Ka cika wannan jumla: An haife shi a Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland a shekara ta 1807 kuma ya zauna a Perth, Upper Canada tare da iyalinsa a kusa da 1823. Ya yi karatun shari'a a Perth tare da James Boulton. An yi gwagwarmaya a ranar 13 ga Yuni, 1833 a kan maganganun da Lyon, wani dalibi na shari'a, ya yi game da halin Miss Elizabeth Hughes (wanda Wilson ya yi aure). An tuhumi Wilson da mataimakinsa da kisan kai amma aka wanke su. An kira shi zuwa Upper Canada bar a 1835, ya shiga aikin Boulton a Niagara kuma daga baya ya kafa aikinsa a London. Ya taimaka wajen shirya juriya na gida a kan
Upper Canada Rebellion kuma an nada shi kyaftin a cikin 'yan bindiga a 1838. Wilson ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da gundumar London daga 1842 zuwa 1844 kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin lauya na birnin London. An zabe shi zuwa Majalisar Dokoki na lardin Kanada a zaben 1847 a matsayin mai ra'ayin mazan jiya sannan aka sake zabar shi a 1848 da 1854. A shekara ta 1856, an nada Wilson a matsayin mai ba da shawara na Sarauniya. An zabe shi zuwa Majalisar Dokoki don St. Clair division a 1863 amma an nada shi alƙali a Kotun Common Pleas 'yan watanni bayan haka. Ya yanke hukuncin kisa ga Fenians bakwai da aka kama a lokacin hare-haren Fenian, amma an canza waɗannan hukunce-hukuncen.