Alpha Wilkinson

1784 - 1857  (72 years)

• Name	Alpha Wilkinson  [1]
  Birth	12 Oct 1784	Cumberland, Providence, RI   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	12 Feb 1857  [1]
  Person ID	I9098	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Jeptha Wilkinson, >,   b. 3 Apr 1757   d. 15 Aug 1803 (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Lucy Smith, >,   b. Abt 1760, Groton, New London, Connecticut, British Colonial America d. 11 Feb 1823 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	25 Mar 1784  [2]
  Family ID	F737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Melchior Wagener,   b. 31 Jan 1779, Norristown, Montgomery, Pennsylvania d. 4 Jun 1854, Pulteney, Steuben, New York (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1806
  Family ID	F4235	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Family Note: I. Alpha was born in the town of Cumberland, R. I., and at the age of twenty came with her mother, who was then a widow, to Penn Yan, [Yates Co.,] N. Y. Here she married Melchoir Wagener, moved to Pulteney, Steuben Co., N. Y. Mr. Wagener was the son of David Wagener who brought the Friend Jemima Wilkinson, from Montgomery Co., Penn. to Ontario Co., N. Y. in 1789. He was one of her society and gave her a farm, with the proceeds of which she purchased a large tract of land, called the "Friend's Tract," now the town of Jerusalem, Yates Co. He settled at Penn Yan, which has since become the county seat; and built the first mills in this vicinity. Melchoir built the first saw-mill in the town of Pulteney in 1810, and the first grist-mill in 1814.* They had eleven children, active, energetic men and women, and useful members of society, highly respected for their integrity, industry, and benevolence. Some of them have manifested the inventive genius common to this branch of the Wilkinson family. Their children were: Lovinia, b. Sept. 6, 1807, m. Wm. Chandler, r. Woodhull, Steuben Co., N. Y. Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1808, m. Joseph Lee, r. Pulteney, N. Y. Lucy, b. Apr. 17, 1810, m. Nathn'l Pierce, r. Woodhull, N. Y. Nancy, b. July 7, 1811, d. Apr. 12, 1812. Washington W., b. Oct. 10, 1812, m. Betsey E. French, d. 1846. Ann, b. Apr. 4, 1815, m. David Osburn, r. Pulteney, N. Y. Melchoir, b. July 12, 1816, m. Laura M. Matthews, r. Pulteney, N. Y. Jacob, b. April 23, 1818, m. Harriett Rice, r. Pulteney, N. Y. Jeptha Avery, b. March 26, 1821, m. 1st, Maria L. Hollenback, who died April 19, 1863, aged 24 yrs. 2 mos. 8 days, leaving one son George W., born Jan. 19, 1863, 2nd m., Charlotte Waggoner of East New York, March 4, 1865, and by his last wife has one son, Albert Avery, born Dec. 3, 1865. These children are both living, bright, active boys. Mr. Wagener is an inventor, and has had a number of patents issued from the Patent Office, Washington. David S., b. Oct. 18, 1823, m. Mary A. McArthur, r. Pulteney, N. Y. Samuel L., b. Sept. 3, 1826, m. Mary Johnson, r. Hector, Schuyler Co., N. Y

  
  

• Sources

  [S142] Rev. Israel Wilkinson, A.M., Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America (Jacksonville, Ill. (Excerpts available at http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbunce77/Wilkinson001.html. A complete copy is available at http://content.ancestry.com, http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbunce77/Wilkinson014.html#Jeptha4. [S142] Rev. Israel Wilkinson, A.M., Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America (Jacksonville, Ill. (Excerpts available at http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbunce77/Wilkinson001.html. A complete copy is available at http://content.ancestry.com.