Robert WILLSON, Sr. b. 26 Aug 1753 , Warren, NJ, USA d. Bef 1797: Our Family History

Ancestrees

1753 - Bef 1797 (< 43 years)

Father	Gabriel WILLSON, Sr. *, b. 23 Jul 1725, Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co, NJ, USA d. 28 Oct 1805, , Warren, NJ, USA (Age 80 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elizabeth LUNDY, b. 10 Mar 1730, Plumstead, Bucks, PA, USA d. 25 May 1811, Green Meadows, Warren, NJ, USA (Age 81 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	9 Dec 1748	Kingwood M.M., Hunterdon, NJ [4]
Family ID	F5604	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mercy HEATON, b. 3 Sep 1756, Hardwick, Sussex, New Jersey, United States d. Aft 1796, Of Fayette, PA, USA (Age > 41 years)

Marriage 1775

Children

	1. Caleb WILLSON, b. Aft 1782, , Warren, NJ, USA d. , Parke, IN, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	2. Gabriel WILLSON, b. Aft 1783, , Warren, NJ, USA d. , Parke, IN, USA [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	3. John WILLSON, b. Abt 1777, , Warren, NJ, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	4. Isaiah WILLSON, b. Aft 1779, , Warren, NJ, USA d. Aft 1840, , Sullivan Or Vigo, IN (Age > 61 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	5. Benjamin WILLSON, b. Aft 1778, , Warren, NJ, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	6. Robert WILLSON, Jr., b. Aft 1780, , Warren, NJ, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	7. Mercy WILLSON, b. Aft 1781, , Warren, NJ, USA d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	8. Sarah V. WILSON, b. Abt 1794, Rowan County, North Carolina, USA d. 4 Mar 1860, Mercer County, Missouri, USA (Age 66 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]
	9. Rebecca WILLSON, b. Abt 1792, , Warren, NJ, USA d. 4 Apr 1828, , Miami, OH, USA (Age 36 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F3205 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 29 Sep 2024

Notes

Robert Willson, Sr. married Mercy (or Mary) Heaton in 1775 probably in Warren Co., New Jersey. Although he was thought to have died in Kentucky in 1816, it appears that is not the case from the following information found by Kim Holly. "Redstone Monthly Meeting House in Fayette Co., PA reads as follows Mar. 11, 1797: Mercy & children John, Benjamin, Isaiah, Robert, Mercy, Caleb, Gabriel & Rebecca, rec'd Kingwood MM, dtd 1796, 9, 8. There is a Jeremiah & w/ Joanna Wilson in this same MM house." This is definitely the wife and children of Robert Willson, Sr. However, since Robert is not listed in this move, it is likely that he died previous to 9/8/1796. There is a deed record for a Benjamin Wilson who received land in Guilford Co., NC in 1797 which might be a dispersal of land to his son, Benjamin after Robert dies that needs checked. (C-906)

I also descend through Esther's brother Gabriel, so the Dna matches this far back in time are likely showing up because we descend through two siblings of the Willson family.

[S10] Richard Eugene Willson, comp, The Willson Family, 1672-1959 (Kent, Oh: Unpublished, 1959).
[S2056] Gaiser, Carol to Linda Coate Dudick E-mail letter dated June 18, 1996 at ggaiser@i-d.com In Linda Coate files (C-2019).
[S41] Holly, Kim, Email dated 2002+ from kimh@cwnet.com.
[S1519] The Jerseyman (Vol. 4, 1898-1899, Flemington, N.J. : H. E. Deats, editor and publisher, pgs. 15, 46 & 47, Ohio Historical Society Archives Library, 17th Ave., Columbus, Ohio, Call # 974.97105 J487).