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Thomas Benjamin Wilkins 1647 – 1717 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 March 1647

Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

Death Date: 14 Oct 1717

Death Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Father: Bray Hill)

Mother: Hannah Way

Spouse(s): Mary Gengill

Children(s): Mary Wilkins

In 1647, Thomas Benjamin Wilkins entered the world in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, born to Bray Wilkins ( Patriarch of Will's Hill) and Hannah "Anna" Gengell * Way. Thomas Benjamin Wilkins married Mary Gengill, and had children including Mary Yancy Wilkins. Thomas Benjamin Wilkins passed away in 1717 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

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Biography

  • In 1647, Thomas Benjamin Wilkins entered the world in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA, born to Bray Wilkins ( Patriarch of Will's Hill) and Hannah "Anna" Gengell * Way.
  • Thomas Benjamin Wilkins married Mary Gengill, and had children including Mary Yancy Wilkins.
  • Thomas Benjamin Wilkins passed away in 1717 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Bray Hill)
1610 – 1702
Birth Location: Glamorganshire, Wales
BH
Hannah Way
1616 – 1702
Birth Location: Bridport, Dorset, , England
HW

Spouses(s)

Mary Gengill
1647 – 1717
Birth Location: Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA
MG

Children(s)

Mary Wilkins
1670 – 1765
Birth Location: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
MW

Thomas Wilkins's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Wilkins
1647 – 1717
Birth Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents
Bray Wilkins ( Patriarch of Will's Hill)
1610 – 1702
Glamorganshire, Wales
Hannah ("Anna" Gengell *) Way
1616 – 1702
Bridport, Dorset, , England
Grandparents
John (Thomas) Wilkins
1570 – 1628
Westbury, Wiltshire, England
Margery Coggswell
1595 – 1615
Westbury, Wiltshire Unitary Authority, Wiltshire, England
Henry (Gengell Way, "The) Puritan"
1573 – 1667
Dorchester, Dorset, England
ELIZABETH BATCHELAR
1587 – 1665
Devon, Dorset, England
Great-Grandparents
Edward Cogswell
1554 – 1616
Alice Wilcoxe
1566 – 1616
Henry ENG
1550 – 1590
Edith ENG
1556 – 1665
m@@ 1632)
1561 – 1660
Ann Bate
1565 – 1627
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Cloth
1510 – 1581
Alicia\ Adlam
1518 – 1603
Robert Cloth
1510 – 1581
Sharon Kross
1525 –
John Denslow
1525 – 1625
m@@ Bate
1521 – 1580
m@@ Bray
1526 – 1577

Thomas Wilkins's Descendants

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Thomas (Benjamin) Wilkins (16 March 1647 – 14 Oct 1717) m. Mary Gengill (16 Mar 1647 – Oct 1717)
  1. 1. Mary (Yancy) Wilkins (26 Jun 1670 – 1765) m. Jonathan (Richard "John") Stone (11 Jan 1646 – Jan 1737)
    1. 1. Esther Stone (6 Apr 1689 – 3 Jun 1751) m. Sir (Thomas Robert) Watts (3 Jul 1690 – 19 Mar 1749)
      1. 1. Rev. (Jacob Watts-Methodist) Preacher (9 July 1730 – 14 Apr 1821) m. Elizabeth Durrett (10 Jun 1738 – 11 Jan 1819)
        1. 1. Mary (Ann "Polly" (Watts)) Rhodes (2 Sep 1772 – Nov 1835) m. Hezekiah Rhodes (1760 – 1 Jul 1835)

Thomas Wilkins's Timeline

2 Records

1647
16 March 1647
Birth of Thomas Benjamin Wilkins in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA
1717
14 Oct 1717
Age 70
Death of Thomas Benjamin Wilkins in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 March 1647
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1717
    Event Place: Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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