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Nathaniel Wilson (bp. 1621–1692)
Hannah Crafts (say 1628–1692), daughter of Lieutenant Griffin Crafts and Alice Unknown
Nathaniel's English Ancestry [1]
William Wilson of Halifax, Yorkshire
Isaac Wilson of Sowerby and Warley (townships in Halifax), the son of William Wilson of Halifax, was baptized on 15 June 1567 in Halifax. Isaac of Ovenden died on 11 November 1632 in Halifax. He married Susan Holgate on 15 May 1611 in Halifax.
Susan Holgate was the daughter of John Holgate, Sr. of Ovenden Moore, York. John died between 28 October 1606, when he made his will and 16 April 1607, when it was proved.
Children of Isaac and Susan, baptized in Halifax: (i) Jacob bp. 29 Dec. 1611; (ii) Benjamin bp. 7 May 1615; (iii) Susan bp. 2 Feb. 1616/7; (iv) John bp. 11 Jul. 1619; (v) Nathaniel bp. 2 Aug. 1621)
Nathaniel Wilson, Sr., the son of Isaac Wilson and Susan Holgate, was baptized 2 August 1621 in Halifax, Yorkshire. [1] He died on 17 September 1692 in Newton. [2] He married Hannah Crafts on 2 April 1645 in Roxbury. [3]
Hannah was born say 1628. Hannah, the wife of Nathaniel, Sr., died on 18 August 1692 in Newton. [2]
Hannah is referred to as wife of Nathaniel Wilson in her father's will of 18 May 1689. [4]
Torrey [1] found two pertinent records in the Aspinwall Notarial Records. In the first, dated 19 November 1647, Nathaniel Wilson of Roxbury gave John Wilson of Halifax, Yorkshire, clothworker, the power of attorney to ask the executor of the estate of of Nathaniel Holgate of Halifax about a legacy that had been given him. In the second, dated 19 August 1648, by a deed of that date, Nathaniel Wilson of Roxbury transferred to Joseph Wood of Ovenden [a township in Halifax], Yorkshire, his right to a messuage in Ovenden.
Torrey [1] investigates Nathaniel's English ancestry.
Nathaniel died intestate. [1]
Children of Nathaniel Wilson and Hannah Crafts:
i. Hannah Crafts was baptized on 2 May 1647 in Roxbury. [3] Hannah, the wife of Shubael, died on 13 February 1721/2, age 75, in Roxbury. [3] She married Shubael Seaver on 7 February 1668 in Roxbury. [3] Shubael, the son of Robert Seaver, was born on 31 January 1639/40 in Roxbury. [3] He died on 18 January 1729/30, age 92, in Roxbury. [3]
ii. Susanna Wilson was born about 1649. She died on 29 December 1725, age 76. [4] She married Lieutenant Thomas Gill on 31 December 1673 in Hingham. [5][6] Thomas, the son of Thomas and Hannah (Otis) Gill, was born on 8 March 1648/9 in Hingham and died on 3 September 1725, age 76. [5]
iii. Nathaniel Wilson was baptized on 8 May 1653 in Roxbury. [3] He married Hannah, the daughter of Edward Jackson, Sr. [6] Hannah, the wife of Nathaniel, Jr., died on 26 September 1690 in Newton. [2] He married second Elizabeth Osland on 11 March 1692/3 in Newton. [2] Elizabeth, the daughter of Humphrey and Elizabeth (Hyde) Osland, was born on 25 January 1667 in Newton. [2]
iv. Benjamin Wilson (twin) was born on 30 or 31 January 1655/6 in Roxbury. [3] He married Sarah ___. Sarah, the wife of Benjamin, died on 15 April 1689 in Newton. [2]
v. Joseph Wilson (twin) was born on 30 or 31 January 1655/6 in Roxbury. He died between 30 September 1724 and 26 April 1725. He married Deliverance Jackson.
vi. Isaac Wilson was born on 24 August 1658 in Roxbury. [3] He died on 2 or 3 April 1709 in Newton. [2] He married Susanna Andrews on 19 July 1685 in Newton. [2] The widow Susanna died on 27 November 1740 in Newton. [2]
vii. Mary Wilson (probably) was baptized on 23 June 1661 in Roxbury. [3, parents' names missing] She married Deacon Thomas Oliver of Cambridge as his second wife on 19 April 1682 in Newton. [2][6] Thomas, the son of John Oliver, died on 31 October 1715. [6] He married first Grace Prentice on 27 November 1667. [6] Grace, the daughter of Captain Thomas Prentice, died on 30 September 1681. [6]
viii. Abigail Wilson was baptized on 10 April 1664 in Roxbury. [3] She married Deacon Edward Jackson as his second wife. [6]
ix. Samuel Wilson [6]
x. Rebecca Wilson [6, perhaps]
References:
1. Clarence Almon Torrey, "The English Ancestry of Nathaniel Wilson," The American Genealogist 17 (1940): 227–30.
2. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850 (Boston: New England History Genealogical Society, 1905): 146 (Osland births), 349 (Osland marriages), 407–8 (Wilson marriages), 517 (Wilson deaths).
3. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem: Essex Institute, 1925), vol. 1: 312 (Seaver births), 385–7 (Wilson births); vol. 2: 439–40 (Wilson marriages), 635–6 (Seaver deaths).
4. "Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers," database with images, AmericanAncestors.org, case 1773.
5. Josephine C. Frost, Ancestors of Henry Rogers Winthrop and His Wife Alice Woodward Babcock (n.p.: n.p., 1927), 225.
6. James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, 4 vols., (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1860–1862), vol. 3: 311 (Oliver); vol. 4: 586 (Wilson).
28-Apr-2023