My Revolutionary War Patriots - Robert Wilson of Danvers, Massachusetts

At the Wilson Family Burial Ground, Peabody, MassachusettsROBERT WILSONDiedJan. 4, 1797Aged 51[epitaph illegible]This is Patriot #10 I have written about for this series on my Revolutionary War ancestors. Robert Wilson is my 5th great grandfather. He was born in Salem Village (after 1775 it was known as the town of Danvers), Massachusetts around 1746, the son of Robert Wilson (1724 - 1782) and Elizabeth Southwick of Danvers. Robert Wilson's father was a potter, and so was his grandfather, Isaac Wilson, and so were his sons. According to the book Early New England Potters and Their Wares, by Lura Woodside Watkins, pages 65 - 66 "The Wilsons also were a prominent family of artisans. Their homestead included the land near 141 Andover Street and eastward where Route 128 now crosses it. The first two potting Wilsons were sons of Robert, a farmer. They were Robert, known as Robert Jr., who remained in Danvers, and Joseph, who went to Dedham and thence to Providence, Rhode Island. When…