Note from Curator Pam Wilson:

“My father, who is a presumed direct descendant of Elias Wilson, has done extensive yDNA testing. If you are a direct male descendant, please contact me so we can compare Wilson DNA results.”

Elias Wilson was the vicinity of Halifax in West Yorkshire, England, and was listed in documents in Elland as "Elias Wilson, Yeoman," until 1658 (see below). He appears to be a brother to a Henry Wilson, who also emigrates to Old Rappahannock County, Virginia in the 1660s.

Elland in West Yorkshire is a town along the River Calder, south of Halifax and west of Dewsbury and Wakefield; between Manchester and Leeds. Elland was called Elant in the Domesday Book, and it became the center of a textile and wool industry. According to Wikipedia, "Elland retained continuity of tenure from before the Norman Conquest into the Middle Ages, as the Elland family were descended from Anglo-Saxon thegns. The Manor of Elland, with Greetland and Southowram formed an island of the Honour of Pontefract in the surrounding Manor of Wakefield. At the request of John de Warenne, 7th Earl of Surrey, Edward II granted a charter to John de Eland, for a free market on Tuesday at his Manor of Elland, and two fairs....The remains of the medieval stocks can be found at the junction of Southgate and Elizabeth Street. "

Based upon records in the Elland parish register for baptisms, etc., there are several Wilson families in Elland (or one large family with many branches). It appears that 3-5 Wilson children were baptized each year in Elland during this time. However, I could not find a baptismal record there for Elias Wilson or Willson. The only baptism record for an Elias in Yorkshire was at St. John the Baptist Parish (Halifax Minster) in Halifax, which is several miles away.

Name: Elias Wilson

• Event Type: Baptism
• Baptism Date: 20 Nov 1631
• Baptism Place: Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England
• Parish as it appears: Halifax, St John the Baptist (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Minster)
• Father: John Wilson [Johis or Johannis]

An annotation in his baptismal listing marked "South" may refer to Southowram.

Elias is noted several times as a yeoman and is involved in a number of land transactions with partners. This places him and his family in a social class below the gentry but above the peasants--a sort of a middle class at that time (though not called middle class). He was probably literate enough to transact business and was perhaps a small entrepreneur. Many of this class were weavers or tanners, etc. We know that Elland (his town) was the center of a textile and wool industry.

The most likely candidate to be an older brother Henry would be this one:

Name: Henricus Wilson

• Baptism Date: 21 Jul 1622
• Baptism Place: Elland, York, England--St. Mary's
• Father: Johis Wilson

Records from West Yorkshire Archive online http://www.wyjs.org.uk/archives/ show Elias and Henry to have been in a business relationship with an Agnes Preston. I first speculated that she was perhaps a sister, but research shows that her name upon marriage to Henry Preston was Agnes/Anna Pitchforth, although the possibility that she was a Wilson who first married a Pitchforth still exists. (Henry Preston married Agnes Pitchforth 9 March 1640 in Elland. Agnes Preston, widdow, of Eland, died and was buried 3 Feb 1658, according to St. Mary Parish records in Elland.)

Catalogue Finding Number WYL256/83 (7)

• Title Mortgage for £29 by lease for 500 years
• Description Henry Preston of Elland [PW: This is husband of Alice Preston], yeoman to George Haigh of Haigh House, clothier. Half part of messuage called Haigh House & appurtenances in Quarmby. [Note from PW: mesuage means "a dwelling house together with its outbuildings, curtilage, and the adjacent land appropriated to its use" acc to www.thefreedictionary.com]
• Date 24 Jan 1642
• Extent 1 item
• Location of Archive Leeds GB 205
• Access_Status Open
• Custodial History Former reference number 7

Catalogue Finding Number WYL256/84 (134)

• Title Bargain & Sale for £30
• Description Elias Wilson of Elland, yeoman, Henry Wilson & Agnes Preston, widow, both of Elland to George Haghe of Haghehouse in Quarmby, clothier. Property in Quarmby. (Hoglehouse). [Note from PW: Quarmby is a district west of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, part of the West Riding--a couple of miles South of Elland]
• Date 1 Jul 1648
• Extent 1 item
• Location of Archive Leeds GB 205
• Access_Status Open
• Custodial History Former reference number 134

Catalogue Finding Number BRA:2

• Description 1 Joseph Flather of Overbrookfoot, Southowram, yeoman
• 2 Elias Wilson of Elland, yeoman
• Property: messuage with appurtenances in Elland and closes called Longmanlands
• Consideration: £163 17s
• Date 1 Jun 1657
• Extent 1 item
• Location of Archive Calderdale GB 203
• Access_Status Open

Catalogue Finding Number BRA:3

• Title Feoffment
• Description 1 Elias Wilson of Elland, yeoman, and Joseph Flather of Overbrookfoot, Southowram, yeoman
• 2 Joseph [Inman] of Elland, yeoman
• Property: messuage with appurtenances in Elland and closes called Longmanlands
• Date 2 Jun 1657
• Extent 1 item
• Location of Archive Calderdale GB 203
• Access_Status Open

Catalogue Finding Number RU:400

• Title Grant of land
• Description 1 Joseph Inman of Elland, yeoman
• 2 John Whittell the elder of Lane, Elland, and Edward Wilson, Elland, yeoman
• Property: messuage with appurtenances in Elland; with houses, barns, gardens, ground in close called Longmanlands, and in Elland townfields, etc now in the occupation of Joseph Inman and Elias Wilson
• After marriage of 1 to Martha, his wife
• Date 31 May 1658
• Extent 1 item
• Location of Archive Calderdale GB 203
• Access_Status Open

Henry acquired lands in 1664 in Rappahannock County, Virginia, which places their migration in a window between 1658-1664.

