Bio update May 28, 2025

I became a member of Find-A-Grave September 15, 2011.

Please visit my YouTube home page for historic videos and music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPyl-tzvv2zD08CAoneTIwQ

Also visit my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/phil.wilson.1420

I also have a large family tree on ANCESTRY:

My tree name: "Merrickville Wilson families 2013-01-20"

https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/26783309/person/1917700134/facts

I am the home person in my tree "Philip Bruce "Phil" Wilson."

• Merrickville, (near Ottawa, Ontario), in Wolford Township, Grenville County, Ontario, CANADA, is where my Wilson family settled after arriving, 1845, from County Armagh, Province of Ulster, IRELAND. My Wilson family part of my tree is based on: GENEALOGY / OF THE / "MERRICKVILLE WILSONS" / OF WOLFORD TOWNSHIP, / GRENVILLE COUNTY, / CANADA WEST (LATER ONTARIO); COPY NO. 2, of the THIRD EDITION, PUBLISHED ON JULY 1, 1995, by David Bryce Muir WILSON, Lt.-Cdr., UE, 1922-2002, my 3rd cousin 1x removed.
• My Dad, Robert Blake "Bob" Wilson, 1923 – 2012, had done a lot of research on branches of our family, Wilson & Knapp in Grenville County, Ontario, and Brown, Barrey, Drake, Alair/Alaire/DeLair in Haldimand County, Ontario, and contributed to genealogies compiled and published by others.

I have invited 27 family members, close and distant, to my tree.

If you are a member of my extended family and would like an invite to my tree, I will send you an invite if you use the Ancestry mail system, so I can see who you are and see your tree. Note, if you have a private blocked tree, please do not contact me.

Anyone wishing to use the photos that I have posted on this website are free to use them in their genealogy. HOWEVER, please note where the photo came from and note me as the contributor.

I post most photos to both FIND-A-GRAVE and my ANCESTRY family tree - Merrickville Wilson families. Some people have been copying my photos and re-posting them in their own ANCESTRY tree, with no credit to me. The photos can be saved directly from my family tree. Please see my family tree which contains over 48,500 individuals.

IMPORTANT, please read the following:

Please do not use FIND-A-GRAVE to ask me questions about my ancestry and related families. I have had some so called "Profession Genealogists" contact me for information! Some people join Find-A-Grave just to ask questions. I had one person that belongs to Find-A-Grave for over 11 years and has absolutely no contributions asking me to give access to my family tree!

Some of my direct family ANCESTORS include the following:

I am a descendant of Louis HÉBERT, 1575-1627, and Marie ROLLET, 1588-1649, my 11th great-grandparents, who were the first family to settle in (New France), Québec, 1617.

I am a descendant of John ALDEN & Priscilla MULLINS, my 10th great-grandparents, who were MAYFLOWER passengers, 1620.

Ambroise SICARD/SECORD, 1631-1712, my 8th great-grandfather, a French Huguenot refugee who came to America and was a founder of New Rochelle, NY. Some SECORD descendants were also Loyalists that came to the Niagara area in CANADA.

I have many UNITED EMPIRE LOYALIST, (UEL), family ancestors, through all 4 of my grandparents. The Loyalists are Sergeant Joseph KNAPP & Daniel NETTLETON, Colonel Jessop's Corp. settled Augusta Township, Grenville County. The following settled in the Niagara Area, and of them most served under Colonel John Butler. Names are William & John READ, Grantham Township; John BESSEY, Grantham Twp; John CLARK, Grantham Twp; Frederick ANGER, Jr, George Frederick ANGER, Bertie Twp; Francis ELLSWORTH, Stamford & Bertie Twp; Henry WINDECKER, Bertie Twp; Benjamin Bycroft/BEECROFT, Ancaster Twp; Anthony West broeck/WESTBROOK, Ancaster Twp; Bassnett DELL, Willoughby Twp; Leonard MISENER, Thorold Twp; Philip George BENDER, Stamford Twp; Robert COOK, Stamford Twp; John STEINHOFF, Stamford & Crowland, and later Woodhouse Twp, Norfolk County. The following settled in New Brunswick and later Norfolk County, Ontario: Hannah MONTROSS, DUE, d/o Peter MONTROSS, UEL, wife Leah MABIE-MABEE, DUE, d/o Simon MABIE-MABEE, UEL

Pro Patria,

Phil Wilson

French Canadian descendant

Mayflower descendant

French Huguenot descendant

UEL descendant