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John WISDOM

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Name John WISDOM Birth Abt 1707 Goucester Or King & Queen, Virginia Gender Male _FSFTID GHMB-6MY _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHMB-6MY _UID 2A699F1593BA406A891C33BC6829EEED3E74 Death 26 Aug 1762 Orange County, Virginia Person ID I24018 Carney Wehofer July 2025 Last Modified 16 Jan 2025
Father Francis Torrence WISDOM, Sr., b. 1676, Goucester Or King & Queen, Virginia d. 1750, Orange County, Virginia
(Age 74 years)
Mother Ann Catherine MILLER, b. Abt 1680, Spotsville, Surry, Virginia, British Colony d. 1728, Petsworth Parish, Clouchester, Virginia, British Colony
(Age ~ 48 years)
Marriage 1698 ? Family ID F11057 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Nancy Ann COLLINS, b. 21 Mar 1714, Saint Georges Parish, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Aug 1801, Beaufort, South Carolina
(Age 87 years)
Marriage Abt 1728 Orange, Virginia, British Colonial America Children 1. Susan WISDOM, b. Abt 1735, Orange County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
2. Winifred WISDOM, b. 1736, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1822, Wilkes, North Carolina
(Age 86 years)
3. Elizabeth WISDOM, b. Abt 1738, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Aft 24 Sep 1827, Orange County, Virginia
(Age ~ 89 years)
4. Thomas WISDOM, b. 1742, Orange County, Virginia d. 1830 ?, Adair Co., Kentucky
5. Ann WISDOM, b. 1744, Orange County, Virginia d. 1799 (Age 55 years)
6. Francis WISDOM, b. 1745 d. 1762 (Age 17 years) 7. Sarah WISDOM, b. 1746, Orange County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
8. Betty WISDOM, b. 1748, Orange County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
9. Tabitha WISDOM, b. 1750, Orange County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
10. Joseph WISDOM, b. 1752, Orange County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
11. Clarey (Clara) WISDOM, b. 1754, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1836, Hickman, Tennessee, United States
(Age 82 years)
12. Richard WISDOM, b. Abt 1754, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown
13. Catey WISDOM, b. 1756, Orange County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
14. Sally WISDOM, b. 1758, Orange County, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
Family ID F11025 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Jan 2023
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Notes - John wisdom, whose will was probated 26 Aug. 1762 in Orange Co., VA; leaving his large Estate to his widow, Ann Collins Wisdom (c. 1718-1799) for the duration of her widowhood or lifetime. John Wisdom came to Orange Co., Va in year 1733, either from England or from King & Queen Co., Va. Circumstantial evidence suggests that John along with a William & two Francis Wisdoms, and a Nancy Ann (Nan) Wisdom White were close kin. (Probably, issue of the elder Francis Wisdom of the group, who had lived in both King & Queen, and Glouster Counties; and of most significance, that the elder Francis Wisdom, may have been one of the sons of the immigrant, Thomas Wisdom, who first settled in Petsoe parish, Glouster co., FA in or before year 1665).