Not the same as Jacob (of Mathias) Wilkin (son of Matthias) who m. Mary Swisher.

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Jacob Wilkin aka Wilkins

Son of George Wilkin and Lydia (Wise) Wilkin

Brother of Henry Wilkin [half] and Catherine Wilkin

Husband of Mary Catherine (Fravel) Wilkin — married about 1817 in Virginia, USA map icon

Father of Reuben Fravel Wilkin, Mary Jane Elizabeth (Wilkin) Francis, Julia Ann (Wilkin) Shuler, Otilla Wilkin, Lucy (Wilkin) Davidson, Amanda (Wilkin) Fisher and Rebecca Catherine (Wilkin) Dildine

Profile manager: Meghan Dewhurst- Conroy
Last modified 18 Oct 2024 • Created 13 Feb 2013

Biography

Jacob Wilkin was born in June 1790 in Lost River, Virginia (now West Virginia). He was the son of George Wilkin and Lydia Wise.

He married Mary C. Fravel about 1817 in Virginia (source needed).

1840 census -- Licking Twnp., Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA

Name: Jacob Wilkins
Home in 1840: Licking, Muskingum, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1 (?)
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1 (Reuben)
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 (Jacob)
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1 (Amanda)
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 3 (Lucy, Julia, ?)
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1 (Elizabeth?)
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 (Mary C.)
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 9[1]
1850 census -- Norwich Twnp., Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Jacob Wilkins, age 58, male, , farmer, $1400 real estate, born Virginia; Mary C Wilkins, age 62, female, , born Virginia; Amanda Wilkins, age 22, female, , born Virginia; Rebecca C Wilkins, age 20, female, , born Virginia[2]
1860 census -- Norwich Twnp., Franklin Co., Ohio, USA

Elias Fisher, age 40, male, , farmer, $100 real estate, $708 personal property, born Ohio, cannot read/write; Amanda Fisher, age 32, female, , born Virginia; Jacob Wilkins, age 67, male, , $3045 real estate, born Virginia; Eliza L Wilkins, age 8, female, , born Ohio[3]
He died in August 1865 in Hilliard, Ohio. He is buried in Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Hilliard, Ohio.[4]

"History of the Descendants of John Hottel" by Dr. Huddle

“The Jacob Wilkin family came from Lost River, WV to Muskingum Co., Ohio, in 1837 and later settling near Nashport . Afterwards they moved to Hayden Run near Hilliard, Frank lin Co., Ohio. He was a blacksmith by trade and she a skilled tailoress. They died at the latter place. Their children were all born at Lost River, W. Va."

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References

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRJ-SVV : 8 December 2020), Jacob Wilkins, Licking Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States; citing p. 272, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXSB-JB4 : 21 December 2020), Jacob Wilkins, Norwich Township, Franklin, Ohio, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCP4-KTY : 18 February 2021), Jacob Wilkins in entry for Elias Fisher, 1860. (Not this Jacob Wilkin)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64921652/jacob-wilkin: accessed October 18, 2024), memorial page for Jacob Wilkin (2 Jun 1790–Aug 1865), Find A Grave: Memorial #64921652, citing Wesley Chapel Cemetery, Hilliard, Franklin County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Jim Caveman (contributor 51252213).
• https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/G2ND-ZYC
• Alexander Davidson biography (pg 115) in “A Centennial biographical history of the city of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio ...“ https://hdl.handle.net/2027/loc.ark:/13960/t06w9nd3q Lucy Wilkin married Alexander Davidson. She was the daughter of Jacob Wilkin (son of George) & Mary Catherine Fravel. (Page 116) https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t06w9nd3q&seq... (lists children of Jacob & Mary Catherine as Reuben, Elizabeth, Julia Ann, Lucy, Amanda, and Catherine.)
• https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/G2ND-ZYC