Hannah Maria Wilkinson (abt. 1710)

Born about 1710 in London Greater London, England

Ancestors

Biography

' Her mother's maiden surname is not known. A letter written to her father-in-law, Samuel Wilkinson, after the death of her husband is preserved by Mrs. T. K. Newhall of Providence. The letter contains her christian sic name, alludes feelingly to the death of her husband, and desires aid for her daughter. A deep religious tone pervades the epistle, and bespeaks a person of christian sic refinement. Hannah Maria married in England, became a widow, made a visit to America, and returned to her native land. Nothing more is known of her, unless the following receipt may be of a later date. Its antiquity, together with the names mentioned therein is our apology for inserting it:

"Rec'd of Joseph Wilkinson of Scituate, in the County of Providence, yeoman, Administrator of the Debts, Goods, and Chattles sic of his Father, Samuel Wilkinson, late of Providence, deceased, in the Colony of Rhode Island, yeoman, the sum of Sixty-Eight Pounds, One shilling and five pence in bills of credit and ten ounces of Silver at fifteen shillings oz; makes seventy-five Pounds, Eleven Shillings and five pence, being the Seventh part of the personal Estate of said Samuel, deceased, which fell to his son William Wilkinson, who died leaving one only child named Hannah Maria Wilkinson, whose mother Mary Wilkinson, her Gardean sic, appointed me, Thomas Richardson of Newport in the Colony of Rhode Island, Merchant, her attorney to receive the same, also rec'd of S'd Joseph Wilkinson, seven pounds, one shilling and nine pence Bills of Credit for Interest of part of the above mentioned money for the time it lay in his hands, The whole being Eighty-two Pounds, Thirteen Shillings and 2d, I say Rec'd this 18th of 3d mo., caled sic May A. Dom. 1732. me, Tho. Richardson" In presence of Nehemiah Marks, Tho's. Leach.'

Sources

• Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America, 1869