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Colonel John Burgess Willson 1715–1783 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1715

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 16 Apr 1783

Death Location: Berkely, Albermarle, Virginia, United States

Father: Thomas Wilson

Mother: Elizabeth Dinwiddle

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Colonel John Burgess Willson was born in 1715 in Ireland, the child of Thomas Wilson And Elizabeth Dinwiddle. Colonel John Burgess Willson passed away in 1783 in Berkely, Albermarle, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Colonel John Burgess Willson was born in 1715 in Ireland, the child of Thomas Wilson And Elizabeth Dinwiddle.
  • Colonel John Burgess Willson passed away in 1783 in Berkely, Albermarle, Virginia, United States.

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Colonel Willson's Ancestors

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Colonel Willson
1715–1783
Birth Place: Ireland
Parents
Thomas Wilson
1695–1773
Londonderry, Armagh, , Ireland
Elizabeth Dinwiddle
1695–1769
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Willson
1669–1745
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Jane Lee
–1743
St
Laurence (Dinwiddie (Dunwiddie) Dinwiddle)
1670–1736
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Sarah Garshore
1659–1740
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
ROBERT Dinwiddie
1620–1689
Jean Thompson
1622–1682
Alexander Gartshoar
1630–1700
Sarah Brand
1643–1714
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Colonel Willson's Timeline

2 Records

1715
1715
Birth of Colonel John Burgess Willson in Ireland
Ireland
1783
16 Apr 1783
Age 68
Death of Colonel John Burgess Willson in Berkely, Albermarle, Virginia, United States
Berkely, Albermarle, Virginia, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1715
    Event Place: Ireland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 16 Apr 1783
    Event Place: Berkely, Albermarle, Virginia, United States

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