William
Wilkins
aka Wilkin
Born about in Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Ancestors 
Husband of
Samantha Ann (Jones) Wilkins
— married
about 2 Feb 1854 in Licking Co., Ohio, USA
Descendants 
Father of
John Samuel Wilkins and Mary E. Wilkins
Died
at about age 88
in Marion Twnp., Franklin Co., Ohio, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
William Wilkin was born in March 1828 in Licking Co., Ohio. He was the son of Samuel Wilkin and Wedlana Swisher.
1830 census -- Franklin Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- Name Samuel Wilkin
- Home in 1830 Franklin, Licking, Ohio
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 1 (William)
- Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39 1 (Samuel)
- Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29 1 (Wendlin)
- Free White Persons - Under 20 1
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 2
- Total Free White Persons 3
- Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 3[1]
1840 census -- Liberty Twnp., Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
- Name Samuel Wilken [Samuel Wilkens]
- Home in 1840 Liberty, Fairfield, Ohio
- Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 1 (Isaac)
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 2 (Philip, John)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 1 (William)
- Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59 1 (Samuel)
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9 1 (Catherine)
- Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39 1 (Wendlin)
- Free White Persons - Under 20 5
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1
- Total Free White Persons 7
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves 7[2]
1850 census -- Liberty Twnp., Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
- William Wilkins, age 63, male, , farmer, $4000 real estate, born Virginia; Lana Wilkins, age 40, female, , born Virginia; William Wilkins, age 22, male, , farmer, born Licking Co., Ohio; Catherine Wilkins, age 19, female, , born Licking Co., Ohio; Phillip Wilkins, age 16, male, , farmer, born Fairfield Co., Ohio, attended school; Isaac Wilkins, age 12, male, , born Fairfield Co., Ohio, attended school; Almeda Wilkins, age 10, female, , born Fairfield Co., Ohio, attended school; Eliza Wilkins, age 6, female, , born Fairfield Co., Ohio, attended school; Samuel Wilkins, age 2, male, , born Fairfield Co., Ohio[3]
He married Samantha Jones in February 1854 likely in Licking Co., Ohio (record needed).
1860 census -- Lima Twnp., Licking Co., Ohio, USA
- Wm Wilkin, age 32, male, , farmer, $3000 real estate, $900 personal property, born Ohio; Samantha Wilkin, age 26, female, , housekeeping, born Ohio; Chas W Wilkin, age 6, male, , born Ohio, attended school; David Wilkin, age 4, male, , born Ohio, attended school; Delany C Wilkin, age 2, female, , born Ohio, [4]
1870 census -- Liberty Twnp., Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
- William Wilkin, age 43, male, white, farmer, $5000 real estate, born Ohio; Samantha Wilkin, age 36, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio; Charles W Wilkin, age 15, male, white, works on farm, born Ohio, attended school; David W Wilkin, age 13, male, white, works on farm, born Ohio; Eliza V Wilkin, age 7, female, white, attending school, born Ohio, attended school; John S Wilkin, age 4, male, white, born Ohio; Mary A Wilkin, age 2, female, white, born Ohio; Henrietta Jones, age 19, female, white, helps sister, born Ohio; Mattie W Hull, age 1, female, white, born Ohio[5]
1880 census -- Liberty Twnp., Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
- William Wilkins, white, male, age 52, married, farmer, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Samantha Wilkins, white, female, age 46, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio; John Wilkins, white, male, age 14, son, single, apprentice farmer, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio[6]
1900 census -- Liberty Twnp., Fairfield Co., Ohio, USA
- William Wilkins, head, white, male, born Mar 1828, age 72, married 45 years, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, landlord, own free house; Samantha Wilkins, wife, white, female, born Dec 1833, age 66, married 45 years 8 children / 3 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia[7]
1910 census -- Marion Twnp., Franklin Co., Ohio, USA
- John S Wilkins, head, white, male, age 45, married 21 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, grocery retail merchant, own free house; Rachel A Wilkins, wife, white, female, age 45, married 21 years, 3 children / 3 living, born Ohio, father born Pennsylvania, mother born Pennsylvania; Ivan L Wilkins, son, white, male, age 20, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Mary M Wilkins, daughter, white, female, age 12, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio, attended school; Ruth C Wilkins, daughter, white, female, age 2, single, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; William Wilkins, father, white, male, age 82, married 55 years, born Ohio, father born Ohio, mother born Ohio; Samantha E Wilkins, mother, white, female, age 76, married 55 years, 8 children / 3 living, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia;[8]
He died 7 March 1917 in Marion Twnp., Franklin Co., Ohio.[9] He is buried in Mount Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery in Baltimore, Ohio.[10]
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGK-DJK : Thu Jul 20 13:51:29 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Wilkin, 1830.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTH-L3G : Thu Jul 20 15:17:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Samuel Wilkens, 1840
- ↑ "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX3Y-TG9 : Mon Jul 17 20:59:41 UTC 2023), Entry for William Wilkins and Lana Wilkins, 1850.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCGK-1JS : Fri Oct 06 09:39:48 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Wilkins and Samantha Wilkins, 1860.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6K1-WCB : Thu Oct 05 20:50:27 UTC 2023), Entry for William Wilkin and Samantha Wilkin, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8MZ-N2W : Tue Oct 03 02:15:14 UTC 2023), Entry for William Wilkins and Samantha Wilkins, 1880.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMZL-F54 : Thu Oct 05 12:54:32 UTC 2023), Entry for William Wilkins and Samantha A Wilkins, 1900.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML6S-MDS : Wed Oct 04 06:21:56 UTC 2023), Entry for John S Wilkins and Rachel A Wilkins, 1910.
- ↑ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8J9-G4G : Fri Oct 13 18:58:06 UTC 2023), Entry for Wm Wilkins and Samuel Wilkins, 07 Mar 1917.
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53440328/william-wilkins: accessed February 8, 2024), memorial page for William Wilkins (–),Find A Grave: Memorial #53440328, citing Mount Zion United Church of Christ Cemetery, Baltimore, Fairfield County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Linda Huffman Powell (contributor 47020323).
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