1.1 Francis
Wilks was born between 1759 and 1760 at Loudoun Co.,
VA.
1.2 NameUnknown
Wilks son was born circa 1761? at Loudoun Co., VA. He
married Sarah Bertrum before 1780? at VA. He died circa 1794.
1.3 Benjamin
Wilks was born in 1762 at Loudoun Co., VA. He married
Sarah Osborn circa 1784 at VA. Moved to Oglethorpe Co., GA, with
his parents.
1.4 Samuel
Wilks (a Revolutionary soldier and pensioner) was born
on 24 Oct 1764 at Loudoun Co., VA. He and his brother John (Jr.)
married sisters, Elizabeth and Barbary Newman, daughters of Conrad
Newman and Anna Brubeck from Germany. His 2nd wife Margaret Witt
drew a Revolutionary Widow's pension.
1.5 Ann Wilks was also known as
Elizabeth Ann Wilks. She was born in 1768. She married Allen
Melton Sr., son of Absolom Melton, on 25 Jan 1787 at Bedford
Co., VA, and had four children by 1797 in Bedford Co. She died
before 27 Mar 1801 at VA.
1.6 Sally Wilks born in 1774 at
Bedford Co., VA, is an assumed daughter. She married James Newman,
who may have been a son of Nimrod Newman and Sarah Arthur, on
4 Dec 1794 at Bedford Co., VA. Nothing more known.
1.7 John
Wilks Jr. was born circa 1775 at Bedford Co., VA. He
married Barbary Newman, daughter of Conrad Newman and Anna Margaretta
Brubeck, on 1 Sep 1795 at Bedford Co., VA. He and Barbary Newman
immigrated on 7 Mar 1818 to to Lauderdale Co., AL. They immigrated
on 1 Nov 1835 to the Chickasaw Purchase, Yalobusha Co., MS.,
no doubt by way of the Natchez Trace. He died in Jan 1836 at
Yalobusha Co., MS. Their move and their deaths were reported
in a letter from his nephew Samuel Newman Wilks (son of Samuel)
to Henry Wilks in Bedford Co., VA.
1.8 Amos
Wilks Sr. was born circa 1777 at Bedford Co., VA. He
lived in 1794 at Chester Co., SC. He lived between 1796 and 1798
at Oglethorpe Co., GA. He married Elizabeth "Betsy"
Killough, daughter of Allen Killough, on 30 Sep 1796 at Oglethorpe
Co., GA. Moved to Maury Co., TN, awaiting the Chickasaw Purchase;
ran a trading post on the Natchez Trace (Military Road); lived
in Lauderdale Co., AL; then moved 1844 to Lawrence Co., MO. He
died He left a will on 20 Jun 1846 at Lawrence Co., MO. He appeared
on the census of 15 Oct 1850 at 47th Dist, Lawrence Co., OH.
He died between 15 Oct 1850 and 31 Oct 1850 at Lawrence Co.,
MO.
1.9 Rachel Wilks was born circa
1778? at Bedford Co., VA. Nothing more known.
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