WILSON ANNEX
Nellie Lenore
(Wilson) Waful Pedigree
(Start at generation 4, below.)
Special thanks to George
Edgar Drake for
preserving much of the information and photos available in this annex.
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 24 December 2018
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Origin
of the surname “Wilson:”
Generation
10
9 Alexander
Wilson
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1741/42 in Massachusetts. Died 1802 in Vermont. Veteran of the US Revolutionary War; served
in the grade of Sergeant at the Battle of Saratoga. Moved from Massachusetts to Vermont.
2. Wife: Huldah
Gilbert
Born 1746/47.
Died .
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a.
Alexander Wilson, Jr.: See generation 8, below.
b. Jonathan
Wilson: Born 1769. Died 1847.
c. Huldah
Wilson: Born 1775. Died 1824.
d. Abel
Wilson: Born 1777.
e. Suel
Wilson: Born 1779. Died 1827.
8 Alexander
Wilson, Jr.
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1772 in Massachusetts. Died 1804 in New York. Moved from Massachusetts to New York.
2. Wife: Dolly Wilson
Born . Died
.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a.
Henry W. Wilson: See generation 7, below.
b. Alexander
Wilson, III: Born 1791.
c. Sylvester
Wilson: Born 1796.
d. Laura
Wilson: Born 1798.
e. Eleanor
Wilson: Born 1801.
f. Huldah
Wilson: Born 1803.
7 Henry W.
Wilson
1. Biographical notes:
Born 1793. Died 1824.
Moved from Williamstown Township, Oswego County, New York to LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
2. Wife: Anna Stele
Born 1783.
Died 1864, age 80 years, 7 months, 18 days; interred Sheepfold
Cemetery.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Edny
Wilson: Born 1811.
b.
Henry Wilson: See generation 6, below.
c. Nancy Wilson:
Born 1814.
d. John
Wilson: Born 1816.
e. Alexander
Wilson: Born 1818.
f. Wesley
Wilson: Born 1820.
g. Fletcher
Wilson: Born 1822.
h. Mary Jane
Wilson: Born 1823.
i. William W.
Wilson: Born 1825. Died 1893. Married Ann Ward (b. 1843, d. 1894) and had
the following children:
(1. Christina
Wilson.
(2. Clark
Wilson.
6 Henry Wilson (more
info)
1.
Biographical notes:
Born 29
January 1813 in Williamstown Township, Oswego County, New York. Died 1878, age 65 years, 7 months, 2 days;
interred Sheepfold Cemetery, LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. When young moved with his parents to LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Employed as a millwright and carpenter.
1865 NYS Census: Henry Wilson, age 52 (b. Rensselaer
Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. He had been
married twice. The household also
included his wife, Mary D. Wilson, age 38 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), mother of 8,
and married once; daughter, Paline (sp) Wilson, age 21 (b. Jefferson Co., NY)
and never married; daughter, Mary A. Wilson, age 9 (b. Jefferson Co., NY);
daughter, Sarah A. Wilson, age 9 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and son, George A.
Wilson, age 4 (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
1870 US Census: Henry, age 57 and employed as a
farmer in Wallwright, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Mary Jane Wilson (age 38); daughter, Sarah Alice Wilson (age
14, twin); daughter, Mary Agnes Wilson (age 14, twin); son, George Arthur
Wilson (age 9); and daughter, Jennie E. Wilson (age 3). All were born in New York State.
2. Wife
#1: Mary Ann Balset/Bassett
a. Biographical notes:
Born about 1813. Died 11 August
1853, age 40 years, 3 months; interred Sheepfold Cemetery. Resided in LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York when married.
b. Children:
(1. James Henry Wilson: Born 1836. Died 1837.
(2. George Case Wilson: Born 1838. Died 1840.
(3. James Edward Wilson: Born 1840. Died 1890.
Married Lucy A. Wilson (b. 1842, d. 1937).
(4. Julia Case Wilson: Born 1844. Died 1940.
Married (?) Bailey.
(5. John Henry Wilson: Born 1852. Died 1853.
(6. Jane H. Wilson: Born 1837. Died 1837.
3. Wife
#2: Mary Jane Smith
a. Biographical notes:
Born 1826; daughter of Daniel Smith.
Died 1892, age 65; interred Sheepfold Cemetery. Married Henry Wilson in 1854. The 1890 Child's Directory of Business described
Mary as "widow of Henry" at/near Sterlingville, LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York.
b. Children:
(1. Sarah Alice Wilson: Twin. Born 1856.
Died 1933. Married Frank Hall.
(2. Mary Agnes Wilson: Twin. Born about 1856. Married Dr. Charles Shumway.
(3. George
Arthur Wilson: See generation 5, below.
(4. Jennie Elizabeth Wilson: (photos) Born 1866.
