This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YRB.2ACE/1204.2 Message Board Post: Hello, Because I have yet to identify the family of my third great grandfather "Philander W. Wilson" I was reading your posts concerning your Wilson line from Essex County with great interest. According to family history, Philander was born in Crown Point, Essex Co. New York on June 1, 1810. He married a "Charlotte Eliza Hopkins" in 1835, and then moved to Ohio, where seven of their eight children were born, including my second great grandfather "Philander E. Wilson" born 22 July 1838. Eventually our Wilsons moved to Noble County, Indiana where my great grandfather "John Hopkins Wilson" as well as his daughter and my grandmother "Dessie LuCinda Wilson" lived and died. Could there be any connection between our families? Please feel free to contact me at CBL2000@aol.com. I'd enjoy hearing from you. Thanks so much! Cindi - Southern California