Absalom
Wilkin
aka Wilkins
Born about in Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA
Ancestors 
Son of John Henry Wilkin
and Hannah (Swartz) Wilkin
Brother of
Israel Wilkin, Lydia (Wilkin) Mowrey, Leah (Wilkin) Hottel, John Henry Wilkin, Hannah (Wilkin) Kibler, Moses Wilkin, Alice (Wilkin) Walter and Susannah (Wilkin) Swisher
Husband of
Elizabeth (Martin) Wilkin
— married
about 25 Mar 1861 in USA
Died about
at about age 89
in Monroe Co., Missouri, USA [uncertain]
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Biography
Absalom Wilkin was born in July 1817 in Shenandoah Co., Virginia. He was the son of John Wilkin and Hannah Swartz.
1830 census -- Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA
- NAME: Henry Wifkin [Henry Wilkin]
- HOME IN 1830: Western District, Shenandoah, Virginia
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - UNDER 5: 1 (Moses)
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - 5 THRU 9: 1 (J Henry)
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - 10 THRU 14: 2 (Absalom, Israel)
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - MALES - 50 THRU 59: 1 (Henry)
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - FEMALES - UNDER 5: 1 (Hannah)
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - FEMALES - 5 THRU 9: 2 (Leah, ?)
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - FEMALES - 30 THRU 39: 1 (Hannah)
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - UNDER 20: 7
- FREE WHITE PERSONS - 20 THRU 49: 1
- TOTAL FREE WHITE PERSONS: 9
- TOTAL - ALL PERSONS (FREE WHITE, SLAVES, FREE COLORED): 9[1]
1840 census -- Shenandoah Co., Virginia, USA
- Name: Henry Wilkin
- Home in 1840: Shenandoah, Virginia
- Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (Moses)
- Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1 (John Henry)
- Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 2 (Israel, Absalom)
- Free White Persons - Males - 60 thru 69: 1 (John Henry)
- Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2 (Alice, Susannah)
- Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1 (Hannah)
- Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 2 (Leah, ?)
- Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1 (Hannah)
- Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
- Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
- Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 3
- Total Free White Persons: 11
- Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11[2]
He married Elizabeth Martin in March 1861 (source needed).
In March 1861, his brother and sister-in-law, Moses and Mariah, sold him 98 acres of land in Monroe Co., Missouri.[3]
1870 census -- Clay Twnp., Monroe Co., Missouri, USA
- Absalom Wilkins, age 53, white, male, farmer, $2000 real estate, $3055 personal property, born Virginia; Elizabeth Wilkins, age 44, white, female, keeping house, born Ohio; Maggie Z Wilkins, age 8, white, female, at home, born Missouri, attended school; Capt M Wilkins, age 7, white, male, at home, born Missouri, attended school; Curtis L Wilkins, age 4, white, male, born Missouri; Claudie Wilkins, age 9/12 (Sept), white, female, born Missouri[4]
1880 census -- Clay Twnp., Monroe Co., Missouri, USA
- Absalom Wilkins, white, male, age 62, married, farmer, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia; Elizabeth Wilkins, white, female, age 54, wife, married, keeping house, debilitated, born Ohio, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio; Margritt Wilkins, white, female, age 17, daughter, single, at home, born Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, attended school; Chaptt Wilkins, white, male, age 16, son, single, farmer, born Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, attended school; Curtis L Wilkins, white, male, age 14, son, single, farmer, born Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, attended school; Maud A Wilkins, white, female, age 10, daughter, single, born Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio, attended school[5]
1900 census -- Clay Twnp., Monroe Co., Missouri, USA
- Absalom Wilkin, head, white, male, born July 1817, age 82, widow, born Virginia, father born Virginia, mother born Virginia, farmer, own free farm; Margaret Wilkin, daughter, white, female, born July 1863, age 37, single, at home, born Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio; Claud A Wilkin, daughter, white, female, born Nov 1869, age 30, daughter, single, born Missouri, father born Virginia, mother born Ohio[6]
He died 8 December 1906 in Monroe Co., Missouri. [7]
Additional Information:
History of the Descendants of John Hottel, Part 3 - Barbara Hottel; William David Huddle & completed by his wife Lulu May Harden Huddle, published by Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, Va., 1930, pp. 991:
1180y-a ABSALOM WILKIN5 b. near Woodstock, Shenandoah Co.,Va; July 30, 1817; d. at Granville, Mo., Dec. 6 1906, bur. there; m. Mar. 26, 1861, ELIZABETH MARTIN, b. at Newark, O., Feb. 25, 1826; d. July 28, 1883, bur. at St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Wilkin was a carpenter millwright by vocation while in Ohio, Illinois, and Iowa; but after his married (1861) he moved to Granville, Mo., where he purchased a large tract of land which he farmed until his death. He was a man of upright character and strong principles and was an honored member of the Lutheran Church.