Died 1947; interred Sheepfold Cemetery.
Apparently never married.
5 George
Arthur Wilson (photos)(more info)
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 6 January 1861 on the Wilson
homestead on Road 49 in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. Died there 22 April 1939; interred
LeRaysville (Sheepfold) Cemetery. In
1833 purchased, developed, and operated a farm on Pleasant Street Road outside
LeRaysville in LeRay Township. About
1890 was described in Child's Business Directory as a farmer near Sterlingville
with 6 cows and a 40-acre wood lot.
1910 US Census: George A., age 48 (b. NYS, as were
his parents), was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York, five families away from the Lucy A. Wilber household, where Mable A.
Wilson (age 19 and single) resided. The
household also included his wife of 26 years, Stella L. Wilson (age 45, b. OH,
father b. NYS, mother b. PA, had had 5 children, all still alive); and son,
George A. Wilson (age 9).
2. Wife: Estella/Estelle “Stella” L. Honeywell (photos)
Born 1865 in Ohio; daughter of David Honeywell of
Seneca Falls Township, Seneca County, New York.
Died 1951; interred Sheepfold Cemetery.
Resided at Carthage, Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York. Married George Wilson on 23 June 1883 at
Carthage. In 1949 resided at Sandy
Creek, Jefferson County.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Harry/Henry
Grant Wilson: (photos)(more info) Born 24 March 1885
at the Wilson homestead on Pleasant Street near LeRaysville and remained there,
helping his parents operate the farm.
Died (took his own life) there Friday, 20 December 1935, age 50;
interred Sheepfold Cemetery. Was a
well-known nature writer for various magazines.
Never married.
b. Edward Everett Wilson: (photos) (more info) Born 18 December 1886 at the
Wilson homestead near LeRaysville, Jefferson County, New York. Died 25 January 1949, age 62, at home on
South Main Street in the Village of Black River from complications of two
cerebral hemorrhages (stroke); interred Black River Cemetery. Initially worked at George Sheldon’s store in
Great Bend, then in 1913 moved to Black River to work in the F. D. Hall grocery
store. In 1920 accepted a position with
the Atlantic and Pacific (A&P) Tea Company (a grocery store chain) and
eventually became Manager of the A&P store at 503 State Street, Watertown,
Jefferson County. In 1940 purchased the
Red and White store in the Village of Black River, but was forced by health to
change plans and work as Office Manager for the Crescent Beverage Company in
Watertown. Married Dorathea "Dorothy"/"Dot" Marie Gates (photos) (b. 1885, d. 1969), daughter of
George Emory and Catherine A. (Gormley) Gates of Sterlingville, LeRay Township,
Jefferson County and subsequently resided at 1154 Boyd Street, Watertown. Edward and Dorothy had the following
children:
1910 US Census: Edward E. Wilson, age 23, was
heading a household on Gardner Road in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York next door to the Myron P. Gardner household. The household also included his wife of less
than 1 year, Dorothy M. Wilson (age 24); and Dorothy’s mother, Maria C. Gardner
(age 73, widowed, had had 3 children, 1 still alive).
(1. Margaret
Wilson: (photos) Born 1912.
Died 1973. Married Arthur A.
Clark (b. 1905, d. 1987) and resided at Greenwich, Connecticut. Also resided at Middletown, New York. Margaret and Arthur had the following
children:
(a. Robert
Clark.
(b. Larry
Clark.
(2. Lucille A.
Wilson: (photos) Born 1915. Died 1998. Veteran of World War II; stationed in the
Pacific. In 1949 was a Captain in the U.
S. Army Nurse Corps stationed at Camp Lee, Virginia. Never married.
c.
Nellie Lenore Wilson: See generation 4, below.
d. Marion Jane Wilson: (photos) Born 1892 at the Wilson homestead near
LeRaysville, Jefferson County, New York.
Died 1978. Married Chester Martin
Lamb (b. 1872, d. 1945) and resided at Sutton, West Virginia. In 1949 resided at Sackets Harbor, Hounsfield
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Marion and C. K. had the following children:
(1. Helene
Lamb: (photos)
Married (?) Umbarger (b. 1921).
(2. Harold
Lamb: (photos) Died about age 4.
(3. Shirley
Lamb.
e. George Arthur Wilson,
Jr.: (photos) Born 1900 at the Wilson homestead near
LeRaysville, Jefferson County, New York.
Died 1970. Buyer for, then
manager of the G. R. Kinney Company, Middletown, New York. Resided at Jackson Heights. Married Beatrice Merle Peattie (b. 1895, d.
1970) and had the following son:
(1. Richard
"Dick" E. Wilson: (photos) Born 1928. Compiled some of the information in this
annex.
