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Samuel Wilkins 1636–1688 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1636

Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Death Date: 20 December 1688

Death Location: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

Father: Bray Wilkins

Mother: Hannah Way

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Samuel Wilkins was born in 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the child of Bray Wilkins And Hannah Way. Samuel Wilkins passed away in 1688 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • Samuel Wilkins was born in 1636 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the child of Bray Wilkins And Hannah Way.
  • Samuel Wilkins passed away in 1688 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts.

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Samuel Wilkins's Ancestors

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Samuel Wilkins
1636–1688
Birth Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Parents
Bray Wilkins
1611–1701
Lysdale, Essex, England
Hannah Way
–1701
England
Grandparents
Thomas Wilkins
1584–1645
Lysdale, Essex, England
Hannah Nichols
1586–
Kempston, Bedfordshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Robert Wilkins
1560–1603
Margaret Lewis
1566–1594
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Wilkins
1530–1591
Anne Smythe
1522–1610

Samuel Wilkins's Timeline

3 Records

1636
1636
Birth of Samuel Wilkins in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1639
5 November 1639
Age 3
Samuel Wilkins was christened in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1688
20 December 1688
Age 52
Death of Samuel Wilkins in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1636
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 5 November 1639
    Event Place: Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 December 1688
    Event Place: Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

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