willson  [1, 2]
  Birth	Aft 1779	Warren, New Jersey, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 1840	, Sullivan Or Vigo, IN
  Person ID	I101	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Willson, Sr.,   b. 26 Aug 1753, Warren, New Jersey, USA d. Bef 1797 (Age < 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mercy Heaton,   b. 3 Sep 1756, Hardwick, Sussex, New Jersey, United States d. Aft 1796, Of Fayette, PA, USA (Age > 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1775
  Family ID	F3075	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Notes

  He moved to Vigo Co., Indiana with brothers Caleb and Gabriel. Caleb and Gabriel eventually moved to Parke Co., IN whereas Isaiah moved back and forth from Vigo Co. to Sullivan Co., IN. (C-256) Kim Holly sent me the following fromHistory of Vigo and Parke Counties". "Isaiah WILSON was the first blacksmith, in fact he seems to have performed all the mechanical work of the township up to the year 1818. About this date Samuel KEEN established a smith shop near the present residence of Leander WILSON (grandson of Jeremiah Willson who married Joanna Moore). Relieved, in part, of the duties required of him, Mr. WILSON now constructed a cotton-gin, a mechanical branch of industry then much needed, and which materially increased the growth of cotton. From fifteen to thirty acres of cotton were annually grown on Battlerow prairie for many years, and as late as the year 1840 patches of from one-fourth to two acres were grown in many parts of the township."

  
  

• Sources

  [S183] Richard Eugene Willson, comp, The Willson Family, 1672-1959 (Kent, Oh: Unpublished, 1959). [S184] Holly, Kim, Email dated 2002+ from kimh@cwnet.com.