Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whānau ia ki Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland i te tau 1807 ka noho ki Perth, Upper Canada me tōna whānau i te tau 1823. I ako ia i te ture i Perth me James Boulton. I whawhai te whawhai i te Hune 13, 1833 mo nga korero a Lyon, tetahi atu akonga ture, i whakahe i te ahua o Miss Elizabeth Hughes (i marenatia e Wilson i muri mai). I whakawakia a Wilson me tana kaiawhina mo te kohuru engari i whakawāteatia. I karangatia ia ki te pae Upper Canada i te 1835, i uru atu ki te mahi a Boulton i Niagara, a, i muri mai ka whakatu i tana ake mahi i Ranana. I āwhina ia ki te whakahaere i te ātete ā-rohe ki te
I whakaingoatia ia hei rangatira i roto i te militia i te tau 1838. I mahi a Wilson hei kaitiaki mo te Rohe o Raanana mai i te 1842 ki te 1844 a i mahi ano hoki ia hei roia mo te taone nui o Raanana. I kōwhiria ia ki te Runanga Ture o te Porowini o Kanata i roto i te pōtitanga o te tau 1847 hei Kaitiaki, kātahi ka whiriwhiria ano ia i te tau 1848 me te 1854. I te tau 1856, i whakaingoatia a Wilson hei Kaitohutohu a te Kuini. I kōwhiria ia ki te Kaunihera Ture mō te wehenga o St. Clair i te tau 1863 engari i tohua ia hei kaiwhakawa i te Kooti o Common Pleas i etahi marama i muri mai. I whakawakia e ia e whitu nga Fenian i hopukia i nga whakaekenga a Fenian ki te mate, engari i whakahoutia enei whiu.