'Wilson05'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Wilson of Chelsea Park, Wilson of Crofton, Wilson of Kilham, Wilson of Leeds

                               
Thomas Wilson of Leeds (d 1664)
m. (1614) Anne Parker (dau of Thomas Parker)
1. Richard Wilson of Leeds (bpt 08.03.1625-6, d 06.05.1688)
  m. Euphame Brown (d before 28.07.1710, dau of Thomas Brown)
  A. Thomas Wilson of Mill Hill House, Leeds (b 1650, d 08.01.1694-5)
m. Elizabeth Sykes (dau/coheir of Richard Sykes)
  i. Richard Wilson of Mill Hill, Leeds (b 24.07.1678, d 1761, recorder of Leeds)
  m. Anna Lockwood (dau/coheir of Christopher Lockwood)
  a. Christopher Wilson, Bishop of Bristol (d 18.04.1792, 3rd son)
  m. Ann Gibson (dau of Edmund Gibson, Bishop of London)
  (1) Richard Wilson of Rudding Hall, Yorkshire (b 31.12.1752)
  m. Elizabeth Fountayne (dau of John Fountayne of Melton, Dean of York)
(A) Richard Wilson, later Wilson-Fountayne of Melton, Sheriff of Yorkshire (b 06.1783) had issue
  m. Sophia Osbaldeston (dau of George Osbaldeston of Hutton Bushel)
  (B) Thomas Charles Wilson (b c1785, d 1801)
  (2) Christopher Wilson (3rd son)
  m. Sophia Pearse (dau of John Pearse of London)
  (3) Ann Wilson (dsp 1785)
  m. Rev. S(amuel) Disney
  (4) Elizabeth Wilson
  m. Randolph Marriott
(5) Mary Wilson
  m. Sir John Beckett, Bart
  (6) Margaret Wilson
  m. Sir Hugh Smythe, Bart
  (7) Dorothy Wilson
  m. John Upton of Ingmire Hall
  (8)+ other issue - Edmund George (d unm 1781), Thomas (d young), Frances
b. William Wilson 'of Allerton Gledhow' (b 24.07.1718)
  m. Ann Pawson (dau/heir of Henry Pawson of Allerton Gledhow)
  (1) Ann Wilson
  m. (13.12.1784) Thomas Dalton, later Norcliffe (a 1817)
  c. Elizabeth Wilson
  m. Thomas Lodge
  (1) Richard Lodge 'of Leeds' (d 1795)
  m. Elizabeth Ewbank (dau/coheir of G. Ewbank of York)
  (A) Elizabeth Lodge
  m. John Dalton (son of Colonel ?? Dalton of Sleningford)
  (2) Mary Lodge
  m. Sir Richard Sullivan, Bart
d.+ other issue (d unm) - Richard (b 1709-10, d 13.07.1776, recorder of Leeds), Thomas (b c1723, d 1789), Anna (d 09.03.1789)
  B. Joshua Wilson (b 21.04.1659, d 1689, 3rd son)
  m. Eva Schmidt (dau of Jacob Schmidt of Danzig)
  i. Jacob Richard Wilson of Bridlington (elder son) identified by Commoners as Joshua of Leeds (a 1706)
  m. Alice Brown (eventual heiress of George Parkin of Bridlington & Richard Gargrave of Wakefield)
a. Joshua Wilson of Pontefract, later of Crofton & Kilham, Yorkshire (b 21.05.1705, d 24.02.1778)
  m. (04.07.1726) Anne Clifton (b 1696, d 03.1762, dau/coheir of William Clifton of Houghton)
  (1) Joshua Wilson of Crofton & Kilham (b 24.05.1731, d 31.05.1797)
  m. Mary Stevens of Glamorgan (heir)
  (A) Sir Henry Wilson, later Wright-Wilson of Crofton, Kilham, Chelsea Park (Middlesex) & Drayton (Hampshire) (b 1760, dsp 03.12.1832)
  m1. (08.1780) Jane Chaloner (d 22.01.1797, dau of William Chaloner of Gisborough)
  m2. (1799) Frances Elizabeth Brudenell-Bruce (d 07.02.1836, dau of 1st Earl of Ailesbury)
(B) Edward Wilson (b 1769, d 16.06.1796, Captain)
  (i) Mary Wilson, later Wright-Wilson of Crofton, Kilham, Chelsea Park & Drayton (b 1790, dsp 06.07.1866)
  m. (29.04.1839) John Henniker, later Wright-Henniker-Wilson
  (2) William Wilson (b 28.02.1734, d 1792, recorder of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3rd son)
  m. (01.1770) Mary Scott (dau/coheir of Christopher Scott of Aldborough (Mayor of Hull) son/heir (by Mary, dau of Christopher Richardson, Mayor of Hull) of Thomas of Aldborough (Mayor of Hull))
  (A) Richard Wilson of Ackworth Grange, Yorkshire (b 1778, d 13.08.1839, 3rd son)
  m. Jane Monkhouse
  (i)+ 5 sons and 6 daughters
  (B) Christopher Wilson (b 04.03.1780, d 12.06.1811, Major) had issue
  m. (31.08.1801) Rebecca Anne Wyborne (dau of James Wyborne of Hull Place (by Rebecca, dau of Robert Bargrave of Eastry) son of William of Hull Place by Eleanor, sister/coheir of Sir John Dineley Goodere, 2nd Bart)
  (C)+ other issue (d unm) - William (d 04.06.1794), Charles of Aldborough (d 12.09.1805, Captain), Anne (d 1797)
  (3)+ othe issue - Richard (b 18.05.1732, d unm 07.09.1794, recorder of Berwick-on-Tweed), 3 daughters
  C. Mary Wilson
  m1. William Rodes (son of Sir William)
  m2. (sp) Joshua Rayner
  D.+ other issue - Richard (d 11.12.1670), James (b 1663), Anne, Elizabeth, Jane
2. William Wilson of Leeds (bpt 06.12.1627) had issue
3. John Wilson of Leeds
  A. ?? Wilson
  i. Benjamin Wilson (d c1789, artist)
  a. Sir Robert Thomas Wilson, Governor of Gibraltar (b 17.08.1777, d 09.05.1849, General, 4th child)
  Wikipedia reports that, in his 20s, Robert eloped with ...
  m. Jemima Belford (dau of Colonel William Belford)
  (1)+ 13 children
4. Alice Wilson
  m. Bartholomew Ibbetson of Leeds
  A. Anne Ibbetson
  m. John Wright of London
5.+ other issue - Ann, Isabella, Jane

Main source(s): BLG1952 (Wilson of Kilham and formerly of Crofton), Commoners (vol 2, Fountayne-Wilson of Melton)
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