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     Mary Cecelia Williamson was born in 1819.¹ She was the daughter of William Durkee Williamson.² Mary Cecelia Williamson married Livingston Livingston, son of Philip Henry Livingston and Maria Livingston, in 1859.² Mary Cecelia Williamson died in 1896.

     Scott G. Williamson was born circa 1899 in Wisconsin.¹ He married Lucille S. Dunn, daughter of Oliver Erastus Dunn and Jessie Bell Eaton, circa 1928.¹

     William Durkee Williamson. President of the Senate and Acting Governor of Maine.¹

     Anne Willis is also recorded as Wyllys.¹ She was born in 1624 in England.¹ She married Col. John Pynchon on 30 October 1644. Anne Willis died on 9 January 1698/99.¹

      A merchant of Portland.¹ Benjamin Willis Jr. was born on 16 November 1791 in Haverhill, Massachusetts.² He married Elizabeth Sewall May, daughter of Colonel Joseph May and Dorothy Sewall, on 19 September 1817 in Boston, Massachusetts, the ceremony being conducted by the Rev. Dr. Freeman.¹

     Elizabeth Sewall Willis was the daughter of Benjamin Willis Jr. and Elizabeth Sewall May.¹ Elizabeth Sewall Willis married Thomas Goodwin Wells in 1838 (int. 29 September 1838).^1,2

     Hamilton Willis was born on 10 August 1818 in Portland, Maine.² He was the son of Benjamin Willis Jr. and Elizabeth Sewall May.¹ Hamilton Willis married firstly Louisa M. Windship on 23 August 1842 in Roxbury, Massachusetts.^1,3 Hamilton Willis married secondly Helen Phillips on 28 April 1864 in Boston, Massachusetts.² Hamilton Willis died on 16 November 1878 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of 60.²

      Henry Willis was living in Portland.¹ He married Adeline Fitch, daughter of Judge Luther Fitch and Almira Titcomb, on 18 December 1855 in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine.²

     Mary Willis was the daughter of Samuel Willis.¹ Mary Willis married Rev. Joseph Eliot, son of Rev. John Eliot and Ann Mountford, before 1685.¹

     Edward Henry Willoughby was the son of George Willoughby. Edward Henry Willoughby married Fanny Maxwell Wilson, daughter of John Delap Wilson and Ann Smith Claxton, on 26 November 1858 in St. Peter's Church, Saugor, India.¹

     Flora B. Willoughby was born on 18 June 1837 in Ireland.¹ She was the daughter of Thomas Willoughby and Margaret King.¹ Flora B. Willoughby married Hartley Wright Sewall, son of Moses Sewall and Louisa Lentner, on 21 September 1859 in Providence, Rhode Island.² Flora B. Willoughby and Hartley Wright Sewall appear on the census of 1 June 1860 in Ward 11, Boston, Massachusetts, where he worked in a hat store.³ Flora B. Willoughby died on 13 December 1910 at 114 Brook Avenue, Boston, at the age of 73 ¹ and was buried on 16 December 1910 in Forrest Hills, Boston.¹

     Thomas Willoughby married Margaret King.¹

     Sarah Newman Wills married Joseph Moody Titcomb, son of Henry Titcomb and Abigail Whitmore, on 11 August 1832 in Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts.^1,2

     A.I. Wilshire married Isabel Lucy Hazen, daughter of Wilbur Morton Hazen and Isabelle Arenburg.¹

     Aileen Augusta Wilson was the daughter of Thomas Ward Wilson and Augusta Louisa Jarvis.¹ Aileen Augusta Wilson died in May 1891.¹

     Alithea Seymour Wilson was born on 20 June 1821 in St. Kitts, West Indies.¹ She was the daughter of John William Delap Wilson and Selina Frances Irwin.² Alithea Seymour Wilson married John Jermyn Symonds, son of Rear Admiral Sir William Symonds KCB, FRS and Elizabeth Saunders Luscombe, on 24 February 1849 in Milford, Hampshire.³ Alithea Seymour Wilson died on 23 November 1898 in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 77.²

