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Samuel Wilson

Samuel Wilson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Male 1653 - 1697  (44 years)

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  • Name Samuel Wilson 
    Born 24 Jun 1653  Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 3 Aug 1697  Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I367  Alford Hathaway
    Last Modified 12 Dec 2023 

    Father Robert Wilson,   b. 1625, Cambridge, Massachusetts Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1655, Farmington, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 30 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Stebbins,   b. 1631, Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1694, Hartford, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Married 1644  Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F547  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Griffin,   b. 1 Mar 1650/1, Windsor, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jun 1728, Simsbury, Connecticut Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 1 May 1672 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth (Jezabel) Wilson,   b. 24 Feb 1674, Windsor Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1746, Simsbury, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
     2. Mary Wilson,   b. 5 Aug 1675, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1750  (Age 74 years)
     3. Living
     4. Samuel Wilson,   b. 21 Nov 1678, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Jul 1689, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     5. Abigail Wilson,   b. 3 Mar 1683, Windsor, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Apr 1773, Windsor, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     6. John Wilson,   b. 24 May 1686, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1774  (Age 88 years)
     7. Living
     8. Mingful Wilson,   b. 1695, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. circa 1700, Windsor, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2023 
    Family ID F549  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    The house that Robert Wilson built
    The house that Robert Wilson built

    Documents
    Will of Thomas Nowell
    Will of Thomas Nowell
    An image of the handwritten will of Thomas Nowell naming Robert Wilson and his sister.
    Images of original probate records for Edward Stebbins
    Images of original probate records for Edward Stebbins
    Samuel Wilson Probate Records
    Samuel Wilson Probate Records

    Biographies
    The story of Samuel Wilson and Mary Griffin
    The story of Samuel Wilson and Mary Griffin
    Samuel and Mary Wilson were the parents of Abigail Wilson, who married Benedict Alford on January 14, 1714. Samuel was born in Farmington, Connecticut, on June 23, 1653, and was the second son of Robert Wilson and Elizabeth Stebbins. Mary Griffin was born on March 1, 1651, the daughter of John Griffin and Anna Bancroft.

    Timelines
    The Times of the Life of Samuel and Mary Wilson
    The Times of the Life of Samuel and Mary Wilson

    Maps
    Early Connecticut Map
    Early Connecticut Map
    Wilson property in Windsor
    Wilson property in Windsor

  • Sources 
    1. [S148] TAG 37/199, John Insley Coddington, (NEHGS).

    2. [S45] Great Migration Begins, Robert Charles Anderson, (NEHGS).

    3. [S112] Early Records of Windsor, (Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society, 1933.).

    4. [S149] Matthew Grant Records, Matthew Grant.

    5. [S151] Births, Marriages, and Deaths from Hartford, Windsor, and Fairfield, Edwin Stanley Wells.

    6. [S107] History of Ancient Windsor, Henry R. Stiles, M.D., (Charles B. Norton, 348 Broadway, Nwe Yory, NY, 1859).

    7. [S150] The Land that was Thomas Nowell's, Thomas Boslooper, Ph.D., C.S.G., (Connecticut Nutmegger, Volume 26. 1993).

    8. [S152] Hartford County Court Minutes, Helen Scharvet Ullmann, CG, FSCG, (NEHGS).

    9. [S153] Connecticut: Minutes of the Court of Assistants, 1669-1711, Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG, (NEHGS).