Daniel Willson
1776 -
1. Daniel Willson was born on 20 Aug 1776 in Rye, Westchester County, NY (son of Benjamin Willson and Mary "Polly" Kniffen). Daniel married Abigail Miller on 19 Dec 1799. Abigail (daughter of Andrew Miller and Sarah Lyon) was born on 11 Sep 1778 in Rye, Westchester County, NY; died on 7 May 1846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Mary Willson was born on 16 Jan 1804 in Oxford, Chenango County, NY; died on 22 Mar 1893 in Oxford, Chenango County, NY.
2. Benjamin Willson was born on 6 May 1741 in Rye, Westchester County, NY (son of Samuel Willson and Phebe Lyon); died in 1804. Benjamin married Mary "Polly" Kniffen in 1761. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Kniffen and Gertrude Purdy) was born on 21 Nov 1743 in Westchester County, NY; died about 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary "Polly" Kniffen was born on 21 Nov 1743 in Westchester County, NY (daughter of Benjamin Kniffen and Gertrude Purdy); died about 1832. Children:
- Susannah Willson was born on 23 Jul 1770; died on 9 Aug 1827.
- 1. Daniel Willson was born on 20 Aug 1776 in Rye, Westchester County, NY.
Generation: 3
4. Samuel Willson was born about 1723 in Rye, Westchester County, NY. Samuel married Phebe Lyon. Phebe (daughter of Thomas Lyon and Phebe Vowles) was born about 1723 in Rye, Westchester County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Phebe Lyon was born about 1723 in Rye, Westchester County, NY (daughter of Thomas Lyon and Phebe Vowles). Children:
- 2. Benjamin Willson was born on 6 May 1741 in Rye, Westchester County, NY; died in 1804.
6. Benjamin Kniffen was born in 1706 in Rye, Westchester County, NY (son of Jonathan Kniffen and Elizabeth Merritt); died in 1789. Benjamin married Gertrude Purdy in 1729. Gertrude was born in 1712 in Rye, Westchester County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Gertrude Purdy was born in 1712 in Rye, Westchester County, NY. Children:
- 3. Mary "Polly" Kniffen was born on 21 Nov 1743 in Westchester County, NY; died about 1832.
Generation: 4
10. Thomas Lyon was born in 1699 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT (son of Thomas Lyon and Abigail Ogden); died in Nov 1770. Thomas married Phebe Vowles. Phebe was born about 1703 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Phebe Vowles was born about 1703 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, CT. Children:
- Mary Lyon was born about 1721 in Rye, Westchester County, NY; died in 1751 in Stamford, Fairfield County, CT.
- 5. Phebe Lyon was born about 1723 in Rye, Westchester County, NY.
12. Jonathan Kniffen was born in 1675 in Kniveton, Derbyshire, England (son of George Knifton and Mary Whelpley); died in 1725. Jonathan married Elizabeth Merritt in 1699. Elizabeth was born in 1683 in Rye, Westchester County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Elizabeth Merritt was born in 1683 in Rye, Westchester County, NY. Children:
- Jonathan Kniffen was born in 1700 in Rye, Westchester County, NY; died in 1757.
- Thomas Kniffen was born in 1703 in Rye, Westchester County, NY; died in 1780.
- 6. Benjamin Kniffen was born in 1706 in Rye, Westchester County, NY; died in 1789.