So far I have a count of 340 in the family
tree. But that is only the central part of it. That does not inlude most of the spouses parents, or the early brothers and
sisters families. I will eventually get to those but not yet.
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The Burning Question - Are we related to
President Monroe?
When I was a little girl I was told that we were related to President
Monroe. So I did some research to find out and this is what I found. The quick answer is not really. But checking more the
answer is yes in a round a bout way. And this is how - President Monroe's sister Ann
married Jemima Herod's brother. Jemima was married to Reuben Wilson.
So there it is...
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George Willson - Where was he from?
"STROUD or Stroudwater is 30 miles
from Bristol, 14 from Cheltenham and nine from Gloucester City. It was the centre of the clothing trade in 1830, with mills
every few hundred yards on every river. In the census of 1821 the parish had 7,097 inhabitants."
Link to a Map of Stroud Glouchester England where the Willsons first
lived prior to coming to the USA. There is also quite a lot of information about the area on this link too.
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/stroud.htm
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