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 – )
(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.
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.
The second generation of this Lair Family tree came to New Jersey came from Germany in the mid-18th century, after the death of the patriarch in Lyons, France. The widow and her sons came to Hunterdon County in 1757, but settled in different places, one in the northern county and the other in the southern. The name is usually spelled Lair, but sometimes as Lare.
The Myers family from Germany was prominent in old Amwell Township, Hunterdon County for several generations. But people were not careful about how they spelled the name. It could be Myers, Myres, Mires, Meyers or anything else they could think of.
The branch of the family I am most concerned with is the one residing in Flemington. But there are many branches of the tree that I am unfamiliar with and welcome additions and corrections.
Thanks to the efforts of Gen. Daniel Bray of Kingwood Township to collect the boats that Washington needed to get his army across the Delaware River before the British caught up with them, the surname Bray has a certain caché in Hunterdon County. But the family traces back much further, to a Rev. Jonathan Bray of Middletown, Monmouth County, who arrived from England in 1686.
I have written quite a bit about Daniel & Mary Robins. They arrived in Amwell Township as early as 1715, making the family among the earliest to physically settle in Hunterdon County. Despite the hardship of raising a family in the wilderness, the Robins succeeded very well. So well, that they got the attention of a newspaper writer.
The Hoaglands (Hooglandts) came to New Netherland in the early to mid 1600s, along with the rest of the settlers of this Dutch colony. As so often happened, their children or grandchildren preferred to settled in the wilderness rather than the established colony, which is how Jan & Jacobe Hoagland came to Hunterdon County.
The Opdycke family emigrated to America from Holland in the 17th century, settling at Gravesend in Kings County, New York. They certainly prospered in their new home and multiplied extensively. Consequently, there are many many Opdycke descendants, and also an extensive published genealogy. Because it is such a large family, I have not been able to research it as thoroughly as some others.
