Thomas Wilson 1546

Thomas Wilson (see the chart below) was born about 1546, presumably in Kilkenny, Ireland,during the reign of Henry VIII (1509-1547). Thomas' existence is verifiable from the death of his wife, Agnes Winter, 16 Jun 1581. There are no birth records of their children, but presumably there was a son, probably also named Thomas, who carried on the family name in Kilkenny.Bearing in mind that 817 old parish records were destroyed by fire at the Public Records Office, Four Courts, in Dublin, 1922 -- one year after independence from England, when the Irish Republicans fought among themselves and used parish registers and irreplaceable manuscripts documenting the history of Ireland to barricade the windows -- family bibles, and oral traditions, have necessarily become the main resources for Irish family history.