The claim was highlighted on tonights Look North and Nick Barratt was interviewed who agreed with others that this Wilkinson line hailed from Durham originally through her 8x Great Grandfather Laurence Wilkinson who was born in Durham in 1620. Now that does not mean to say that there is not any link with the families that married into the Wilkinsons. The two trees that can be found from a Google search show a BETTS & a LACEY. Both are names found in Lincolnshire but from other available trees on ancestry it would seem that neither of these have Lincolnshire connections. One can only conclude that Meryl Streep was thinking of the Pilgrim Fathers and had picked up on the Boston connection and assumed incorrectly that her Wilkinson's were one of them. If this claim is followed up in the US and a Lincolnshire link is found can someone tell us please John R G Bland   Spalding   Member of the Lincolnshire Family History Society www.lincolnshirefhs.org.uk/ Reg. Charity No 1000724 > -----Original Message----- > From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen- > bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nivard Ovington > Sent: 13 February 2012 14:32 > To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [LIN] Meryl Streep and Wilkinson Lincs Relos > > > It struck me as a little stretched to say she was half Lincolnshire, as far as I can > see she had one ancestor from Lincolnshire in the 1600's > > My feeling was she was trying to excuse herself for making the film > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > Was surprised to hear Meryl Streep mention in her BAFTA acceptance > speech that she was of half Lincolnshire stock from a Wilkinson family . > > Never heard any mention before of that which is strange , especially as she > got the award for getting the award for playing one of Lincs most famous > daughters . > > Having a quick search of her ancestry all seem to be born in the US right back > to the 1600s and then you get to an unplaced William , so anyone lay claim to > link ? > > 1. > > Lawrence Wilkinson was born 1620, and died 1692. He was the son of 2. > William Wilkinson and 3. Anne Conyers. He married Susannah Smith. She was > born 1628, and died 1692. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message