otherwise known as Kendall School, District No. 109
Not too long ago, I received an email from one of my readers whose parents had lived in the old schoolhouse in Sergeantsville after it had been retrofitted as a residence. She sent me a charming photograph of the school building with her parents’ Volkswagon in front.
The Wilsons of Hunterdon County were multitudinous, just as were many other families of the 18th and 19th centuries. This is just one of the Wilson clans. There were others completely unrelated. As usual, I’ve tried to begin with the first of the family to settle in Hunterdon County. Children of married daughters are included, but not grandchildren. It’s quite possible there are mistakes; I am happy to receive corrections and additions, either through comments or email.
First Generation:
(1) James Wilson (1727 – 1804) & Margaret (c.1745 – )
He may have been the James Wilson who was born in Monmouth County, to Peter Wilson & Sarah Hankinson. The family moved to Amwell Township before the Revolution. I have no information on wife Margaret. James Wilson died intestate in 1804; I have not seen his estate record.
Second Generation:
(1) James Wilson & Margaret
| (2.1) James Wilson (c.1755 – ) & Margaret Peggy Hunt (c.1760 – ) I do not have information on their family. Peggy was the daughter of John Hunt & Mary Carpenter. | (2.2) William Wilson (c.1755 – >1799) & Sarah VANDOLAH (c.1759 – 1850)
| (2.3) Capt. John Wilson (1755 – 1822) & Jane Deremer (1755 – 1834)
| (2.4) Unknown Wilson (c.1760 – ) & Unknown McGraw (c.1760 – )
| (2.5) Jerusha Wilson (c.1775 – ) & Isaac WOLVERTON (1774 – 1846)
| (2.6) Elijah Wilson Esq. (1780 – 1859) & Elizabeth Skillman (1784 – 1868)
| (2.7) Charity Wilson (1783 – 1863), 3rd wife of Hon. Samuel BARBER (1756 – 1847), no children
| (2.8) Rebecca Wilson (c.1785 – c.1861) & John HOPPOCK Esq. (1784 – 1866)
Third Generation:
Note: Assemblyman Emmert Wilson is not on this tree; he descended from George Wilson (1783-1835) and Mary Heath (c.1784 – ). Neither George Wilson’s nor Mary Heath’s parents are known to me.
(1) James Wilson & Margaret
| (2.2) William Wilson & Sarah Vandolah, d/o Garret & Catharine VANDOLAH
| | (3.1) Garret Vandolah Wilson (1781 – 1876) & Mary BUTTERFOSS (1783 – 1863)
| | (3.2) Daniel Wilson (c.1785 – >1850) & Mary TAYLOR (c.1783 – >1815), no children
| | (3.3) Catherine Wilson (c.1787 – 1843) & Daniel LaRue (c.1771 – 1849)
| (2.3) Capt. John Wilson & Jane Deremer, d/o Abraham & Charity Deremer
| | (3.1) Mary Wilson (1778 – 1856) & Hon. Andrew LARISON (1776 – 1861)
| | (3.2) Jane Wilson (1780 – 1843) & Caleb MOORE (1784 – 1835)
| | (3.3) Leah Wilson (c.1781 – 1841) & Sen. Joseph MOORE (1780 – 1852)
| | (3.4) Sarah Wilson (1787 – 1851)
| | (3.5) Elizabeth Wilson (1788 – 1836) & Samuel WOLVERTON (1779 – 1841)
| | (3.6) Rev. Abraham Deremer Wilson (1789 – 1876) & Julia Ann Baldwin (1785 – 1860)
