Rachel Wilks 1778

Rachel Wilks, 1778–

Name

Rachel Wilks

Name: Rachel /Wilks/
Given names: Rachel
Surname: Wilks

Gender Female

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	about 1778 43 38 Bedford, Virginia, USA
Marriage of a brother	Name Unknown Wilks — Sarah Burcham — View this family before 1780 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage of a brother	Francis Wilks — Elizabeth … — View this family about 1780 Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a paternal grandfather	Francis Wilks before June 10, 1783 Loudoun, Virginia, USA Source: Loudoun County, Virginia, Inventory Citation details: Book C, p. 79 Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: when Inventory was recorded. No will, list of heirs, or widow's dower has been found
Marriage of a brother	Samuel Wilks — Elizabeth Newman — View this family July 9, 1783 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Deeds Citation details: Deed Book 7, pp 343-344 Note: mother of all his children whose births were 1784-1803
Marriage of a brother	Benjamin Wilks — Sarah Osborn — View this family December 23, 1783 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Marriages Citation details: Book 7, page 344 Note: married by William Johnson
Death of a maternal grandfather	Samuel Mead 1784 Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey, USA
Death of a brother	Name Unknown Wilks about 1794 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Marriage of a sister	James Newman — Sally Wilks — View this family December 4, 1794 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Virginia Marriages 1785 - 1940 Citation details: Virginia-EASy, Film# 30591, Reference# pg 23
Marriage of a brother	John Wilks Jr — Barbara Newman — View this family September 3, 1795 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County Marriage Bonds Quality of data: secondary evidence Citation details: Extracted from the appendix in Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol VI, Virginia. (Marriages are NOT Quaker) Source: Virginia, Marriages, 1785 - 1940 Quality of data: primary evidence Citation details: Virginia-EASy, film# 30591, pg 234 Note: her consent signed by Cunradh NeuMan and Anna NeuMennen, witnessed by Edmund Franklin (his mark) and Samuel Wilks (signature), both married to Newman girls; bondsmen John Wilks and Edmund Franklin (signed their marks) Note: BOND: "August 30, 1795; John Wilks & Barberry Numan; Edmond Franklin, Surety; Consent of Conrad Newman; Married by Alderson Weeks, September 3, 1795." Note: listed as John Wilks and Barbary Numan
Marriage of a brother	Amos Wilks Sr. — Elizabeth Killough — View this family September 30, 1796 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Source: Georgia, Marriages, 1808-1967 Citation details: Georgia-EASy, Film# 158729, page 262 Source: Oglethorpe County, Georgia, Marriages Citation details: Book 1, page 183
Death of a sister	Elizabeth Ann Wilks before March 27, 1801 Virginia, USA
Death of a mother	Elizabeth Mead 1804 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Death of a father	John Wilks Sr after 1806 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family
Death of a brother	Benjamin Wilks 1808 Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: page 270
British King	George III from October 25, 1760 to January 29, 1820
1st President of the United States	George Washington April 30, 1789
2nd President of the United States	John Adams March 4, 1797
3rd President of the United States	Thomas Jefferson March 4, 1801
4th President of the United States	James Madison March 4, 1809
5th President of the United States	James Monroe March 4, 1817
6th President of the United States	John Quincy Adams March 4, 1825
Marriage of a brother	Samuel Wilks — Margaret Witt — View this family October 11, 1826 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Selected Bedford County Virginia Marriages Source: Bedford County Marriage Bonds Note: ceremony performed by William Leftwich, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with Joseph Crouch as surety on bond. Note: "Oct. 6, 1826; Samuel Wilks & Margaret Witt; Joseph Crouch, Surety; Married by William Leftwich, Oct. 11, 1826."[License issued 6 OCT 1826; married 11 OCT 1826]
British King	George IV from January 29, 1820 to June 26, 1830
7th President of the United States	Andrew Jackson March 4, 1829
Marriage of a brother	Francis Wilks — Susannah Whitehead — View this family January 10, 1831 Lawrence, Ohio, USA Source: Ohio, County Marriages 1789 - 1994 Citation details: Lawrence County Marriage Record. No. 561, Page 141 Note: married by Solomon B. Simpson, Justice of Peace
Death of a brother	John Wilks Jr January 1836 Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Cause: tuberculosis Source: Wilks and Young Families: Texas Pioneers Citation details: Page 295 Note: presumably in Mississippi. Samuel Newman Wilks wrote his father Samuel in Bedford County, Virginia, a letter dated 20 Jan 1836, "Dir father . . . Uncle JOHN and Aunt BARBY is both dead. Aunt died three days first. Neither one would take anything while they were sick."¶ Ben Wilks's daughter Betsy Ann Creasey died in 1835 of consumption, and family tradition is that John's family in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, with the exception of some orphan children, died of the same disease (tuberculosis).
British King	William IV from June 26, 1830 to June 20, 1837
8th President of the United States	Martin Van Buren March 4, 1837
Death of a brother	Samuel Wilks July 1, 1837 Bedford, Virginia, USA Source: Bedford County, Virginia, Wills Citation details: Book 9, pages 381, 384; Book 10, page 322 Note: his property was appraised by administrators Henry Wilks and Thomas Rider, and the last of sale buyer s included Samuel Norman Wilks (a grandson, Ben's son Samuel Norman)
Death of a brother	Francis Wilks after October 12, 1840 Source: 1840 Census for Lawrence County, Ohio, USA Citation details: page 55
9th President of the United States	William Henry Harrison March 4, 1841
10th President of the United States	John Tyler April 4, 1841
11th President of the United States	James K Polk March 4, 1845
12th President of the United States	Zachary Taylor March 4, 1849
13th President of the United States	Millard Fillmore July 9, 1850
Death of a brother	Amos Wilks Sr. between October 15, 1850 and October 31, 1850 Lawrence, Missouri, USA Source: Doris Ross Johnston's Our Texas Family Note: his will recorded 4 Nov 1850
British Queen	Victoria from June 20, 1837 to January 22, 1901
14th President of the United States	Franklin Pierce March 4, 1853
15th President of the United States	James Buchanan March 4, 1857
16th President of the United States	Abraham Lincoln March 4, 1861
17th President of the United States	Andrew Johnson April 15, 1865
18th President of the United States	Ulysses S Grant March 4, 1869
Death	yes

