Robert WILSON

1746 - 1790  (44 years)

• Name	Robert WILSON
  Birth	1746	Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Stonemason
  Death	5 Dec 1790	Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
  Burial	8 Dec 1790	St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland
  Person ID	I2855	FHC029 - Stephen Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas WILSON
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth YELLOWLEES,   b. 4 Dec 1749, Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 27 Sep 1812, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1770
  Children	1. John WILSON,   b. Bef 9 Feb 1777, Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland d. 30 Sep 1869, Parkley, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland (Age > 92 years)  [natural]   2. Robert Wilson,   b. 16 Apr 1779   d. 15 Aug 1857 (Age 78 years)  [natural]   3. William Wilson,   b. 20 May 1781   d. 3 Sep 1823 (Age 42 years)  [natural]   4. Agnes Wilson,   b. 12 Jul 1783   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   5. George Wilson,   b. 1787   d. 30 Jan 1819 (Age 32 years)  [natural]   6. Janet Wilson,   b. 1789   d. 19 Jun 1874, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 85 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F947	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 May 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1746 - Mellerstain, Gordon, Berwickshire, Scotland Burial - 8 Dec 1790 - St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Wilson was a stonemason, and worked on Mellerstain under Robert Adam Robert and Elizabeth Yellowlees are buried in the graveyard at St Nicholas Old Kirk, Dalkeith, also many of their children. He had a tenancy in a house called Firbrae. A modern house sits on the same site at Mellerstain.