James WILSON was of Scottish descent and lived in Adams County, Pennsylvania. His son David was a Captain in the Revolutionary War. David's son Henry Rowan was a Presbyterian minister whose church was in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
1 James WILSON b Ballyrashan, Londonderry, Ireland - 1776 Adams Co, PA
m Jane ------ (c1721-1798)
2 d Elizabeth (1743- )
m William REED
3 d Isabella (1776 -)
3 d Mary R. (1779 - )
3 s James (1781 - )
3 s Samuel Miller (1784 - 1819)
m Mary AGNEW
4 d Anna Maria (1807 - )
4 s William J. (1810 - )
4 s David A. (1812 - 1813)
4 d Harriet Rebecca (1814 - )
4 d Jane W. (1816 - )
4 s Samuel Miller Jr. (1817 - )
4 s Guthrie Paxton (1819 - 1865)
2 s Hugh (1746 - c1810)
m Margaret ------ ( - 1833)
3 s Abraham ( - 1870)
m Jane WILSON (1793 - 1863)
4 d Mary Ann
4 s James (1819 - 1821)
4 s David (1829 - 1832)
4 d Florence (1834 - 1835)
3 s James
3 s Hugh (1797 - 1861)
3 s John
3 s William
3 d Jane
3 d Peggy
3 d Elizabeth
3 d Mary ( -1852)
2 s James (1747 - 1779)
m Hettie JACK (c1753 - 1840
3 d Jane (1777 - 1865)
m John HILL (c1765 - 1849)
4 s Wilson James
4 s William
4 s Dixon
4 d Jane
4 d Hettie
4 d Margaret
3 s James (1779 - )
m Mary REED (1779 - )
4 d Nancy Miller (1800 - 1882)
m Isaac ROBINSON
5 s James Wilson (1829 - 1880)
5 s John Smith (1831 -
5 s Charles McClean (1836 - 1889)
4 d Jane W. (1802 - 1893)
m John PAXTON (c1796 - 1840)
5 d Mary Jane (1825 - )
5 s James Wilson (1827 -
5 s William H. (1838 - 1841)
4 d Isabella (1804 - 1810)
4 d Hetty Maria (1807 - 1810)
4 d Isabella Maria (1810 - 1842)
m George LOURY
4 d Ann Eliza (1815 - 1817)
4 d Margaret (13 Nov 1817 - 26 Nov 1817)
2 s John B. (1749 - )
2 s David B. (1752 - 1846)
m Jane ROWAN (1757 - 1838)
3 s James (1778 - )
3 s Henry Rowan (1780 - 1849)
m 1) Unknown
4 d Mary (c1800 - )
4 s Henry Rowan (c1814 - )
m Sarah BEATTY (1819 - 1835)
m 2) Sarah Elizabeth LITTLE
3 s John (1782 - 1828) Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
m Mary DAVIS (1780 - 1838) Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
4 d Harriet S. (c1805 - )
m William SHROM
4 d Caroline (c1807 - 1878)
m Samuel ELLIOTT (c1795 - 1863)
5 d Mary (c1834 - )
5 s John Wilson (c1836 - c1866)
5 s Isaac (c1838 - )
5 s Samuel Jr. (c1842 - )
5 s Charles Richardson (1844 - 1845)
5 d Annabelle (c1846 - )
4 s David J. (1809 - 1852)
m Mary Adeline WATERBURY
5 s James Henry (1833 - )
4 d Jane Mary Davis (1813 - 1850)
m John Richards COPELIN
5 d Caroline
4 s James Henry (c1814 - 1838)
4 d Henrietta (c1818 - )
m Samuel W. HAVERSTICK (c1816 - 1864)
4 d Elizabeth (1821 - 1893) Lebanon, Linn Co, OR
m Matthew Loudon CAROTHERS (1816 - 1888) Lebanon, Linn Co, OR
4 s George B. (1823 - )
4 d Sarah Ann (1825 - )
m Lemuel TODD (c1818 - )
3 s David (1735 - 1822)
m Martha AGNEW (1787 - 1822)
4 d Mary Eliza (1814 - )
4 d Harriet Martha (1815 - )
m Robert S. PAXTON
5 d Alretta
5 d Sarah
4 d Rebecca (1818 - )
m Hamilton LONGWELL (1782 - 1877)
5 d Martha
5 s Robert
5 s Howard
5 s Wilson
5 s James
4 d Florence McLain (1820 - )
m Matthew IRWIN (1800 - )
5 d Margaret (c1843 - )
5 d Mary (c1846 -
5 d Elizabeth W. (c1849 -)
5 d Emma (c1852 - )
5 s James M. (c1855 - )
5 d Ada Jane (c1857 - )
4 d Jane (1820 - )
m 1) Christian HERR
m 2) Abram O. SCOTT (c1820 - 1903)
4 s David Agnew (1820 - 1912)
m 1) Elizabeth McCONAUGHTY (c1822 - 1893)Milan, Sullivan Co, MO
5 s David McConaughty
m 2) Julia MEREDITH
3 s Samuel (1790 - 1810)
3 s William (1793 - 1871)
m Helen Mary THOMPSON (1813 - )
4 d Etta (c1853 - )
4 s William Douglas (1856 - )
m Levina BESTWICK (1863 - )
5 d Pearl
3 s Robert (1795 - 1863)
m 1) Jane ARMSTRONG (1799 - 1831)
4 s David
4 d Jane
m 2) Margaret ARBAUGH
4 s John Alonzo
4 s William
2 d Martha B. (1754 - )
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