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Facts and Events
| Name |
Rev Thomas Wilson |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2] |
Cal 1563 |
Durham, England |
| Degree[1] |
7 Feb 1583/84 |
B.A., Queens College, Oxford |
| Degree[1] |
7 Jul 1586 |
M.A., Queens College, Oxford |
| Occupation[1] |
Bet Jul 1586 and Jan 1621/22 |
Canterbury, Kent, EnglandRector of St. George the Martyr |
| Marriage |
Est 1587 |
Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child.
to Rebecca Unknown |
| Marriage |
29 Jun 1592 |
Canterbury, Kent, EnglandSt. George the Martyr
to Christian Ower |
| Burial[1] |
25 Jan 1621/22 |
Canterbury, Kent, EnglandSt. George the Martyr |
Wilson’s book Christian Dictionarie was found among the estates of Pilgrims William Brewster, Samuel Fuller, and Myles Standish, and several others were members of Wilson’s parish and later members of the Pilgrim Leiden church. Historian Peter Clark wrote that Thomas Wilson was “probably the most distinguished preacher in early Jacobean Kent [who preached] themes from middle of the road Calvinism.”[1]
His will names his wife Christian, sons Samuel and Theophilus, daughter Jane Taylor, and daughters Martha, Mary, and Hester Wilson. [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Willcox, Doris Schreiber. Massachusetts Descendants of the Rev. Thomas Wilson, Author Of The Pilgrims' Christian Dictionarie: Theophilus Wilson, Martha (Wilson) Bachelor, Mary (Wilson) Treadwell, and Their Nephew Samuel Taylor. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan 2009)
163:5-11.
ThomasA Wilson (later the Rev Thomas Wilson, rector of St George the Martyr, Canterbury) was born in co. Durham, England, in 1562 or 1563, and was buried at St George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent "in his own church-yard, outside the chancel." on 25 January 1621/2.
- ↑ Stephen, Leslie, ed, and Sidney, ed Lee. Dictionary of National Biography. (London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900).
Thomas Wilson (1563-1622), born at Durham, matriculated at Queen’s College at Oxford on 17 Nov. 1681 at the age of 18. Received his B.A. in 1683/4 and his MA in 1586. In July 1586, he was appointed rector of St. George the Martyr at Canterbury. He lived out his life at Canterbury, and was buried there on 25 Jan 1621/2. He wrote “Christian Dictonarie”, published first in London in 1612, one of the earliest attempts at a concordance of the Bible. It was published later in many editions through the 1600s.
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