In a message dated 5/23/03 6:01:49 PM Central Daylight Time, highlander@supernet.com writes: > I have a John and Mary Wilson but much too late for that. Their son > Alexander Wilson b. 16-Oct-1778 is my ggg-grandfather and that is as far > back as I go. Not a lot of detail as I am just starting the Wilson's. > > Neil > Are your John and Mary Wilson in York Co., PA, at that time? My Wilson line goes back to a John Wilson, who married Jane ???, probably about 1790. According to family lore, his parents were Scotch-Irish who emigrated from near Belfast to York Co. about 1775, then moved to Washington Co., PA, about 1782. John and Jane moved to Perry Co., OH, about 1810. I can estimate John's birth at before 1775 from the 1820 census, but I've never been able to find anything about his parents. Wilson DeCamp Vienna, VA