When Philip Wilson was born on 1 June 1788, in Niagara, Niagara, Lincoln, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, his father, Jacob Willson, was 27 and his mother, Margaret Buchner, was 31. He married Lydia Elizabeth Monroe about 1812, in Lynedoch, Norfolk, Upper Canada, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 27 March 1863, in Windham, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 74, and was buried in Charlotteville, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada.