Wilkes DNA Project Patriarchs

Lineage 1

Francis Wilks: b. 1700 VA, d. May 2, 1745 Edgecombe County, NC, m: Grace Unknown
- Thomas Wilkes: b. 1735 Virginia d. 1808 Halifax County, NC, m: Mary Conyers - Joe Wilkes - W-26
  - William Wilkes b: 1775 Chester County SC d: 1838 Chester County SC m: Lydia Clark
    - Thomas W Wilkes b: 1814 Chester County SC d: 27 Jul 1870 Fairfield County SC m: Sarah Crosby
      - Thomas W Wilkes, Jr. b: 18 Oct 1845 Chester County SC d: 22 Oct 1892 Fairfield County SC m: Julia Malinda Yongue
        
        James Yongue Wilkes b: 19 Jun 1873 Chester County SC d: 5 Jul 1946 Fairfield County SC m: Annie Ladd Cureton
        
        Martin Yongue Wilkes b: 16 Oct 1900 Fairfield County SC d: 25 Apr 1983 Fairfield County SC m: Alethia Lucille Acker
- Isaac Wilks: b. 1740 Frederick, VA or NC, d. 1790 Robeson County, NC, m: Elizabeth Branch
  - John Wilks b: 1767 d: 1812-1816 NC m: Margaret Unknown m: Lucy Ann Strickland
    - Francis "Frank" Wilkes b: 1797 NC d: 1880 NC m: Jinit Overstreet - Martha Ann Wilkes Allan - W-18
      - Abraham Wilks b: 1832 NC d: 1907 NC m: Nancy Blue
        
        James Archibald "Archie" Wilks b: 1875 d: 1950 NC m: Penelope Alice Wilkes (2nd cousin)
        
        James Abraham Wilkes b: 1910 m: Emily Maria White
        
        James Lewis Wilkes Sr. m: Martha Elizabeth "Libby" Brown
        
        Bonnie Patricia Wilkes
        
        James Lewis Wilkes, Jr.
        
        Ronald Edward Wilkes
        
        Martha Ann Wilkes
        
        Karen Elizabeth Wilkes
    - Solomon Wilkes b: 3 Jun 1799 Robeson County NC d: about 1840 Montgomery County GA m: Margaret Hughes
      - John David Wilks b: 13 Jan 1829 Robeson County NC d: about 1905 Berrien County GA m: Polly Ann Parrish - Del Wilkes - W-10
        
        William Ansel Wilkes b: 6 Mar 1859 Berrien County GA d: 1920 Covington County AL m: Georgia Folsom
        
        John Wise Wilkes b: 26 Jan 1884 Bay County FL m: Lee Anna Hutto
        
        Bernice Angus "B A" Wilkes. m: Flora Mae Scott
      - Archibald Duncan Wilkes b: 15 Feb 1833 Robeson County NC d: 11 Jan 1902 Berrien County GA m: Mary Ann Roberts - James Thomas Wilkes - W-27
        
        James Thomas Wilkes b: 5 Oct 1859 Berrien County GA d: 9 May 1920 Cook County GA m: Tahlulah Hortense McPherson
        
        James Thomas Wilkes, Jr. b: 2 Feb 1902 Berrien County GA d: 13 May 1962 Cook County IL m: Helen Amby Hayes
    - Mark Wilkes b: 27 Mar 1815 NC d: after Jun 1900 NC m: Annie McKinnis
      - Angus John Wilkes b: 7 Mar 1837 NC d: 31 May 1865 NC m: Mary Lucinda Wilkes (1st cousin) - A. Charles Wilkes - W-1
        
        John Elias Wilkes b: 8 Feb 1862 d: 1906 FL m: Maggie Robinson
        
        John Angus Wilkes Sr b: 17 Nov 1903 GA d: 27 Sep 1962 FL m: Ruth Tyler
        
        Air N Wilkes b: 24 Dec 1906 FL d: 15 Oct 1985 FL m: Bessie Wiggins
      - William Christopher Wilkes b: 10 Mar 1850 NC d: 23 Apr 1926 NC m: Margaret Ann Kelly - James Alton Wilkes - W-8
        
        Neil Archie Wilkes b: 10 Nov 1889 d: 31 Mar 1929 NC m: Pearl Bishop
  - Francis Wilkes b 1768 Robeson Co., NC d Chesterfield Co., SC - Curtis Wilkes - W-19
    - Elias Turnage Wilkes b 1804 Chesterfield Co., SC d 1899 Chesterfield Co., SC
      - John William Malloy Wilkes b 1836 Chesterfield Co., SC d 19 Dec 1864 Columbus, OH
        
        Calhoun Griggs Wilkes b 1859 Darlington Co., SC d 1932 Chesterfield Co., SC
        
        Curtis Almey Wilkes b 1910 Chesterfield Co., SC d 1977 Darlington Co., SC
  - Elias Wilkes b:9 Feb 1782, Robeson, NC d:23 Apr 1853 Barbour County, AL m:Hannah Usher 1806 Houston, GA - Charles Madison Wilkes
    - William Usher Wilkes b:10 Aug 1812 Marlbourough Dist., SC d:22 Feb 1885 Barbour Co., AL m:Sarah Lightfoot Jones 10 Nov 1842 Barbour Co., AL
      - William Henry Wilkes b: 10 July, 1845 Barbour Co., AL d: 23 Apr 1923 Pike Co., AL m:Susannah Missouri Lawson 8 July, 1869 Pike Co., AL
        
        William Pugh Wilks b: 14 Mar 1880 Pike County, AL d: c.1968 Montgomery, Ala. m: Mary Tupper Powell 3 Sept 1909 Louisville, KY
        
        Harvey Alonzo Wilkes b: 28 July, 1913 Mobile, AL d: 1983 Kerrville, Tx. m: Nancy Oti Cox 1 Nov 1941 St. Louis, MO
        
        Charles Madison Wilkes b: 30 Aug 1952 McKinney, TX m: Rosemary Ellen McGovern 27 Dec 1980 Houston, TX
        
        Charles Matthew Wilkes b: 9 Mar 1984 San Antonio, TX
        
        Daniel Evan Wilkes 14 Aug 1988 San Antonio, TX
  - Elisha Wilkes: b. March 06, 1789 Robeson, NC, d. March 31, 1861 Swainsboro, Emanuel Co., GA, m/ Elizabeth Mosley
    - Alexander "Sandy" Wilkes: b. 15 Jan 1816 Emanuel Co., GA, d. 12 Aug 1897 Montgomery Co., GA, m/ Eliza Mosley - A.L. and Mary Wilkes - W-16
      - William T. Wilkes: b. June 1860 Montgomery Co., GA, d. July 20, 1897 Montgomery Co., GA, m/ Queen Anne Nunn
        
        Eulie Green Wilkes: b. January 10, 1881 Montgomery Co., GA, d. August 03, 1957 Montgomery Co., GA, m/ Martha Ella Taylor
        
        Abbie Leon Wilkes, Sr. b: 6/8/1918 Montgomery County GA d: 1/10/1997 Baldwin Co., GA, m: Dorothy DeAlva Palmer
    - Elisha Wilkes 1830-1894 m Elizabeth S. Gay 1830-1899 - Charles Riley Wilkes - W-4
      - Elisha Melancton (Pete) Wilkes 1853-1936 m Harriet Coreen McLendon 1852-1934
        
