| Show Who Are You The Romance o of 0 f Your Name By RUBY HASKINS ELLIS A Wilson 7 IF YO YOUR YOUIl un name Is I. Wilson you will perhaps he Interested to know that In the beginning It was Williams It Is I. believed by the best authorities that It signified I guiDe the Ule son Ion of ot William The Rev neve John Wilson one of ot the earliest settlers settler In this country countr of ot Boston Mass MaiL was the son of ot the Rev ney William Wilson of ot England lIe Ile-carao Ile camo to America on 00 Governor Winthrop's Winthrops fleet tet and was the first minister of the first church In Bos Boa ton He lIe died In 1667 1001 There were many others of ot this name nama who came to New England and settled there at a very early period Amon Among them was William Wilson a settler In Concord who was a soldier In the Continental army Among those who came later was warn James Jamea Wilson the ancestor of ot Woodrow Wilson He lIe came from County Down Ireland and located In Philadelphia where he be became ame editor of the Aurora a newspaper once edited by Franklin Bache the brilliant grandson oC ot Benjamin fi pr U t Ut Wu- Wu Franklin James Wilson married Anne Adams and removed to Ohio where he affiliated with other newspapers newspapers newspapers news news- papers and became a member of ot the tho state le legislature slature Ills JIls son Joseph Ruggles Wilson father tather of ot Woodrow Woodrow Wood Wood- row Wilson was born In Steuben Steuben- clUe Ohio He lIe married d Janet Woodrow and went to Virginia He lIe became a distinguished clergyman and was minister of several churches In the Southland Woodrow Wilson Wil son was born bom In Staunton Va but received his early education In North Carolina and Georgia Georgili It Is s Interesting to note that Janet Woodrow mother of ot the war PresIdent President Preal dent was of ot Scot Scotch h descent and her father lather likewise was a minister Her ner Scottish forbears had hod for tor COO years ears furnished distinguished clergymen clergymen clergy clergy- men and notable men In Scotland Doctor Woodrow her Iler father was a graduate of ot Glasgow university and served 16 10 years ears as a minister of ot the Independent Congregation at Carlisle Car Car- Carlisle lisle England An Easter name Easter was undoubtedly undoubtedly TilE THIS edly taken by one who was Interested In In- In the Crusades In the East being first East and later adding the termination er It was wa consIdered considered con con- a glorious us privilege to fight right for tor the Cross In Palestine and many names were taken from places and Incidents connected with these pilgrimages The Easter home was In fn Scotland The earliest known ancestor of this name was Kenneth McAlpIn Easter who was duke of ot Northumberland Northumberland Northum berland and served In the Crusades under Richard Coner de des Lion This was In the latter part of ot the Twelfth century Several generations later a direct direct di di- direst rest descendant Kenneth McAlpIn Easters Easter Easier was made lord of ot Edinburgh Scotland In the Seventeenth century James Easter another descendant hid on his estate Charles I lor I of England who on being accused of ot treason by sI w his government had fled for tor his life lite For or this act James Jamea Easter Easler had to flee for hU his own life lite lie tie escaped and und went to Spain where he be was protected and where be later married Robert Hollert I Easter astr a 10 later ter descendant descendant descend descend- ant married d Catherine Hamilton daughter of ot the duke of Hamilton The first I Easters to appear In fn Inthis this country were William Archi ArchI- ArchIbald Archibald bald Hamilton and John McAlpIn They settled In Mary Iary- land In to 1830 1810 It Is from this family fam tam famIly ily lIy that practically all the Easters rasters of America derive their ancestry e p Public Inc Service I |