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: before January 31, 1734 35 14 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: June 24, 1758 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Emigration: 1772 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Immigration: before February 21, 1793 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Family census: 1800 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Death: after 1806 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Unique identifier: A3EF3748C5EB8E84718BCFF08EC0C8B79808 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Mead Francis Wilks Name Unknown Wilks Benjamin Wilks Samuel Wilks Elizabeth Ann Wilks Sally Wilks John Wilks Jr Amos Wilks Sr. Rachel Wilks John Wilks Sr 1734–1806 Birth: before January 31, 1734 35 14 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Death: after 1806 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
mother	Links Birth: about 1740 33 23 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: June 24, 1758 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Emigration: 1772 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Family census: 1800 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Death: 1804 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Unique identifier: A3EF3748C5EB8E84718BCFF08EC0C8B79808 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Wilks Sr Francis Wilks Name Unknown Wilks Benjamin Wilks Samuel Wilks Elizabeth Ann Wilks Sally Wilks John Wilks Jr Amos Wilks Sr. Rachel Wilks Elizabeth Mead 1740–1804 Birth: about 1740 33 23 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: 1804 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Marriage	Marriage — June 24, 1758 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: about 1780 — Virginia, USA Family census: 1820 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: 1830 — Mason, Virginia (later WV), USA Unique identifier: 1558DEA4EB9ABC454FFB065CC729A21B Civil marriage: January 10, 1831 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Census: October 12, 1840 — Lawrence, Ohio, USA Death: after October 12, 1840 Unique identifier: B2C4D2B06E4C9EA54F9FC3CFEE0BAA35 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth … James Wilks Peggy Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Family with spouse Susannah Whitehead Joel Wilks Francis Wilks 1759–1840 Birth: between 1759 and 1760 25 20 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: after October 12, 1840
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1761 26 21 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: before 1780 — Virginia, USA Death: about 1794 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: D651A9B5C9F7B90A48957B970887FE06 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Burcham Jesse Wilks Henry Wilks Archibald Wilks Anna Wilks Archelaus Wilks Peyton G Wilks Name Unknown Wilks 1761–1794 Birth: about 1761 26 21 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: about 1794 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
2 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1762 27 22 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Marriage: December 23, 1783 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Occupation: petitioned to build a grist mill on Crab Orchard Creek — 1790 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Immigration: before February 21, 1793 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Family census: 1800 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Death: 1808 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Unique identifier: 8F7473C8FF5B91E246BFFB719C9DC398 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sarah Osborn Moses Wilks Aaron Wilks Benajah Wilks Osborn Wilks John B. Wilks Joel Wilks Sarah Wilks Mary Wilks William Wilks Benjamin Wilks 1762–1808 Birth: 1762 27 22 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: 1808 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: October 24, 1764 30 24 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Milit-Beg: 1780 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Milit-End: March 1782 — Virginia, USA Marriage: July 9, 1783 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Property: Bedford County Virginia — after July 1783 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Occupation: petitioned to build a grist mill on Crab Orchard Creek — 1790 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Property: Grayson County, Virginia — after August 1803 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Property: Grayson County, Virginia — June 12, 1809 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: 8D61E5EF8327A5F4C549BE2B472F9D6F387A Marriage: October 11, 1826 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Property: Patrick County, Virginia — after December 1832 — Patrick, Virginia, USA Pension Application: March 28, 1833 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Pension: Revolutionary Pension — May 11, 1833 — Virginia, USA Death: July 1, 1837 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: 98E260B93B229A544318674F2DB6E54E Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Newman Israel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Elizabeth Wilks Francis Wilks Henry Wilks John Wilks Thomas Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Newman Wilks Family with spouse Margaret Witt Samuel Wilks 1764–1837 Birth: October 24, 1764 30 24 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: July 1, 1837 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
4 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1768 33 28 Death: before March 27, 1801 — Virginia, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Elizabeth Ann Wilks 1768–1801 Birth: 1768 33 28 Death: before March 27, 1801 — Virginia, USA
7 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1774 39 34 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: December 4, 1794 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Unique identifier: 79F721684AD881B744A728D86BB63001 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Newman Sally Wilks 1774– Birth: 1774 39 34 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:
2 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1775 40 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: September 3, 1795 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Emigration: before 1810 — Grayson, Virginia, USA Immigration: 1814 — Maury, Tennessee, USA Immigration: March 7, 1818 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Family census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Immigration: November 1, 1835 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA Unique identifier: 8D3D4DFFCC5659946533CC2E1C2DCB7DD4C6 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Barbara Newman Fanny Wilks John W. Wilks III Newman Wilks Philip Wilks General Jackson Wilks Mary Wilks Anna Wilks John Wilks Jr 1775–1836 Birth: 1775 40 35 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: January 1836 — Yalobusha, Mississippi, USA
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1777 42 37 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Marriage: September 30, 1796 — Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA Immigration: about 1812 — Maury, Tennessee, USA Census: 1830 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census: 1840 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Emigration: July 1844 — Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Occupation: Blacksmith, Grocerer, Farmer Will: June 20, 1846 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA Census: October 15, 1850 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA Death: between October 15, 1850 and October 31, 1850 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA Unique identifier: FE6918E7EE488DE345058596DAB45F35 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Killough Ruth G. Wilks Matilda Wilks Jesse M. Wilks Francis P. Wilks Amos Wilks Jr Amos Wilks Sr. 1777–1850 Birth: about 1777 42 37 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: between October 15, 1850 and October 31, 1850 — Lawrence, Missouri, USA
2 years herself	Links Birth: about 1778 43 38 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Rachel Wilks 1778– Birth: about 1778 43 38 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death:

Research links

Australia 2

Belgium 1

Rijksarchief België

Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

Banca Dati dei Caduti e Dispersi (link only)

Netherlands 24

Poland 1

Szukaj w Archiwach (tylko link)

Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Unique identifier

EC2957E24E448D04C977D11B876FC54F462E

Last change

October 4, 2009 – 12:23:18

Author of last change: admin

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Family with parents
father Parents Francis Wilks Martha …	John Wilks Sr 1734–1806
mother Parents Samuel Mead Mary Downey	Elizabeth Mead 1740–1804
elder brother Family Elizabeth … James Wilks Peggy Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Family Susannah Whitehead Joel Wilks	Francis Wilks 1759–1840
elder brother Family Sarah Burcham Jesse Wilks Henry Wilks Archibald Wilks Anna Wilks Archelaus Wilks Peyton G Wilks	Name Unknown Wilks 1761–1794
elder brother Family Sarah Osborn Moses Wilks Aaron Wilks Benajah Wilks Osborn Wilks John B. Wilks Joel Wilks Sarah Wilks Mary Wilks William Wilks	Benjamin Wilks 1762–1808
elder brother Family Elizabeth Newman Israel Wilks Benjamin Wilks Elizabeth Wilks Francis Wilks Henry Wilks John Wilks Thomas Wilks Sarah Wilks Samuel Newman Wilks Family Margaret Witt	Samuel Wilks 1764–1837
elder sister	Elizabeth Ann Wilks 1768–1801
elder sister Family James Newman	Sally Wilks 1774–
elder brother Family Barbara Newman Fanny Wilks John W. Wilks III Newman Wilks Philip Wilks General Jackson Wilks Mary Wilks Anna Wilks	John Wilks Jr 1775–1836
elder brother Family Elizabeth Killough Ruth G. Wilks Matilda Wilks Jesse M. Wilks Francis P. Wilks Amos Wilks Jr	Amos Wilks Sr. 1777–1850
herself	Rachel Wilks 1778–

Descendants

Rachel Wilks(1778–)