| | (3.7) Hon. John Suydam Wilson (1791 – 1851) & Elizabeth Harrison READING (1802 – 1889)
| | (3.8) David Wilson (1793 – 1857) & Susanna M. HOPPOCK (1798 – 1883), no children
| | (3.9) William Walter Wilson Esq. (1796 – 1875)
| | | | m. 1) Anna Maria LAMBERT (1811 – 1852)
| | | | m. 3) Jerusha THATCHER (1808 – 1879), d/o Amos Thatcher & Mary SINE, no children
| | (3.10) Cornelius Wilson (1798 – 1877) & Sarah Huffman (1803 – 1875)
| (2.4) Unknown Wilson & Unknown McGraw
| | (3.1) Sarah Catherine McGraw (c.1785 – )
| (2.5) Jerusha Wilson & Isaac WOLVERTON, s/o Roger Woolverton & Martha Thatcher
| | (3.1) James Wolverton (c.1797 – )
| | (3.2) Rebecca Wolverton (c.1799 – )
| | (3.3) Jonathan Lambert Wolverton (1801 – )
| | | | m. 1) Angelina Ferris
| | | | m. 2) Lucina Speer
| | | | m. 3) Hannah Tompkins
| | (3.4) Wilson Wolverton (c.1803 – )
| | (3.5) Charles T. Wolverton (c.1805 – ) & Sarah
| | (3.6) Gershom L. Wolverton (1808 – ) & Deborah Crane
| (2.6) Elijah Wilson Esq. & Elizabeth Skillman, d/o John T. Skillman & Mary Veghte
| | (3.1) Eurah Wilson (1803 – 1847) & Asa HIGGINS (1796 – 1871)
| | (3.2) John Wilson (1804 – 1869) & Jane (c.1808 – <1860)
| | (3.3) James Wilson (1807 – 1865) & Elizabeth Sutphin (1813 – 1895)
| | (3.4) Eliza Wilson (c.1810 – ) & Henry Schenck (c.1797 – 1865)
| | (3.5) Mary Wilson (1814 – 1901) & John J. Sutphin (1811 – 1875)
| | (3.6) Theodore Wilson (1811 – 1845) & Martha McNair (1813 – 1882)
| | (3.7) Ann Wilson (1812 – 1885) & Adam Matthias BELLIS (1806 – 1872)
| | (3.8) Caroline Wilson (1818 – 1889) & Noah Hunt Blackwell (1813 – 1880)
| | (3.9) Cornelia Wilson (c.1818 – ) & Boss (c.1815 – )
| | (3.10) Julia Wilson (1820 – 1903) & Ferdinand Shurman HOLCOMBE (1818 – 1910)
| | (3.11) Amanda Wilson & George Rollin (c.1820 – )
| | (3.12) Sarah Wilson & unknown Agin
| | (3.13) Margaretta Wilson (c.1825 – ) & Newton K. Young (c.1820 – )
| (2.8) Rebecca Wilson & John HOPPOCK Esq., s/o Cornelius Hoppock & Jemima Barber
| | (3.1) William Hoppock (1815 – 1894) & Rebecca WILSON (1818 – 1866)
| | (3.2) James W. Hoppock (c.1824 – 1882) & Sarah LAMBERT (1841 – 1888)
Fourth Generation:
(1) James Wilson & Margaret
| (2.2) William Wilson & Sarah VANDOLAH, d/o Garret & Catharine Vandolah
| | (3.1) Garret Vandolah Wilson & Mary BUTTERFOSS, d/o Daniel Butterfoss & Esther Ent
| | | (4.1) Rev. William Vandolah Wilson (1811 – 1908)
| | | | | m. 1) Lydia Seabrook (1805 – 1852)
| | | | | m. 2) Martha Seabrook (1810 – 1890)
| | | (4.2) Sarah Wilson (1817 – 1879) & Watson J. RITTENHOUSE (1810 – 1894)
| | | (4.3) Esther Hettie Wilson (c.1820 – ) & N. B. Johnson – no information
| | | (4.4) Rev. Charles E. Wilson (c.1825 – )
| | | | | m. 1) Theresa
| | | | | m. 2) Margaret SERGEANT (c.1845 – )
| | (3.3) Catherine Wilson & Daniel LaRue There is some question about Daniel LaRue’s family.
