Lois (Bush) Wilkins (1721 - 1796)

Born 8 Mar 1721 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Josiah Wilkins — married about 1744 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1796 at age 75 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Lois Bush was born at Marlborough on March 8, 1721, daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Randall/Randolph) Bush. ^{[1] [2]}

On December 5, 1740, Lois Bush, minor, aged 20 1/2, daughter of Jonathan Bush deceased, chose John Hapgood of Marlborough as her guardian. ^[3]

She married Josiah Wilkins by about 1744. Josiah son of John Wilkins, of Danvers, Massachusetts, was born about 1717. ^[2]

Her husband Josiah died in his 66th year on August 21, 1784 at Marlborough, Massachusetts. ^{[1] [2]}

He died intestate and in the settlement of his estate, his heirs acknowledged on September 10, 1785, receipt of their legacies from Lois Wilkins administrator. ^[4]

His widow Lois died on March 24, 1796. ^{[1] [2]}

Children

1. John born on February 21, 1745 ^[1]; married Elizabeth Bruce on April 4, 1769. ^[2]
2. Jonathan born on June 28, 1747 ^[1]; died young. ^[2]
3. Mary born on January 17, 1750 ^[1]; married Silas Taylor of Stow ^[2] November 3, 1774. ^[5]
4. Josiah born on July 11, 1752 ^[1]; married Judith Fox. ^[2]
5. Levi born August 3, 1758 ^[1]; married Hepzibah Darling on October 19, 1784. ^[2]
6. Lois born on December 31, 1760 ^[1]; married Rev. John Bruce on December 15 1785. ^[2]
7. David born on September 1, 1763 ^[1]; married Sarah Taynter on March 8, 1786. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9} Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, F. P. Rice, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1908
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Husdon, Charles and Joseph Allen. History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts: From Its First Settlement in 1657 to 1861; with a Brief Sketch of the Town of Northborough, a Genealogy of the Families in Marlborough to 1800, and an Account of the Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town, Press of T. R. Marvin & son, Marlborough, Massachusetts, 1862, p. 468
3. ↑ Case 3678: p. 1-6 : Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
4. ↑ Case 24921:p. 1-13: Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
5. ↑ Vital Records of Stow Massachusetts to the Year 1850, NEHGS, Boston, Massachusetts, 1911