Person:Benjamin Wilson (22)

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Benjamin Wilson
b.Est 1752 Maryland or Virginia
d.Abt 1833 Monongalia County, West Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bef 1754
  1. Benjamin WilsonEst 1752 - Abt 1833
  2. Hannah WilsonAbt 1754 - Aft 1830
  3. Josiah WilsonEst 1758 - 1808
  4. William Wilson1760 - Aft 1840
  5. Margaret WilsonAbt 1762 - Aft 1809
  6. Humphrey Beckett WilsonEst 1764 - 1817
  7. George WilsonAbt 1765 -
  8. Arthur WilsonAbt 1770 - Aft 1850
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m. Abt 1773
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Facts and Events
Name Benjamin Wilson
Gender Male
Birth? Est 1752 Maryland or Virginia
Marriage Abt 1773 Monongalia County, Virginiato Eleanor Wilson
Death? Abt 1833 Monongalia County, West Virginia
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Records of Benjamin Wilson in Augusta County, VA

From Chalkley's Augusta County Records:


  • Rebeckah Wilson vs. Benj. Wilson and Eleanor, his wife--O. S. 123; N. S. 43--Bill 3d December, 1807--About 1789 James Wilson conveyed to oratrix land in Monongalia, the deed being destroyed when the records of Monongalia were destroyed. James afterwards conveyed to defendants who have brought ejectment against complainant, who is widow of William Wilson, deceased, who was brother of James Wilson. Eleanor is daughter of William by his first wife. William died in 1806 testate. Ann Skinner Wilson is sister and William Lanham is married to a sister of Rebeckah. James Wilson answers and denies having made a deed to Rebeckah, but did make deed to William. Will of William Wilson of Monongalia County, dated 2d January, 1807. Wife Rebeckah; sons Stephen, George, Josiah, Abraham; daughters Basha Williams, Jinny Wilson, Rebeckah, Harriot, Ruth Devine, Nancy, Elinor; brother Josiah Wilson. Recorded in Monongalia, February, 1807. Deed 15th May, 1807, by James Wilson of Monongalia to Elinor Wilson, wife of Benj. Wilson of same place. Recorded in District Court at Morgantown, 15th May, 1807. List of deeds recorded in Monongalia from January, 1788, to January, 1789, within district of James Dougherty, Commissioner, Thomas Davey and Mary, his wife, to Gordon Hall, 400 acres. Zackll. Morgan and Drusilla to Wm. McCleery, lot in town. Conrad Walters and Ann, his wife, to Geo. Stockton, lot in town. John Pierpont and Ann to Wm. Lanham, lot in town. Hugh McNeeley to James Dougherty, 5 acres in town. Zachll. Morgan and Drusilla to Saml. Hanway, 4 acres; Wm. McCleery and Isabella to Francis Brooke, lot in town. Thomas Pindell and Judith to Fauquire McCroy, lot in town. Zackll. Morgan and Drusilla to Rees Woolf, lot in town. James Wilson to William Wilson, 50 acres. John Peirpont and Ann to Thomas Boyd, 166 acres.

(Note: this suit was brought by Rebecca (Ferguson) Wilson, the step-mother of Benjamin Wilson's wife, Eleanor (Wilson) Wilson).

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