James Wesson (1734 - 1809)

Born 2 Apr 1734 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia Ann (White) Wesson — married 25 May 1768 in Brookline, Massachusetts

Died 15 Oct 1809 at age 75 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Colonel James Wesson served with 9th Massachusetts Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

James Wesson is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 316662
Rank: Colonel

James Wesson is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A123502.

James Wesson was a Colonel in the 9th Massachusetts Regiment, American Revolutionary War. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

James Wesson was born on April 2, 1734 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Jeremiah Wesson and Sarah Bent. ^[5]

He married Ann White on May 25, 1768.

Together they had 3 children:

1. William Wesson
2. Stephen Wesson
3. Sarah Wesson

He died on October 15, 1809 in Marlborough, Massachusetts. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ DAR
2. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
3. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
4. ↑ Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati
5. ↑ Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850
6. ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-11-12), "Record of James Wesson", Ancestor # A123502.

• Vital Records of Sudbury Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (New-England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1903); p. 148

• Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts (Franklin P. Rice, Marlborough, Mass., 1908); p. 398

• Drake, Francis Samuel. Memorials of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati (The Society, Massachusetts, 1873); p. 509

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 4, No. 4, p. 228

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 16, p. 882

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk & Co., Washington, DC, 1893); p. 582, p. 24