Married Jean Waggoner (b. 1931) and had the following children:
(a. Sandra
Jean Wilson: Born 1955. Married (1st)
Christopher Farthing (b. 1954) and had the following daughter:
(1) Amanda Jean
Farthing: Born 1976.
Sandra Jean
(Wilson) Farthing married (2nd) John Lockard Barnes (b. 1957) and had the
following son:
(2) Sean
Wilson Barnes: Born 1988.
(b. Keith
Richard Wilson: Born 1958. Married
Janeece Jane Wheeler (b. 1961) and had the following children:
(1) Brendan
Colt Wilson: Born 1992.
(2) Danielle
Sierra Wilson: Born 1995.
(3) Derek
Montana Wilson: Born 1997.
(c. Mark
William Wilson: Born 1963. Married Julie
Grace Klumpp (b. 1963) and had the following children:
(1) Amy
Caroline Wilson: Born 1992.
(2) Trevor
Mark Wilson: Born 1994.
(d. David
Scott Wilson: Born 1968.
4 Nellie Lenore Wilson:
Born
1888 at the Wilson homestead near LeRaysville.
Died 1974. Married
Perl E. Waful, paragraph 3.g. of generation 4 of the Waful Annex on
25 December 1909.
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Other, still
unknown, Wilson names:
1. Sylvester Wilson: Born between 1775 and 1795.
1820 US Census: Sylvester, age 26 to 45 and
employed in agriculture, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included 1 male age 16 to 26; 2 females under age 10; and 1 female age 10 to
16.
2. Sewal Wilson: Born between 1775 and 1795.
1820 US Census: Sewal, age 26 to 45 and employed in
agriculture, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included 3
males under age 10; 2 males age 10 to 16; 1 male age 16 to 18; 2 males age 16
to 26; 1 female under age 10; 1 female age 10 to 16; 1 male age 16 to 26; and 1
female age 26 to 45.
3. John Wilson: Born about 1792.
1820 US Census: John, age above 45 and employed in
agriculture, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included 2
males under age 10; 1 male age 10 to 16; 1 female under age 10; 1 female age 10
to 16; and 1 female age 26 to 45.
4. John G. Wilson: Born about 1767 in New York City. Died 1855, age 88, in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. Veteran of
the American Revolutionary War; was a drummer boy. John moved to LeRay Township, New York at age
78. Married Sarah Newkirk (d. 1848, age
83) and had 6 children, including:
a. Jacob Wilson: Born about 1788 in Fulton County, New
York. Died 1864, age 75, in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Moved to to LeRay Township, New York.
1840 US Census: Jacob, age 40 to 50, was heading a
household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included 2 males under age
5; 2 males age 5 to 10; 1 male age 10 to 15; 1male age 15 to 20; and 1 female
age 20 to 30.
1860 US Census: Jacob, age 68 and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Polly Wilson (age 57); son, Allen Wilson (age 31); daughter,
Emily Wilson (age 24); daughter, Mary Wilson (age 23); son, John Wilson (age
22); and son, Homer Wilson (age 20). All
were born in New York State.
Jacob
Wilson married (1st) Vasta Rose and had the following children:
(1. Willard Wilson.
(2. Charles Wilson.
(3. Rhoda Wilson.
Jacob
Wilson married (2nd) Mary Becker, daughter of Henry Becky of Pamelia Four
Corners, and had the following children:
(4. Sarah Wilson.
(5. Henry Wilson.
(6. Allen Wilson: Born about 1829 in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. Employed as
a farmer. Moved to Cape Vincent
Township, Jefferson County in 1856.
Married Emily L. Spinning, daughter of Othneild and Louie (Hubbard)
Spinning of Cape Vincent Township.
(7. Emily Wilson: Born about 1836.
(8. Electa Wilson.
(9. Nelson Wilson.
(10. Mary Wilson: Born about 1837.
(11. John Wilson: Born about 1838.
(12. Homer Wilson: Born about 1840.
5. Lyman Wilson: Born between 1800 and 1810.
1840 US Census: Lyman, age 30 to 40, was heading a
household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included 1 male under age
5; 2 males age 5 to 10; 1 male age 10 to 15; 1 female age 10 to 15; 1 female
age 30 to 40; and 1 female age 40 to 50.
6. Abel Wilson: Born between 1790 and 1800.
1840 US Census: Abel, age 40 to 50, was heading a household
in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included 1 male age 5 to
10; 1 female under age 5; 1 female age 5 to 10; and 1 female age 30 to 40.
7. Lisson Wilson: Born between 1800 and 1810.
1840 US Census: Lisson, age 30 to 40, was heading a household
in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included 1 male under age
5; 1 male age 5 to 10; 1 female under age 5; 1 female age 5 to 10; 2 females
age 10 to 15; 1 female age 15 to 20; and 1 female age 30 to 40.
