Elizabeth Bacon Wilkinson

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Elizabeth Bacon Wilkinson (Burgess) (1731 - 1802)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: January 14, 1802 (63-71)
Cumberland Co (Franklin Co), Pennsylvania, USA
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jeffery Burgess and Mary Burgess
Wife of John L. Gourley; William Lacey and John Wilkinson
Mother of Arthur Gourley; Captain Thomas Gourley; Hugh Gourley; Mary Reeder; Samuel Gourley and 4 others

Managed by: Patti Kay Gourley
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About Elizabeth Bacon Wilkinson

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/207656983/john-gourley

John Gourly (Gourley), Wrightstown Twp. File #272. Sept. 10, 1760. Widow Elizabeth (now Lacey). Left several small children under 14, one of which is since dead. Children: John (eldest son, not yet 14), Joseph, Samuel, Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret besides Sarah who died about four years old since the death of her father. John Terry, Thomas Smith and John Wilkinson appointed guardians.
Sept. 11, 1769. Eldest son John now arrived at 21.
Mar. 12, 1770. Widow Elizabeth. Eldest son John takes his father's property.
Sept. 14, 1772. Children Elizabeth and Margaret, over 14, petition for guardians. Thomas Watson appointed.
March 8, 1773. Daughter Mary (now Reeder), petitions for guardian. Her husband William Reeder appointed.
March 11, 1776. Daughter Elizabeth, under 21, now married to John Wilkinson Jr. Previous guardian was Thomas Watson. Her husband now appointed as guardian.
(Source: Orphans Court Records, Bucks Co., Pa., Book #1.)

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Elizabeth Bacon Wilkinson's Timeline

1731
1731
Wrightstown, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ireland
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Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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March 15, 1753
Wrightstown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ireland
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