Robert Wilson (1690 - bef. 1758)

Born 10 Aug 1690 in Perquimans County, Province of Carolina, British Colonial America

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Pritlowe) Wilson — married 13 Jun 1712 in Perquimans, North Carolina

Descendants

Died before Jun 1758 before age 67 in Nixonton, Pasquotank, Province of North Carolina

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Biography

Robert was a Friend (Quaker) was a member of the Perquimans Monthly Meeting.

Robert Wilson was a North Carolina colonist.

• Robert was born to Isaac and Ann Wilson on Aug 10, 1690 in Perquimans County, Province of Carolina.
• Robert married Rachel Pritlowe ( January 08, 1693 Perquimans, North Carolina - August 12, 1727 Perquimans, North Carolina)
• Robert Wilson ... He died in 1745 in Nixonton, Pasquotank, Province of North Carolina.

Research Notes

• Nixonton

In 1746, the town of Nixonton laid out in Pasquotank County on a site along the Little River originally known as "Windmill Point." It was incorporated in 1758 as Nixon’s Town, named for Zachariah Nixon, an early settler and prominent Quaker.

• Will Abstract ^[1]

Will Date: 22 Apr 1757 Probate: June 1758 Place: Nixonton, Pasquotank County. Grandsons: Ruben Wilson (lands between Reedy Branch and Ferry Causey), Obed. Winslow (land at Grassie Point), Caleb Winslow (land known by the name of the Glade). Sons: Isaac and Silvanus. Daughter: Rachel Townsend. Granddaughters: Elisabeth and Mary Wilson (lands on Reedy Branch, etc.). Negroes bequeathed to granddaughters. Executor: Barnaby Nixon, Jacob Winslow. Witnesses: William, George and Elisabeth Wood. Clerk of the Court: Tho. Taylor. Executor: Barnaby Nixon, Jacob Winslow. Clerk of the Court: Tho. Taylor.

• Children^[2]

Robert and Rachel Pritlowe Wilson's Children, all born in Perquimans County, are listed in the Quaker Records.

1. Jacob -b. 7/1/1713 d. 10/30/1713 only lived 3 months
2. Robert b. 1/30/1715 d. 5/15/1716
3. Joseph b. 3/1/1717 - 1789 married Mary Newby
4. Rachel b. 7/19/1719 - 1777 married Timothy Winslow
5. Isaac b. 10/13/1722 -1751 married Elizabeth Perry
6. John b. 12/19/1725 died 4 mo. following
7. Silvanus b. 7/11/1727 - 1785 NC married Rebeccah Pierce

Based on this information it is obvious that this couple cannot be the parents of the brothers Robert, David, and Zacheus who are found in Mecklenburg County, as some have claimed.

Sources

1. ↑ Grimes, John Bryan. Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh, NC, USA: North Caroline Department of State, 1910.
2. ↑ Religious Society of Friends, Eastern Quarter Perquimans Monthly Meeting (Perquimans County, North Carolina), Records, 1736-1774, (North Carolina Yearly Meeting Minutes, Hege Friends Historical Library, Guilford College, Greensboro, North Carolina), children of Isaac and Ann Wilson; U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935," digital images Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : 11 Aug 2020), North Carolina> Perquimans> Perquimans Monthly Meeting> Minutes, 1665-1794, image 58 of 346.

Also see:

• Residence

North Carolina Census, 1790-1890 Author: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Original data - Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. </span>

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