| | | (4.1) Dilts LaRue (c.1799 – 1862) & Susan HOAGLAND (1799 – 1887)
| (2.3) Capt. John Wilson & Jane Deremer, d/o Abraham & Charity Deremer
| | (3.1) Mary Wilson & Hon. Andrew LARISON
| | | (4.1) Sarah Larison (1798 – 1883) & Aaron C. Wilson (1797 – 1864)
| | | (4.2) Jane Larison (1800 – 1800)
| | | (4.3) John Wilson Larison (1801 – 1889) & Maria L. FISHER (1803 – 1886)
| | | (4.4) Andrew Larison (1803 – 1885) & Mary Ann Phillips (1816 – 1903)
| | | (4.5) Benjamin Larison (1805 – 1892) & Hannah Ann HOLCOMBE (1809 – 1869)
| | | (4.6) Abraham D. Larison (1810 – 1815)
| | | (4.7) Lavinia Levinia Larison (1811 – 1886) & Samuel R. HOLCOMBE (1811 – 1875)
| | (3.2) Jane Wilson & Caleb MOORE
| | | (4.1) Sarah Ann Moore (1805 – 1878)
| | | (4.2) Wilson F. Moore (1807 – 1872) & Elizabeth Ann HOLCOMBE (1805 – 1873)
| | (3.5) Elizabeth Wilson & Samuel WOLVERTON
| | | (4) Maurice Wolverton (1827 – 1904) & Caroline M. HOPPOCK (1823 – 1909)
| | (3.6) Rev. Abraham Deremer Wilson & Julia Ann Baldwin, left H.C.
| | | (4.1) David Wilson (1831 – 1831), died single
| | (3.7) John Suydam Wilson & Elizabeth H. READING, d/o Samuel R. Reading & Eleanor Anderson
| | | (4.1) Ellen R. Wilson (1835 – 1891)
| | | (4.2) Cornelius Wilson (1837 – 1916) & Amelia Permelia DILTS (1837 – 1922)
| | | (4.3) Israel Wilson (1845 – 1845)
| | (3.9) William Walter Wilson & 1) Anna Maria LAMBERT, d/o Daniel Lambert & Polly Sharp
| | | (4.1) Mary L. Wilson (1832 – 1887)
| | | (4.2) Jane Deremer Wilson (1834 – 1914) & Alex T. HOLCOMBE (1821 – 1886)
| | (3.10) Cornelius Wilson & Sarah Huffman, d/o John Huffman & Catharine Trout
| | | (4) Catharine L. Wilson (1846 – 1857)
| (2.6) Elijah Wilson & Elizabeth Skillman, d/o John T. Skillman & Mary Veghte
| | (3.1) Eurah Wilson & Asa Higgins
| | | (4) Jonathan B. Higgins (1821 – 1894) & Harriet Leigh (1831 – 1910)
| | | (4) Mary Higgins (1829 – 1871) & James Johnson FISHER (1824 – 1897)
| | | (4) Martha Higgins (1832 – 1913) & Peter Ogden HOLCOMBE (1817 – 1886)
| | | (4) Charity Higgins (1833 – 1911) & Benjamin F. ‘Frank’ HOLCOMBE (1825 – 1933)
| | (3.2) John Wilson & Jane
| | | (4.1) Ann E. Wilson (c.1832 – )
| | | (4.2) Mary S. Wilson (1833 – 1897) & Wilson H. Snyder (1825 – 1906)
| | | (4.3) Achsa Wilson (c.1834 – )
| | | (4.4) Charles Wilson (1836 – ) & Achsah (~1833 – )
| | (3.3) James Wilson & Elizabeth Sutphin, d/o James Stout Sutphen & Charity Hortman
| | | (4.1) James Sutton Wilson (1839 – 1923) & Elizabeth (1839 – 1918)
| | | (4.2) Martha Wilson (1845 – 1846)
| | | (4.3) Cornelia B. Wilson (1847 – 1926) & Robert Holcomb FISHER (1843 – 1919)
| | | (4.4) Caroline B. Wilson (1849 – 1853)
| | | (4.5) Howard Wilson (1849 – >1900) & Louisianna Shepherd (1852 – )
| | | (4.6) William Chamberlain Wilson (1851 – 1853)
