Born about in Ireland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Unknown (Copeland) Wilkerson
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret F (Wilkerson) Johnson and Unknown Wilkerson
Died after
after about age 31
in Ireland
Profile last modified
| Created 29 May 2011
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Biography
"Wilkerson" is most likely a variant of "Wilkenson", brought about by local pronunciation of the name in Orange and Chatham Counties, North Carolina. A story, passed down through descendants of this individual's daughter Margaret "Peggy" Wilkerson Johnson, says that the family originated in Ireland and that Margaret's father returned there "with her red-haired twin" after the death of Margaret's mother.
An individual, named either Joseph or James Wilkerson, is identified in the 1810 United States Census for Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, United States. He cannot be found in later records for that area, is therefore regarded as the most likely candidate to be Margaret Wilkerson Johnson's father.
- Contemporary documentation is needed.
Source
- 1810 U.S. Census - Hillsborough, Orange Co., NC; Roll# 41, p934, Image# 00310; FHL# 0337914 - digital image viewed on Ancestry.com.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph:
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~1.56%
Margaret (Tillery) Bell
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Jeff Poe :
23andMe, GEDmatch M672752 [compare]
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