First minister of Medfield.
The Belcher Families, Vol. 60, Family History Library, The Belcher Families in New England by Joseph Gardner Bartlett, Esq., page 134: First pastor of the First Church in Boston.
A daughter of Rev. Thomas and Susannah Hooker of Hartford, Colony of Conn., born at Little Baddow (a suburb of Chelmsford, Essex, England), 1629 (or 1630); m. Rev. John Wilson, Jr., of Dorchester, Mass., son of Rev. John Wilson of the First Church of Boston, and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Wilson, his wife. They were not married when Rev. Thomas Hooker died in 1647, but preparations were then being made for it, and they were married soon afterward and settled in Dorchester, Mass., where Mr. Wilson was a colleague of Rev. Richard Mather.
Rev. John Wilson was born in London, England, Sept. 1621, and came with his father to New England in 1630. He from Harvard College in 1642, and was ordained and settled with Mr. Mather at Dorchester. In 1651 he removed to Medfield, Mass., where he became a famous preacher, and remained there until his death in 1691. He died at Medfield, Mass., Aug. 23, 1691. She died at Braintree, Mass., Aug. 20,1725.
Source: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
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The Belcher Families, Vol. 60, Family History Library, The Belcher Families in New England by Joseph Gardner Bartlett, Esq., page 134: First pastor of the First Church in Boston.
A daughter of Rev. Thomas and Susannah Hooker of Hartford, Colony of Conn., born at Little Baddow (a suburb of Chelmsford, Essex, England), 1629 (or 1630); m. Rev. John Wilson, Jr., of Dorchester, Mass., son of Rev. John Wilson of the First Church of Boston, and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Wilson, his wife. They were not married when Rev. Thomas Hooker died in 1647, but preparations were then being made for it, and they were married soon afterward and settled in Dorchester, Mass., where Mr. Wilson was a colleague of Rev. Richard Mather.
Rev. John Wilson was born in London, England, Sept. 1621, and came with his father to New England in 1630. He from Harvard College in 1642, and was ordained and settled with Mr. Mather at Dorchester. In 1651 he removed to Medfield, Mass., where he became a famous preacher, and remained there until his death in 1691. He died at Medfield, Mass., Aug. 23, 1691. She died at Braintree, Mass., Aug. 20,1725.
Source: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
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First minister of Medfield.
The Belcher Families, Vol. 60, Family History Library, The Belcher Families in New England by Joseph Gardner Bartlett, Esq., page 134: First pastor of the First Church in Boston.
A daughter of Rev. Thomas and Susannah Hooker of Hartford, Colony of Conn., born at Little Baddow (a suburb of Chelmsford, Essex, England), 1629 (or 1630); m. Rev. John Wilson, Jr., of Dorchester, Mass., son of Rev. John Wilson of the First Church of Boston, and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Wilson, his wife. They were not married when Rev. Thomas Hooker died in 1647, but preparations were then being made for it, and they were married soon afterward and settled in Dorchester, Mass., where Mr. Wilson was a colleague of Rev. Richard Mather.
Rev. John Wilson was born in London, England, Sept. 1621, and came with his father to New England in 1630. He from Harvard College in 1642, and was ordained and settled with Mr. Mather at Dorchester. In 1651 he removed to Medfield, Mass., where he became a famous preacher, and remained there until his death in 1691. He died at Medfield, Mass., Aug. 23, 1691. She died at Braintree, Mass., Aug. 20,1725.
Source: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
[info provided by Richard Rawson (#47352919)]
The Belcher Families, Vol. 60, Family History Library, The Belcher Families in New England by Joseph Gardner Bartlett, Esq., page 134: First pastor of the First Church in Boston.
A daughter of Rev. Thomas and Susannah Hooker of Hartford, Colony of Conn., born at Little Baddow (a suburb of Chelmsford, Essex, England), 1629 (or 1630); m. Rev. John Wilson, Jr., of Dorchester, Mass., son of Rev. John Wilson of the First Church of Boston, and Elizabeth (Mansfield) Wilson, his wife. They were not married when Rev. Thomas Hooker died in 1647, but preparations were then being made for it, and they were married soon afterward and settled in Dorchester, Mass., where Mr. Wilson was a colleague of Rev. Richard Mather.
Rev. John Wilson was born in London, England, Sept. 1621, and came with his father to New England in 1630. He from Harvard College in 1642, and was ordained and settled with Mr. Mather at Dorchester. In 1651 he removed to Medfield, Mass., where he became a famous preacher, and remained there until his death in 1691. He died at Medfield, Mass., Aug. 23, 1691. She died at Braintree, Mass., Aug. 20,1725.
Source: The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633
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Inscription
Rev. JOHN WILSON
(first minister of Medfield)
died Aug 23, 1691 AE 70
& in the 41st year of his ministry
in this Town
