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Mrs Lucy <I>Francis</I> Wilson

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Mrs Lucy Francis Wilson

Birth
Medford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
8 Dec 1835 (aged 96)
Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
Burial
Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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~~ Lucy (Francis) Wilson ~~

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PARENTS:
Ebenezer Francis
Rachell

MARRIAGE
In 1758 Married Edward Wilson 1734-1816

CHILDREN:
Joseph 1759
Lucy 1761-1819
Edward 1762-1843
Ebenezer 1763-1825
Rachel 1765-1846 Married: Jona Chandler
Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson 1766-1854 Married: Betsey Mann
Nathaniel 1768-1854
William 1769
Aaron 1771
Infant Son 1772
Francis 1774
Andrew 1777-1841
Thomas 1778
Elizabeth 1780-1840 Married John T. Travis

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RECORDS:

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 about Lucy Francis
Name: Lucy Francis
Gender: Female
Spouse: Edward Wilson
Marriage Date: 23 Nov 1758
City: Cambridge
County: Middlesex
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496864.

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 about Lucy Francis
Name: Lucy Francis
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1739
Birth Place: Medford, Massachusetts
Father Name: Ebenezer Francis
Mother Name: Rachell

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about Lucy Francis
Name: Lucy Francis
Birth Date: 1739
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Volume: 57
Page Number: 519
Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 18 Jun 1906, 8565

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Edward and Lucy Wilson's, son Samual, is a famous american icon!

Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer from Troy, New York[1] whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States, known as "Uncle Sam".

Samuel was born in historic Arlington (known as Menotomy at the time), Massachusetts, his ancestors originally come from Greenock, Scotland. The Uncle Sam Memorial Statue marks a site near his birthplace. As a boy, he moved with his family to Mason, New Hampshire. In 1789, Samuel and his brother Ebeneezer moved to Troy, where they went into business. In 1797, Samuel married Betsey Mann of Mason and brought her back to Troy with him. They had four children and lived in a house on Ferry Street. Samuel Wilson died at the age of 87 in 1854 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.

At the time of the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson was a prosperous middle-aged meat-packer in Troy. He obtained a contract to supply beef to the Army in its campaign further north, which he shipped in barrels. The barrels, being government property, were branded with the initials "U.S.", but the teamsters and soldiers would joke that the initials referred to "Uncle Sam", who supplied the product. Over time, it is believed, anything marked with the same initials (as much Army property was) also became linked with his name.

The 87th United States Congress adopted the following resolution on September 15, 1961: "Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the progenitor of America's National symbol of Uncle Sam." Monuments mark his birthplace in Arlington, Massachusetts, and site of burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York. Another sign marks "The boyhood home of Sam" outside his second home in Mason, NH. The first use of the term in literature is seen in an 1816 allegorical book, The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq., also in reference to the aforementioned Samuel Wilson

Samuel's Find A Grave Memorial# 1114

===========================================================Age 97 yrs.
~~ Lucy (Francis) Wilson ~~

===========================================================
PARENTS:
Ebenezer Francis
Rachell

MARRIAGE
In 1758 Married Edward Wilson 1734-1816

CHILDREN:
Joseph 1759
Lucy 1761-1819
Edward 1762-1843
Ebenezer 1763-1825
Rachel 1765-1846 Married: Jona Chandler
Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson 1766-1854 Married: Betsey Mann
Nathaniel 1768-1854
William 1769
Aaron 1771
Infant Son 1772
Francis 1774
Andrew 1777-1841
Thomas 1778
Elizabeth 1780-1840 Married John T. Travis

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RECORDS:

Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850 about Lucy Francis
Name: Lucy Francis
Gender: Female
Spouse: Edward Wilson
Marriage Date: 23 Nov 1758
City: Cambridge
County: Middlesex
Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0496864.

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 about Lucy Francis
Name: Lucy Francis
Event Type: Birth
Birth Date: 12 Mar 1739
Birth Place: Medford, Massachusetts
Father Name: Ebenezer Francis
Mother Name: Rachell

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) about Lucy Francis
Name: Lucy Francis
Birth Date: 1739
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Volume: 57
Page Number: 519
Reference: Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941.( The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 18 Jun 1906, 8565

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Edward and Lucy Wilson's, son Samual, is a famous american icon!

Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer from Troy, New York[1] whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States, known as "Uncle Sam".

Samuel was born in historic Arlington (known as Menotomy at the time), Massachusetts, his ancestors originally come from Greenock, Scotland. The Uncle Sam Memorial Statue marks a site near his birthplace. As a boy, he moved with his family to Mason, New Hampshire. In 1789, Samuel and his brother Ebeneezer moved to Troy, where they went into business. In 1797, Samuel married Betsey Mann of Mason and brought her back to Troy with him. They had four children and lived in a house on Ferry Street. Samuel Wilson died at the age of 87 in 1854 and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.

At the time of the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson was a prosperous middle-aged meat-packer in Troy. He obtained a contract to supply beef to the Army in its campaign further north, which he shipped in barrels. The barrels, being government property, were branded with the initials "U.S.", but the teamsters and soldiers would joke that the initials referred to "Uncle Sam", who supplied the product. Over time, it is believed, anything marked with the same initials (as much Army property was) also became linked with his name.

The 87th United States Congress adopted the following resolution on September 15, 1961: "Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the progenitor of America's National symbol of Uncle Sam." Monuments mark his birthplace in Arlington, Massachusetts, and site of burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York. Another sign marks "The boyhood home of Sam" outside his second home in Mason, NH. The first use of the term in literature is seen in an 1816 allegorical book, The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq., also in reference to the aforementioned Samuel Wilson

Samuel's Find A Grave Memorial# 1114

===========================================================Age 97 yrs.

Inscription

Relect of Mr Edward Wilson Late of Mason.
Aet 97.



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  • Created by: Jack Stevens
  • Added: Jan 4, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/82948794/lucy-wilson: accessed ), memorial page for Mrs Lucy Francis Wilson (12 Mar 1739–8 Dec 1835), Find a Grave Memorial ID 82948794, citing Pleasant View Cemetery, Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA; Maintained by Jack Stevens (contributor 47033206).