1733 Ann, daughter of William and Ann Hutchinson, was born in 1733. Ann Hutchinson was married to Isaac Wilson, and James Brooks. [1]
1736 Robert Willson was born on September 22. Robert Willson was married to Rachel D Hutchinson. [2]
Ann Hutchinson married James Brooks. [3]
1763 William Hutchinson co-signed a bond, appointing and obligating James Brooks [James Brooks married William and Ann's daughter, Anne Hutchinson] to serve as Sheriff of Middlesex County, in Jan 1763 Term of the Middlesex County Court. James Brooks did not complete his obligation to be sheriff, so the bond became forfeit and William Hutchinson was obligated to the King. This obligation resulted in a lawsuit in 1771 against William's estate. [4]
[Photocopy, 1795 New Jersey Supreme Court record, page 153] [Photocopy, page 154] [Photocopy, Cover]
1771 James Brooks and wife Anne mortgaged land to John Wattson. The land was on High and Water Streets, Perth Amboy joining land of John Hutchinson. [5]
1797 Rachel D. Willson, first spouse of Robert Willson, died on March 29. She was born on February 26, 1743. [6] "Rachel, wife of Robert Willson, Esq." died and was buried at Allentown Presbyterian Church.
1816 The will of Robert Willson was dated September 11 and was proved on March 7, 1820. Robert was to be buried at the "Allentown Church near my first wife".
1816 The will of Robert Wilson of East Windson, Middlesex, New Jersey was dated September 11. The will was proved in 1820 in Middlesex, New Jersey, USA. The will named Anna Wilson (Wife), Elizabeth Wilson (Daughter), Isaack Wilson (Son), Rachel Miller (Daughter), Isaack Wilson (Son), Willson Balogs (Grandson), Robert Willson Allen (Grandson), Robert Willson Miller (Grandson), Rachel Apleton (Granddaughter), Sarah Santum (Granddaughter), and Jane Willson Cose (Granddaughter). [7]
1819 The will of Ann Wilson was dated 17 March in Middlesex County. Ann was from East Windsor Township. The will was witnessed by Jacob Fisher. Rescarrick and Sarah Moore were named executors. [Sarah Moore was a daughter of Ann (Hutchinson)(Brooks), 2nd wife of Robert Willson.] [8]
1820 The burial stone of Robert Willson indicates he died 28 February 1820, aged 84 years. An obituary dated March 6 reported that he died in East Windsor aged 82 years.
1820 Robert Willson, spouse of Rachel D Willson, died on February 25. He was born on September 22, 1736. [9]
1820 Ann Willson died on May 9 and her will was proved on June 29 in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Research Notes:
A different Ann with surname Hoag, perhaps, married Robert Witham and later married (a different) Robert Willson. Her deceased brother was named Thos. Stainbridge. [10] Ann married Robert Wilson. The births of the children of Robert and Ann Wilson were recorded in Quaker records in Burlington County, New Jersey: Sarah 14d 12m 1673, Deborah 21d 9m 1674, Rebecca 14d 2m 1677, Samuel 1d 5m 1681. The previous listing was for Susanna, daughter of Robert & Anne Witham born 29d 9m 1668. [11]
[1] Mary Ann Needham Hollifield, Ancestral Tracks to Clermont and Beyond Hutchinson, Abernathy, Shade, Needham (1996), [AncestryImage].
[2] Joseph H. West, The Hutchinson Family, [AncestryImage].
[3] Joseph R. Mosher, The Hutchinson Family: New Jersey to Clermont County, Ohio (1994), 14, [GoogleBooks].
[4] Richard S. Coxe, Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of New-Jersey 1790-1795, New Jersey Law Reports, Vol. 1, (Burlington, New Jersey: 1816), Den, on the Demise of Ely vs Jones, 131-5, at 131, [GoogleBooks].
[5] Middlesex. Mortgages 1767–1796, image 132, [FamilySearchImage].
[6] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[7] New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1656-1999, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[8] New Jersey, Wills and Probate Records, 1656-1999, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[9] Find A Grave Memorial at Ancestry.com, [AncestryRecord].
[10] The Willson Family, 1672-1959, page 1, [URL].
[11] Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, Untitled: Chesterfield Births and Deaths, 14, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].