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Benjamin WILSON

Benjamin WILSON

Male 1747 - 1827  (80 years)

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  • Name Benjamin WILSON 
    Born 30 Nov 1747  Winchester, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Col, Virginia Militia, Revolutionary War 
    Died 2 Dec 1827  Bridgeport, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried Bridgeport Cemetery, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Notes 
    • Benjamin Wilson was a delegate to the Virginia General Assembly (1783-1786) and a colonel in the Revolutionary War. He has been described as the most prominent man in the Monongahela Valley and a person of great integrity and dignity. By his first wife, Ann Ruddell, he had twelve childen, and by his second, Phebe Davisson, he had seventeen.

      Biography from "History of Harrison County, West Virginia, From the Early Days of Northwestern Virginia to the Present" by Henry Haymond (1910), pp. 388-389:
      http://www.us-data.org/wv/harrison/bios/wilson_benjamin_1747-1827.txt
    Person ID I6324  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2016 

    Father William WILSON,   b. 16 Nov 1722, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jun 1801, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth BLACKBURN,   b. 2 Feb 1725, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1806, Hardy Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F11590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Ann RUDDELL,   b. 20 Sep 1754, Randolph Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1795  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 4 Sep 1770  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Mary Bird WILSON,   b. 9 Jul 1771, Shenandoah Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1837, Bulltown, Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years)
    +2. Sarah WILSON
    +3. William B. WILSON,   b. 1773,   d. 1849  (Age 76 years)
    +4. Benjamin WILSON, Jr.,   b. 13 Jun 1778, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1830, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F2228  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Phebe Ann DAVISSON,   b. 29 Dec 1776, Rockingham Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1849  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 15 Dec 1795  Harrison Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. Rachel WILSON,   b. 1820,   d. 1906  (Age 86 years)
    Family ID F2328  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S215] The History of Doddridge County, West Virginia, (Taylor Publishing Co, 1979), p. 290.

    2. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    3. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 146.

    4. [S293] History of Ritchie County, Minnie Kendall Lowther, (1911, reprinted 1999, McClain Printing Co, Parsons WV, http://McClainPrinting.com), p. 108.

    5. [S444] The Davissons - A History and Genealogy, Russell Lee Davisson, (McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV (1993)), p. 87.
      Citing Harrison County Marriage Records, Bk 1, p. 28.