(Lieutenant), priviledge upon our commons for ye future, to the proportion of a five-acre lot, he paying to ye town's use twenty shillings in silver, within six months'. Start your family tree, find others researching the same family as you and read hundreds of helpful tips and advice added by other members. Create your family tree and invite relatives to share. John was prominent in the early years wars, at the Eastward.Ģ1 March, 1883, at a town meeting, 'Billerica granted to John Wilson Jr. See your Geni data at work in many complimentary mobile, web, and desktop applications. He was a lieutenant in the Massachusetts Militia and Cotton Mather said 'distinguished himself in the wars of 1692-3 by going to the relief of Dover during the Indian alarm' at that place, serving under Captain Converse. Click the () icon at the top of the page if you have questions or want to learn more about how it works.

John Wilson, of Billerica, married Susanna Goodenow Rediat Miles of Concord, on 10 November, 1698 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Follow the link to go to Family Tree and get started. He was established as a corn-miller before 1683, and in 1685 received a grant for thirty acres of land 'for encouragement of his corn mill'. He died in Bedford on 1 February, 1735 at age 84 years.īedford Deaths, page 141: Wilson, John, Lt, h of Rebecca*, Feb. Learn more AncestryDNA gives you much more than just the places you’re from. A family tree takes you back generationsthe world’s largest collection of online family history records makes it possible.

Per 'History of the Town of Bedford, Massachusetts, from its Earliest Settlement to the Year of Our Lord 1891', published 1891 by Abram English Brown, John Wilson was the son of John Wilson. Discover your family history by searching your ancestors name on Ancestry®, the leading online resource for genealogy research. Ancestry helps you understand your genealogy.

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