        Needham Charles Wilkes Sr. 1883-1952 m Lola Cornelia McAfee 1885-1931
        
        Needham Charles Wilkes Jr. 1911-1967 m Mary Irene Fenley 1915-1991
  - Jessie Wilkes b: 24 Apr 1791, Robeson County NC d: 25 Apr 1871 Emanuel County GA m: "Emillie" Johnston - Leslie Lamar Wilkes - W-22
    - Isaac Wilkes b: about 1825 Georgia d:about 1901 m:Rachel Herndon
      - Jesse Jerome "Pid" Wilkes b: Apr 1841 Montgomery County GA d: 21 Nov 1919 Colquitt, GA m:Melissa D Peterson
        
        George Washington Wilkes b: 10 Apr 1866 Montgomery County GA d: 17 Sep 1922 Colquitt County GA m: Viola Graves
        
        Leslie Lamar Wilkes, Sr b: about 1915 Georgia d: 15 Jan 1962 Brooks County Georgia m: Rachel Davidson Blackwell

Lineage 2

John Wilkes b: ca 1710 New Kent, VA d: ca 1778 VA
- Joseph Wilkes b: ca 1732 New Kent Co., VA d: 1784 VA m: Henrietta
  - John Wilkes b: ca 1762 Brunswick, VA d: after 1858 Davidson Co., TN m: Elizabeth "Betty" Stegall - Charles Fred Wilkes - W-12
    - Thomas Wilkes b: 23 Apr 1797 VA d: 2 Aug 1856 m: Rutha Jane Sessoms
      - James Sessoms Wilkes b: 10 Sep 1832 Hardeman Co., TN d: 12 Jan 1898 Madison Co., TN m:: Laura Fannie Doyle
        
        Charles Neely Wilkes b: 13 Mar 1869 Hardeman Co., TN d: 13 Jan 1957 Memphis, Shelby, TN Marr: Hattie Iula Sutton
        
        Charles Ophir Wilkes b: 16 Mar 1894 Gates, Lauderdale, TN d: 29 Nov 1926 Ripley, Lauderdale, TN m: Isabel Rebecca Abbott
  - Thomas B. Wilkes b: ca 1763 VA d: 1810 Davidson Co., TN m: Sarah Gunn of VA - Glenda Wilkes Atwood - W-21
    - William Albert G. Wilkes b: ca 1795 VA d: Before 1860 m: Nancy Hodge of Davidson Co., TN
      - James Hodge Wilkes b: 3 May 1824 Maury Co., TN d: 11 July 1880 Williamson Co., TN m: Mary Maria Fielder b: 21 Aug 1826 TN
        
        Asa Hodge Wilkes b: ca 1856 Wm. Co., TN d: 25 Nov 1897 Wm.Co., TN Marr: Rhoda L. Brown
        
        James Mort Wilkes b: 8 June 1882 Wm.Co., TN d: 16 May 1940 m: Evie
        
        Walter Alonzo Wilkes b: 19 Aug 1918 Morgan Co., Ala d: 29 Nov 1982 Davidson Co., TN m: Grace Lucille Conner
        
        Gale Wilkes TN
        
        Garey Wayne Wilkes TN
        
        John Grady Wilkes TN
        
        Glenda Dian Wilkes TN
        
        Iris Jeannette Wilkes TN

Oscar Forrest Wilkes b: 23 Sep 1877 Texas - Don Mitchell Wilkes - W-7
- Oscar Forrest Wilkes, Jr. m: Bertha Delaney
  - Don Delaney Wilkes b: 12 Feb 1931 Wichita, Texas d: 5 Sep 1993 Garland, Dallas, Texas m: Martha Katherine McCluskey

James "J.J." Wilkes b: 04 Jul 1857 Maury, TN d: 06 Oct 1897 Pyletown, Stoddard, MO m: Anna Lilly V. Flanagin 22 Jul 1875 Maury, TN - Dorothy Wilkes - W-37
- Edward Calvantis "Eddie" Wilkes, Sr. b: 17 Sep 1876 Nashville, Davidson, TN d: 22 Jun 1948 AR m: Laura Belle Smith 18 Aug 1899 Liberty, Stoddard, MO
  - Edward Calvantis "Homer" Wilkes, Jr. b: 23 Aug 1907 Camden, Quachita, AR d: 03 Jul 1977 Pontiac, Oakland, MI m: Pauline Ethelyn Wightman 21 May 1931 Bowling Green, Wood, OH

