Ron, I printed out your response to Betty to keep and review. I have been searching my Wilsons for 16 years and have only gotten a tiny bit further than Ruth Wilson Dillon who wrote "The Chinn Book". What I know is that there were 3 brothers. William 1765-1794 m. to Jane King John 1772-1821 m. Elizabeth Chinn Jacob 1774-1843 m. Margaret King The KING sisters were daughters of Phillip King and Mary Kerney of Berkeley Co. WV/VA Their daughter Margaret Kerney married James Blue and this whole family moved to Union Co. KY Their son John Blue had a daughter that married a son of John Wilson and Elizabeth Chinn and they too lived in Union Co. KY. The rest of John and Elizabeth's kids either stayed in Middleburg Loudoun Co. Va or went to Union Co KY or White Co. IL Jacob Wilson was mentioned in a bio of his son stating he was born in 1774 in Chester PA was at Harper's Ferry in 1798 and served at the White House in the War of 1812 under Col. William Washington. Jacob's father fought in the Rev'n war and was wounded at Paoli and captured. His Uncle Silas fought at Brandywine. NOW, I did a little research on Col. Wm. Washington and the time line to me didn't fit, but I didn't expand on it too much. I did however speak with someone who had wounded soldier's info and found only THREE Wilson's that were wounded/died in Paoli. Of the three soldiers, only a John Wilson was actually captured, and later died which matched my info from the bio. 7th Pennsylvania Regiment - Lieut. Col. David Grier, commanding Strength: 325 (Muster/pay rolls available for September 1777) 3. Sgt. John Wilson, Talbot's Co. - Wounded/Prisoner/Died 28 September It is THIS man that I need to put in Chester Pa. I did a search of soldiers and I did find a Silas that served from Pa and can't recall now if it was Chester or not but believe it was. With the Wilson name being so common, its very hard to make connections. I guess my best bet would be to search for any pension records received for him by a wife. But in my years of research I did at one time make note of John Wilson the Burgess for some reason as a clue. It's interesting at this point to mention that the KING sisters great-grandmother was Sophia Elizabeth Burgess. The locations I have for these early families is Halifax and Stafford Co's. Another interesting note was your mention of early Maryland counties. My John Wilson and Elizabeth Chinn although living in Loudoun Co. Va. got their marriage license in Frederick Co. MD and I have yet to figure out why. They were of age, her father liked John, he even built them a house in Middleburg. But just can't figure out why they went to Frederick, unless there was an issue of circuit preachers not being around and maybe there were in a "hurry" to get married? They got their license on June 8th 1796 and their first born is listed as April 1797 but there is not confirmation of that month or year for that matter. Regardless it tells me John Wilson had some connection possibly to Frederick Co. MD. His other two brothers were for the most part in Berkeley Co. or Jefferson Co. WVa/VA before they all landed in Middleburg Va. John and Elizabeth's children as well was Jacob and Margaret King-Wilson and William's widow, Jane King-Wilson all went to White Co. IL in the 1840-50's............. As did my Irish ancestors who married into the Wilson line.......... Adams & Marlins that came about the same time period from .............. wait for it........... Chester Co. SC. LOL Thanks for the lead on this Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement....... I have a copy of it I believe. Janean -----Original Message----- From: wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wilson-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of mrjga@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 8:35 AM To: wilson@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WILSON] My Wilson lineage Betty: In keeping with the information you have provided I suggest interested researchers review the Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia: 1745 to 1800 by Lyman Chalkley and study the early Wilsons of early Augusta, VA and their relationship to the Patton family who came to America landing first in the Chester County, Virginia area many of which moved are found later in KY and others in NC this will include references to John Wilson the Burgess who for some 27 years represented the VA claim west "to the uttermost" at the time. You will find references in the Chronicles showing where they came from after they arrived and trips they made back to the Chester, PA area which by definition will include the nearby counties in early Maryland. In some cases the Wilsons of early Augusta, VA didn't actually move to KY there was simply a change when certain counties were separated from VA and later subdivided. While this strain of Wilsons no doubt originated in Scotland they seem to have been among the Wilsons who moved from Scotland to Ulster Plantation encouraged by the English to "water down" the influence of the Irish Catholics and relates to the early changes in England from the Catholic heirs to the throne to the English church. As it turned out the Scots were better business people then the English at the time and to even out the competition England added some unbearable taxes. As a result James Patton and many Wilsons left Ulster Plantation and came to America. As an international reinsurance broker for over 40 years, I visited Ireland, Scotland, and had a second home in England for seven years and spent some of my spare time researching all this. The old saying about Scotch Presbyterians is "they kept the Sabbath and everything else they could get their hands on." Ron Wilson -----Original Message----- From: Betty Putnam <bwadeputnam@fairpoint.net> To: wilson <wilson@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tue, Jul 8, 2014 7:49 am Subject: [WILSON] My Wilson lineage I see we are having a lot of discussion about DNA and in general, our Wilson families. Maybe this will help someone out there that shares my Wilson line. My grandmother, Bertha Maude Wilson 1893-1958 Russell Co., KY was the daughter of Silas Huston Wilson 1861-1935 Russell Co., KY & Nancy Paul. Silas Huston Wilson was the son of Josiah E. Wilson 1827-1901 Kentucky & Sarah McQueary. Josiah was the son of Moses Harkness Wilson 1807-1862 Russell Co., KY & Malissa Hopper. Moses Harkness Wilson was the son of Nathaniel Wilson, Sr. 1773 Henry Co., VA-1848 Adair Co., KY & Susannah Stephens. Nathaniel Wilson, Sr. was the son of Moses Wilson abt 1742 Henry Co., VA-1830 Russell Co., KY & Elizabeth Bailey. Moses Wilson was the son of James Wilson, Sr. 1703-1777 Henry Co., VA & Martha Cowarding. James Wilson was the son of Robert Wilson 1650-1745 Augusta Virginia & Dinah Whitehead. Robert Wilson was the son of John Wilson abt 1626 Scotland - bet 1657-1717 & Catherine UNK. John Wilson was the son of William Wilson, Jr. 1600 Scotland-1663 Scotland & Margaret UNK. William Wilson, Jr. was the son of William Wilson, Sr. abt 1575 Glasgow, Scotland - bet 1603-1663 probably Scotland & Elizabeth Yates. A Wilson cousin has done a DNA and has found we are among a "mystery" Wilson group. His DNA shows that our Wilson's have a direct tie to the St. Clair/Sinclairs in Haddington, Scotland. This is DNA R-P310. He believes the Wilson's got started from a William St. Clair/Sinclair and became "Will's son" or Wilson. He and his wife took at trip to Scotland last summer and they found the area or origin of the St. Clair/Sinclairs families. Maybe this is just another wrinkle in our Wilson families but since he and a Steve St. Clair have a match of DNA, a real possibility. If you would like, you may contact me direct at bwadeputnam@fairpoint.net Betty Putnam ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WILSON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message