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Families covered: Wilson of High Wray

                               
Anthony Wilson (a temp Queen Elizabeth who r. 1558-1603)
1. Henry Wilson of Little Langdale, Grasmere, Westmoreland
  m. (08.08.1639) Dorothy Forrest (widow)
  A. Anthony Wilson (bpt 08.07.1640)
  B. John Wilson of Little Langdale (bpt 02.02.1641, bur 19.06.1675)
  m. Elizabeth
  i. Anthony Wilson of High Wray, Hawkeshead, Lancashire (bpt 18.05.1673, d 1755)
  m. (1702) Dorothy Benson (b 1678, d 1755, dau of George Benson by Margaret, dau of James Braithwaite of Field Head)
  a. John Wilson
  m. (1729) Anne Cartmel (dau of John Cartmel)
  (1) Anthony Wilson (b 1729/30, d 24.10.1813)
  m. (1768) Hannah Walker (b c1735, d 1786, dau of John Walker by Hannah)
  (A) Ann Wilson (b 1769, d 26.04.1845)
  m1. (1795) John Marriott (b 1762, d 1797, son of Richard & Tabitha)
  (i) John Marriott (b 1797, d 1798)
  (ii) Wilson Marriott (b 1796, d 05.09.1842) had issue 
  m. (18.05.1825) Margaret Maude (d 16.10.1798, dau of William Maude by Margaret Richardson)
m2. (20.02.1811) William Maude of Bradford (b 1765, d 16.09.1835, son of Timothy by Anne)
  (iii) Anne Maude (b 29.08.1813)
  m. John Whitwell (MP for Kendal)
  (B)+ other issue - John (b 1771, emigrated), Susanna (b 1773, d unm), Hannah (b 1778, d unm)
  (2) Joseph Wilson (d 13.04.1810, 4th son)
  m. Hannah Croft (bur 1776)
  (A) Anne Wilson (b 1776, d 25.01.1854)
  m. (1797) Elijah Salthouse (b 1770, d 02.07.1833, son of Elijah & Anne)
  (3) Susannah Wilson
  m. Nathan Gough
  (4) Dorothy Wilson
  m. John Story of Priest Hutton
  (5) Elizabeth Wilson
  m. John Harrison
  (6)+ other issue- - John (married in America), Isaac, Ann (d 1741)
  b. George Wilson of High Wray (b 1706, d 20.04.1777)
  m. (1747) Hannah Blamire (d 27.03.1800, dau of John Blamire of Grayrigg)
  (1) Anthony Wilson of High Wray (b 1758, d 18.12.1841)
  m. Mary Barrow (d 14.12.1824, dau of Michael Barrow of Troutbeck)
  (A) George Wilson (b 09.02.1794) had issue 
  m. (22.06.1833) Martha Dodson (dau of Andrew Dodson)
  (B) Michael Wilson (b 25.12.1795, dsp 23.09.1829)
  m. Emma Wilson
  (C) John Wilson of High Wray (b 26.10.1800) had issue 
m. (28.09.1824) Margaret Atkinson (b 15.01.1792, dau of John Atkinson of Kendalk by Esther)
  (D) Anthony Wilson (b 03.11.1803, d 18.01.1817)
  (E) William Wilson (b 06.02.1807) had issue 
  m. (15.08.1839) Sarah Binns (b 17.06.1809, dau of Thomas Binns of Liverpool by Hannah)
  (F) Hannah Wilson (b 21.06.1792, d 03.1827)
  m. (15.04.1818) Joseph Armistead (son of Joseph & Betty)
  (G) Mary Wilson (b 23.11.1797)
m. (06.10.1819) John Armistead (b 1795, d 26.05.1845)
  (2) Margaret Wilson (b 1750, d 1826)
  m. (1778) Isaac Bragg
  (3) Elizabeth Wilson (b 1752, dsp)
  m. (1783) James Goad (son of Joseph & Mary)
  (4) Hannah Wilson (b 1754, d 08.09.1849))
  m. (13.06.1783) John Bragg (dsp)
  (5)+ other issue (d unm) - Dorothy (b 1748, d 27.01.1852), Rachel (b 1756, d 20.03.1816)
  c. Anthony Wilson (b 1709, d 1776)
  d. Isaac Wilson of Kendal (b 1714/5, d 1785)
  m. Rachel Wilson (b 1720, d 1773, dau of John Wilson by Deborah (not Rachel))
  (1) John Wilson of Kendal (b 1748, d 03.02.1801)
  m. (1779) Sarah Dillworth (b 1754, d 1788, dau of William Dillworth by Esther)
  (A) Isaac Wilson (b 1784, d 23.12.1844, 2nd son) had issue 
  m. (14.04.1808) Mary Jowitt (b 1786, d 02.05.1846, dau of John Jowitt by Susannah)
  (B) William Wilson (b 11.04.1786, d 05.08.1840) had issue 
  m. (12.10.1815) Hannah Jowitt (b 28.03.1793)
  (C) Esther Wilson (b 1781, dsp 12.12.1856)
m. (12.11.1806) John Wilkinson of High Wycombe (d 24.121846)
  (D) Rachel Wilson (b 1783)
  m. (06.07.1808) Josiah Forster of Tottenham (b 1782, d 27.06.1870)
  (E)+ other issue - Isaac (b/d 1780), Dillworth (b 1780, d 1788)
  (2) Dorothy Wilson
  m. John Whitwell
  (3) Deborah Wilson (b 13.02.1743, d 11.09.1821)
  m. (13.05.1767) George Braithwaite
  (4) Rachel Wilson (b 1746, dsp)
m. (1790) Joseph Smith (son of John & Elizabeth)
  (5) Elizabeth Wilson
  m. Josiah Messer
  (6) Mary Wilson (b 1755, d 28.02.1836)
  m. (1781) George Stacey (b 1749, d 1816)
  (7) Sarah Wilson (b 1759, dsp 01.04.1843)
  m. (10.03.1806) John Abbot (son of Samuel & Hannah)
  (8) Margaret Wilson (b 1761, d 02.06.1840)
  m. (1790) Hadwen Bragg
  (9)+ other issue - Anthony (b 1750, bur 1768), Isaac (b 1757, bur 1758)
  e. Elizabeth Wilson (b 1703, d 1781)
  m. (1742) Reginald Holme (b 1694, d 1772, son of Jacob)
  (1) Elizabeth Holme
  m. Anthony Clapham of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
  f. Dorothy Wilson
  m. William Waithman
  ii. Margaret Wilson (bpt 27.01.1667)
  iii. Elizabeth Wilson (bpt 15.05.1670)
  m. John Huchinson of Waterford
  iv. Dorothy Wilson
  m. Robert Dowthwaite of Under Skiddaw
  v. Elinor Wilson
  m. Isaac Hoghton (son of Wilfred Hoghton or Haughton by Elizabeth)

Main source(s): 'Pedigree of Wilson of High Wray and Kendal (and the families connected with them)' (Joseph Foster, 1871, 'Wilson of High Wray', p1+)
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