Benjamin Wilson II

 Benjamin Wilson II and his son were part of the adaptive Compromise Generation. His parents were part of the nomadic, reactive Liberty Generation. His wife and his older sister were part of the heroic, civic-minded Republican Generation.

[ The Wilson house in North Saugus ]
The Wilson house in North Saugus
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Year by year in the life of Benjamin Wilson II

The childhood of and early adult years of Benjamin Wilson II in their historical context
The prime adulthood years of Benjamin Wilson II in their historical context
The elderhood years of Benjamin Wilson II in their historical context

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Birth of Benjamin Wilson II
Born: 28 February 1767
Birthplace: Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts(1) our cousin (through Artemas Seymour Edmands and his eldest son, Arthur Seymour Edmands), has Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, as Benjamin's birthplace.
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Parents
Father: Benjamin Wilson I, 1734-1818 (our ancestor), from Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts
Mother: Lydia Bancroft, 1738-1811 (our ancestor), from Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
Siblings
Sister: Lydia Wilson
Born 14 August 1765
---- in Danvers, Essex County, MA
Married June 1792
------ to Asa Bushby
------ b. 8 July 1770
------ Marblehead, Essex Co., MA
------ d. 27 November 1833
------ Danvers, Essex Co., MA
    Children:
    Asa Bushby, b. 1793
    William Bushby, b. 1794
    Joseph Bushby, b. 1796 (died young)
    Sally Bushby, b. 1798
    Joseph Bushby, b. 1802
    Henry Bushby, b. 1805
    Lydia Bushby, b. 1809
    Asa Bushby, b. 1809
Died 1 January 1844
---- in Danvers, Essex County, MA
Sister: Sarah Wilson
Born 29 February(2) This date needs further investigation. The year 1782 was not a leap year and so would not have had a February 29.
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Married Amos Mudge
------ son of Simon Mudge
------ and Eliza Whittridge Mudge
Died 20 March 1856
No information on any other siblings
Spouse and children
Wife: Margaret Mansfield, 1765-1812 (our ancestor)
from Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
(daughter of Thomas Mansfield II and Mary Hawks Mansfield [our ancestors],
from Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.
Married 9 October 1786
in (probably) Lynn
Son: Daniel Wilson, 1788->1865 (our ancestor)
No information on any other children
Other information
Occupation: Probably farmer
Religion: No information available
Death of Benjamin Wilson II
Died: 19 August 1843(3) This death date comes from cousin Nancy B. Edmands Allen (our cousin through Artemas Seymour Edmands and his second son, Edward Wesley Edmands). Cousin Patricia Mathews has challenged that date with the statement in correspondence with me: "For some reason I have that Benj. who died Saugus 8-19-1844 [1843?] is not ours?? . . . All I wrote was 'not ours' on the record, didn't write why." This needs further investigation. There are many good reasons to challenge Nancy's data.
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(age 76 years 5 months 20 days)
Deathplace: Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts
Burial place: No information available
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Sources on Benjamin Wilson II:

  • Nancy B. Edmands Allen, b. 1925.
  • b. 1951, a cousin of ours (a great-granddaughter of Arthur Seymour Edmands), for considerable information. For information on Benjamin's mother, Lydia Bancroft (Bencroft) Wilson, and on his siblings, she has cited William Richard Cutter and William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of the State of Massachusetts, Volume 1 (which covers Boston and eastern Massachusetts), pp. 149-151.
  • "Descendants of Richard Hutchinson of Arnold, Northamptonshire, England," by Dave Carlson, for information on Lydia Wilson Bushby, 1765-1844, and her family.
  • Ethel Jean Edmands Weeks, b. 1909.
  • Mary Caroline Findley Edmands

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