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Brownell Wilkinson

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Brownell Wilkinson

Birth
Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island, USA
Death
15 Feb 1861 (aged 74–75)
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Son of Joseph Wilkinson and Elizabeth Peckham. Born 20 Mar 1785, died 15 Feb 1861.

Brownell, married 1st Tabitha Thomas, of North Scituate, R. I., 2d, Maria Spaulding, 3d Sarah Phillips, lived in Worcester, Mass., where a part of his family now reside. By his first wife he had six children, and by his third, five. He was a machinist, having learned his trade in Pawtucket, R. I., when he was 18 years old, and worked at it constantly till within a few months of his decease. For mechanical skill and ingenuity he was particularly noted, and, as a finished workman, had few equals. He died in Worcester, Mass.

~ Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America by Rev. Israel Wilkinson, A. M., pub. 1869, pgs. 215-216
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1860 US Census, Worcester, Worcester, MA:
B. Wilkinson, 76, b RI, boarding house.
Sarah, 46, b RI.
Chas., 30, b CT, comedian.
Carrie, 27, b CT.
Sarah, 22, b CT.
Mary, 19, b CT, clerk.
Frank M., 2, b MA.
Son of Joseph Wilkinson and Elizabeth Peckham. Born 20 Mar 1785, died 15 Feb 1861.

Brownell, married 1st Tabitha Thomas, of North Scituate, R. I., 2d, Maria Spaulding, 3d Sarah Phillips, lived in Worcester, Mass., where a part of his family now reside. By his first wife he had six children, and by his third, five. He was a machinist, having learned his trade in Pawtucket, R. I., when he was 18 years old, and worked at it constantly till within a few months of his decease. For mechanical skill and ingenuity he was particularly noted, and, as a finished workman, had few equals. He died in Worcester, Mass.

~ Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America by Rev. Israel Wilkinson, A. M., pub. 1869, pgs. 215-216
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1860 US Census, Worcester, Worcester, MA:
B. Wilkinson, 76, b RI, boarding house.
Sarah, 46, b RI.
Chas., 30, b CT, comedian.
Carrie, 27, b CT.
Sarah, 22, b CT.
Mary, 19, b CT, clerk.
Frank M., 2, b MA.


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