Benjamin Wilson

1802 - 1851  (49 years)

• Name	Benjamin Wilson
  Birth	1802	SC   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1810	Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY   [2]
  	age < 10(9)
  Census	1820	Hopkins Co, KY   [3]
  	age 16-25(19)
  Census	1830	Caldwell Co, KY   [4]
  	- age 20-29(29), wife Polly-age 20-29(24), 2 children, 2 bros, mother Isabel-age 53, 5 females < 5, 1 female 40-49
  Census	1850	Madison Co, IL   [1]
  	age 48, wife Mary-age 44, 10 children
  Death	12 Mar 1851	Wood River, Madison Co, IL   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I1516	Butler Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	John Wilson, Sr,   b. 28 Jan 1772, SC d. 06 Jan 1829, Caldwell Co, KY (Age 56 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Isabel Matthews,   b. 28 Oct 1777, SC d. 05 Dec 1850, Caldwell Co, KY (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Nov 1797  [5, 6]
  Family ID	F86	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Polly Rupert-xx,   b. 1806, KY
  Marriage	05 Jul 1827	Caldwell Co, KY   [6, 7, 8]
  Notes	Children: son David Lily Wilson 1828 KY son Benjamin Wilson 1830 KY dau Eliza Wilson 1832 KY son John Wilson 1834 KY dau Elizabeth Wilson 1836 KY son Isaac Wilson 1838 MO son Thomas Wilson 1840 MO dau Mary J Wilson 1842 MO son George W Wilson 1844 MO son James A Wilson 1846 MO ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FWYX-1YD Benjamin Wilson, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979" Name: Benjamin Wilson Birth Date: Birthplace: Age: Spouse's Name: Polly Rupert **** Spouse's Birth Date: Spouse's Birthplace: Spouse's Age: Event Date: 05 Jul 1827 Event Place: Caldwell, Kentucky Father's Name: Mother's Name: Spouse's Father's Name: Spouse's Mother's Name: Race: Marital Status: Previous Wife's Name: Spouse's Race: Spouse's Marital Status: Spouse's Previous Husband's Name: Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01306-9 System Origin: Kentucky-EASy GS Film number: 851644 Reference ID: p.20 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Family ID	F939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jun 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - age < 10(9) - 1810 - Madisonville, Hopkins Co, KY Census - age 16-25(19) - 1820 - Hopkins Co, KY Marriage - 05 Jul 1827 - Caldwell Co, KY Census - - age 20-29(29), wife Polly-age 20-29(24), 2 children, 2 bros, mother Isabel-age 53, 5 females < 5, 1 female 40-49 - 1830 - Caldwell Co, KY Death - 12 Mar 1851 - Wood River, Madison Co, IL  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  - ** See marriage notes for list of children ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/bibles/hcgs/wilson.txt John Wilson Family Bible, Hopkins County, Ky Bible printed and sold by Collins & Co, 1816. Copy contributed by Mrs James (Kathleen) Bryant, Madisonville, Ky. Page 1 [left side of page] MARRIAGE John Wilson & Isabel Matthews were married the 20th day of November 1797 [right side of page] MARRIAGE John Wilson & Jane Hunter were married the 18th day of November 1824 Spencer G Metcalf and Mary Wilson was married January th 26th 1827 Page 2 [left side of page] BIRTHS John Wilson Senior son of Henry & Wilinoth Wilson was born the 28th day of January 1772 Isabel Matthews daughter of ___ & Isabel Matthews was born the 28th of Oct 1777 _______ daughter ______ Isabel was ____ Sept 1798 _______ son of ________ Wilson was _____ 1799 ____ ____ son of ____ ______ was _____ 1801 ____ _____ ____ of John _____ was born ___ ___ 1803 [right side of page] BIRTHS Lewis Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 23rd February 1805 Polly Wilson daughter of John & Isabel Wilson was born 5th August 1808 James Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 7th February 1810 Isabel Wilson daughter of John & Isabel Wilson was born 16th March 1811 David Lilly Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 1st December 1812 Mitchell Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 25th September 1814 Page 3 [left side of page] BIRTHS John Wilson Junior son of John & Isabel Wilson was born 28th December 1799 Jane Hunter daughter of John & Elizabeth Hunter was born the 30th September 1802 John E Wilson son of John & Jane Wilson was born the 15th Dec 1825 Martha J Wilson daughter of John & Jane Wilson was born Dec 25th 1827 [right side of page] BIRTHS John T Melcalf son of Spencer O and Mary Metcalf was born January the 24th 1828 Albert Mitchell Wilson son of Lewis Wilson and Sally Wilson was born the 21st of March 1826 James Wilson Metcalf son of Spencer G & Mary Metcalf was born September the 5th 1829 Mary Wilson Heasly daughter of John and Tapener Heasly was born the 6th day of June 1825 Page 4 [Left side of page] DEATHS Rebecca Wilson daughter of John and Isabel Wilson died the 11th of November 1808 Isabel Wilson J____ daughter of John & Isabel Wilson died the 26th November 1821 David Lilly Wilson son John & Isabel Wilson died the 11th of September 1831 James Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson died the 8th of March 1848 Benjamin Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson died the 12 of March 1851 [Right side of page] DEATHS John Wilson died the 6th of January 1829 Isabel Wilson died the 5th December 1850 John Wilson son of John & Isabel Wilson died 5th June 1859 Isaac Wilson departed the life January th 31 1861 Mitchell Wilson departed this life Aug the 29th 1877 From Hopkins County Genealogical Society Yesterdays Tuckaways, Volume V, Issue 3, July 1973 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Benjamin Wilson-3 (John Wilson Sr.-2, Henry Wilson-1) [1, 6]. He was born 1801. Mary "Polly" Rupert [1, 6]. Benjamin Wilson and Mary "Polly" Rupert. They had 2 children. i. David Lily Wilson [1]. ii. Benjamin Wilson [1]. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at http://www.johnniewbrown.net/BlueHost/Wilson.pdf 5. Benjamin Wilson-3 (John Wilson Sr.-2, Henry Wilson-1) [1, 6]. He was born 1801. Mary "Polly" Rupert [1, 6]. Benjamin Wilson and Mary "Polly" Rupert. They had 2 children. i. David Lily Wilson [1]. ii. Benjamin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- found at http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=gingey326&id=I12975 ID: I12975 •Name: Benjamin WILSON 1 •Sex: M •Birth: 23 NOV 1801 in South Carolina, USA 1 •Reference Number: 22454 •Event: Record Change 11 NOV 2005 •Death: 12 MAR 1851 in Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA 1 ?? HintsAncestry Hints for Benjamin WILSON 2 possible matches found on Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Father: John WILSON b: 28 JAN 1772 Mother: Isabel MATHEWS b: 22 OCT 1777 Marriage 1 Mary Polly RUPERT b: BET 1778 AND 1810 •Married: 05 JUL 1827 in Caldwell, Kentucky, USA Sources: 1.Title: Metcalf©2004.FTW Note: Source Media Type: Other Text: Date of Import: Nov 29, 2004 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  [S7] 1850 United States Federal Census. [S3] 1810 United States Federal Census. [S4] 1820 United States Federal Census. [S5] 1830 United States Federal Census. [S80] Bible Records. [S48] See Notes. [S41] Marriage License. [S42] Marriage Record Journal.