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- William Tilson, b. March 15, 1741, son of Stephen and Janet (Murdock)Tilson; m. April 1, 1762, Mary Ransom of Plympton, Mass. (by Rev. John Howland)
William Tilson was granted 282 acres of land in Washington Co., Va on26 Jun 1786 (Grants 3 Page 346-348). This parcel of land was dividedand sold in three tracts as follows: 85 acres to Thomas Tilson on 21 Aug 1792 (DB1:270-271); 95 acres to William Tilson, Jr. on 21 Aug 1792(DB1:271-272); and 92 acres to Thomas Tilson on 18 Mar 1811 (DB4:433) William Tilson, Sr. appears in the Washington County, VA tax list through 1811 after which he is absent from the list. The sale of the third tract may have been preparation of William Tilson, Sr. for a move to Tennessee.
William Tilson was in the French War and served a considerable time; was in Capt. Josiah Thatcher's Co., Col. John Thomas' Reg., and landedat Halifax, N. S., May 11, 1759; served until Nov. 1. He again entered the service Jan. 1, 1760, in Nova Scotia, and dis. Dec. 18, 1761. In the muster roll remarks it says, father or master, Stephen Tilson.In 1763 he migrated to the west part of Virginia, and settled at St. Clair, on the south branch of the Holstein River, where all his children were born. He moved to Tenn. and located near this three sons,k onHolo chucky River, four miles from Erwin. His wife died there and was buried on the farm. he soon returned to his former home near Holstein Mills, Va., and died at his son-in-law's, Joseph Cole's, about 1825.
Ply. Probate Rec., Vol. 14, page 316: The will of John Murdock, Jr.: I give to my grandson, William Tilson (son of Stephen Tilson), the whole farm, with the dwelling house and all other buildings thereon, standing in the town of Plympton, in the county afs'd and is the same now in the improvement of Noah Pratt. I give unto my son-in-law, John Wall, the sum of forty pounds; also a bond for thirteen pounds, six shilings, eight pence, which I have on Him. I give to my wife Ruth, imporvement of all remaining part of my estate, both real, and personal,during her natural life. After that to be equally divided to may twosonsl, James and Bartlett Murdock. I hereby appoint my sons, james and Bartlett Murdock, execrs. Will made Sept. 16, 1756; proved Oct. 5,1756.
Inventory of personal estate Oct. 27, 1756: 933 lbs. 3s, 6 1/2 d.
Plympton Townn Records, Oct. 26, 1756: William Tilson appoints his father, Stephen Tilson, guardian of property from his grandfather, John Murdock, of Plymouth, Mass.
(Source: Tilson, Mercer V. 'The Tilson Genealogy,' The Memorial Press, 1911, p. 147-148)
- The prevalent view of Tilson researchers is that William Tilson of Washington County, Virginia is the son of Stephen Tilson and Janet Murdock of Massachusetts. This view seems to have it's origins in a book published by Mercer Tilson. While Mercer Tilson has shown that Stephen Tilson and Janet Murdock had a son named William, he has not provided a single piece of evidence that William Tilson of Washington Co., VA is him. There is some evidence that William Tilson of VA was originally known as William Tillotson, and his name was later shortened to Tilson.
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