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Elizabeth [M3F7-NPG] is the first wife of William Wilson of Yelvertoft. She married him on 25 Dec 1803 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England. At that time she was the widow Wilson, indicating that she had been first married to another Mr. Wilson. Her date of birth and death are unknown. The dates on the tombstone at Find A Grave Memorial 57845315 are of William Wilson's second wife, also named Elizabeth [GS9Y-3ZY].

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.

The first Elizabeth was a widow before she married William Wilson. Her name was given as Elizabeth Wilson, so she may have been married first to another Wilson. The surname Mann was supplied by but that name cannot be correct because Elizabeth Mann lived in Northumberland, England.
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My reply to an email dated 14 July 2022:
Hello Louis, (louis_davies@talktalk.net)
Thank you very much for the interesting documents that you shared with me.
The 1775 baptismal record appears to read, “"Elizabeth the Daughter of Richd. Goode & Alice his wife was baptized Octr. 11th"
The marriage record shows Wm. Wilson and Eliz. Goode married 11 Oct. 1797 at Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England. The bride’s name is given in the transcript as “Eliza Goodge,” but on the document I see “Eliz. Goode.” Both the bride and the groom must have been illiterate; they signed with only a mark X.
Is the 1815 burial record the same Elizabeth Goode? If she is the same Elizabeth Goode who married William Wilson, why is she not called Elizabeth Wilson?
My fourth great grandfather, William Wilson Sr., born 25 August 1777 in Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, had two wives named Elizabeth. The surnames of the two Elizabeths are unknown.
The second Elizabeth, 14 January 1782 - 19 November 1849, married my fourth great grandfather about 1816, and they had one daughter, Rebecca E. Wilson. Rebecca married William Collister 8 July 1839 in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Some descendants of Rebecca are my DNA matches, which confirms the relationship. The matching DNA came from William Wilson Sr., not from Rebecca’s mother, who is not my direct ancestor.
The first Elizabeth that married William Wilson Sr., who is my ancestor, apparently was the widow of another Mr. Wilson, and they may be the parents of a daughter, Lydia Wilson, born about 1800 somewhere in England. Lydia married David Hobbs 3 May 1818 in Yelvertoft. William Wilson and his first wife had six children, all of whom were christened in the Congregational Church in Yelvertoft. Thus, we know that he was not an Anglican. Elizabeth married William Wilson Sr. 25 December 1803 in Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England, and she died about 1815.
Could Elizabeth Goode be my fourth great grandmother? Her name, age, and date of death are similar to my fourth great grandmother’s. The William Wilson that Elizabeth Goode married in 1797 could be my fourth great grandmother’s first husband, the father of Lydia. Elizabeth Goode was from Clifton-upon-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, which is only about three miles from Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, so she and my ancestor were living in neighboring villages. Elizabeth Goode was an Anglican, and her marriage to William Wilson was in an Anglican church. Between 1754 and 1837 only Church of England marriages were legal, so the marriage had to be in that church.orthumberland, EnglanNorthumberland, Englandorthumberland, England

Marriage	25 Dec 1803	Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, England - William Wilson Sr.
Death	Abt 1815	Northamptonshire, England
Birth		England

Spouse	William Wilson Sr. (1777 - 1853)
Child	Thomas Wilson ( - 1868)
Child	John G. Wilson ( - 1893)
Child	Jane Wilson ( - )
Child	Anne Wilson ( - )
Child	William Wilson Jr. (1812 - 1860)
Child	Ebenezer Wilson ( - 1882)

Spouse	Wilson ( - )
Child	Lydia Wilson (1800 - )

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