Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa muPaisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland muna 1807 uye akagara muPerth, Upper Canada nemhuri yake munenge muna 1823. Akadzidza mutemo muPerth naJames Boulton. Kurwisana kwakaitwa musi waJune 13, 1833 pamusoro pemashoko akataurwa naLyon, mumwe mudzidzi wepamutemo, pamusoro pehunhu hwaMiss Elizabeth Hughes (uyo Wilson akazoroora). Wilson nomutevedzeri wake vakapomerwa mhosva yokuponda asi vakabvisirwa mhosva. Akadanwa kubhawa reUpper Canada muna 1835, akabatana nebasa raBoulton kuNiagara uye gare gare akatanga basa rake muLondon. Akabatsira kuronga kumukira kwomunzvimbomo mukurwisana neUpper Canada Rebellion
uye akagadzwa kuva kaputeni mumasoja muna 1838. Wilson akashanda somutariri weLondon District kubva muna 1842 kusvika muna 1844 uye akashandawo somutongi weguta reLondon. Akasarudzwa kuLegislative Assembly yeProvince yeCanada musarudzo ye1847 seConservative uye akazogadzwa zvakare muna 1848 na1854. Muna 1856, Wilson akagadzwa kuva Queen's Counsel. Akasarudzwa kuLegislative Council yeSt. Clair division muna 1863 asi akagadzwa kuva mutongi muDare reCommon Pleas mwedzi mishomanana gare gare. Akapa mutongo worufu kuvaFenian vanomwe vakabatwa mukati mokupinda kwevaFenian, asi iyi mitongo yakashandurwa.