James
Wilson
Born about in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jean Robertson
— married
21 Mar 1791 in Edinburgh, Scotland
Descendants 
Father of
George Wilson
Died
at about age 83
in Aberdour, Fife, Scotland
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Biography
James was born about 1766, probably somewhere in Fife. He was a seaman and lived in Easter Aberdour, Fife, Scotland. He married Jean Robertson in Edinburgh on 21 March 1791 and they had eight children. Why they were married in Edinburgh and not in Aberdour, where they both lived, is not known for certain, but their son did exactly the same thing and it was probably due to the wish to be married in a particular type of church. James died in Easter Aberdour on 28 April 1849 and was interred in the New Church Yard on 1 May, aged 82 years.
Sources
- Marriage and death from Aberdour Parish record, consulted in New Register House, Edinburgh, in the 1980s by Sukie Hunter, Death also from Scotland, Fife death index, 1549-1877 Transcription (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/). Said to be 82 at time of death so probably born in 1766.
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