Sources
- ↑ "United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH5J-M1M : accessed 30 January 2015), Henry Wilkin, Western District, Shenandoah, Virginia; citing p. 152, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 200; FHL microfilm 29,679.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1840," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHT2-1TL : accessed 30 January 2015), Henry Wilkin, Not Stated, Shenandoah, Virginia; citing p. 376, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 578; FHL microfilm 29,692.
- ↑ Monroe County Missouri Deeds Volume V pp 341-342:
- This Deed made this 30th day of March 1861 between Moses Wilkins & Mariah Wilkins his wife of the first part and Absalom Wilkins of the second part all of the County of Monroe & State of Missouri.
- Witnesseth that the party of the first part for & in consideration of the sum of Nineteen hundred Dollars to the said party of the said party of the first part in hand paid the Receipt of which is hereby acknowledged do by these presents grant, bargain & sell unto the party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever the following described Real Estate situate in the County & State aforesaid to wit : The East half of the West half of the South East quarter of section ten except one acre in the S. E. corner which was reserved by Wm A Sparks for a school House, also ten acres off the North end of the West half of the North East quarter of Section fifteen also the following tract of land to wit: Beginning in the center of Section ten thence North 89 E 10 poles to a stake a ( 2 ) thence W/N 102 E 58 poles to a point a (3) in the center of Otter Creek, thence up said Creek due west 14 poles to a Black Oak, Thence S 12 ½ W 8 poles to a stake on the South bank, Thence S 77 W 16 poles, Thence up said Creek N 50 W 20 poles to a black Oak, Thence N 25 E 48 to a Stake on the N bank Thence N 66 W 17 poles, Thence S 89 W 58 poles to a White oak thence S 102 W 96 poles to the begining containing forty nine acres more or less, all in Township Fifty five Range eleven West, and containing in all ninety eight acres To Have And To Hold, the same together with all the rights privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining unto the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns forever we the said party of the first part for our selves our heirs executors & administrators, covenant to & with the said party of the second part this heirs & assigns that we do & will forever warrant and defend the title to the real Estate above described to him the said party of the second part his heirs and assigns against the claim or claims of all persons whomsoever And this Indenture further Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part the Receipt of which is hereby acknowledged to by these presents remise, release and forever quit claim unto the said party of the second part his heirs & assigns for ever the following Real Estate situate in the County & State aforesaid to wit: The West half of the West half of the South East quarter of Section ten Township fifty five Range eleven West
- In testimony whereof, the said party of the first part hereto subscribe their names and affix their Seals the day & year first above written
- Moses Wilkins <seal>
- Mariah Wilkins (her mark)<seal>
- State of Missouri County of Monroe set
- I Samuel A Rawlings a Notary public duly commissioned and qualified for the County of Monroe and State of Missouri do certify that on this thirtieth day of March Eighteen hundred and Sixty one came before, Moses Willis and Mariah his wife who are personally known to me to be the same persons whose signatures are affixed to the foregoing deed as parties thereto and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed for the use and purpose therein mentioned and the said Mariahbeing by me first made acquainted with the contents of said deed acknowledged upon an examination apart from her said husband that she executed the same and relinquishes are dower in the real Estate therein mentioned freely and without compulsion or undue influence of her said husband
- In testimony whereof I hereto affix my hand and official Seal this Thirtieth day of March 1861
- Samuel A Rawlings
- Notary Public
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46R-CWJ : 29 May 2021), Absalom Wilkins, 1870.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XT-K3F : 14 January 2022), Absalom Wilkins, Clay Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZT-B6R : 11 March 2022), Absalom Wilkin, 1900.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Meghan Dewhurst- Conroy, Friday, January 30, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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