Jefferson County, NY Pioneers

PIONEER WILSON FAMILY


1. SUEL WILSON (son of ALEXANDER & HULDAH (GILBERT) WILSON of Putney, VT) was born 21 Aug 1779. He died (GS) 16 Nov 1827, buried with his wife and five of their children in Evans Mills Cemetery, LeRay, JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK. A marker on his gravestone indicated he was a veteran of the War of 1812.

He married in 1799
CHLOE (SHELDON) HARRIS, who was born 25 Apr 1780, daughter of James & Mary (Cheseboro) (Lord) Sheldon and widow of John Harris of Martinsweeks. She died (GS), 19 Dec 1827, age 47 years. They emigrated to Jefferson County about the year 1805 settling in the town of LeRay, where they raised a family of 11 children, eight sons & 3 daughters.

Children, WILSON:

2 i LYMAN WILSON married RUTH CAREY

3 ii ABEL WILSON married MARY BARRETT

4 iii ALEXANDER WILSON married SARAH ADAMS

5 iv ISABEL WILSON

6 v SUEL/SEWELL WILSON married LOUISA (---)

7 vi HARRIET WILSON

8 vii CHAUNCEY WILSON married SARAH (---)

9 viii GEORGE E. WILSON married ALMEDA RICHMOND, daughter of JOHN K. & ROCKSENE (SAMBLIN) RICHMOND

10 ix ELIAS WILSON married MARY JANE HOWARD

11 x WARREN WILSON

12 xi CHLOE ANN WILSON

4. ALEXANDER WILSON (son of SUEL & CHLOE (SHELDON) WILSON) was born 3 May 1805 at Hoosick, NY. They went by team from Jefferson County, NY in 1843 to Harmony, Illinois. They bought a piece of farm land, built a house and gave a corner of the land for a school house. Later, they built a new house. This land was in Coral Township, four miles west of Huntley. He died 23 Jan 1887 Huntley ILL.

He married 1831 in Jefferson County
SARAH ADAMS, daughter of JOSEPH & AZUBA (HENRY) ADAMS. She was born 19 Feb 1814 at Nelson/Cheshire Co NH. (Her lineage goes back to the two presidents). She died 27 Mar 1887, Huntley ILL.

Children, WILSON:

13 i GEORGE WILSON married HARRIET MARSHALL

14 ii MARIETTE WILSON married GEORGE DEAN

15 iii ALEXANDER HAMILTON WILSON

16 iv EMMA A. WILSON

17 v AMELIA E. WILSON married RICHARD DEAN

18 vi ELMINA ELIZA WILSON married (1) DAVID M. WILLIAMS son of JAMES WILLIAMS

19 vii HARRIET/HATTIE PAMELA WILSON married CHRIST? PUTNAM

20 viii RUTH EMMA WILSON married JAIRUS HITCHCOX, son of ASAHEL & MELINDA AMELIA (DAVIS) HITCHCOX

20. RUTH EMMA WILSON (daughter of ALEXANDER & SARAH (ADAMS) WILSON) was born 24 May 1853 at Huntly ILL She died 31 Jan 1941 at Pipestone MN

She married Jan 7 1880 at Huntley ILL
JAIRUS HITCHCOX, son of ASAHEL & MELINDA AMELIA (DAVIS) HITCHCOX. He was born 3 APR 1856 at Pompia Twp, OnondagaCO/NY) and died 16 Oct 1919 Pipestone MN. His grandparents were Samuel & Roxenath (Benedict) Hitchcox

Children, HITCHCOX:

21 i MYRTLE ADEL HITCHCOX married HARRY ANDERSON GANO

22 ii VERA LEONA HITCHCOX married CLARENCE J. LONGSTREET

23 iii AURA MAE HITCHCOX married WALTER JOSEPH MUTZ

For further information, contact:
Honee Longstreet
888 121st St
Pipestone, MN 56164

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