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John WISDOM

John WISDOM

Male Abt 1707 - 1762  (~ 55 years)


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  • Name John WISDOM 
    Birth Abt 1707  Goucester Or King & Queen, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    _FSFTID GHMB-6MY 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHMB-6MY 
    _UID 2A699F1593BA406A891C33BC6829EEED3E74 
    Death 26 Aug 1762  Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I24018  Carney Wehofer July 2025
    Last Modified 16 Jan 2025 

    Father Francis Torrence WISDOM, Sr.,   b. 1676, Goucester Or King & Queen, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1750, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Ann Catherine MILLER,   b. Abt 1680, Spotsville, Surry, Virginia, British Colony Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1728, Petsworth Parish, Clouchester, Virginia, British Colony Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1801, Beaufort, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1728  Orange, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Susan WISDOM,   b. Abt 1735, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Winifred WISDOM,   b. 1736, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1822, Wilkes, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
     3. Elizabeth WISDOM,   b. Abt 1738, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 24 Sep 1827, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 89 years)
     4. Thomas WISDOM,   b. 1742, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1830 ?, Adair Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ann WISDOM,   b. 1744, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1799 (Age 55 years)
     6. Francis WISDOM,   b. 1745   d. 1762 (Age 17 years)
     7. Sarah WISDOM,   b. 1746, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     8. Betty WISDOM,   b. 1748, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     9. Tabitha WISDOM,   b. 1750, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     10. Joseph WISDOM,   b. 1752, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     11. Clarey (Clara) WISDOM,   b. 1754, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1836, Hickman, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
     12. Richard WISDOM,   b. Abt 1754, Virginia, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     13. Catey WISDOM,   b. 1756, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     14. Sally WISDOM,   b. 1758, Orange County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F11025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Jan 2023 

  • 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).