     Anne A. Wilson was born circa 1836 in Milford, Hampshire.¹ She was the daughter of John Delap Wilson and Ann Smith Claxton.¹ Anne A. Wilson married Robert Parry Nisbet on 6 April 1865 in Jullundur, India, at the time of the marriage he was assistant commissioner in the Punjab.²

      Physician of Perth County, Ontario.¹ Charles Edgar Wilson was born circa 1890.¹ He married Dorothy Decima Jones, daughter of Charles Arthur Jones and Harriet Schofield, on 12 December 1923 in Oshawa, Ontario.¹

     Diana Ruth Wilson was the daughter of Thomas Ward Wilson and Augusta Louisa Jarvis.¹

     Dorcas Wilson married Aaron Cleveland, son of Moses Cleveland and Ann Winn, on 10 September 1675 in Charlestown, Massachusetts.¹ Dorcas Wilson died on 29 November 1714 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

     Fanny Maxwell Wilson was born circa 1833 in St. Kitts, West Indies.² She was the daughter of John Delap Wilson and Ann Smith Claxton.¹ Fanny Maxwell Wilson married Edward Henry Willoughby, son of George Willoughby, on 26 November 1858 in St. Peter's Church, Saugor, India.¹

     Fanny Stuart Wilson was born on 24 January 1868.¹ She was the daughter of William van Sycklen Wilson and Marie Cecil Stuart.¹ Fanny Stuart Wilson married Peter Parker, son of Rev. Peter Parker MD and Harriet Colby Webster, on 5 June 1890.¹ In 1904 Fanny Stuart Wilson was living in Framington, Massachusetts.¹

     Florence Wilson was born circa 1884.¹ She married William Claude David Crombie, son of Lt. Colonel Alexander Crombie CB, MD and Zébée Minto Bell. Florence Wilson is possibly the Florence Crombie who died on 20 October 1956 in Vancouver.¹

     Forbes Kingsbury Wilson was born on 16 February 1910 in York, Maine.² He was the son of William Wilson.¹ Forbes Kingsbury Wilson died on 3 November 1990 at the age of 80.³ He was educated at Worchester Academy in Massachusetts and graduated from Yale University in 1931 with a degree in Mining Geology. Upon graduation he worked as a shift boss at the Braden Copper Company in Chile until 1933. From this time on he held a succession of jobs: Mine Superintendent and General Superintendent Manager, Minera Timmins Ochali Mining Company in Colombia; Administrative Manager, General Engineer and General Manager, Freeport Minerals Company's Nicaro Nickel Company, Cuba and President, Rising & Nelson Slate Company, Vermont. In 1951 he rejoined the Freeport Minerals Company as Manager of Exploration in New York City. By 1956 He became Vice President and in 1970, Senior Vice President. In 1966 he became President and Director, Freeport Indonesia, Inc. a subsidiary of Freeport Minerals Company. He retired from Freeport in 1974.

Forbes Wilson's greatest accomplishment was the development of the Ertsberg copper deposit in New Guinea (now Irian Jaya, Indonesia). Wilson not only had to deal with unknown land, but also the threat of malaria and other diseases, the continuous bad weather, and the indigenous people who still practiced Stone-Age customs. On July 1, 1973 the Ertsberg became operational. Subsequently, largely based on Wilson's geologic interpretation of the region, in 1988 the Grasberg copper-gold deposit was located. Today the Grasberg/Ertsberg complex is the world's lowest cost producer of copper.

Forbes Wilson received many honors during his career including the coveted Legion of Honor and the Daniel C. Jackling Award from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers.⁴

     Francis Wilson was born circa 1814. He was the son of John William Delap Wilson and Selina Frances Irwin. Francis Wilson died on 8 May 1833 in St. Kitts.