Capt. James Wilson and Isabella Mitchell
Husband Capt. James Wilson 1
Born: - Chester Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:Marriage: 30 Aug 1774 - Rocky Spring 2
Wife Isabella Mitchell 1
AKA: Isabel Mitchel 2 Born: - Adams Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Children
1 M John Wilson 1
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
2 M James Wilson 1
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3 M Samuel Wilson 1
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4 M Thomas Wilson 1
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5 M David Wilson 1
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6 M Hugh Mitchell Wilson 1 3 4
Born: 1 Apr 1793 - near Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 31 Jul 1872 1 Buried:Spouse: Mary Henderson ( -1867) 4 Marr: 21 Dec 1815 1
General Notes: Husband - Capt. James Wilson
His parents came to America from Scotland.
Shortly after the close of the Revolutionary he war went westward with a colony to the section now included in Washington and Allegheny counties, settling in Allegheny County on the "Forks of the Yough" (Youghiogheny). He was captain of a company of "minute men" and was engaged in one or two expeditions against the hostile Indians which to some extent still roamed over the region.
1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 617.
2 Editor, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 25.
3 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 396x.
4
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1556.
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