Joseph Wilkes b: 1790 VA d: 1849 GA m: Philadelphia West Clay - Edward Herschel Wilkes - W-39
- William Clay Wilkes b: 09 Sep 1819 d: 04 Mar 1886 m: Mary Ann Spalding 30 Oct 1849 GA
  - Albert Spalding Wilkes b: 07 Jun 1867 GA d: 17 Jul 1934 m: Grace Furman 27 Aug 1895 TN
    - Ben Furman Wilkes, Sr b: 26 May 1896 TN d: 05 May 1929 Chattanooga, TN m: Sarah Nancy Sanders 02 Nov 1917 TN
      - Ben Furman Wilkes, Jr b: 19 Aug 1918 Chattanooga, TN d: 05 Sep 1996 Clearlake, CA m:: Alberta Winifred Croswhite Johnson 24 Aug 1941 Alameda, CA

Minor Wilkes m: Lucy Walker 23 Jun 1797 Franklin, VA - Dan Wilkes - W-38
- David W. Wilkes b: Abt. 1805 VA m: Elizabeth Spivey 04 Apr 1832 Maury, TN
  - Milton A. Wilkes b: 21 Jun 1834 Maury, TN d: 16 Nov 1909 Dawson, TX m: Louisa J. Wright 31 Jul 1856 Maury, TN
    - Merrill A. Wilkes b: 24 Nov 1864 Maury, TN d: 11 Mar 1939 Dawson, TX m: Emma J. Clemons
      - Dan A. Wilkes, Sr. b: 06 Jul 1905 Dawson, TX d: 08 Dec 1980 Dallas, TX m: Constance G. Sellers
        
        Dan A. Wilkes, Jr. b: 27 Aug 1937 Dallas, TX d: 04 Apr 1996 Dallas, TX m: Miriam C. Gates

Lineage 4

Francis Wilks b: 1640 Yorks, England - Doris Ross Johnston - W-20
- Francis Wilks b: 1679 Yorks. England - d: a1718 London
  - Francis Wilks b: 1700 London d: 1783 Loudoun Co. VA
    - John Wilks (Sr.) b: c1732 Bucks Co. PA d: a1806 Oglethorpe Co. GA
      - Francis Wilks b: c1759 Loudoun Co. VA d: aft 1840 Lawrence Co. OH
        
        Name Unknown Son b: c1761 VA
        
        Jesse Wilks b: ca 1780 VA d: a1830 Lauderdale Co. AL
        
        Benjamin Wilkes b: abt. Jan 1810 TN d: 14 Jul 1890 Orange Co., CA m: Temperance Hand 6 Mar 1832 Lauderdale Co. AL - Brad Wilkes - W-23
        
        William Elkins Wilkes b: 25 Jan 1845 MO m: Nancy Angeline Scott
        
        William Attless Wilkes b: 13 Aug 1874 Leavenworth Co. KS d: 6 Apr 1953 m: Mary Josephine Trackwell
        
        William LeRoy Wilkes Sr. b: 20 Nov 1898 Leavenworth Co. KS d: 4 Jun 1986 Salt Lake Co. UT m: Eva Nancy Angeline McElrath
        
        Henry Wilks b: c1781 VA d: a1837 MO
        
        Archibald b 1782 VA d: a1860 Bedford Co. VA
        
        Anna b: c1784 VA
        
        Archelaus Wilks b: c1785 VA
        
        Peyton G. Wilks b: 1791 VA d: 1889 Washington Co. OR
        
        Benjamin Wilks b: 1762 Loudoun Co. VA-1808 Oglethorpe Co. GA
        
        Samuel Wilks b: 1764 Loudoun Co. VA- 1867 Bedford Co. VA (Rev vet)
        
