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Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America, 1869
Seventh Generation, cont.

David Wilkinson6    [292] Oziel,5 [142] John,4
     and   [58] John,3 [14] John,2
Martha Sayles,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Pawtucket, R. I.

550.I. Joanna,7 b. Oct, 4, 1802, d. Jan. 20, 1815.
551.II. Albert Sayles,7 b. Dec. 19, 1804, d.
552.III. John L.,7 (740-741) b. Jan. 24, 1811, d. May 20, 1860.
553.IV. Ardelia,7 b. Dec. 23, 1811, d.

I.  Joanna was born in Pawtucket, R. I., died at the age of thirteen, and is buried in the place of her nativity.

II.  Albert Sayles was born at Pawtucket, and on his mother's side is descended from Roger Williams through Mary his oldest daughter, the descent being as follows:

He married Abby Howell, daughter of Maltby Howell of Cohoes, Albany Co., N. Y., Jan. 13, 1851. She died at Stone Ridge in the County of Ulster, N. Y. on the morning of March 16, 1856. Her remains were deposited temporarily in the ground at Stone Ridge, and afterwards brought by her husband to Pawtucket, R. I., and entombed in the Family Vault. She left no children.
Mr. Wilkinson is an inventor, and has contrived the most ingenius horse-shoe ever invented. The mode of fastening the shoe to the foot without nails, or with a single nail, and many other improvements for which he has secured patents in America, England and France, indicate that the spirit and genius of invention is not like to die out in this branch of the family.
He is a man of active benevolence, and the interest he manifests in the culture of his brother's children, and the regard for the sacred relics of his departed relatives, gathering them together at the old homestead "Family Vault," all bespeak for him a tender sympathy for his kindred. The author is indebted to him, more than to any other member of the Wilkinson Family for aid in collecting names, statistics, and subscriptions for this work. For indomitable perseverence, industry and integrity, he has few equals, and no superiors. With him there is no such word as fail, whatever he undertakes he completes. He acts upon the principle that resolution is omnipotent, and hence, the great invention which he has labored so long and perseveringly to perfect, characterized as it is for its simplicity, and practical utility, will be a success. He resides at Pawtucket, R. I., the home of the inventors, and the scene of the first successful cotton manufacturers in America.

III.  John Lawrence, born at Pawtucket, R. I., lived many years in Canada where he had made his permanent home. He engaged with his father largely in the improvements on the St. Lawrence River, and in building the beautiful wire Suspension Bridge at Bytown, now called Ottawa, the seat of the Canadian Government. He there married an English lady, Miss Elizabeth Ward. They have two children now living with their mother in Montreal.
John Lawrence died in Canada, and his brother Albert S. brought his remains, and had them entombed in the Family Vault at Pawtucket, R. I.

IV.  Ardelia married Charles Augustus Olmstead at Cohoes, Albany Co., N. Y., Jan. 27, 1835. They are now living at Lockport, N. Y. Their children are:


Daniel Wilkinson6    [295] Oziel,5 [142] John,4
      and   [58] John,3 [14] John,2
Nancy Tabor,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Pawtucket, R. I.

554.I. Edward Smith,7 b. Dec. 27, 1799, d.
555.II. James,7 (742-743) b. July     1801, d. Jan. 15, 1833.
556.III. Samuel,7 (744-746) b. Sept. 18, 1803, d.
557.IV. Hannah Aplin,7 b. d.
558.V. Daniel,7 (747-748)b. July 2, 1811, d.

I.  Edward Smith was born in North Providence, R. I. During his youth he was in the midst of the excitement of the first manufacture of cotton, and frequently aided his father and grandfather in their various enterprises. He became a clerk in David Wilkinson & Co.'s store in 1816, where he discharged his duties to the entire satisfaction of his employers. He subsequently went into the manufacturing business and was successful. Later years he engaged in the banking business, and still continues in the department of domestic industry. He has frequently represented his town in the Legislature of Rhode Island, and has held many important public offices. In every position he has met the expectation of his friends, and such is his affibility sic that we are not aware of his having an enemy in all the circle of his acquaintance. He has always been distinguished for his love of truth, firm integrity, and scrupulous honesty. He is a regular attendant and communicant of St. Paul's Church, and his interest in matters of religion, Sabbath schools, and moral reforms, is active and not passive merely. He has collected facts and evidence showing the establishment of Sunday schools in Pawtucket, R. I., prior to any other Sunday school in America, and the evidence is conclusive. He has a very retentive memory, and in narrating the events of which he is cognizant, he relates the attendant circumstances with a minuteness perfectly surprising.
During the past few years he has become blind, and the glory of the outer world is entirely shut out and like Milton's Samson Agonistes all has become—

II.  James married Mary Niles, May 1, 1823, and had two children.

III.  Samuel married Sarah I. Tanner, July 22, 1828. She was born in Bristol, R. I., June 21, 1806, and died in Pawtucket, R. I., Aug. 16, 1861. They had three children.

