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Introduction Introduction  
   
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PP_1209 That Elizabeth Wilson (1209) was the mother of Peter Culcheth (604)  
   
PP_2418 That John Wilson (2418) was the father of Elizabeth Wilson (1209)  
   
PP_4836 That John Wilson (4836) was the father of John Wilson (2418)  
   
PP_9672 That John Wilson (9672) was the father of John Wilson (4836)  
   
Records The Records  
1595-07-30 Baptism (FindMyPast, Diocese of Chester parish registers) John (9672)  
George son of John Wilson  
   
1599-07-26 Baptism (FindMyPast, Diocese of Chester parish registers) John (9672)  
Thomas son of John Wilson  
   
1601-08-06 Baptism (FindMyPast, Diocese of Chester parish registers) John (9672)  
Elizabeth daughter of John Wilson  
   
1604-01-04 Baptism (FindMyPast, Diocese of Chester parish registers) John (9672)  
Arthur son of John Wilson  
   
B_1607 1607-10-30 Baptism (FindMyPast, Diocese of Chester parish registers) John (9672)  
John son of John Wilson John (4836)  
CRW: John Wilson is recorded to be aged 21 in 1632, perhaps an error for 1628 (student of Gray's Inn). The only baptism of a John Wilson son of John in Minshull is this one in 1607. O_1632  
   
1628-05-22 Admission (Gray’s In  Admission Register, 1521-1887, p. 185) John (4836)  
John Wilson of the city of Chester, gent.  
   
M_1631 1631-01-27 Marriage in St. Peter’s, Chester, Cheshire (Ancestry, Cheshire, Select Bishop’s Transcripts) John (4836) 1631
John Wilson & Jane Wilson Jane (4837)  
   
O_1632 1632-05-04 Matriculation (Archive.org, Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Vol. IV-Early Series, 1891, p. 1655) 1632 John (4836)  
Wilson, John s. John, of Minshull Vernon, Cheshire, pleb. Balliol Coll., matric. 4 May, 1632, aged 21, B.A. 7 June, 1632; student of Gray's Inn 1628 John (9672)  
   
D_1638 1638-12-23 Burial (FindMyPast, Diocese of Chester Church Minshull parish register) Jane (4837) 1638
Mrs. Jane Wilson, Minshull Vernon  
   
M_1648 1648-12-02 Marriage in St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London BMD 1538-1812) A_1650 Marie (2419) 1648
Thomas Swift and Mary Eccleston  
   
D_1650 1650-07-09 Burial in St. Martin Ludgate, London (Ancestry.co.uk, London BMD 1538-1812) A_1650 Family (2419) 1650
Thomas Swift haberdasher  
   
M_1650 1650-11-01c Marriage (TNA, C 7/380/133) A_1650 John (2418)  
John Wilson and Mary Swift née Eccleston Marie (2419)  
   
A_1650 1650/1 Legal Dispute (TNA, C 7/380/133) 1650 John (2418) 1650-1
John Wilson, Dorothy Swift Marie (2419) 1650-2
Short title: Wilson v Swift. 1650-3
Plaintiffs: John Wilson and wife Marie and others. 1650-4
Defendants: Dorothy Swift, David Bennet, Richard Chapman  
Place or subject: Criage contract, Cheshire.  
Document type: answer only  
Date: 1650  
Held by: The National Archives, Kew  
   
D_1653 1653-10-09 Burial (Diocese of Chester Minshull Vernon PR 1538-1910) John (9672) 1653
Mr. John Wilson  
   
I_1653 1653-10-09 Inventory (Diocese of Wills & Probate) John (9672) 1653
John Wilson the elder  
   
1666x7 Dispute (TNA, CHES 7/30, 31) John (4836)  
Description: The King and Thomas Horford v John Wilson, proprietor of tithes belonging to the rectory of Middlewich: Tithes of Middlewich: with postea - proceedings sent before the justice of Chester  
Date: 18 Chas II  
Held by: The National Archives, Kew  
   
W_1669 1669-11-09 Will (Cheshire Archives, WS 1669) 1669 John (4836) Will
Testator: John Wilson the elder of Minshull Vernon gent. John (2418) Inventory
Executor: son John of Minshull Vernon, clerk, Hugh Wade & Thomas Tittieboy of Church Minshull, yeomen  
Date: 27 May 1652, proved 9 November 1669  
Witnesses: Richard Harding, Hannah Frogge  
Will: - buried in church of Minshull near where wife Jane was buried  
 - 12d to son Thomas  
 - all land & property to son John, he to pay £6 yearly to son Thomas, and after 17 years pay £100 to son Thomas  
 - working tools to son John  
 - 10s to daughter Elizabeth  
 - maintenance in old age, when she can no longer work, to daughter Elizabeth, to be paid by son John  
 - table, musket, etc. to son John  
 - rest of possessions to children of son John equally  
 - 5s to the priest at his funeral  
 - 10 groats to the church of Minshull  
Total fortune: ca. £1, property & working tools, + rest  
Inventory: £37 5s  
   
1671-12-16 Lease (Cheshire Archives, DCH/A/590) John (4836)  
John & Thomas sons of John Wilson of Chester, clerk John (2418)  
Description: LEASE for 3 lives by Robert Viscount Cholmondeley of Kells in the Realm of Ireland to Thomas Wilson of Chorley, yeoman, for lives of said Thomas and of John and Thomas Wilson, sons of John Wilson of Chester, clerk, of a messuage with all its lands, tenements, etc. and all their appurtenances in CHORLEY, now or late in tenure of said Thomas Wilson, at rent of 30/- p.a. Cons: £300.  
Signed: "Thomas Wilson". Seal: missing. Parchment.  
Date: 1671, 16. Dec  
Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives  
   
D_1677 1677-02-28 Burial (Diocese of Chester Minshull Vernon PR 1538-1910) John (2418) 1677
Mr. John Wilson  
   
I_1677 1677-02 Inventory (Cheshire Archives, WS) John (2418)  
John Wilson, Minshull Vernon, gent. £195 9s 3d  
   
M_1678L 1678 Marriage Licence at Chester (Lancashire and Cheshire Historical and Genealogical Notes, Volume III) William (1208) 1678
William Culcheth of Middlewich and Elizabeth Wilson of Minshull Vernon Elizabeth (1209)  
(Notes from the Marriage Licence Act Books at Chester)  
1678. November 18. Dispensation to marry William Culcheth, of Middlewich, and Elizabeth Wilson, of Minshull Vernon.  - J. P. R.  
(Cheshire Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations, FindMyPast)  
   
M_1678 1678-11-20 Marriage in Middlewich, Cheshire (FindMyPast) William (1208) 1678
William Culcheth & Elizabeth Wilson Elizabeth (1209)  
   
1682 Draft Deed (Keele University, Sneyds of Keele Hall, Staffordshire, Uncalendared family papers, GB 172 S, p. 174) Family (4836)  
Thomas Wilson, gent. of Minshull Vernon  
1159. 1682 Deed relating to a messuage or tenement and land, in Willaston. (MS. Imperfect)  
Parties: (i) Edward Bressey gent., of Bulkeley (Chesh.), Thomas Bressey gent., of Willaston  
 (ii) Thomas Jackson, mercer, of Natwich  
 (iii) Thomas Wilson gent., of Minshull Vernon (Chesh.), Randle Sherwin the younger, yeoman, of Rope (Chesh.)  
   
