Chapter Eight
The Wilson name is derived from the first name Will. The name is probably most common in Yorkshire but we have several generations in Shropshire. Whitney means ‘white island’, and may derive from a place in Herefordshire.
For the record, and with the usual cautions, my oldest direct ancestors we know about in this part of the family are: Thomas Willson (1718), Anne Bayley (1715), Thomas Fox (1702), Richard Cureton (1700) and Anne Whitney (1776).
John Wilson (1769) married Anne Whitney (1776) at St Mary’s, Shrewsbury in 1808. They had five children:
- 36.2.1 – Elizabeth Wilson (1808)
- 36.2.2 – Mary Wilson (1810)
- 36.2.3 – Anne Wilson (1812)
- 36.2.4 – Thomas Wilson (1814)
- 36.2.5 – John Wilson (1816)
There is more on these individuals in Chapter 36.
In 1841, John was a carpenter living in Ford, nr Shrewsbury. He died in 1851. Anne lived on her own until her death in 1863.