        Ann Wilks b: c1778 VA - 1801 VA
        
        Sally
        
        John Wilks (Jr.) b: c1775 VA- d: 1836 Yalobusha Co. MS
        
        Philip Wilks b: c1805 SC- d: 1831 Lauderdale Co. AL
        
        John Washington Wilks b: ca 1825 AL - d: a1870 Denton Co. TX
        
        Benjamin Carroll Wilks b: 1827 Lauderdale Co. AL - d: 1919 Somervel Co. TX
        
        William Wesley Whiteside Wilks b: 1884 Bosque Co. TX - d: 1946 Erath Co. TX
        
        Reta Wilks b: 1911 Somervel Co. TX d: 1994 Dallas Co., TX
        
        Doris Ross (Johnston)
        
        Amos Wilks (Sr.) b: c1777 VA-1850 Lawrence Co. MO
        
        Rachel
      - Samuel Wilks b: 24 Oct 1764 Loudoun Co. VA d: 01 Jul 1837 Bedford Co. VA m: Elizabeth Newman 09 Jul 1783 Bedford Co. VA
        
        Israel b: 30 Aug 1784 Bedford Co. VA d: 4 Mar 1825 Hardin Co. KY
        
        Benjamin b. 16 Dec 1787 Bedford Co. VA d. Sep 1843, Lauderdale Co. AL
        
        Elizabeth "Betsy" Wilks b: 28 Apr 1790 Bedford Co. VA d. aft 1850 census
        
        Francis Wilks b: 1794-1800 VA d: 1830-40 Mason Co. VA (now WV)
        
        Henry Wilks b: 1795 VA d: 1878, Bedford Co. VA
        
        John Wilks b: ca 1796 VA d: 1826 Bedford Co. VA
        
        Thomas Wilks b: ca 1798 VA d: ?
        
        Sarah "Sally" Wilks b: 30 Jun 1798 VA d: 24 Apr 1885 Cloverdale, Lauderdale Co. AL
        
        Samuel Newman Wilks b: 1803 Bedford Co. VA d: aft 1861 pr. Red River Co. TX

Edward Wilkes b: 1629 Albrighton, England d: 1699 M: Martha Unknown - Lynn Wilkes - W-15
- Israel Wilkes b: 1681 d: 1745 m: Sarah Palmer
  - Israel Wilkes, II b: 1698 London, England d: 31 Jan 1761 m: Sarah Heaton
    - John Wilkes b: 17 Oct 1725 London, England d: 26 Dec 1797 London, England mistress: Catherine Smith
      - John Wilkes b: 1755 England d: 15 May 1835 m: Ann Aston
        
        John Aston Wilkes, Sr b: 25 Feb 1782 Birmingham, England d: 16 Apr 1867 Brantford, Ontario, Canada m: Susan Phillips 1804
        
        John Aston Wilkes, Jr b: 15 Feb 1807 Birmingham, England d: 24 Sep 1836 Brantford, Canada m: Harriet Rose Elliot 9 Jul 1832 Brantford, Canada
        
        Henry Charles Wilkes b: 1834 Canada d: 1914 West Virginia m: Sarah Amanda Coleman
        
        John Aston Wilkes b: 15 Feb 1871 Missouri or Canada d: 6 Jul 1935 West Virginia m: Laura Lucinda Talbott
        
        William Arthur Wilkes b: 24 Mar 1819 Birmingham, England d: 26 Mar 1884 Buffalo, New York m: Ellen Birks 30 Oct 1845 Montreal, Canada
        
        Henry J Wilkes b: 7 Mar 1859 Buffalo, New York d: 1934 m: Emma S. Ball 4 Dec 1884
        
        Gordon Ball Wilkes b: 13 May 1889 Buffalo, New York d: 16 Feb 1976 Orleans, Massachusetts m: Eloise Borthwick