Elias and his presumed brother Henry seem to have migrated to Virginia in the mid-1660s. One might ask why? Since I seem to have a number of significant ancestors who migrated at that exact time, I did some research to try to understand the conditions in England at the time. Elias' early lifetime was very politically tumultuous, with the Civil Wars between the Royalists (supporters of King Charles I, who tried to abolish Parliament) and the Parliamentarians, who executed the King (1649), exiled his son, and replaced the monarchy with first a Commonwealth (1649-53) and then a Protectorate overseen by Oliver Cromwell (1653-58). The religious aspect of all this was that Cromwell and his followers were Puritans, who sought to rid the Church of England of its ecclesiastical and Catholic elements and become more like the Scottish Presbyterians. The monarchy was restored in 1660 when Charles II returned to retake the throne. Those who had supported the Protectorate and/or were Puritans and Presbyterians were now rebels against the crown.

These Wilsons were Protestant families, members of the Church of England. However, the parish in which Elias was baptized (Halifax Parish) was a Puritan stronghold during these years: "Halifax Parish Church witnessed further upheavals during the English Civil Wars of the seventeenth century, a period of bitter conflict, which caused severe disruption to the local textile trade. A Puritan stronghold, Halifax suffered occupation by both Royalist troops after the Royalist victory at Adwalton Moor in 1643 and by Parliamentarian forces after the Royalist defeat at Marston Moor." (see more, and pictures of the church, at http://www.halifaxminster.org.uk/century-of-revolution).

The other factor was the Bubonic Plague, which had its final epidemic in 1665-1666, which was the worst since the Black Death of the mid-1300s.

So either politics, religion, or avoiding the plague may have contributed to emigration to America.

VIRGINIA

Betty Tartas writes http://bettysgenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/surname-saturday-wi...

Fortunately there are more records documenting ELIAS WILSON Sr b abt 1650 & his wife SUSANNA.

She was not SUSANNA JACOBUS, by the way. SUSANNA JACOBUS married 1st) ROBERT DAVIS, and 2nd) JOHN DOZIER ("Married Well & Often" Headley p 103) Anyway, ELIAS' wife SUSANNA, after he died in about 1700, married 2nd to Lt Col GEORGE TAYLOR in 1705, Richmond Co VA.

Here is a list of the children of ELIAS WILSON Sr & SUSANNA unknown, as per his will proved 1699/1700 Sittenburne Parish , Richmond Co VA. (formed from Farnham Parish, old Rappahanock Co VA)

--HENRY WILSON b abt 1681 m 1st) unknown; 2nd) WINIFRED JACOBUS (widow of FRANCIS YEATS, JOHN PYCROFT, & THOMAS WILLIAMS)

--JAMES WILSON b 1680s m 1st) MARY CRASKE; 2nd) MARTHA unknown
--ELIAS WILSON Jr b 1685 m MARY LANE (widow of ALVIN MOUNTJOY); he died 1707 Richmond Co VA as per his will, naming wife MARY, son ELIAS, bros HENRY & JAMES. His wife MARY married 3rd) to Dr JOSEPH BELFIELD in 1708
--ELIZABETH WILSON b 1680s m Major EDWARD MOSELEY, son of CAPT WILLIAM MOSELEY & MARTHA BRASSEUR.
--MARTHA WILSON b 1680s m EDWARD MORRIS, her son EDWARD MORRIS mentioned in ELIAS Sr's will
--SHEBA/PHEBA WILSON b 1676, died before 1700 m CHARLES SNEAD; her two sons CHARLES & ELIAS SNEAD mentIoned in ELIAS Sr' s will
--***BRIDGETT WILSON b about 1678 died before 1700 (not named in ELIAS Sr's will) married THOMAS NEWMAN Sr ; one son THOMAS NEWMAN. (Married Well & Often, Headley p 262)
--***JOHN WILSON b about 1675 (not named in ELIAS Sr's will, at least not in the abstracted transcription) m FRANCES (widow of McMILLION) in 1701, Richmond Co VA. He died 1709. His will only mentions brothers HENRY & JAMES, wife FRANCES, who was to give two years of schooling to THOMAS NEWMAN (his nephew, apparently), and Major EDWARD MOSELEY. He was definitely the son of ELIAS WILSON & SUSANNA, as per the very interesting 1676 will of THOMAS BLISSED of Old Rappahanock Co, see below.
Here is a link to the will of ELIAS WILSON Sr who married SUSANNA from book Wills of Richmond County 1699-1800 by Robert K Headley, available on Ancestry.com http://search.ancestry.com/browse/bookview.aspx?dbid=49405&iid=FLHG...

from http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mrmarsha&...

Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Wills - Thomas Blissed Will probate 4 July 1677. Blissed was godfather of John Wilson, sonne of Elias and Susannah Wilson, to whm he bequeathed 3000# tobacco when he reaches 8 years old, to Phebe Wilson, daughter of Elias and Susannah Wilson, 30 shillings when she reaches 17 years, silver tobacco box to be given to Susannah Wilson.

