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From: "Sharyn Hay" <>
Subject: Re: [MAINE] WILKINS in "Maine" ~1770 to ~1800 - Part 2
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:44:09 -0800
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From: "Betty" <>
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Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 4:48 AM
Subject: [MAINE] WILKINS in "Maine" ~1770 to ~1800 - Part 2


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> An FYI is that the book, "The Family of Bray WILKINS, "by William C. Hill,
> only has one reference to a WILKINS family going to "Maine" prior to 1800.
> A summary of the paragraph says:
>
> David WILKINS, Jr., son of David and Annah (THOMAS) WILKINS, was born in
> 1744 in Middleton, MA. Intentions were filed in Dracut, MA, in 1767 for
> him to marry Molly HARRIS. ... Their sons, David and Daniel, went to
> Lewiston, ME, and later to Greene, ME, where they settled and where some
> descendants remain.
>
> David and Annah WILKINS also had a son, William WILKINS, born 1746 in
> Middleton. There is very little on William, except to say that he married
> Sarah BANCROFT, who was the daughter of an Indian, whose mother was a
> PICKETT. They had 3 daughters. Two died young, the remaining one
> married but had no children. (This is a possibility for the William
> WILKINS I am looking for.)
>
> In the book, there is conflicting information about the brothers, David and
> Daniel WILKINS. Under David, it says that he and his brother were farmers
> and went to Greene, ME. Under Daniel, it says that "He went to Lewiston,
> ME, ..with his parents .. about 1792." (In the parents' paragraph, it
> says they "removed to Lewiston, ME.") It also says that David WILKINS
> didn't marry until 1820, and had children in Maine in the 1820's, but his
> brother Daniel WILKINS married in Lewiston (?) (Lewiston woman), and their
> children were born there from 1794.
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> Betty (near Lowell, MA)
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I am not researching the WILKINS surname, but I do want to be sure you
have seen the two volumes of "Records of Lewiston, Maine" compiled by
Douglas L. Hodgkin and published by Picton Press. There are dozens of
WILKINS references, but the one I wanted to mention is from "Early Vital
Records 1741-1836". There are 10 children of David and Molly WILKINS
listed, born between 1768-1788. There are also deaths of some of those children
and of David and Molly, a cattle mark for David, and marriage intentions and
marriage for David WILKINS and widow Isabelle TURNER in 1804.

Regards,
Sharyn

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