When Martha Selina Wilson was born on 10 September 1718, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America, her father, Peter Wilson, was 46 and her mother, Mary Dorset, was 42. She married John George Akers in 1732, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 29 December 1808, in Amwell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 90.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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