Bliss, Thomas. 7 Feb., 1676-7-4 July, 1677. John, son of Elias Wilson, and Susan, his wife; Phebe Wilson, daughter of same; Elizabeth Jones, daughter-in-law to George Taylor; Mrs. Mary Harper and her eldest daughter Elizabeth Boulware; Sarah Harper; Edward Freeman and William Sergeant, executors; witnesses John Savage, David Romer.
[see complete text below]
Wills of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia [William Montgomery Sweeny] Wills in the Record Book entitled Wills No. 2, 1677-1682.
BLISSED, (BLISFED), THOMAS,
IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN this I ordain my last Will & Testamt: Revoaking all Others being in perfect health & memory

• First I bequeath my Soule to Almighty God & my Saviour Jesus Christ by Whom I hope to Receive Salvation, & my Body to the Earth from Whence it Came Impre : I bequeath unto John Willson sonne of Elias Willson & Susanna his Wife to wch : Child I am God Father three thousand pounds of Tobacco to be Conveniently laid out for his Edification when he shall Attain to the Age of Eight Yeares old in Learning the Word of God.
• Secundas. I bequeath to Phebe Willson Daughter to the sd Elias & Susanna thirty Shillings or the Value in Tobacco to buy her a Ring when she shall Arrive at the age of Seventeen Yeares.
• Tertius. I bequeath unto Elizabeth Jones Daughter in Law to Mr: George Taylor, Twenty Shillings to buy her a Ring At the Value in Tobacco.
• Quartus. I Bequeath to Mrs : Mary Harper & her Eldest Daughter Elizabeth Bowlware twenty Shillings a peice to buy them two Rings or the like Value in Tobacco.
• Quinqe I bequeath unto Sarah Harper one thousand pounds of Tobacco & twenty Shillings to buy her a Ring or the Value in Tobacco.
• Sep I doe ordaine & Depute Edward Freeman & William Serjeant, to be my whole & Sole Executor's : to See my Will performed after my debts paid to See all the Legacies paid According to my Will but if any of the Legatees Should die before the Probate of my Will, then to Redown to my Executor° & all the Remaining Part of my Estate in What Sort or kind Soever to be Equally divided between them only my Silver Tobacco Box to be given to Susanna Willson & my Signet to Mr James Miller of York, this being my last Will & Testament all others Renounced & Revoaked I doe here in perfect health & memory Put to my hand & Seale this 7th : day of February 1676/7
• Sealed & Delivered in the THOMAS BLISFED Seale
• prsence of
• JOHN SAVAGE DAVID ROMER
• THE Wth :IN Named John Savage aged 29 Yeares or thereabouts & David Roomee aged 32 yeares of thereabouts Sworne & Examined Saith that they did See the Wth: [within] named Thomas Missed Signe Seale & publish the wth:in mentioned to be his last Will & Testamt: & that he was in Perfect sence & memory at the Signing Sealing & publishing thereof to the best of their Judgmt & further Saith not JOHN SAVAGE DAVID ROMER
• Jurantr Savage Et Romer in Cur Corn Rappae : 4th Die Julij 1677
• Test
• Edmd : CRASK Cl Cur
• Probatr Et Recordatr Test
• EDMOND CRASK Cl Cur
• Exd. Page 35.

The following are land transactions involving Elias Wilson: http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=176&last=&g_... Grant

Title Wilson, Elias. Publication 6 September 1692. Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.

• Note Location: Rappahannock County (extinct).
• Description: 400 acres on the north side of Rappahannock River some 3 miles back into the woods, adjoining the land of John Clark, Moss and Tomlin, Rickett Burke &c.
• Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 1, 1690-1692, p. 174-175 (Reel 288).
• Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Grants No. 1, 1690-1692, p. 176 (Reel 288).

http://image.lva.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/GetLONN.pl?first=183&last=&g_... Grant Title Mosse, William.

• Publication 10 October 1692.
• Gen. note The description of the land in this grant has been removed from the book; however, it can be obtained from the survey on p. 183.
• Other Format Available on microfilm. Northern Neck Grants, reels 288-311.
• Note Location: Rappahannock County (extinct).
• Grantee(s): Mosse, William and Wilson, Elias.
• Description: 254 acres on the North Side of the river beginning &c in a line of tract of land now belonging to Edwin Conway and Robert Tomlin junior.
• Source: Northern Neck Grants No. 1, 1690-1692, p. 181-183 (Reel 288).
• Recorded survey available. Northern Neck Grants No. 1, 1690-1692, p. 183 (Reel 288).

Elias died in Rappahannock County, Virginia between 2 March, 1697/8 and 6 March, 1699/1700.

Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Wills (Abstract: see full text below on page) Wilson, Elias, Parish of Sittenboume. 2 March, 1697/8;6 March, 1699/1700

• To John H-;
• my son John;
• my sons Henry and James Wilson;
• to William Browne and Frances his wife;
• son Elias Wilson;
• wife Susanna;
• daughter Elizabeth the wife of Edward Mosby;
• to my daughter,- wife of E-;
• to Bridgett wife of Thomas - -;
• to daughter Martha;
• to grandchildren Edward Morris, Charles Snead, Jr., and Elias Snead, sons to my daughter Phebe, decd.;
• my wife Susanna, and son Elias to be executors.
• Codicil directs Capt. George Taylor, William Colston and Edwin Conway to be overseers; witnesses Thomas Longe, Thomas Bradley.

Here is an annotated version:

http://genforum.genealogy.com/wilson/messages/28434.html

The following is information extracted from the will of Elias Wilson. Old Rappahannock County, Virginia Wills - Elias Wilson, [b. 1630] Parish of Sittenboume. 2 March, 1697/8 6 March, 1699. He married Susannah.

• To John H-;
• my son John Wilson [married Frances Newman];
• my sons Henry Wilson [married Susannah Winifred Foushee] and James Wilson [married Martha Crask];
• to William Browne and Frances his wife; [m. by 7 Dec 1693, Frances Moss, elder dau of Wm Moss, Sr. to Wm Browne b. c1666]
• son Elias Wilson [married Mary Lane];
• wife Susanna;
• daughter Elizabeth the wife of Edward Moseley [her first husband was William Moss];
• to my daughter,

  ---

  wife of E[dwin Conway]-;
• to Bridgett wife of Thomas [Newman b. 1654];
• to daughter Martha [married Joseph Yeatman];
• to grandchildren Edward Morris, Charles Snead, Jr., and Elias Snead, sons to my daughter Phebe, decd.;
• my wife Susanna, and son Elias to be executors.
• Son Henry all my part and share of 360 acres bought of Thomas Norton by me, John Carton and John Hughes; son James 254 acres; son Elias; dau. Elizabeth... Codicil directs Capt. George Taylor, William Colston and Edwin Conway to be overseers; witnesses Thomas Longe, Thomas Bradley. Edwin Conway b. c1644 married Sarah Walker, daughter of Col. John Walker. Her first husband was Col. Henry Fleet.

The following is information about a family for whom Elias Wilson served as a witness to a wil.

Richmond County, VA, Order Book 2, 1694-1699, page 405, Court dated 7 June 1699 – The Last Will and The Last Will and Testament of Col. John Stone deceased, being presented to this Court by Mrs. Ann Metcalfe, the same was proved by the Oaths of Elias Wilson Senior and Thomas Lawson, witnesses thereto.

Will of Sarah Walker, Jan. 28, 1668/9, probated Dec. 29, 1679. I Sarah Walker Doe give & bequeth unto Coll. John Walker's six daughters as Followeth: [Note: She was the widow of Capt. Henry Fleet when she married Lt. Col. John Walker, before Oct. 2, 1661. Evidently, only two of his daughters, viz: Sarah and Esther Walker, were hers also, the other four daughters having been by his first wife Elizabeth. While this is called and listed as her will it was evidently an entirely different document, as she was later to marry again and to die as the wife of Col. John Stone of Rappahannock, later Richmond County. His will, now missing, was probated Nov. 3, 1698, by Elias Wilson and Thomas Lawson, in Richmond Co. His executors were: Anne Metcalfe (daughter), Richard Metcalfe (son-in-law), Henry Fleet (step-son) and Edwin Conway (his step-son-in-law).Nov. 2, 1672.]

1. To Anne Paine one negro boy called Richard and one young filly.
2. To Frances Walker one negro boy called Peter and one young filly.
3. To Jane Walker one negro girl named Deborah and one young filly.
4. To Elizabeth Walker one negro girl named Susannah and one young filly.
5. To Sarah Walker one negro girl named Mareay (sic) and one young filly.
6. To Easter (sic) Walker one negro boy called Palmer and one young filly.
7. To Frances, Jane, Sarah and Easter Walker 5 cows at marriage.
8. To Anne Paine, Frances, Jane and Elizabeth Walker all the plate that was their father's to be equally divided among them.
9. To my son Henry Fleete one Silver Buckle and one Silver spoon at my decease.
10. To my daughter Mary Burden one Silver Tankard and one Silver spoon at my decease.
11. To my daughter Sara Walker one Great Silver Salt cellar and one Silver spoon at my decease.
12. To my daughter Esther Walker one Silver Bason and one Silver spoon at my decease.
13. To Frances, Jane and Elizabeth Walker ten pewter dishes at marriage.
14. I give unto my son Henry (Fleete) when he cometh to age one feather bed and Boulster, one Rugg, one paire blankets, one paire pillows and pillowbeeres
15. and one paire of sheets.
16. I give unto my daughter Mary Burden one feather bed and Boulster, one paire of blankets, one paire of sheets with a couple of pillows at her marriage. Test: Francis Settle and Richard Fox. (W.B. #2, p. 142).

