Olive Wilson

Brief Life History of Olive

When Olive Wilson was born on 26 November 1783, in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Benjamin Wilson, was 40 and her mother, Mary Grimes, was 39.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Wilson
1744–1828
Mary Grimes
1744–1828
Mary "Polly" Wilson
1763–1844
Sarah Wilson
1772–
Abel Wilson
1765–1825
Benjamin Wilson
1770–1821
Elizabeth or Betty Wilson
1772–1820
John Wilson
1776–1776
Susannah Wilson
1777–1856
William Wilson
1779–1795
William Wilson
1779–1825
John Wilson
1781–1852
Olive Wilson
1783–
David Wilson
1786–1856
Eunice Wilson
1788–

Sources (2)

  • Olive Wilson, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Olive Wilson, "New Hampshire, Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"

World Events (3)

1786 · Shays' Rebellion

Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1788 · New Hampshire Helps Ratify the US Constitution

On June 21, 1788, New Hampshire became the ninth and final state needed to ratify the US Constitution and make it the official law of the land

Name Meaning

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.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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