NameThomas WILSON
Birthabt 1563, Durham, England
Burial25 Jan 1621/2, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [542, Citing parish records]
Marriage29 Jun 1592, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
SpouseChristian OWER
FatherRichard OWER (-1607)
MotherElizabeth BOYS (ch. 1538-1613)
Children
1 FElizabeth Wilson
Christen21 Apr 1594, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
Death28 Aug 1594, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
2 FJane Wilson
Christen15 Feb 1596, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
3 MSamuel Wilson
Christen18 Nov 1599, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
Christen20 Dec 1601, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
Deathlate 1690, Ipswich, Essex Co, MA
5 MThomas Wilson
Christen18 May 1606, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
Death16 May 1608, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
6 FHester Wilson
Christen10 Jun 1610, St. George the Martyr, Canterbury, Kent, England [333]
Notes for Thomas WILSON
Dictionary of National Biography (vol. 62, ed. Sidney Lee, 1900): Thomas Wilson (1563-1622), born at Durham, matriculated at Queen’s College at Oxford on 17 Nov. 1681 at the age of 18. Received his B.A. in 1683/4 and his MA in 1586. In July 1586, he was appointed rector of St. George the Martyr at Canterbury. He lived out his life at Canterbury, and was buried there on 25 Jan 1621/2. He wrote “Christian Dictonarie”, published first in London in 1612, one of the earliest attempts at a concordance of the Bible. It was published later in many editions through the 1600s.

Wilson’s book Christian Dictionarie was found among the estates of Pilgrims William Brewster, Samuel Fuller, and Myles Standish, and several others were members of Wilson’s parish and later members of the Pilgrim Leiden church. Historian Peter Clark wrote that Thomas Wilson was “probably the most distinguished preacher in eary Jacobean Kent [who preached] themes from middle of the road Calvinism.” [542]

His will names his wife Christian, sons Samuel and Theophilus, daughter Jane Taylor, and daughters Martha, Mary, and Hester Wilson. (NEHGR 163:11)
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