On Sep 28, 1681, Rappahannock County: Edwin Conway: 900 acres in the Rappahannock River: Beg at Tacopason Spring, the beg. of a part. 5275 acres gtd. To Thos. Chetwood and John Prosser. Land Office Patents # 7, 1679-1689 vol 1 &2 pg 111 on reel 7: Library of Virginia Archives Section. Captain Henry Fleete (Sr.) was a justice of Lancaster County 1653, and on the division of the county (when Rappanhannock County, Virginia was formed) he was appointed by the Assembly, December 13, 1656, a Justice of Lancaster (of the quorum, and 2nd in the commission), and lieutenant- colonel of militia. (Lancaster Records). There is recorded in Northumberland County, Virginia (the date is gone, but is about 1659), a deed from Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Fleete (Sr.), conveying 300 acres of land to Christopher Garlington. Sarah, wife of Col. Henry Fleete (Sr.), joins in the deed. In 1650 he had a grant of 1,750 acres at Fleet's Bay, and received, in all, grants for 13,197 acres. From a record in Lancaster, May 8, 1661, it appears that Sarah Fleete was widow of Lt. Colonel Henry Fleete (Sr.). She married subsequently Col. John Walker of Rappahannock County (and formerly of Gloucester County), member of the Council, and had by this marriage (as appears from her will, recorded at Essex C. H.), several daughters, one of whom was named Sarah. Her name was Sarah Walker, and hence the name of Walker Conway). There is recorded in Lancaster, in 1715, and then acknowledged by Henry Fleete (Sr.), a deed from the said Henry Fleete (Sr.), who, at the time of making it, resided in Fairfield parish, Northumberland, conveying in consideration of £1,000, all his title to 2,000 acres of land in Cittenburne parish, which was granted to Col. Henry Fleete (Sr.) in 1657; afterwards, in 1661, granted to Walter Granger, who assigned it to Col. John Walker, and by Walker's will it was left to his (Walker's) daughter, Sarah, and had since been surveyed and divided by said Conway in right of his wife, Sarah. There are also several deeds at Essex C. H., which speak of Sarah, wife of Edwin Conway, as one of the daughters and co-heiresses of Col. John Walker.

Richmond County, VA Deed Book 2, 1693-1697, pages 41-43. Know all men by these presents that I Henry Fleet of the County of Lancaster, Gentleman owe and stand firmly indebted unto Col. John Stone of the County of Richmond, Gentleman in the full sum of 600 pounds Sterling current money of England. In Witness whereof I have set my hand and fixed my seal this 3 May 1694. The Condition of this obligation is that if the above bound Henry Fleet his heirs or assigns shall at all times hereafter never trouble or disquiet the quiet and peaceable possession of the said Col. John Stone his heirs or one Dividend of Land containing 900 acres lying on the Eastward side of Rappahannock Creek formerly in the possession of Mr. Bryan Hodgson deceased, and also of one other Dividend of Land containing 730 acres of land lying on the head of Rappahannock Creek now in the possession of the said Col. John Stone both which dividends of land was granted to Col. John Walker by Patent bearing date 16 April 1668. Then this obligation to be void, otherwise to stand in full force and virtue as witness my hand and seal as above dated, signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us. Witness Thomas Lawson and John Montagne. Signed Henry Fleet. Know all men by these presents that I Henry Fleet of the County of Lancaster do constitute and appoint Henry Seager my true and lawful Attorney to acknowledge one obligation of mine the Subscriber unto John Stone Gentleman, of the County of Richmond for two Dividends of Land bearing date 3 May 1694, situate and lying on Rappahannock Creek as by the obligation will appear. Witness my hand and seal this 3 April 1694. Signed Henry Fleet. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us, John Monjoy and Thomas Lawson.

TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall com &C KNOW yee that I Sarah Stone alias Walker of the County of Rappa did in the time of my widowhood but before I had proved the will of Colonel John Walker my Late Husband Deceased did set apart centaine young negroes Certaine Cattle Some Plate and household (goods) which I did intend to give to the children of Coll John Walker deceased as also to some of my owne had by him and to that Intent Richard Fox did make a writing of the Particulars soe Intended upon Consideration that I might oblige them to more to Love and Respect me and stir up filial affection in them unto me but finding contrary to Expectation I am for my good will and affection to them Contemned & despised and Rewarded with Contumelius words and opprobrious actions and my loving husband John Stone molested by Litigious Lawsuits and daily threatened by more suits of Law doe by these presents of Wrighting Annulling Revoking and making void all and Every the said Promises Part Parcell or Gift therein Contained in the said Wrighting as if there never was or had been such Gifts by writing made interesting and giving them fully to the disposing of my own loving husband and do further declare that I the said Sarah Stone alias Walker did never subscribe the said Wrighting but what is there subscribed is the act and subscription of Richard Fox and doe moreover with the consent of my loving husband John Stone make ordaine Constitute and appoint this as act and deed in Court. IN WITNESS whereof I have sett my hand and Seale this 2nd day of November Anno 1672. Signum: Sarah (X) Stone (Scale).Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of Thomas Blissed and Henry Crighton. (Book #5, 1671-1676, p. 10).

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Misc. Documents on Ancestry.com

An Ellias Wilson, son of a John Wilson died in Elland, Yorkshire, in 1710. Since no records exist of the birth of this or any Elias Wilson in Elland, and the only baptismal/birth record is that we have attributed to the Elias who migrated to Virginia, the identity of this Elias is a mystery.

Name: Elias Wilson
Event Type: Burial Death Date: abt 1710 Burial Date: 28 Apr 1710 Burial Place: Elland, St Mary, Yorkshire, England Parish as it Appears: Elland, St Mary Father: Johis Wilson

Possible fathers named John Wilson of Elland:

West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 NAME: John Wilson BAPTISM: 13 Mar 1591 - Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 NAME: John Wilson BAPTISM: 2 Apr 1592 - Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 NAME: John Wilson BAPTISM: 21 Jan 1592 - Halifax, St John the Baptist, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 NAME: Johes Wilson BAPTISM: 14 Sep 1589 - Elland, St Mary, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 NAME: Johes Wilson BAPTISM: 23 May 1591 - Elland, St Mary, Yorkshire, England

West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 NAME: Johes Wilson BAPTISM: 21 Mar 1585 - Elland, St Mary, Yorkshire, England

