Wednesday 3rd December 2014
Peter Relph, from Herberton, North Queensland, Australia, writes ~
Hello Danny,
I am descended from the Wilkins family of Baptists from Westbury Leigh, Dilton, Chapmanslade, North Bradley and surrounds. I have lots of Baptist ancestors but no personal religion, my interest is in genealogy.
My 3 x gt grandparents were Benjamin Wilkins, pastor of North Bradley and Mary nee Hill of Upton Scudamore. Benjamin had two ancestors that I would like to relate to him definitively, William ?1685 – 1745 and William’s son John ? – 1761, both successively pastors of the Baptist church Westbury Leigh. I have this information from William Doel’s ” Twenty Golden Candlesticks!” and from Benjamin’s son Joseph who was Baptist minister in Brighton.
I am unsure of just how many generations separate Benjamin from William and John. Benjamin’s parents were Anthony Wilkins and Ann Baber, but I am not sure if Anthony’s father was the above mentioned John who died in 1761, or if there was an intervening generation. Any help would be most appreciated.
Danny Howell replies ~
Thank you Peter for your enquiry. I will check through records to see if we can confirm the relationship between Benjamin Wilkins, William Wilkins and John Wilkins. And, if any readers of this website have information, will they please let me know; contact can be made by email: dannyhowellnet@gmail.com