William Wilkes b: 1580 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England d: 1653 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England m: Elizabeth Ellow 1603 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England - Peter Wilks - W-34
- William Wilkes b: 1627 Willenhall, Staffordshire, England
  - Joseph Wilkes b: 1658 Willenhall, Staffordshire, England
    - John Wilkes b: 1716 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England m: Anne Parkes 1737 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
      - Jesse Wilkes b: 1753 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England m: Hannah
        
        Jesse Wilks b: 1786 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England m Phoebe Reynolds 1804 Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
        
        John Wilkes b: 1805 Gornal, Staffordshire, England m: Mary Marsh 1830 All Saints, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England
        
        John Wilkes b: 1844 Gornal, Staffordshire, England d: 1912 Featherstone, Yorkshire, England m: Sarah Jane Price 11 Dec 1865 St James, Dudley, Staffordshire, England
        
        Edward Luther Wilks b: 1869 Gornal, Sedgley, Staffordshire, England d: 1934 Featherstone, Yorkshire, England m: Mary (Polly) Cooper 1911 Featherstone, Yorkshire, England
        
        Jack Wilks b: 25 Nov 1925 Featherstone, Yorkshire, England d: 5 Oct 1996 m: Kathleen Westerman 1950 Pontefract, Yorkshire, England

Lineage 6

Levi Wilkeson b: 17 Feb 1840 Canton, Stark, OH d: 23 May 1921 Saint Joseph, IN m: Elizabeth M. Morss - John Scott Wilkeson - W-14
- John Wilkeson b: 6 Mar 1885 Saint Joseph, IN d: 27 May 1964 m: Pearl Thompson
  - Kenneth Wilkeson b: 12 Sep 1927 Saint Joseph, IN d: Oct 1971 Saint Joseph, IN m: Joan Miriam Newman
    - John E. Wilkeson b: 18 Apr 1952 Saint Joseph, IN m: Laurie Lymangrover

Lineage 7

Alexander Wilkey b: 1749 d: 1850 m: Susannah Mourning Stockton - David O. Wilkey - W-24
- David Wilkey b: 1784 m: Catherine Childers
  - William Wilkey b: 1818 m: Mary Susan Lynn
    - John Newton Wilkey b: 1853 d: 1921 m: Mary F. "Kate" Walters
      - David Odom "Snood" Wilkey b: 1886 d: 1947 m: Frances Gwynne Bradford

Lineage 8

John Wilkes m: Harriet Devor - Marjorie Wilkes McNeill - W-29
- Squire Wilkes b: 20 Mar 1776 d: 1856 Morgan County Ohio m: Tamer Lindsey
  - Joseph Bouden Wilkes b: 12 Jun 1817 d: 19 May 1871 Athens, Ohio m: Mariah Roberts 28 Dec 1842 Muskingum County Ohio
    - Charles Elbridge Wilkes b: 10 Nov 1852 Athens County, Ohio d: 10 Apr 1938 New Marshfield, Athens, Ohio m: Ida Susan Alwes 12 Aug 1879 Athens County, Ohio
      - Frederick Arnold Wilkes b: 20 Jan 1885 Parsons, Kansas d: 3 Feb 1945 Plattsburg, New York m: Alice Robina Macfie 19 Feb 1909 South Framingham, Massachusetts
        
        Donald Elbridge Wilkes b: 21 Sep 1909 Springfield, Massachusetts d: 15 Jan 1970 Miami, Florida m: Sophia Van Benschoten 29 Aug 1931 Chazy, New York

Lineage 9

George Washington Wilkes b: 15 Mar 1861 Itawamba, MS d: 08 Jan 1947 Selmer, McNairy, TN m: Emma Ander Perkins - W-30
- John Dewitt Wilkes b: 20 Jan 1901 TN d: 09 Sep 1981 Dallas, TX m: Lorayne Lewter

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