From the West Yorkshire Archives: the following document makes it clear that the Wilson family was well established in Elland, with several closes (narrow streets with residences on either side) named for them:

Catalogue Finding Number HOR/C/7 Office record is held at Bradford, West Yorkshire Archive Service Title Feoffment

Description 1. John Savile of Lupsett, Knight 2. Henry Ramsden clerk, vicar of the Parish Church of Halifax Property: messuage (now two) in Stainland, and closes called the Colnygarth, the Lathecrofte, the Overthwart, the Wellfeild and the Woodpasture, and a messuage, etc in Elland, and five closes called the Two Roughleyes, the Two Wilson Leyes and the Rawroid, and a messuage etc in Stainland, and closes called the Greatgarden, the Horseclose, the Ryeinge, the Royd and the Brockenroydhead and two closes called the Brookeroidscarre and the Pighell carre in Linley, and two closes called the Wilsonley and Wilsonynge in Elland, and a barn and two closes called Savileynge, and Hollingley in Elland, and three closes near the Upper Hollyate called the Oldfeilds in Greetland Date 19 Oct 1633

A Robert Wilson witnessed a deed in Elland in 1593. [Catalogue Finding Number KM:519 Office record is held at Calderdale, West Yorkshire Archive Service Title Elland Description Sale 1 John Armytage of Kirklees, gentleman 2 Henry Symson of Elland, clothier Property: a messuage in Elland. Witnesses, John Smythe, John Walton, James Pollard, Robert Wilson, Jeffraye Ramsden, John Hanson, younger Date 16 Jul 1593]

Clearly, more archival material is available than has been digitized: [Catalogue Finding Number WDP79/1/1/1 Office record is held at Wakefield, West Yorkshire Archive Service Title Baptisms, marriages and burials register Description Baptisms 1559-1638; Marriages and Burials 1559-1640 Entries are in one sequence until 1588; no entries May-Dec 1565, Jul 1567-1568, burials Sep 1599-Mar 1600, marriages Nov 1592-Apr 1593, Jun 1599-[Jun 1600]. Includes memorandum that 'all the christenings are forgotten and not registered' Aug-Oct 1590; '3 christenings of which Susan daughter of Henry Savil of Elland was one' took place 13 Sep 1590; memoranda about numbers of baptisms 1588-1640, marriages 1601-1638; burials 1588-1639; memoranda about marriages 'outside' the chapelry 1602-1635; memorandum 'Adamus Wright Cl[er]icus incepit 1 May 1592; memorandum 'Intravit hic Joshua Smith minister' 25 Sep 1596; memorandum about the commencement of the curacy of Edward Sunderland AM of Clare College, Cambridge 9 Apr 1601; memorandum about burial of 'Jeremiah pius adolescens Academicus Oxoniensis filius unicus Eduardi Sunderland ministri Aelandiae' aged 18 yrs 21 May 1624; memorandum about burial of Edward Sunderland of Elland 'ibi cratus et verbi divini predicator annorum 33' 1 Feb 1632/3; memoranda about series of violent deaths 1608-1610 'RG slaine with a batlerel or batledore; Richard Gleedall the young bastard son of Henry Gleedall was killed in a [public] house, whilst in a drunken stupour, by an unforseen blow on the head by an instrument commonly used to beat dirt out of linen garments' buried 9 Jul 1609, 'On Monday 18 William Sharrock was struck in the right side by the tip of a sword and gravely wounded he died on Saturday and was buried 25 Sep 1609'; memorandum 'Carolus princeps magnae Britannae, Franciae et Hiber: natus 29 maii 1630 cui in sempiterno benedicat deus' Bastards are indicated 'sp.' from 1630. Entries re. certain families are marked eg. Savile, Malinson, Thornhill, Clay, Wilkinson, Wilson, Brook, Brookesbank, Holdsworth, Beaumont, Ramsden. Memorandum 'The window over the quier or chancell dore was made in the year of our lord 1310 as it was written in the same window where the glass was broken' 1618. Date 1559-1640 Extent 1 volume]

