James G. Wilsey (1758-1844) served in the New York militia as a private, minuteman, and scout in Captain Garrison's Company, Colonel Van Veghton's Regiment. James G. Wilsey was born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York on September 13, 1758. He married Petronella Wilsey and later married Dorothy Bernson. He fathered five children. James G. Wilsey died December 11, 1844 and is buried in the New Hudson Cemetery in New Hudson, Oakland County, Michigan.
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