Died
at age 79
in Ballitore, County Kildare, Ireland
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Biography
Margaret was a Friend (Quaker)
Margaret Wilkinson was born in Skipton, Yorkshire, England on 28 April 1688, the daughter of Richard Wilkinson.[1] She married Abraham Shackleton, son of Richard Shackleton and Sarah Brigg, on 7 August 1725. She died on 4 March 1768 in Ballitore, Co, Kildare, Ireland.[2][3]
When Margaret Wilkinson married Abraham Shackleton, she "was some years older than he and debilitated by rheumatic pains."[4]
Sources
↑Birth: "England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Births 1578-1841" Reference: RG6/1116 FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 12 November 2021) Margret Wilkinson birth (28 Apr 1688), daughter of Richard, in Settle, Yorkshire, England.
↑ “Ireland, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Deaths,” database with images, FindMyPast (https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=IRE%2FQUAKER%2FBURS%2F30241 : accessed 12 November 2021), death of Margaret Shackleton on 4d 3mo (Mar) 1768, buried in Ballytore; citing Register of deaths, CARLOW, 1859, Religious Society Of Friends In Ireland Archives.
↑ "The Leadbeater papers; The annals of Ballitore, by Mary Leadbeater, with a memoir of the author: Letters from Edmund Burke heretofore unpublished: and the correspondence of Mrs. R. Trench and Rev. George Crabbe with Mary Leadbeater. " vol 1 p 28 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433076055791;view=1up;seq=44
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret: