In all probability Samuel accompanied his parents on their moves to Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, Putney, Vermont and Hinesburg, Vermont. From there he removed to St. Lawrence County, New York, joining his older brother John in that part of Massena which became the town of Louisville. From the birth record of his seventh child, it appears that Samuel returned to Vermont for a short time before finally settling in Pennsylvania.
"Samuel Wilson, a native of Massachusetts, and a soldier of 1812, came from St. Lawrence County, NY in 1813 with his wife and seven children. Three children were added to the family here. He had six sons, the oldest two being now dead. The four living, in their best days weighed not less than seven hundred and eighty pounds altogether; all, like their father were light in flesh and heavy in bone and muscle. As a pioneer he acted well his part, having chopped and cleared more than two hundred acres of heavily-timbered land in this county, and having chopped three hundred acres before he came here. He was a man of powerful frame and iron will, and generally succeeded in everything he undertook. He was as skillful with the rifle as powerful with the axe. He was fifty-one years, a taxable citizen of Middletown, and died on the farm on which he first settled, in 1864, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. All of his sons and daughter were strong and healthy, the youngest being thirty-seven before death made any inroads among their number. Of grandchildren he had seventy-five born during his lifetime." (History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, by Emily C. Blackman 1873 p. 456)
Source: Keith A. Gouger, 300 Luman Rd. $54, Phoenix, Or. 97536 - 20 Sept. 1989
From the family records of John Butler Wilson
"Samuel Wilson, a native of Massachusetts, and a soldier of 1812, came from St. Lawrence County, NY in 1813 with his wife and seven children. Three children were added to the family here. He had six sons, the oldest two being now dead. The four living, in their best days weighed not less than seven hundred and eighty pounds altogether; all, like their father were light in flesh and heavy in bone and muscle. As a pioneer he acted well his part, having chopped and cleared more than two hundred acres of heavily-timbered land in this county, and having chopped three hundred acres before he came here. He was a man of powerful frame and iron will, and generally succeeded in everything he undertook. He was as skillful with the rifle as powerful with the axe. He was fifty-one years, a taxable citizen of Middletown, and died on the farm on which he first settled, in 1864, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. All of his sons and daughter were strong and healthy, the youngest being thirty-seven before death made any inroads among their number. Of grandchildren he had seventy-five born during his lifetime." (History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, by Emily C. Blackman 1873 p. 456)
Source: Keith A. Gouger, 300 Luman Rd. $54, Phoenix, Or. 97536 - 20 Sept. 1989
From the family records of John Butler Wilson
In all probability Samuel accompanied his parents on their moves to Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire, Putney, Vermont and Hinesburg, Vermont. From there he removed to St. Lawrence County, New York, joining his older brother John in that part of Massena which became the town of Louisville. From the birth record of his seventh child, it appears that Samuel returned to Vermont for a short time before finally settling in Pennsylvania.
"Samuel Wilson, a native of Massachusetts, and a soldier of 1812, came from St. Lawrence County, NY in 1813 with his wife and seven children. Three children were added to the family here. He had six sons, the oldest two being now dead. The four living, in their best days weighed not less than seven hundred and eighty pounds altogether; all, like their father were light in flesh and heavy in bone and muscle. As a pioneer he acted well his part, having chopped and cleared more than two hundred acres of heavily-timbered land in this county, and having chopped three hundred acres before he came here. He was a man of powerful frame and iron will, and generally succeeded in everything he undertook. He was as skillful with the rifle as powerful with the axe. He was fifty-one years, a taxable citizen of Middletown, and died on the farm on which he first settled, in 1864, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. All of his sons and daughter were strong and healthy, the youngest being thirty-seven before death made any inroads among their number. Of grandchildren he had seventy-five born during his lifetime." (History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, by Emily C. Blackman 1873 p. 456)
Source: Keith A. Gouger, 300 Luman Rd. $54, Phoenix, Or. 97536 - 20 Sept. 1989
From the family records of John Butler Wilson
"Samuel Wilson, a native of Massachusetts, and a soldier of 1812, came from St. Lawrence County, NY in 1813 with his wife and seven children. Three children were added to the family here. He had six sons, the oldest two being now dead. The four living, in their best days weighed not less than seven hundred and eighty pounds altogether; all, like their father were light in flesh and heavy in bone and muscle. As a pioneer he acted well his part, having chopped and cleared more than two hundred acres of heavily-timbered land in this county, and having chopped three hundred acres before he came here. He was a man of powerful frame and iron will, and generally succeeded in everything he undertook. He was as skillful with the rifle as powerful with the axe. He was fifty-one years, a taxable citizen of Middletown, and died on the farm on which he first settled, in 1864, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. All of his sons and daughter were strong and healthy, the youngest being thirty-seven before death made any inroads among their number. Of grandchildren he had seventy-five born during his lifetime." (History of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, by Emily C. Blackman 1873 p. 456)
Source: Keith A. Gouger, 300 Luman Rd. $54, Phoenix, Or. 97536 - 20 Sept. 1989
From the family records of John Butler Wilson
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