John Wilson, Esq. and Catherine Cunningham

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Husband John Wilson, Esq. ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1762 - ? Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Mar 1847 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Marcus Wilson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: Jun 1785 1

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Wife Catherine Cunningham ^{1 4}

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           Born: Abt 1769 - Scotland
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Dec 1857 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Christopher Cunningham (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Nicholas Wilson ¹

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           Born: Abt 1786 - ? Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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2 F Mary Wilson ^{3 5 6 7 8}

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           Born: 30 Nov 1787 - Ireland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Aug 1872 1 3
         Buried:  - Washington, Washington Co, PA

         Spouse: David Acheson (1770-1851) 6 7 8 9 10 11
           Marr: 31 Oct 1805 6 10

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3 F Martha Wilson ^{3 12}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1790 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Mar 1871 - Allegheny Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. John Wishart (1780-1864) 3 12 13
           Marr: Oct 1827 1

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4 F Jane Wilson ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1793
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jul 1872 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Baird (1785-1860) 14 15
           Marr: 25 Oct 1811 1 2

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5 F Margaret Wilson ^{1 16}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jul 1876 - Philadelphia, PA 16
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nicholas Wilson (      -      ) 2

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6 F Catherine W. Wilson ^{1 16}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jan 1877 16
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rev. Andrew Todd (      -1850) 1 2

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7 M Marcus Wilson ¹

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           Born:  - Washington, Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Aug 1837 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 1
         Buried: 

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8 M John K. Wilson ^{1 16 17 18 19}

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           Born:  - Washington, Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jul 1883 16
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Maria Shields (      -Aft 1882) 1 17 18

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9 M James Wilson ¹

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           Born: 1806 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Feb 1822 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John Wilson, Esq.

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He and his wife, with their firstborn child, immigrated from Ireland to America in 1786. After a residence of three years in Philadelphia they settled in Washington, Pennsylvania, in 1789, and there, after a long life, they came to their rest.

With his family and his father, he settled in Philadelphia, where they remained three years, and in 1789 removed to Washington, Pennsylvania. They started from Philadelphia with all their goods in a cart; on reaching Bedford the cart was abandoned, as bridle-paths were the only roads west of the mountains, and pack-horses were used. He was a cabinet-maker, and at once commenced his business in Washington. He built a house and shop. He was elected justice of the peace Feb. 1, 1799, and held the office until the infirmities of age compelled him to retire.

He and his wife had twelve children.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 482.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 251.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 252.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 223.

5 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 480.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 888.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 64.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 270.

9 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 479.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 27.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 511.

12 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 482, 544.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 592.

14 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 482, 542.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 250.

16 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 253.

17 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 508.

18 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1457.

19 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 74.