This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: anniecrenshaw Surnames: Wilkin/Wilkins, Williamson, Bailey Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wilkin/63.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Scott, Sorry not to respond sooner -- Ancestry/Rootsweb notifications have been "off" or glitched for quite some time, and the system has been very inconsistent in sending notices of message responses. Very aggravating. I did some research in Killeevan Church of Ireland records while I was in Ireland, but I didn't see a marriage for John Wilkin(s) and Mary Ann Williamson, nor the baptisms of any of their children. I could have overlooked an entry or two, but not as many as their marriage and number of children would have created. Church of Ireland records in the parish of Newbliss have baptisms from 1841-on, and burials/deaths from 1837-on. Newbliss parish was formed out of Aghabog and Killeevan parishes (see PRONI's church guide under KILLEEVAN), so you should find earlier Newbliss residents/ church records in Killeevan parish. Those Church of Ireland records begin in 1811. Aghabog's early Church of Ireland records didn't survive. There were a few Newbliss-resident entries in Killeevan Church of Ireland burial records: John Wilkins of Newbliss was buried October 1817, aged 64. [No burial location stated, but the early burials were mainly at Drumswords] Mary Wilkin of Newbliss was buried March 1st, 1831, age 57, buried at Drumswords. There's a lot about these particular Wilkins in "Ulster Protestant Emigration to Lower Canada: Megantic County and St-Sylvestre" by Gwen Barry. According to these Megantic Co. records and genealogies: WILKIN(S) JOHN b IRELAND, Newbliss, Co Monaghan, m in Ireland to MARY JANE WILLIAMSON. Mary Jane died at sea on the way to Canada in 1830. John and his children settled in Leeds Tp, as follows : 1. WILKIN JOSEPH m 1st to ANN HALL d 1841. Child Isaac b 1841. Married 2nd in 1841 to CATHERINE CORDICK. Joseph purchased œ of SW lot, 13th Range of Leeds Tp in 1852. He moved to Lambton Co, Ont after 1862. (Source for land and move records was Evelyn O'Neill Griffiths, 4121 Cranberry Ct., RR 1, Vineland, Ont. L0R 2C0 in Dec 2003.) Their children : Eliza Jane b 1842 Margaret b 1844 Catherine b 1846 John b 1849 Caroline b 1850 James Robert b 1852 Mary Ann b 1854 Isaac b 1841 (by Hall) 2. WILKIN JAMES b 1822 IRELAND, d 1900 m in 1850 to MARY BAILEY b 1834 IRELAND. Children : Jane b 1851 LC Robert b 1852 Mary b 1859 John b 1854 Henry Samuel b 1873 James Bailey b 1857 m in 1900 to Mary Warcup Gilbert b 1861, d 1923, blacksmith of Leeds Tp, m in 1894 to Sarah Hall. Children : Mary Ann b 1895 Leslie Gilbert b 1911 William Thompson b 1865, d 1950 at Chelmsford, Mass, bur St James C of E Leeds Tsp Joseph Joshua b 1867 m in 1891 to Margaret Maggie Squires, b circa 1873. Children : Gilbert Francis 1892-1894 Robert Alexander b 1891 James Wilfred b 1897 Margaret Edna b 1894 [and more] Hope this is helpful. Annie Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>