IV.  Hannah Aplin married Samuel H. Vinson. They have one child, (1) Edward Wilkinson. Capt. Vinson is dead.

V.  Daniel married Sarah Ann Brown, June 23, 1835. She was born in Warren, R. I., March 16, 1811. They have two children.
Daniel is a prominent man in Pawtucket, and is always engaged in every public enterprise. He has held many offices of trust, and is highly respected by his fellow citizens. He has been engaged in the temperance cause for years, and has greatly aided in establishing societies for the promotion of moral reform. He is an easy speaker, and the productions of his pen have found their way into some of our most popular journals. In the cause of Public Schools he has always manifested a lively interest, and his own town is greatly indebted to him for her excellent system of public instruction. He is engaged in the banking business and resides in Pawtucket, R. I.


Smith Wilkinson6    [297] Oziel,5 [142] John,4
      and   [58] John,3 [14] John,2
Betsey Howe,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Pomfret, [Windham Co.,] Ct.

559.I. Abeline Howe,7 b. Sept. 20, 1809, d.
560.II. Rebecca7 b. Aug. 21, 1811, d. Dec. 18, 1839.
561.III. Augustus S.,7 b. Jan. 21, 1813, d. July 6, 1847.
562.IV. Edmund,7 (749-754) b. Oct. 12, 1815, d.
563.V. Elizabeth Macy,7 b. Nov. 29, 1817, d. Apr. 5, 1852.
564.VI. Nancy Williams,7 b. July 31, 1820, d.

I.  Abeline Howe married Horace Whitaker, Oct. 4, 1827. These sic children were:

II.  Rebecca married Rev. George J. Tillotson, Jan. 8, 1834. They resided in Putnam, Ct. They have no children.
                                  "A skillful workman he
In God's great moral vineyard; what to prune
With cautious hand he knew; what to uproot;
What were mere weeds, and what celestial plants,
Which had unfading vigor in them, knew;
Nor knew alone; but watched them night and day,
And reared and nourished them, till fit to be
Transplanted to the Paradise above."

III.  Augustus Smith never married. He went on a mission to New Mexico, and died at Taos.
                              "He went forth with
A noiseless band of heavenly soldiery,
From out the armory of God equipped
Invincible, to conquer sin; to blow
The trump of freedom in the despot's ear;
To tell the bruted slave his manhood high
His birthright liberty, and in his hand
To put the writ of manumission, signed
By God's own signature; to drive away
From earth the dark infernal legionry
Of superstition, ignorance, and hell.
High on the pagan hills, where Satan sat
Encamped, and o'er the subject kingdoms threw
Perpetual night, to plant Immanuel's cross,
The ensign of the Gospel, blazing round
Immortal truth; and in the wilderness
Of human waste to sow eternal life."

IV.  Edmund married Harriet Augustus Thayer, Nov. 24, 1856. She is a daughter of William and Lucy Thayer, and lineally descended from Roger Williams. The descent being as follows:

IV.  Elizabeth Marcy married Edmund Perkins, of Norwich, [now New London Co.,] Ct., Dec. 29, 1845. Their children as far as known are:

VI.  Nancy Williams married Amasa Mason sic, Aug. 7, 1843. Their children are:


Washington A. J. Wilkinson6    [304] Simeon,5 [145] Ahab,4
      and   [59] John,3 [14] John,2
Mary Remington,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Providence, R. I.

565.I.Henry Washington,7 (755-756) b. Aug. 20, 1835, d.
566.II.John Edwin,7 b. Sept. 25, 1837, d. Nov. 13, 1837.
567.III.Elizabeth Jenks,7 b. Aug. 25, 1839, d. Dec. 4, 1840.
568.IV.George Edwin,7 (757) b. Oct. 22, 1841, d.
569.V.Mary Tower,7 b. Apr. 11, 1845, d. Sept. 5, 1848.
570.VI.Mary Elizabeth,7 b. Dec. 2, 1849, d.

I.  Henry Washington married Dec. 16, 1861, Anne Reed of Davenport, [now Scott Co.,] Iowa. They have two children. He is engaged in a bank in Providence, R. I., where he resides. He is a young man of unimpeachable character, and is highly esteemed by all of his acquaintance.

IV.  George Edwin is a bank clerk, also, and a very reliable and worthy young man. The position of trust which he occupies is well deserved, and his employers will have no occasion to regret the confidence reposed in him. Both of these young men are ornaments to society, and an honor to their parents. He married, Sept. 20, 1866, Helen Sturgis and has one son, George Sturgis, born Nov. 12, 1867, in Buenos Ayres sic, South America.


*1 Book of Deeds, p. 241, Providence, R. I.
*See 2 Book of Marriages, p. 82, Providence, R. I.

