WILSON, John ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

There is a John Wilson from Harshow MM, Lancashire, Eng. who arrived on Quaker certificate on Dec 17, 1718 in Philadelphia, PA who might be this John or a parent/uncle of this John Wilson. (C-720)

There is a possibility that he was the John Wilson of east Marlborrough, Chester Co, PA who married Elizabeth Jackson, d. of John Jackson, deSouth Carolina., on 10/24/1741 at Londongrove. There were no Wilson witnesses. Jno. Cook, Jacob and Mary Wright were among the witnesses. He might have been the John Wilson who witnesses the marriage of Samuel Pope and Elizabeth Stevenson in Menlesson Twp., Pa in 1751 along with an Alexander Underwood and many others. Many of the Wilsons in this area at the time were Irish Quakers.

He might be the following John Wilson in "Chester Co., Pennsylvania Wills": Book Page: B:155, Surname: Wilson, Given Name: John, Title: Yeoman, Description: Decedent, Prove Date: 7 Aug 1773, Remarks: John Wilson of Letterkinny, yeoman. 23 Aug 1769. Sons John, Hugh, James, Samuel and William. Exs., sons James, Samuel and William Wilson. ⁴

John married Ruth UNKNOWN. (Ruth UNKNOWN died after May 4, 1769.)