Henry
Wilson
Born about in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Metcalf) Wilson
— married
24 Nov 1642 in Dedham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Michael Wilson, Sarah (Wilson) Hancock, Mary (Wilson) Hoyt, Elizabeth (Wilson) Rice and Ephraim Wilson
Died
at about age 74
in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Biography
The earliest record of Henry Wilson is his admission to the church in Dedham, on the 6th day of the 1st month of 1640 (March 6, 1640). He was granted land in Dedham in June, 1640, and again in September, 1640 (citing The Early Records of the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, (1892), 3:68).[1]
Henry's origins are more obscure. The Wilson family records in the Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 say that he came in 1639 from Kent in England, but nothing has been found to prove or disprove this.[1]
Marriage
"1642 METCALF, Henry Wilson & Mary Metcalf, were married the 24 of the 9 mo."[2][1]
Death
"[1688] Henery Wilson deceasd Febu.8." [1688/9?][3][1]
"WILSON, Henry, __, 1689, in Dedham. P.R.1"[4]
No probate record has been found for Henry or Mary Wilson in Suffolk County.
Children
Known children of Henry and Mary (Metcalf) Wilson, all recorded at Dedham were:[1]
- Michael Wilson, b 7 August 1644; d at Wrentham, May 31, 1731 m Mary Hamant 4 November 1674
- Sarah Wilson, b 24 June 1650; bp 22 January 1654/4; d at Wrentham Nov 17, 1700; m Anthony Hancock Apr 17, 1678
- Mary Wilson, b 7 November 1652; bp 21 November 1652; m as his second wife, David Hoyt, probably at Deerfield, Massachusetts, where she died about 1689
- Elizabeth Wilson, b 4 January 1653/4; d at Dedham 8 Oct 1710; m John Rice, 4 Dec 1684, at Dedham
- Ephraim Wilson, b 2 June 1656; d at Dedham 20 February 1732/33 m1 Rebecca Sumner 3 January 1661/2 m2 Rebecca Tucker 9 March 1714/15
Research notes
Great Migration Directory entry: Wilson, Henry: Unknown; 1639; Dedham [DeTR 1:68; DeChR 23; MBCR 1:379; Ken Stevens, Descendants of Henry Wilson of Dedham, Massachusetts (Walpole, New Hampshire, 1996)].
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Stevens, Ken, Descendants of Henry Wilson of Dedham, Massachusetts", published 1996. Page 16+
- ↑ Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 126
- ↑ Don Gleason Hill, compiler, The Record of Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths ... Town of Dedham, MA, 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Town of Dedham, 1886), p. 21
- ↑ NEHGS, compiler, Vital Records of Dover, MA, to the Year 1859 (Boston, MA: NEHGS, 1908), p. 106, citing PR1, Wilson diary (gives year only, as 1689)
- https://www.ourfamtree.org/browse.php/Henry-Wilson/p174566
- https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Henry_Wilson_%2864%29
- Stevens, Ken. Descendants of Henry Wilson of Dedham, Massachusetts. Walpole, N.H. (P.O. Box 118, Walpole 03608: K. Stevens, 1996. Internet Archive.
Acknowledgements
Contributors: John Putnam.
Ancestral File Number
- Ancestral File Number: B098-FL
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"So far as can be learned, the 1st settler within town limits of present Dover (western Dedham) was Henry Wilson, a native of Kent, England who came to Dedham in 1640. He received a grant of land...but never built upon it preferring to go farther west and he established his home in the easterly part of the town not far from the Westwood line." (source continues on Wilson)
Cook, Louis Atwood, ed. (1847-1918) "History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 1622-1918" pub. 1918; New York; Chicago, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., pg.135-136. https://archive.org/details/historyofnorfolk01cook_0/page/136/mode/1up?q=Billings