| | | (4.7) Virginia Wilson (1849 – >1930) & Smith E. Skinner (1845 – )
| | | (4.8) Clinton B. Wilson (1855 – 1923) & Mary Elizabeth HAINES (1857 – 1914)
| | (3.4) Eliza Wilson & Henry Schenck
| | | (4.1) Mary E. Schenck (c.1831 – )
| | | (4.2) Ann Schenck (c.1833 – )
| | | (4.3) Henrietta Schenck (~1844 – )
| | (3.5) Mary Wilson & John J. Sutphin
| | | (4.1) Catherine Sutphin (1833 – 1856)
| | | (4.2) Elizabeth Sutphin (1835 – 1863) & Wyckoff (c.1830 – <1870)
| | | (4.3) Harrison Sutphin (1843 – 1926) & Caroline R. HOPPOCK (c.1841 – )
| | | (4.4) Anna Sutphin (1842 – 1844)
| | | (4.5) Howard Sutphin (1850 – 1927) & Elizabeth Groff (1847 – 1916)
| | (3.6) Theodore Wilson & Martha McNair
| | | (4.1) Sarah Wilson (c.1835 – )
| | | (4.2) Elizabeth T. Wilson (1837 – 1910) & Amos M. Hart M.D. (1833 – 1908)
| | | (4.3) Rebecca H. Wilson (1838 – 1879)
| | (3.7) Ann Wilson & Adam Matthias BELLIS, s/o Matthias Bellis & Elizabeth Sutphen
| | | (4.1) Martha Bellis (1833 – 1913) & Elisha Sharp Wyckoff (1831 – 1902)
| | | (4.2) Elijah Wilson Bellis (1835 – 1898) & Caroline D. LAMBERT (1839 – 1919)
| | | (4.3) Sarah Bellis (1838 – 1840)
| | | (4.4) Margaret Jane Bellis (~1840 – ) & John Simerson (~1835 – )
| | | (4.5) Ann Elizabeth Bellis (1844 – 1844)
| | | (4.6) Theodore W. Bellis (1849 – 1927) & Ellen Minor Chamberlain (1852 – 1945)
| | | (4.7) Josephine Bellis (1851 – 1909) & Judiah Higgins Ewing (1848 – 1909)
| | (3.8) Caroline Wilson & Noah Hunt Blackwell, s/o Andrew Blackwell & Anna Hunt
| | | (4.1) Caroline V. Blackwell (1841 – 1903) & William W. Servis (1846 – 1924)
| | | (4.2) Hon. Andrew J. Blackwell (1843 – 1921) & Mary Ann Carkhuff (1844 – 1935)
| | | (4.3) Martha W. Blackwell (1848 – 1890)
| | | | | m. 1) George Suydam (1847 – 1887)
| | | | | m. 2) Unknown
| | | (4.4) Dr. Edward Blackwell (1858 – 1920) & Ethel FOX
| | (3.10) Julia Wilson & Ferdinand S. HOLCOMBE, s/o Solomon Holcombe & Catherine Barber
| | | (4.1) Caroline Holcombe (c.1841 – 1925)
| | | (4.2) Catharine Holcombe (1842 – 1842)
| | | (4.3) Mary B. Holcombe (c.1843 – ) & Jno Emley HOLCOMBE Jr. (c.1836 – )
| | | (4.4) Cornelia Holcombe (1844 – 1931)
| | | (4.5) Emma A. Holcombe (1846 – >1900) & A. Wilson Muirhead (1845 – >1900)
| | | (4.6) Henry Clay Holcombe (c.1848 – )
| | | (4.7) Augustus B. Holcombe (1851 – 1930)
| | | | | m. 1) Sarah R. White (1854 – 1942)
| | | | | m. 2) Minnie O. (1855 – 1951)
| | | (4.8) Rhoda Holcombe (1853 – 1894) & Charles Livingston Stout (1846 – 1921)
| | | (4.9) Mary Ella Holcombe (1855 – 1886) & William C. Marsh (1851 – 1940)
| | | (4.10) William N. Holcombe (1856 – 1934) & Ida K. Hixson (1856 – 1916)
| | | (4.11) Elisha Holcombe (1858 – 1920) & Marie Alice Durham (1860 – 1922)
| | (3.13) Margaretta Wilson & Newton K. Young, s/o ?