W_1683 1683-02-16 Will (Cheshire Archives, WS 1682) 1683 Family (4836) Will-1
Testator: Elizabeth Wilson of Minshull Vernon spinster William (1208) Will-2
Executor: nephew William Culcheth Elizabeth (1209) Inventory
Date: 10 October 1681, proved 16 February 1683  
Witnesses: Samuel Lowe, Thomas Wrench, Thomas Hachus? & John Warrell  
Will: - 12d to Elizabeth and all other children of brother Thomas  
 - 12d to Jane, Margaret & John children of nephew Christopher Rylance  
 - 40s, pillow & clothes to Elizabeth daughter of nephew Christopher Rylance  
 - shift & waistcoat to Jane daughter of nephew Christopher Rylance  
 - 11s piece of gold to nephew William Culcheth  
 - 5s piece of gold to his wife Elizabeth  
 - gold ring to John Warrell of Middlewich gent.  
 - gold ring to sister-in-law Dorothy Wilson  
 - looking glass to Margaret Dotty of Church Minshull widow  
 - £12 to Elizabeth daughter of nephew William Culcheth  
 - £20 due from Samuel Davenport of Calverley esq. to the same Elizabeth  
 - £16 due from brother John Wilson deceased to the same Elizabeth  
 - 10s for rings to Thomas Daniell of Yabley esq. and his wife out of £7 due from Thomas Minshull of Eardswicke esq.  
 - £15 for burial due from Randle Bayly  
 - rest of possessions to Elizabeth daughter of nephew William Culcheth  
Total fortune: ca. £65, clothes, dishes, bedding, + rest  
Inventory: £35 10s 6d  
   
1684-5 Sequestration (BHO, List of Papists and delinquents discharged or under sequestration in Northwich Hundred, co. Chester)  
John Wilson, sen. and jun.  
Peter Venables.  
Thos. Venables, his son and heir, no estate yet.  
Randal Harding, Minshull Vernon, under value.  
John Minshall, Minshull, discharged by the Committee at Goldsmiths' Hall.  
Thos. Minshall, Yardswick [west of Sandbach], lands all sequestered by the Committee for Sequestrations, except 20l. a year for life in another hundred.  
   
1685 Legal Dispute (TNA, C 8/526/28) William (1208)  
Thomas Wilson, William Culcheth & Elizabeth his wife Elizabeth (1209)  
Short title: Wilson v Lowe.  
Plaintiffs: Thomas Wilson, clerk.  
Defendants: William Culcheth and Elizabeth Culcheth his wife, Samuel Lowe, John Warrell and Thomas Hulse.  
Subject: property in Minshull Vernon, Cheshire.  
Document type: bill and answer  
Date: 1685  
Held by: The National Archives, Kew  
   
A_1688 1688 Legal Dispute (TNA, C 5/69/56) 1688 William (1208)  
William Culcheth, and Elizabeth Culcheth his wife; Thomas Wilson; Minshull Vernon Elizabeth (1209)  
Short title: Culcheth v Wilson.  
Plaintiffs: William Culcheth, and Elizabeth Culcheth his wife.   
Defendants: Thomas Wilson and others.  
Subject: property in Minshull Vernon, Cheshire.  
Document type: bill, two answers.  
Date: 1688  
Held by: The National Archives, Kew  
   
1693 Legal Dispute (TNA, C 10/532/60) William (1208)  
William Culcheth, and Elizabeth Culcheth his wife; Thomas Wilson & Anne his wife, Thomas Clayton; Minshull Vernon Elizabeth (1209)  
Short title: Wade v Culcheth.  
Plaintiffs: Edward Wade.  
Defendants: William Culcheth, Elizabeth Culcheth his wife, Thomas Wilson, Anne Wilson his wife, Thomas Clayton, Thomas Clayton, and others.  
Subject: property in Minshull Vernon, Cheshire.  
Document type: bill only  
Date: 1693  
Held by: The National Archives, Kew  
   
D_1702 1702-06-20 Burial in Middlewich, Cheshire (FindMyPast, Cheshire Parish Baptisms 1538-1911, 2016) Elizabeth (1209) 1702
Elizabeth Culcheth wife of William, of Middlewich  
   
 
© C. R. Watts 2020  created 02.02.2018, revised 19.11.2020  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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