596327 - Wilson, John

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Nobility Title [E255748]			Rev.
Birth [E255749]	1588	Windsor, Eng		1b 2b
Death [E255750]	1667-08-07	Boston, MA		1c 2c
_FA6 [E255751]		1st Minister of First Church of Boston		1d 2d
_FA7 [E255752]	1630	arr.with Gov.Winthrop from Sudbury,Eng		3 1e 2e
_FA8 [E255753]	about 1606	grad.of Eton & Cambridge		1f 2f

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Wilson, William [I166350]	WFT 1537-1566	WFT 1589-1629
Mother	Woodhall, Isabel [I166349]	WFT 1546-1569	WFT 1590-1641
	Wilson, John [I166105]	1588	1667-08-07
Sister	Wilson, Maria [I165692]	WFT 1567-1607	WFT 1585-1661

Families

Family of Wilson, John and Mansfield, Elizabeth [F43603]

Married

Wife

Mansfield, Elizabeth [I105230] ( * before 1595 + WFT 1635-1690 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Notes	Sources
Marriage [E341248]	WFT 1605-1639				1g 2g

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Wilson, John [I165283]	1621-09-00	1691-08-23
Wilson, Mary [I105226]	1633-09-12	1713-09-13

Narrative

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[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 22, Ed. 1, Tree #3104, Date of Import: Dec 9, 1998]

Grad.of Eton & Cambridge; studied law 3 yrs.,but took orders in Church of Eng. a Puritan in principal & came 1630 to MA with John Winthrop from Sudbury, Eng. where he had been settled; organized 1st Ch.of Boston; took sides against Ann Hutchinson; chaplain of Expedition against Pequots.
At the election of 1637, the party of Mr. Vane, fearing defeat, refused to proceed until a certain petition had been read. Mr. Winthrop's party protested the delay. And it is said that "Mr. Wilson, the minister, in his zeal, got up in a tree and there made a speech, advising the people to llk to their charter and to consider the present work of the day." His speech was well received by the people, who presently called out election, election, which turned the scale.
Wilson urged the death of a group, along with John Cotton, 2nd minister of Church at Boston, this group being led by Samuel Gorton, a religious leader.
Rev. John Wilson, pastor Church in Boston 1635 when Dyres joind church. The same Rev. Wilson who reviled Mary Dyre when she was executed i Jun 1660

Pedigree

Wilson, William [I166350]
1. Woodhall, Isabel [I166349]
  1. Wilson, John
    1. Mansfield, Elizabeth [I105230]
      1. Wilson, John [I165283]
      2. Wilson, Mary [I105226]
  2. Wilson, Maria [I165692]

Ancestors

Wilson, John
* 1588
+ 1667-08-07

Wilson, William
* WFT 1537-1566
+ WFT 1589-1629

Woodhall, Isabel
* WFT 1546-1569
+ WFT 1590-1641

Source References

Brøderbund Software, Inc.: World Family Tree Vol. 22, Ed. 1 [S2771]
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    Bishops Transcripts, Wells, Eng.
    N.E.Gen.Reg 23:427
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Birth Name	Wilson, John 1a 2a
Gramps ID	I166105
Gender	male
Age at Death	79 years, 7 months, 6 days