Born in Georgetown, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Daughter of James Purington
and Priscilla (Harding) Purinton
Sister of
Susanna (Purington) Melcher, Rebeckah (Purinton) Melcher, Frances Purinton, James Purington Jr and Nathaniel Purinton
Wife of
Samuel Wilson
— married
12 Jul 1784 in Lewiston, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Mother of
Robert Wilson, Hannah (Wilson) Whittemore, Nathaniel Wilson, James Wilson, Ephraim Bridges Wilson, William Wilson, Ebenezer Wilson and David C Wilson
Died before
before age 53
in Topsham, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA [uncertain]
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Biography
Priscilla Purinton Evans Wilson
Priscilla Purinton was born 6th of October 1764 in Beverly, Essex County in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. According to notes on "Find A Grave", Priscilla was the daughter of Priscilla Harding & Lt James Purinton.[1]
On 18 April 1787, Priscilla married Samuel Wilson. "... Deer Isle/Stonington and Sedgwick Historical Societies. Church records show Samuel Wilson and Priscilla Evans were married in Deer Isle 18 April 1787 by Rev. Peter Powers. ..."[2].
From 1787-1810, Priscilla & Samuel raised 10 children in Sedgwick/Deer Isle, Hancock, Maine. All children were born in Sedgwick, Hancock, Massachusetts (now Maine), USA except Hannah Wilson Whittemore (1798-1880) who was born in Topsham, Lincoln County, Massachusetts (now Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine), USA.
Priscilla Purinton Evans Wilson died on the Second of February, 1818 in Topsham is buried in Haley Cemetery of Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine), USA.
Time Line
Priscilla Purinton Evans Wilson
- b. 6 Oct 1764 Topsham, Sagadahoc, MBC d/o Priscilla Harding Purinton & James Purington[3][1]
- m. 18 Apr 1787 Samuel Wilson (rootsweb reference removed, need new source)
- b. 1791 Robert Wilson (1791-1841)
- b. 1793 Samuel Wilson @ Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine
- b. 14 Feb 1796 Joanna Wilson Cain 1796-1870 d/o Priscilla Evans @ Sedgwick, Hancock, Massachusetts (now Maine), USA[4][5]
- b. 3 Jun 1798 Hannah Wilson Whittemore (1798-1880)[4]
- b. 17 Jun 1798 Nathaniel Wilson 1798-1840[4]
- b. 31 Aug 1800 James Wilson 1800-[4]
- b. 24 May 1803 Ephraim Bridges Wilson 1803-1903[4]
- b. 13 Aug 1805 William B Wilson 1805- [4]
- b. 9 Apr 1808 Ebenezer Wilson 1808-1878[4]
- b. 13 Jul 1810 David C Wilson 1810-1812[4]
- d. 3 Feb 1818 Topsham, Lincoln, Maine, USA[1]Find A Grave: Memorial #146091179 Priscilla Purinton Wilson</ref>
Notes from Ancestry
A specific search for Priscilla Evans on Ancestry[6]
- (http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com) - f_d1e.htm#24)
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find A Grave: Memorial #146091179 Priscilla Purinton Wilson
- ↑ http://www.mytrees.com/ancestry-family/ke001851-30507-130490/Samuel-Wilson.html
- ↑ Birth Record, http://ma-vitalrecords.org/MA/Essex/Beverly/Images/Beverly_B129.shtml
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Family Search Contributors https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LHK5-QLS 23 Dec 2019.
- ↑ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=derwood&id=I40838
- ↑ Ancestry.com link
Record of First Marriage https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9NB-F951?i=175
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Categories: Haley Cemetery, Topsham, Maine
All the attached children are are probably those of Pricilla Evans.
"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4X3-888 : 14 January 2020), Priscilla Purinton in entry for Samuel Wilson, 1784.
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