Robert Willson

1709 - 1785  (75 years)

• Name	Robert Willson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	1 Sep 1709	Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co, NJ, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Apr 1785	Great Meadows, Sussex, NJ, USA
  Person ID	I14851	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Samuel Willson,   b. 5 May 1681, Scarborough MM, York, England d. 19 Dec 1761, Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hester (Esther) Overton, *,   b. 26 Oct 1682, , Hunterdon, NJ, USA d. 6 May 1736, Kingwood, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States (Age 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Jun 1705	Chesterfield Twp., Burlington Co, NJ, USA   [8]
  Family ID	F5121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Lundy,   b. 6 Nov 1716, , Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA d. 4 Mar 1807, Independence Twp., Sussex, NJ, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	8 Aug 1734	Blumstead M.M., Buckingham, PA
  Family ID	F5201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

• Documents

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• Notes

  Robert and Mary Willson had a daughter, Martha, b. Feb. 18, 1754 in Hardwick, Sussex Co, NJ who moved to Whitchurch Twp., York Co., Ontario with her husband Henry Widdifield. There are Willson descendants in Canada from this branch. (C-

  
  

• Sources

  [S183] Richard Eugene Willson, comp, The Willson Family, 1672-1959 (Kent, Oh: Unpublished, 1959). [S338] Mrs. Herbert E. Brown The Willson Family, 1682-1850 In Linda Coate files (C-740). [S3369] Francis, Mary, Letter sent Aug. 16, 2001 (Mary Francis, 7 Picton St., #805, London, Ontario, Canada N6B 3N7). [S528] Armstrong, William C., Pioneer Families of Northwestern New Jersey (www.ancestry.com, p. 81-84). [S2954] Ross L. Harrison Descendants chart for Sylvester Lundy. [S3366] William Clinton Armstrong, A.M., The Lundy Family and their Descendants of Whatsoever Surname (New Brunswick, NJ: J. Heidingsfeld, Printer, 1902). [S834] Willson, Richard Eugene, The Willson Family, 1672-2002 (Forest, OH: c2003, p.3-5). .