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Where did the Irish Wilson family come from? What is the Irish Wilson family crest and coat of arms? When did the Wilson family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Wilson family history?
The Wilson surname in Ireland came from England and Scotland in the 17th century. The surname itself was ultimately derived from the personal name William, and means "son of William" or "son of Wil."
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Wilson, Willson, Wilsone, Wulson, Wilsoun and others.First found in Northern England, where the first on record appears to be Robert Willeson, listed in the Court Rolls of the manor of Wakefield, Yorkshire in 1324. Other early records include a Robert Wilson in 1341 in documents from the Cistercian Abbey of Kirkstall, Yorkshire; and John Willison in the Subsidy Rolls of Lancashire of 1366. There was a place named Wilson in Devon that has existed since at least the time of the Domesday Book.
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Some of the Wilson family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. Another 71 words(5 lines of text) about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name Wilson. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Wilson Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Clement Wilson, who landed in Virginia in 1622
- John Wilson, who settled in Virginia in 1623
- Andrew Wilson, who arrived in New England in 1651
- Andrew Wilson, who arrived in Boston, Mass in 1651
- Christopher Wilson, a Scotch prisoner sent to Boston in 1651
Wilson Settlers in the United States in the 18th Century
- Cornelius Wilson, who landed in Virginia in 1712
- David Wilson, who came to Virginia in 1719
- Anne Wilson, a bonded passenger, who arrived in Maryland in 1724
- Alexander Wilson, a Scotch-Irish settled in Boston sometime between 1730 and 1736
- Elizabeth Wilson, who landed in Augusta County, Va in 1740
Wilson Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Samuel Wilson, who arrived in New York from Londonderry in 1803 aboard the "Independence"
- Joseph Wilson of Belfast, who arrived at Philadelphia in 1803, aboard the "Snow George"
- Eleanor Wilson, aged 36, arrived in Pennsylvania in 1803
- James Wilson, who arrived in New York in 1806 aboard the "Augusta" from Dublin
- Brown Wilson, who landed in Ohio in 1807
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- Olin Chaddock Wilson (1909-1994), American astronomer, stellar spectroscopist. He won the Henry Norris Russell Lectureship in 1977 and the Bruce Medal in 1984
- President Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), the twenty-eighth President of the United States
- James Harrison Wilson (1837-1925), Union Army general in the American Civil War, railroad executive, and author
- Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (1860-1914), first wife of Woodrow Wilson, First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death
- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872-1961), second wife of President Woodrow Wilson, First Lady of the United States (1915-1921)
- Gahan Wilson (b. 1930), American cartoonist
- Tom Wilson (b. 1931), American cartoonist
- Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), American literary critic and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856-1939), American zoologist
- Edward Osborne Wilson (b. 1929), American biologist and two-time winner (1979 and 1991) of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1976 National Medal of Science
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We have comprised a great deal of suggested readings that would be of interest to you and your family.
- A Brief Account of the Wilsons by Emery Small Wilson.
- The DeMay Family and the Wilson Family by Ida DeMay Wilson.
- The Family of Samuel & Jean Love Wilson by Sara Stewart Hinckley.
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Our PDF Coat of Arms + Extended History product is the whole package all in one. With a full color Coat of Arms along with a very detailed History, full symbolism, bibliography and settlers listed by the centuries.
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- Grehan, Ida. Dictionary of Irish Family Names. Boulder: Roberts Rinehart, 1997. Print. (ISBN 1-57098-137-X).
- Land Owners in Ireland. Genealogical Publishing. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-1203-3).
- MacLysaght, Edward. The Surnames of Ireland 3rd Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1978. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2278-0).
- MacLysaght, Edward. Irish Families Their Names, Arms and Origins 4th Edition. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2364-7).
- MacLysaght, Edward. Mores Irish Familes. Dublin: Irish Academic, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0).
- Heraldic Scroll and Map of Family names and Origins of Ireland. Dublin: Mullins. Print.
- Hickey, D.J. and J.E. Doherty. A New Dictionary of Irish History form 1800 2nd Edition. Dublin: Gil & MacMillian, 2003. Print.
- Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
- O'Hart, John. Irish Pedigress 5th Edition in 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0737-4).
- Read, Charles Anderson. The Cabinet of Irish Literature Selections from the Works of the Chief Poets, Orators and Prose Writers of Ireland 4 Volumes. London: Blackie and Son, 1884. Print.
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