Captain Nathaniel Wilson

Captain Nathaniel Wilson[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33]

Male 1711 - 1778  (67 years)


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  • Name Nathaniel Wilson  [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33
    Title Captain 
    Birth 08 Apr 1711  Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 11, 16, 27, 32
    Christening 08 Apr 1711  Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 32
    Gender Male 
    Burial Aug 1778  Old Common Burial Ground, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11
    Death 19 Aug 1778  Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7, 8, 11
    Person ID I312684222123  Oswald Genealogy
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Father Jeremiah Wilson,   b. 26 Oct 1665, Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Hannah Beaman,   b. 02 May 1665, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Lancaster, Worcester,Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1687  Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2868  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Parish,   b. 1720, ,, Mass Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Sep 1769, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Marriage 28 Mar 1742  Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Eunice Davenport,   b. 26 Sep 1717, Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1795, Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Line in Record @I0811@ (RIN 1246) from G
      Line in Record @I0811@ (RIN 1246) from GEDCOM file not recognized: PLAC IFALL

      !Nathaniel had several daughters named R
      !Nathaniel had several daughters named Rhoda. One of them died Jan. of 1753, but no age is given (Vital Records of Bolton MA, FHL 974.43/B3 V2v).

      Not correct Nathaniel
      This Nathaniel is not the correct Nathaniel that is married to Sarah Parish the one that is was born 3 April 1711 Lancaster, Middlesex, Massachuesetts. He did marry Sarah Parish. Nathaniel died 19 August 1778 Leicester, Worchester, Mass.

      sources
      Sources:
      1) Lancaster, Massachusetts Register, 1643-1850, edited by Henry S. Nourse, 1890; pg. 24, 26, 271, 410, 285 (Film # 547550)

      Admitted to full communion, Church of Christ, Lancaster, Massachusetts, pg. 274
      Died in 67th year of age. Buried at the Old Burial Field, beside meetinghouse. Words on stone: "Death with his warrant in his hand Came rusing on amain And I was forced to obey, But shall arise again." pg. 409

      Moved to Petersham, Massachusetts

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