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An American Family History

Robert Wilson
The first European settlements in Maryland were made in 1634 when English settlers created a permanent colony.

Robert Wilson was born September 13, 1762 in Maryland. His parents were Robert Wilson and Mary Douglas.

He married Eleanor Shekell (Sheakels, Shechell, Shekels, Shekill) on October 30, 1798 in Montgomery County, Maryland. Eleanor may have been the daughter of Richard Shekell (1744) and Mary Tillard (1748). 

Eleanor and Robert's children included:

Sarah Ann Wilson Poole (1808, married Thomas P. Poole),
Mary Wilson Poole (1812, married Frederick Poole).

In 1810 in Montgomery County, Maryland, the Robert Wilson household included:

Males - 45 and over: 1
Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Females - Under 10: 1
Enslaved people: 10

Robert built a house about 1820 that was mentioned in 1821 tax records.

Robert died in 1833.

In 1835, his daughter, Mary, and son-in-law Frederick Poole, bought the house from his estate.

Children of Robert Wilson and Mary Douglas

 

 
Marylandwas established with religious freedom for Catholics. The colonial economy was based on tobacco cultivated by Africans who had been enslaved.
 

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