Individual Details

Birth

William Wilson was born 25 Aug 1777 and christened 21 Sep 1777 in the Welford Congregational Church (which moved in 1793) in Welford, Daventry District, Northamptonshire, England, by William and Jane Wilson of Yelvertoft in the County of Northampton.
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England, Northamptonshire, Non-conformist Records, 1840-1894
William Wilson
Sex Male
Birth Date 25 Aug 1777
Birthplace Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Birthplace (Original) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Father's Name William Wilson
Mother's Name Jane Wilson
Event Type Birth

Christen

William Wilson
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 21 Sep 1777
Christening Date (Original): 21 SEP 1777
Christening Place: INDEPENDENT, WELFORD, NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND
Birth Date: 25 Aug 1777
Father's Name: William Wilson
Mother's Name: Jane

Marriage

First name(s) ELIZABETH
Last name WILSON
Marriage year 1803
Marriage day 25
Marriage month Dec
Marriage place LONG BUCKBY
Parish Yelvertoft
Marital status W
Spouse's first name(s) William
Spouse's last name Wilson
Spouse's title -
Spouse's parish Long Buckby
Spouse's marital status S
Event Type Marriage
By Banns or licence Banns
County Northamptonshire
Country England
Record set Northamptonshire Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from United Kingdom

Between 1754 and 1837 only Church of England marriages were legal, so the marriage had to be in that church.

Marriage

William Wilson, [M3F7-NPC], born 25 August 1777, was twice married. His first wife died in England, and his second died in Avon township according to the "Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Huron and Lorain, Ohio" page 672. A marriage record dated 25 Dec 1803 documents the union of William Wilson of Long Buckby to the widow Elizabeth Wilson of Yelvertoft [M3F7-NPG]. Her date of birth is unknown, but she must have died about 1815. His second wife, also named Elizabeth [GS9Y-3ZY], 1782-1849, is buried in Avon Cemetery, Ohio, near her husband. If we take these records at face value, together with the known christening dates of the children, we may deduce that William Wilson married two Elizabeths of unknown surname. The first Elizabeth married two men named Wilson. She and her first husband [G4F7-CBG] may be the parents of a Lydia Wilson [L5KK-6Y5] born 2 Apr 1800, who married David Hobbs on 3 May 1818 in Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, England. William Wilson was Elizabeth’s second husband, the father of her other six children, and he would be the stepfather of Lydia Wilson. The last of the six children born to William Wilson and Elizabeth was christened 5 Feb 1815 in Yelvertoft. The second Elizabeth must have married William Wilson about 1816 in Northamptonshire, England, and they were the parents of Rebecca E. Wilson [LHF6-SN4], born about 1817 in England. DNA matches between Rebecca’s descendants and other children of William Wilson confirm the relationship.

Census (family)

The only Wilsons listed in the 1840 census for Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, are two Williams, one Thomas, and one John. Thus I suppose they are the father William Wilson Sr., and his three sons who immigrated about 1830.
Family of William Wilson, Sr:
1 M 60-70 [William Wilson]
1 F 50-60 [Elizabeth]

Census

William Wilson is living alone (in Dwelling 944) next to John Wilson (Dwelling 945) and near William Wilson, Jr. (Dwelling 947) and Ebenezer Wilson (Dwelling 950) in 1850 at Avon, Lorain County, Ohio.