I am very interested in what you had to say. My brickwall is John Wilson b. 1772 unknown m. Elizabeth Travers Chinn. She descends from English immigrants that came to Lancaster Co. Va. I have done extensive searching and inquiries and have a pretty good lead that my Wilson's came out of Chester Co. PA I haven't done extensive document reading yet and went south to Loudoun Co. Va. Strangely though John and Elizabeth had a marriage license from Frederick Co. MD. I have yet to find a MD connection. My question is this: How do you check all this stuff without going crazy. There are so many and they all named their kids the same names. How do you keep from confusing them all or wonder "are they mine" Check the early wills in Chester, PA, Kent, > > MD, and > > the New Castle, Delaware area. Over the years from 1700 to 1750 many > > went > > west, first to Lancaster, many on to Augusta County, Virginia, and > > others went > > down the valley of Virginia to North Carolina. The Augusta County, > > Virgina > > settlers (lots of Wilsons including John Wilson, "the Burgess" were > > Presbyterians. I have watched John Wilson "The Burgess" for some time. I've always thought he was connected somehow. Janean ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 9:18 AM Subject: Re: [WILSON-L] Bristol Merchants > Thank you so much for the history lesson. > > The more I learn, the more I realize how little I still know. > > Actually we connected to some of these folks who came down from DE and > PA later on after our family went west. But the ones in early York, > James City Co, Charles City Co, Kent, Isle of Wight and Surry as well > as just across the border in NC border counties seem isolated from the > Scotch Irish of Augusta Co and the ones down from PA etc., as though it > was a different motivation that brought them. > > > On Jan 16, 2005, at 11:52 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > You will find that except for some Wilsons that landed a little bit > > earlier, > > many Wilsons landed in Pilladelphia, Pennsylvania (or New Castle > > Delaware) as > > early as 1700. You can trace them by following the establishment of > > the early > > Presbyterian colonies. Check the early wills in Chester, PA, Kent, > > MD, and > > the New Castle, Delaware area. Over the years from 1700 to 1750 many > > went > > west, first to Lancaster, many on to Augusta County, Virginia, and > > others went > > down the valley of Virginia to North Carolina. The Augusta County, > > Virgina > > settlers (lots of Wilsons including John Wilson, "the Burgess" were > > Presbyterians. > > Earlier Wilsons, such as a Thomas Wilson can be found in Orange > > County, > > Virgina records. Augusta County, Virginia (that area) was first > > Orange County. > > This Thomas Wilson was from Pennsylvania. Also check the records of > > the > > Tinkling Springs Presbyterian church in Augusta County. Augusta > > County was formed > > about 1736. These individuals were from Pennsylvania and the Augusta > > colony > > was backed by the Presbyterians of Pennsylvania. Other records show > > some of > > the early Wilsons were from Maryland. These Wilsons can also be > > traced back > > further to the Philadelphia and Chester County, PA area. You will > > find records > > on the very earliest such as Hugh; Thomas; George; Robert and many > > others. > > They all came to America from Ulster plantation and are closely > > connected to > > the Patton, Buchannan, Preston and other early families. You can find > > early > > advertisements relating to the Augusta County, Virgina land posted by > > James > > Patton in the early news paper published by Benjamin Franklin of > > Philadelphia. > > > > There is a common story found in the Wilson family lore about a Thomas > > Wilson > > who was first to cross the river at the Battle of Boune (Willaim of > > Orange > > vs. James). Thomas Wilson and others received land in Ulster > > Plantation as a > > reward for their service in that war. Many were weavers from Scotland > > and the > > border area between Scotland and England. While in England and > > Scotland I > > discovered that the Wilson family were the ones that originated the > > idea to > > provide the various plad colors to designate the specific clan. They > > did this to > > sell their goods. > > > > Later, around 1690 to 1700 many left Ulster Plantation (Northern > > Ireland) for > > America. Many decided to go to Pennsylvania because they liked the > > religious > > climate there. They were called Scotch Irish but were really Scotch > > that > > lived temporarily in Ireland. The real Irish (Catholics) came much > > later about > > 1746 to 1750 because of the potato famine in Ireland. > > > > You can find out much more by studing the Presbyterian Colonies in PA > > (See > > early Pennsylvania Genealogy books) or taking a look at the Chronicles > > of the > > Scotch Irish (all about the settlement in Augusta, VA). You can find > > much of > > this on the Augusta County, VA website. 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