| | | (4.1) Augustus F. Young (1847 – <1913)
| | | | | m. 1) Mary Young Stout (1844 – )
| | | | | m. 2) Julia Higgins (1846 – )
Fifth Generation:
(1) James Wilson & Margaret
| (2.3) Capt. John Wilson & Jane Deremer, d/o Abraham & Charity Deremer
| | (3.7) John Suydam Wilson & Elizabeth H. READING, d/o Samuel R. Reading & Eleanor Anderson
| | | (4.2) Cornelius Wilson & Amelia Permelia DILTS
| | | | (5.1) Lewis Cornelius Wilson (c.1866 – 1940)
| | | | | | m. 1) Elizabeth J. Dean (1867 – 1911)
| | | | | | m. 2) Lucinda F. LAKE (1876 – 1941)
| | | | (5.2) Isabel F. Wilson (1868 – 1948) & James M. Price (1869 – 1934)
| | | | (5.3) John S. Wilson (c.1870 – 1953) & Ada E. Snyder (1870 – )
| | | | (5.4) Theodore Wilson (1871 – 1956)
| | | | (5.5) Andrew Wilson (1873 – 1941) & Anna A. Everitt (c.1882 – ~1956)
| | | | (5.6) Caroline D. Wilson (c.1873 – 1946)
| | (3.9) William Walter Wilson & 1) Anna Maria LAMBERT
| | | (4.2) Jane Deremer Wilson (1834 – 1914) & Alex T. HOLCOMBE (1821 – 1886)
| | | | (5.1) Annie Marie Holcombe (1860 – 1947) & Richard Holcombe Runkle (1860 – 1931)
| | | | (5.2) Catherine B. Holcombe (1863 – 1925)
| (2.6) Elijah Wilson Esq. & Elizabeth Skillman, d/o John T. Skillman & Mary Veghte
| | (3.2) John Wilson & Jane
| | | (4.2) Mary S. Wilson & Wilson H. Snyder
| | | | (5.1) Martha J. Snyder (1853 – 1936) & Elwood LARISON (1848 – 1927)
| | | | (5.2) Victoria Snyder (c.1854 – )
| | | | (5.3) Alfretta Snyder (c.1856 – ) & John B. Brink (c.1855 – )
| | | | (5.4) Ella C. Snyder (c.1858 – 1859)
| | | | (5.5) James W. Snyder (c.1860 – )
| | | | (5.6) Luella Snyder (c.1866 – )
| | | | (5.7) Hettie Snyder (c.1868 – ) & unknown Hyde (c.1865 – )
| | | | (5.8) Lena Snyder (c.1878 – )
| | | (4.4) Charles Wilson & Achsah
| | | | (5.1) Sallie M. Wilson (1860 – )
| | | | (5.2) Kendrich R. Wilson (1865 – )
| | (3.3) James Wilson & Elizabeth Sutphin, d/o James Stout Sutphen & Charity Hortman
| | | (4.3) Cornelia B. Wilson (1847 – 1926) & Robert Holcomb FISHER (1843 – 1919)
| | | | (5.1) Clinton W. Fisher (1872 – 1942)
| | | (4.8) Clinton B. Wilson (1855 – 1923) & Mary Elizabeth HAINES (1857 – 1914)
| | | | (5.1) Amos Haines Wilson (1879 – 1941) & Jennie Wilson Smith (1882 – 1970)
| | | | (5.2) Margaret Wilson (1883 – 1963)
| | | | (5.3) Ida May Wilson (1887 – 1904)
| | (3.6) Theodore Wilson & Martha McNair
| | | (4.2) Elizabeth T. Wilson (1837 – 1910) & Amos M. Hart M.D. (1833 – 1908)
| | | | (5.1) Laura Hart (c.1860 – ~1860)
| | | | (5.2) Fannie Hart (1861 – 1931) & William J. Browne (1853 – 1903)
| | | | (5.3) Clarence A. Hart (c.1862 – )
| | | | (5.4) Elmer W. Hart (c.1869 – 1869)
Sixth Generation:
(1) James Wilson & Margaret
| (2.3) Capt. John Wilson & Jane Deremer, d/o Abraham & Charity Deremer