LC00188 - DOCUMENTS TRANSFERRED FROM LEEDS REFERENCE LIBRARY STOCK (MAINLY TITLE DEEDS) (WYL22) Catalogue Finding Number WYL22 Office record is held at Leeds, West Yorkshire Archive Service Title DOCUMENTS TRANSFERRED FROM LEEDS REFERENCE LIBRARY STOCK (MAINLY TITLE DEEDS) (WYL22) Description Including Acc 188 - Reform League, Yorkshire Department, Minutes of General Council and Executive Committee, 1866-1870 (formerly GA/C/18). Acc 631 - Bryan Benson of Little Fenton, probate copy of a will, 8 Jun 1632 (formerly GA/A/8). Acc 632 - Robert Crosland of Elland, probate copy of a will, 23 May 1816 (formerly GA/A/14). Acc 633 - Garforth, deed, 11 Mar 1814 (formerly GA/A/12). Acc 673 - Appointment of Thomas Atkinson to the Office of Common Clerk of the borough of Leeds, vacant on the death of John Lazenby, 2 May 1753 (formerly GA/B/18). Acc 674 - Christopher Beckett, Certificate of Sacrament from Leeds Parish Church, 7 Jul 1799 (formely GA/A/30). Acc 675 - William Hey Junior, Surgeon, of Leeds, letter relating to the treatment of pulmonary complaints, 7 Jan 1814 (formerly GA/E/8). Acc 715 - Sale Particulars by Leeds Corporation of lands in Boar Lane and Briggate under the Leeds Improvement Act, 1867-1871 (formerly GA/B/19). Acc 716 - Appointment of Abraham Horsfall as Deputy Coroner for Leeds, 1864-1865 (formerly GA/B/20). Acc 717 - Reports of the Leeds Borough Surveyors Office on Burial Grounds belonging to Queen Street, Albion, St. Peter's and Ebenezer Chapels, St. Paul's Church and Friends Meeting House, Mill Hill Chapel and St. Mary's Quarry Hill, 1848-1849 (formerly GA/B/21). Acc 718 - Valuation of property for the proposed enlargement of Leeds Kirkgate Market. Provides names of owners, occupiers and description of premises, 1853 (formerly GA/B/22). Acc 719 - Articles of agreement between the freeholders of the manor of South Kilvington against the erection of a gate across the public highway from Thornbrough by John Batty Tuke, Lord of the Manor, 20 Sep 1803 (formerly GA/B/23). Acc 720 - Agreement for sale of property in Carlton Miniott from Matthew Butterwick of Thirsk to Ralph Bell of Thirsk, 3 Sep 1774 (formerly GA/B/24). Acc 721 - Mary Peart of Thirsk, Inventory and executor's account, 3 Mar 1769 (formerly GA/B/25). Acc 722 - Charles Warton, bill for clothing etc., 1676 (formerly GA/B/26). Acc 728 - Survey of the course of the River Aire from Capon Hall to Armin and also for River Wharfe from Oughtershaw Moss to Cawood, late 19th Century (formerly GA/B/28). Acc 729 - Leeds, Dewsbury and Manchester Railway, tenders, specifications and estimates for works at Morley, Morley Tunnel, Churwell, Leeds Viaduct, Morley Station and Batley Station, 1846-1847 (11 items) (formerly GA/B/29). Acc 730 - Leeds and Thirsk Railway, tenders, specifications and estimates for works at Bramhope and Starbeck, 1845-1848 (3 items) (formerly GA/B/30). Acc 731 - Harrison's Booksellers, Briggate, Leeds, receipt book, 1833-1878 (formerly GA/C/23). Acc 733 - Arthington MS, five items bound together including House Tax for Leeds, 1808, Dog and other taxes from 1838 (apparently Hunslet), early 19th Century (formerly GA/C/25). Acc 734 - Idle, Enclosure award and plan, 1813, copy published 1878 (formerly GA/C/26). Acc 735 - Leeds Parish Church, Assessment for repairs levied on North West Division, 1824 (formerly GA/C/27). Acc 736 - Cambridge and Lincoln Extension and Lincoln, York and Leeds Junction Railway, Agreement to construct with a branch to Doncaster, 1845 (formerly GA/C/28). Acc 738 - Arthur Mangey of Leeds, Goldsmith, report of his trial for counterfeiting coin in 1696, 19th Century copy. See also WYL160/204/4. (formerly GA/C/30). Acc 739 - The Owls, a Leeds Debating Society, minute book, 1865-1866 (formerly GA/C/31). Acc 757 - Kirkby's Inquest for Yorkshire, 16th Century copy (formerly GA/C/33). Acc 766 - Priestley MS - a collection of documents relating chiefly to the Graveship of Hipperholme in the Parish of Halifax, 1608-1856 (formerly GA/C/34). Acc 767 - John Stevens MS, an antiquary and continuer of Dugdale's Monasticon including extracts from Leeds Parish Church registers, charter of Maurice Painel to the burgesses of Leeds 1207, accounts of nonconformist ministers in Lancashire and Yorkshire 1662-1692, early 18th Century (formerly GA/C/35), (see also LX172). Acc 768 - Leeds Charities, volume of transcriptions of documents including will of John Harrison, 19th March 1654 and his deed of settlement on St John's Chapel 6 Sep 1639 and on his hospital 1653., c1754. (See also WYL160/204 - possibly a Wilson MS) (formerly GA/C/36). Acc 769 - Nomina Villarum, An alphabetical list comprising names of wapentakes, liberties, towns and villages in the North, East and West Ridings, the County and City of York etc., early 17th Century (formerly GA/C/37). Acc 770 - William Burton, Farmer, of Turnham Hall near Selby, account book and diary, includes references to meetings held re alterations in Corn Laws, 1832-1834 (formerly GA/C/38). Acc 771 (to Acc 779) - Thomas Lloyd Brown of Leeds, diaries, describing weather and current events, 9 volumes, 1872-1885 (formerly GA/C/39-47). Acc 780 - Gilliatt Sumner, Fellmonger, Beverley, Letters from John Emmett, William Emmett and William Emmett Junior, all of Halifax relating to the purchase of wool, 1785-1816, 3 volumes (formerly GA/E/12). Acc 781 - William Newlove, Solicitor, Beverley, Letter book containing family and business letters, 1801-1829 (formerly GA/E/13). Acc 782 - William Townend, Newcastle, letters about the connection between Thursbie family of Newcastle and Ralph Thoresby of Leeds, 1941 (formerly GA/E/14). Acc 783 - Richard Oastler, radical reformer, letters, 1832 & 1843 (formerly GA/E/15). Acc 784 - Letter from James Tate to Edward Baines, Leeds Mercury office concerning the death of Herbert Knowles, poet, at Gomersall in the house of his uncle Mr George Phillips. Used as a draft for his obituary notice in the Leeds Mercury on 1 Mar 1817, 25 Feb 1817 (formerly GA/E/16). Acc 785 - Cambridge and elsewhere, letters describing a coach tour including Kingston upon Hull, Scarborough, Whitby, Marske and Castle Howard, 1725 (formerly GA/E/17). Acc 786 - W Farrer, of Carnforth, letters re the Walker MSS relating to Halifax, 1912-1913 (formerly GA/E/18). Acc 787 - Clergyman F J Wood, vicar of St Michael's Headingley, letter to clergyman William Boyd, carpenter, relating to the A.C.S. Diocesan Committee. Also letter to Henry Desbury Alves from William Henry Freemantle of the Deanery, Ripon, inviting him to give the Lent sermons 27 Jan 1910, 1887-1910 (2 items) (formerly GA/E/19). Acc 1034 - Richard Horner of Wakefield, Merchant, Grant of Arms, 1866 (formerly GA/Z/73). Acc 1125 - Whitkirk, document recording the exemption of the tenants of Whitkirk from the Soke of Leeds Mills, 1787 Acc 1168 - Horsforth, share certificates including Horsforth Club, Horsforth Liberal Club and the Newlay Bridge Company, 1887-1913 Acc 1596 - Farmers' Journal, Issue No. 649, Feb 1820. Acc 2024 - Leeds, maps including Ordnance Survey sheets showing Middleton Colliery and Thorpe Stapleton, 1892-1893 and building plans re Leeds City Council housing estates at Gipton, Middleton and Belle Isle, 1935-1953 also plans for building at St James Hospital and alterations to Red Hall, Shadwell for Leeds City Council Social Services, 1892-1953. Acc 2082 - Jaques and Nell, Brewers, Leeds, Trade Card, 1825. Acc 4254 - Leeds area, Bills and letterheads from various businesses, most addressed to National Provincial Bank, Park Row, Leeds, (7 items) 1885-1931. Acc 4351 - Scrapbooks of Leeds electoral ephemera, 9 vols., 20th Century. Acc 4373 - Sundry maps and plans, including Chapel Allerton, Hunslet, Leeds, Methley, Moortown, Potternewton, Rothwell, Roundhay, Shadwell, Wetherby, Yorkshire and UK, 47 items, 1771-1962 RL and Y series - Leeds Reference Library, collected deeds for the West Riding and elsewhere includes deeds relating to Burley in Wharfedale and Menston, Willerby, York, Holtham (Lincolnshire), Ripley, Meltham and elsewhere, c1250-1875. Date c1250-20th century Extent 0.25 Level Collection Document WYL22pt2.pdf WYL22pt3.pdf Related Material See also WYL2160 - items transferred from Leeds Local Studies Library. Acc 738 - see also WYL160/204/4. Acc 767 - see also LX172. Acc 768 - see also WYL160/204 this may be another Wilson MS.]

