I found the following news article. Does anyone know who this family is? Thanks Eileen July 10 1828 Baltimore Patriot A family. - in the pine woods of Wilkinson county, a couple (both natives of Burke county,) were, in 1801, married-the gentleman, a bachelor, forty years of age. Since that, time they have lived together in a state of uninterrupted happiness, which has been crowned by the birth of twenty one children, ten sons and eleven daughters; all alive and healthy at the presant time. Some places boast of their increase of hogs, others of their horses, and others again of their cattle; but we challenge the world to beat Wilkinson in what is infinitely more valuable-the increase of fine healthy children. We would recommend a Summer's residence in Wilkinson, to the married portion of our wealthy friends of the seaboard.- Georgia Patriot -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 5/27/2005

Yikes! Eileen, are you sure it said 21? My goodness... Ginger -------Original Message------- From: Eileen Date: 05/29/05 12:42:30 To: GAWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [GAWILKIN-L] 21 CHILDREN I found the following news article. Does anyone know who this family is? Thanks Eileen July 10 1828 Baltimore Patriot A family. - in the pine woods of Wilkinson county, a couple (both natives of Burke county,) were, in 1801, married-the gentleman, a bachelor, forty years of age. Since that, time they have lived together in a state of uninterrupted happiness, which has been crowned by the birth of twenty one children, ten sons and eleven daughters; all alive and healthy at the presant time. Some places boast of their increase of hogs, others of their horses, and others again of their cattle; but we challenge the world to beat Wilkinson in what is infinitely more valuable-the increase of fine healthy children. We would recommend a Summer's residence in Wilkinson, to the married portion of our wealthy friends of the seaboard.- Georgia Patriot -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 5/27/2005 ==== GAWILKIN Mailing List ==== Search the Rootsweb SURNAME LIST here: http://rsl.rootsweb com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi#search (Check for all your Surnames!)

HI GINGER & ALL: Yes, I'd always heard/read that he had 21 kids also. TINA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ginger McConnell" <vmcougar@comcast.net> To: <GAWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:48 AM Subject: Re: [GAWILKIN-L] 21 CHILDREN > Yikes! Eileen, are you sure it said 21? My goodness... > > Ginger > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Eileen > Date: 05/29/05 12:42:30 > To: GAWILKIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GAWILKIN-L] 21 CHILDREN > > I found the following news article. Does anyone know who this family is? > Thanks > Eileen > > July 10 1828 > Baltimore Patriot > A family. - in the pine woods of Wilkinson county, a couple (both > natives of Burke county,) were, in 1801, married-the > gentleman, a bachelor, forty years of age. Since that, time they have > lived together in a state of uninterrupted happiness, which > has been crowned by the birth of twenty one children, ten sons and > eleven daughters; all alive and healthy at the presant time. > Some places boast of their increase of hogs, others of their horses, and > others again of their cattle; but we challenge the world > to beat Wilkinson in what is infinitely more valuable-the increase of > fine healthy children. We would recommend a Summer's > residence in Wilkinson, to the married portion of our wealthy friends of > the seaboard.- Georgia Patriot > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.322 / Virus Database: 267.2.0 - Release Date: 5/27/2005 > > > ==== GAWILKIN Mailing List ==== > Search the Rootsweb SURNAME LIST here: http://rsl.rootsweb > com/cgi-bin/rslsql.cgi#search (Check for all your Surnames!) > > > > ==== GAWILKIN Mailing List ==== > *Check out the WILKINSON CO. *GAGENWEB* Page: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gawilkin/ >