Alanneau@aol.com wrote: > > Bebe, > Isn't the WWW wonderful for genealogists! Here is a brief Whilden > background: > > Gabriel Whilden (also spelled Whelden, Whillden, Whildon, Wheldon, Wheeldon, > Wheelden, Wheilden, Whelden, Whilding, Wheelding.....etc.) was born in England > c1600. It is unknown when he came to America but there is evidence of him as > a settler in Yarmouth on Cape Code in 1638. He was a town officer "surveyor > of highways" in 1641-42 & 1647. In 1648 he sold land in Yarmouth and moved to > first to Lynn, Massachusetts and then to Malden (today a suburb of Boston) > and was believed to possibly have been a whaler. He was married twice, first > wife's name is unknown; second wife's name was Margaret. He had at least two > sons: John > (c.1630-1701), Henry (c.1625-1694); two daughters: Catherine (c.1623-1689), > Ruth (c1627-1673); there are some who believe there was a third son, Ralph. > Gabriel left a will dated 11 Dec 1653 and died in January 1654. > > Our Whilden line comes from Gabriel's first son, John. John was probably > born in England c.1630. About 1653 he married Mary Folland (Holland), d/o > Thomas Folland of Yarmouth. They had 3 sons, Joseph (c1656-1725) who would > establish the Whilden line in New Jersey; John (c1655-1706) who established > the line in South Carolina and Thomas (c1670-75). > > John & Mary's second son, John was married in Salem, Mass. in 1681, his > wife's name is unknown. Baptism records in Salem show they had at least > 7 children: Gershom (1681-1695), John (c.1683), Mary (c1687), Jonathan > (c1689), Joseph (1693), Samuel (c1694) and Elisha (c1695). In 1695 John > and family left Salem with a 52-person colony that later shipwrecked > near Cape Fear, NC in 1695. The colony was brought to Seewee (northeast > of Charleston) by Gov. John Archdale of the Province of Carolina. This > is where the Wappetaw Congregation Church was founded and where some of > our Whilden ancestors are buried. > > Jonathan Whilden (c.1683) married Elizabeth Dubose, d/o Isaac & Suzanne > Couillandeau Dubose, about 1721. Upon his older brother's death, Jonathan > became the guardian for John's son, John Whilden (III). Jonathan and > Elizabeth had 7 children: John (c1731), Jonathan Jr. (c1722), Joseph (c1724), > Elisha (c1729), Elizabeth (1726), Suzannah (1788) and Mary (1736). > > The will of John Whilden [II] cites five daughters, including Mary, who > married about 1730 John Dubose (born ca 1694/1799), a Santee River planter > and brother of Elizabeth Dubose Whilden. > > Most of this information comes from a cousin in Islandton SC and a manuscript > written by C. Michael Harrington who has written several articles on Whildens > in the War Between the States. You can find these articles here: > http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/bio.html > > Hope this helps, > Ann in GA > > ==== DuBose Mailing List ==== > *********** PRUNE YOUR QUOTES! *********** > DuBose Message Board: http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb123571 > Send comments about the Forum to: > Steven J. Coker, Forum Manager > P.O. Box 359, Charleston, SC 29402 > DuBose@GeoCities.com > http://www.dubose.org/ Dear Ann: Thank you very much for the Whilden information. I am, however, somewhat confused by all of the John Whildens who are involved. As I read your e-mail, Mary Whilden Dubose's ancestry is as follows: 1. Gabriel Whilden (c. 1600 - 1654) married (1) unknown and (2) Margaret. 2. John Whilden I (c. 1630 - 1701) married Mary Folland 3. John Whilden II (c. 1655 - 1706) married unknown 4. Mary Whilden (1687- ) married John Dubose c. 1730 The dates don't seem to work for Mary being the daughter of John II. Mary Whilden Dubose, to my understanding, had several children with John Dubose & would have been too old if in fact the daughter of John II. Did you mean to write that Mary was the daughter of John III and the granddaughter of John II? If so, do you know who John III married? Rivers Lelong