Adam Wilson and Sarah Mercer
Husband Adam Wilson 1 2 3
Born: - County Down, Ireland Christened: Died: Nov 1834 - ? Wilmington Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1 Buried:Marriage: Abt 1788
Wife Sarah Mercer 1
Born: Abt 1766 - County Down, Ireland Christened: Died: Dec 1848 - ? Wilmington Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1 Buried:
Father: [Father] Mercer ( - ) Mother:
Children
1 M Thomas Wilson 1
Born: 27 Dec 1789 - Cumberland Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 21 May 1860 - Lawrence Co, PA 4 Buried:Spouse: Martha "Mattie" Scott ( -1832) 4 Marr: 6 Jan 1814 4Spouse: Rachel Crawford (1799- ) 4
2 M William Wilson 1
Born: 25 Sep 1791 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
3 F Sarah Wilson 1 5
Born: 25 Jan 1794 - near Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 26 Jun 1870 - Lawrence Co, PA 6 7 Buried: - Greenwood Cemetery, New Castle, Lawrence Co, PASpouse: Thomas Falls (1793-1865) 5 6 Marr: 25 Dec 1818 2 4
4 M James Wilson 1
Born: 25 Mar 1796 or 1797 - Wilmington Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 8 Christened: Died: 8 Jun 1866 9 Buried:Spouse: Martha Mercer (1803-1875) 9
5 M John Wilson 1
Born: 1 Aug 1799 - Cumberland Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 2 Feb 1865 - Lawrence Co, PA 10 Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Byers (1801-1841) 10 Marr: 10 Dec 1822 10Spouse: Susan Calvin ( -1868) 10 Marr: 21 Jul 1842 10
6 M Josiah Wilson 4
Born: 26 Dec 1801 4 Christened: Died: 2 Apr 1865 11 Buried:Spouse: Margaret Alexander ( -1859) 11 Marr: 30 Oct 1830 11
7 M Adam Wilson 4
Born: 23 Jan 1805 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
8 F Jane Ann Wilson 4
Born: 27 Mar 1807 4 Christened: Died: Aft 1877 Buried:Spouse: William Alexander, Jr. ( -1840) 11 Marr: 8 Feb 1827 12Spouse: Mathew Dinsmore (Abt 1797-1872) 13 Marr: 3 Jun 1851 12
9 F Maria Wilson 4 14
Born: 2 May 1809 4 Christened: Died: Aft 1877 Buried:Spouse: James Hopper ( - ) 12 14 15 Marr: 23 May 1833 12Spouse: William Johnston ( -1854) 12 Marr: 27 Oct 1850 12Spouse: Samuel R. Salisbury (1803-Aft 1877) 12 Marr: 23 Aug 1855 12
10 F Martha Wilson 4
Born: 19 Mar 1813 4 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Adam Wilson
New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA
A native of county Down, Ireland, about the year 1788, he married, and immediately afterwards took, as his wedding trip, a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to America, landed at New Castle, in the state of Delaware, and, after a year passed in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, finally settled in Cumberland County.
In the year 1801, Mr. Wilson moved with his family to what is now Lawrence County, and located in the northwestern part of New Wilmington township, on the farm later owned and occupied by John D. Wilson, one of his grandsons. The journey was performed in genuine pioneer style-in a wagon supposed to be the first one that ever crossed the Alleghenies. The team was driven by William Mercer, his brother-in-law. The emigrants had to cut their way through the wilderness from Pittsburgh to Wilmington, there being no roads yet opened. Here in their newly made home, both he and his wife passed the remainder of their lives.
He was a strong, robust man, and weighed nearly two hundred pounds. He was noted for his energy and activity, and his promptness in the discharge of duty. He possessed a highly social nature, abounded in wit, and was the life of every circle in which he moved. He was one of the organizing members of the Neshannock Presbyterian Church, and donated to the congregation the ground for the church edifice, and for the cemetery adjoining. It may be mentioned as a remarkable fact, that he was never ill up to a few minutes before his death, which was very sudden, and occurred on this wise: On the evening previous, he retired apparently in perfect health, but about nine or ten o'clock his wife noticed that he was breathing with difficulty. She spoke to him, at the same time placing her hand upon his cheek, but he made no reply. She instantly arose and struck a light,-but found him dead.
1 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 174.
2 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 90.
3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 65.
4 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 175.
5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 90.
6 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 184.
7 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 93.
8 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 174, 176.
9 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 176.
10 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 177.
11 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 178.
12 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 180.
13 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 954.
14 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 280.
15
—, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 154.
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