[LC01184 - TEMPLE HIRST ESTATE, DEEDS AND OTHER RECORDS (AIRE AND CALDER NAVIGATION, ETC) (WYL256) 12 - Elland and Others Catalogue Finding Number WYL256/30 (115) Office record is held at Leeds, West Yorkshire Archive Service Title Feoffment Description 1 John Wilson 2 Gilbert Wilson, son of 1 Property in Elland Date 8 May 1510 Extent 1 item]

[LC00979 - NEWBY HALL, FAMILY AND ESTATE RECORDS (WYL5013) 1 - Deeds 3 - Deeds, Non Yorkshire Properties 10 - Lincolnshire 20 - Wythern and Strubby Catalogue Finding Number WYL5013/1888 [H/13/23] Office record is held at Leeds, West Yorkshire Archive Service Title Release Description Elland to Richard Wilson; property as WYL5013/1886 Date 8 Aug 1485 Extent 1 item]

Possible ancestor in Elland:

Catalogue Finding Number WYL256/33 (5)

• Title Receipt and Quit-Claim of £10
• Description Remainder of sum of £60 charged for bargain and sale of messuage and land in Elland (dated 20 Jul 1592). Gilbert Wylson of Thornham in Norfolk (son and heir of Thomas Wylson late of Elland, deceased) to John Wylson (son and heir of above Gilbert).
• Date 28 Aug 1596
• Extent 1 item
• Location of Archive Leeds GB 205
• Access_Status Open
• Custodial History Former reference number 5

Possible ancestors from Quarmby:

• Catalogue Finding Number DD/WBM/2
• Title Account of an attack in contravention of a byelaw in Golcar
• Description Statement made by John of the Hagh of the Botham al' Hatt of the township of Quarmby, yeoman: the previous Michaelmas a byelaw was made with consent of the tenants of Golcar that no cattle should be put into the fields except for a certain 'bedaytale'; this byelaw was wilfully broken by John Wylson the son of Richard Wylson ,and by John Wylson, his son, who put their cattle into the fields 'benyghtertale'. Robert Dawson and John Wilson son of John Wilson turned the cattle out of the fields in the morning and then John Wylson father and son shot arrows at Robert, his wife and his men 'at his awn dures'; Robert has got the arrows to prove the truth of this record.
• Seal
• [See also DD/WBD/VIII/61]
• Date 21 Apr 1446
• Extent 1 item
• Location of Archive Kirklees GB 204
• Access_Status Open

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