8. James Wilson, Jr.: Born between 1800 and 1810.
1840 US Census: James, Jr., age 30 to 40, was heading a
household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included 1 female age 40
to 50.
9. John Wilson: Born between 1810 and 1820.
1840 US Census: Abel, age 20 to 30, was heading a household
in Wilna Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included 1 male age 15 to 20; 1 female age 10 to 15;
and 1 female age 20 to 30.
10. William H. Wilson: Born about 1807.
1840 US Census: William, age 30 to 40, was heading a
household in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included 1 male under age
5; 1 male age 15 to 20; 1 female age 15 to 20; and 1 female age 30 to 40.
1860 US Census: William, age 53
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Rutland Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Freelove Wilson (age 52); son, William H.
Wilson, Jr. (age 21, employed as a farmer); son, Francis E. Wilson (age 17,
employed as a farmer); and daughter, Louisa E. Wilson (age 14). All were born in New York State.
a. William H. Wilson, Jr.: Born about 1839.
b. Francis E. Wilson: Born about 1843.
c. Louisa E. Wilson: Born about 1846.
11. Charles Wilson: Born about
1821.
1860 US Census: Charles, age 39
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. The household also
included his wife, Lois Wilson (age 27); and son, Charles Wilson, Jr. (age
3). All were born in New York State.
a. Charles Wilson, Jr.: Born about 1857.
12. George A. Wilson: Born about
1820.
1860 US Census: George, age 40
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Rutland Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Matilda M. Wilson (age 34); daughter, Mary H.
Wilson (age 13); daughter, Emma A. Wilson (age 11); Marcia B. Wilson (age 7);
son, James E. Wilson (age 1); and Justus Brown (age 22, employed as a farm
laborer).
a. Mary H. Wilson: Born about 1847.
b. Emma A. Wilson: Born about 1849.
c. Marcia B. Wilson: Born about 1853.
d. James E. Wilson: Born about 1859.
About 1890 Child's Business Directory described James as a farmer of 118
acres of land with 16 cows.
13. Nellie E. Wilson: Born about
1861 in New York State.
1880 US Census: Nellie E., age 19
(b. NYS, as were her parents) was employed as a domestic servant in the
household of George Hicks (age 41) in Antwerp Township, Jefferson County, New
York.
14. Rowley Wilson: Born February
1874.
1900 US Census: Rowley, age 26
(b. Feb 1874 in NYS, as were his parents) was employed as a farm laborer, was
heading a household in Antwerp Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife of 6 years,
Florence Wilson (age 26 – b. May 1874 in NYS, father b. NYS, mother b. Canada,
3 of her 4 children were still alive); son, Walter Wilson (age 2 – b. Jul
1897); son, Glenn Wilson (age 1 – b. Jul 1898); and daughter, Hazel Wilson (age
1 month – b. Apr 1900).
a. Walter Wilson: Born July 1897.
b. Glenn Wilson: Born July 1898.
c. Hazel Wilson: Born April 1900.
15. Julia (?) Wilson: Born about
1835.
1910 US Census: Julia, age 75, widowed,
had had 4 children, 3 still alive, was living in the household headed by her
son-in-law, Samuel Allen (age 38) on Halls Corner Road in Philadelphia
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included Samuel’s wife of 16 years, Minnie Allen (age
46, had had 2 children, 1 still alive); and Samuel’s daughter, Ruby E. Allen
(age 13, single).
a. Minnie Wilson: Born about 1864.
Married Samuel Allen.
(1. Ruby E. Allen: Born about
1897.
16. (?) Wilson: Married (?) and
had the following children:
a. Julia Wilson: Married (?) Bailey.
b. James E. Wilson: Died 1890.
Veteran of the Civil War. Married
Lucy Slaid(?) (d. Dec 1937, age 97) and had the following son:
(1. William "Will"
Thomas Wilson: (more info) Born 2
July 1868. Died 1939, age 70, in front
of his home from complications of heart disease; interred Sheepfold Cemetery,
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Resided in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County. Employed as a farmer in LeRay Township until
1912, when he moved to Philadelphia Township to resided with his mother, where
he was employed as a carpenter. Married
(1st) Flora A. Sheldon (b. abt 1871, d. 10 Sep 1899, age 28) (who
had sister, Stella Sheldon, who married (?) Sterling and resided at
Philadelphia, NY) of LeRay Township on 25 September 1889 and had the following
daughter:
(a. Mabel Wilson: Married Lawson
Chapin, perhaps son of Willard Chapin of Watertown (who also had daughter, Helen
Chapin, and resided at Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York. Mabel and Lawson had the following daughter:
(1) Flora Chapin.
William Wilson married (2nd) Ella Lyon of
Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York in October 1915.
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