John J. Wilkinson6    [306] Simeon,5 [145] Ahab,4
        and   [59] John,3 [14] John,2
Lydia W. Bentley,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Bristol, R. I.

571.I. Henry N.,7 b. April 15, 1839, d.
572.II. Ann Maria,7 b. June 17, 1841, d. Dec. 7, 1845.
573.III. George E. S.,7 b. Aug. 21, 1844, d.
574.IV. John J.,7 b. April 28, 1847, d.
575.V. Charles W.,7 b. April 22, 1851, d.
576.VI. Abby F.,7 b. June 15, 1855, d.
577.VII. Isabella E.,7 b. March 7, 1860, d.

I.  Henry N. married Ardelia D. Cord, and r. Bristol, R. I. He is engaged in the manufacturing business.


Ahab Wilkinson6    [316] Joseph,5 [147] Ahab,4
        and   [59] John,3 [14] John,2
Eliza Ann Jillson,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Hartford, Ct.

578.I. Ahab George,7 (758-759) b. Feb. 20, 1834, d.

I.  Ahab George married for his first wife, Julia A. Dorman, Aug. 20, 1857. She died April 14, 1859. He married for his second wife, Lue B. Wilson of Columbia, [Boone Co.,] Missouri, Jan. 16, 1865. They have one child.
Mr. Wilkinson graduated at Yale College in the class of 1856, finished his education in Europe, was associate professor of Ancient and full professor of Modern Languages in the University of Missouri in 1861. At the breaking out of the Rebellion the College was shut and he found employment at Washington, D.C. as first assistant examiner, in the U.S. Patent Office, sic
He has manifested a great interest in this work, and the beautiful Chromo Lithograph of the "Coat of Arms," which forms the frontispiece of this book was gotten up by him. Dr. Woodward, surgeon in the U.S. army, who has had more experience in getting up colored Lithographs than any man in the U.S., says it is the best thing he has ever seen.


James Wilkinson6    [321] Shubael,5 [156] Daniel,4
and Harriet Talmage   [66] Daniel,3 [18] John,2
and _______ Talmage,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Bristol, R. I.

579.I. Daniel,7 b. Mar. 19, 1856, d.                  
580.II. James J.,7 b. Dec. 14, 1857, d.
581.III. Andrew J.,7 b. Jan.  8, 1860, d.


Smith S. Wilkinson6    [322] Shubael,5 [156] Daniel,4
       and   [66] Daniel,3 [18] John,2
Helen Tabor.   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Prairie Du Lac, Wis.

582.I. Abigail,7 b.           1850, d.                  
583.II. Stella,7 b.           1859, d. April     1861.


Joab Wilkinson6    [324] Alfred,5 [162] John,4
       and   [71] Daniel,3 [18] John,2
Lydia Douglass,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Illiopolis, Ill.

584.I. Sarah,7 b.               d.                  
585.II. Emma,7 b. d.


Winfield S. Wilkinson6    [325] Alfred,5 [162] John,4
          and   [71] Daniel,3 [18] John,2
Frances Sampson,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Morrison, Ill.

586.I. Mary C.,7 b. April,   1843, d.
587.II. Alfred,7 b. Dec. 6, 1846, d.
588.III. Henry B.,7 b. April 8, 1848, d.
589.IV. Francis,7 b. Mar.,   1856 d. Nov.   1860.


Morton S. Wilkinson6    [327] Alfred,5 [162] John,4
     and   [71] Daniel,3 [18] John,2
Sally Boss,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Min.

590.I. Morton Smith,7 b. Sept. 24, 1851, d.                  
591.II. Ella,7 b. Sept. 23, 1854, d.


Joshua Wilkinson6    [331] John,5 [163] John,4
      and   [71] Daniel,3 [18] John,2
Louisa B. Raynor,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Syracuse, N. Y.

592.I. Joshua Forman,7 b. Mar. 29, 1861, d. April 22, 1861.
593.II. Mary,7 b. Sept. 19, 1862, d.
594.III. Theodore,7 b. Oct. 5, 1864, d.


Alfred Wilkinson6    [332] John,5 [163] John,4
      and   [71] Daniel,3 [18] John,2
Charlotte C. May,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of Syracuse, N. Y.

595.I. Margaret,7 b. Sept. 29, 1855, d. Apr. 21, 1857.
596.II. Alfred,7 b. June 9, 1858, d.
597.III. Marion,7 b. Feb. 4, 1861, d.
598.IV. Josephine May,7 b. Oct. 22, 1862, d.
599.V. Louisa Forman,7 b. Jan. 22, 1864, d.


William Wilkinson6    [339] William,5 [165] William,4
      and   [73] Jeremiah,3 [19] John,2
Mehitable Angell,   [4] Lawrance.1

Of        , N. Y.

600.I. Lydia,7 b.               d.            


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