| | (3.7) John Suydam Wilson & Elizabeth H. READING
| | | (4.2) Cornelius Wilson & Amelia Permelia DILTS
| | | | (5.1) Lewis Cornelius Wilson & 1) Elizabeth J. Dean
| | | | | (6.1) Charles D. Wilson (c.1898 – ) & Mary E. (1899 – )
| | | | (5.2) Isabel F. Wilson & James M. Price
| | | | | (6) Cornelius Wilson Price (1889 – 1955) & Maude L. (1888 – 1984)
| | | | | (6) Clarence Price (1895 – )
| | | | (5.5) Andrew Wilson & Anna A. EVERITT
| | | | | (6) Irvin F. Wilson (1909 – 1996)
| (2.6) Elijah Wilson Esq. & Elizabeth Skillman, d/o John T. Skillman & Mary Veghte
| | (3.3) James Wilson & Elizabeth Sutphin
| | | (4.8) Clinton B. Wilson & Mary Elizabeth HAINES
| | | | (5.1) Amos Haines Wilson & Jennie Wilson Smith
| | | | | (6) Clinton B. Wilson (1908 – 1985), unmarried
| | | | | (6) Mary E. Wilson (c.1911 – ) & David LAWSHE (1910 – )
Postscript to Flemington’s First Bank, parts one & two
It was a challenge to decide what to include in my previous article and what to leave out. I now find I left out quite a lot and am compelled to add a part three to the bank’s history.
This article is my somewhat-delayed return to the subject of the grand old building on Flemington’s Main Street built by John C. Hopewell for Flemington’s first bank, the Hunterdon County National Bank. (See Flemington’s First Bank.)
In part one of Summit School, Mr. Bush talked about “the meanest hill that old-timers had to travel on their way to Flemington.” Actually, going TO Flemington wasn’t so bad since it was all downhill. But returning UP the hill was no picnic. In fact, it was a “hard scrabble.”
While going through my files I came upon an article about the Inn by Hunterdon historian Egbert T. Bush. It tells us much about how popular and important the Inn was, not just to Stockton but also to the surrounding towns.
(1) Tunis Hontis Case (1691 – 1772) & Eva Catharine Dubraucke (1695 – after 1774)
My apologies. On May 25, 2021, I found too many mistakes on this tree to let it stand any longer. Making corrections is going to take a lot of work, but I hope to be able to restore the tree before too long.
Raritan Township was in the news not long ago for its effort to acquire and preserve a 48-acre farm to the west of Flemington. It is located near an area that has long been known as “Hardscrabble.”
My last article described the political turmoil in Hunterdon County in the 1850s. There was another kind of turmoil going on at the same time, an economic one. For Hunterdon that meant a local bank was needed.
I was inspired to publish this tree because of Ann Housel who married Flemington notable, John C. Hopewell. But I was not able to link her to the Housel family of Amwell, so I am publishing first the Amwell Housel tree followed by Ann Housel Hopewell’s family.
