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| According to Stephen Wilson: 1st Generation - Robert Wilson and Sarah Mitchell ------------------------------------------------- Robert Wilson, with his wife Sarah, had eleven children baptised over a period of 20 years between 1768 and 1787, at the Independent Congregational Chapel at Ossett Green. Robert Wilson had been married to Sarah Mitchell on 29 April 1767 at the parish church of All Saints in Dewsbury. (Ossett lay within the parish of Dewsbury; and of course all marriages at this period had to be conducted in the Anglican Church.) The witnesses to the marriage were John Wilson and Thomas Mitchell; and all four of them signed their names, a clear indication for this period that both families were of some standing. It remains possible, therefore, that they might yet be found in the records of the manor of Wakefield. The occupation of Robert was unfortunately not given at his wedding; nor was it given in the chapel baptismal register for any of his children. However, given the evidence from land transactions in about 1792, we know that he was a clothier, like his father before him. It is likely that Robert and his siblings probably helped in the family cloth making as youngsters, and Robert grew up to be a clothier. The Family of Robert & Sarah Wilson ----------------------------------- Robert and Sarah were not lucky with their family. The burials have been found at the Congregational Chapel of two or three of their children. These included twins: Anne & Thomas born 3-8-1775 and baptised 13-8-1775. They died in 1776 within a year of their birth. Thomas was buried 22-2-1776 and Anne was buried 19-3-1776. A third may have been their son George, born 22-5-1784 and baptised 10-6-1784, who died in 1791 and was buried 3-6-1791, but this child's age at death was given as nine when it should have been seven. Their three eldest surviving children were all boys and all the other five who survived were girls. John Wilson, born 23-8-1768 and baptised 21-9-1768. Joseph Wilson, born 16-12-1769 and baptised 11-1-1770 Robert Wilson, born 5-1-1772 and baptised 9-2-1772 Mary Wilson, born 23-12-1773 and baptised 3-2-1773 Elizabeth Wilson, born 28-2-1777 and baptised 30-3-1777 Hannah Wilson, born 6-2-1779 and baptised 10-3-1779 Sarah Wilson, born 12-6-1781 and baptised 20-7-1781 Martha Wilson, born 16-12-1786 and baptised 21-1-1787 Naming the second son Joseph might indicate that Sarah's father was Joseph, because this was an old naming pattern, which Robert and Sarah did follow for their third son Robert. Interestingly, there is a record of a Sarah Mitchell being christened in Dewsbury on the 25th July 1752 in Dewsbury, the daughter of Joseph Mitchell. It is likely that this is the Sarah Mitchell that Robert Wilson married on the 29th April 1767 when she was 15 or 16 years of age. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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