Matthew WilkesAge: 90 years1764–1854
- Name
- Matthew Wilkes
- Given names
- Matthew
- Surname
- Wilkes
| Birth | July 1, 1764 35 33 |
| Birth of a brother | Joshua Wilkes November 19, 1770 (Age 6 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Wilkes January 10, 1777 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a brother | Joshua Wilkes August 10, 1777 (Age 13 years) |
| Death of a brother | Francis Wilkes August 20, 1777 (Age 13 years) |
| Marriage | Tirzah Peck — View this family October 8, 1783 (Age 19 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Betsey Wilkes July 17, 1784 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Betsey Wilkes 1785 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mary Wilkes February 12, 1786 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mary Wilkes March 9, 1787 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Rachel Wilkes August 23, 1788 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Rachel Wilkes 1789 (Age 24 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | James Wilkes July 9, 1791 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a son | James Wilkes 1792 (Age 27 years) |
| Death of a mother | Mary Barnum August 12, 1802 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Ezra P. Wilkes May 29, 1805 (Age 40 years) |
| Death of a father | Matthew Wilkes January 26, 1813 (Age 48 years) |
| Death of a wife | Tirzah Peck January 29, 1813 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ezra P. Wilkes — Luna Leonard — View this family April 8, 1829 (Age 64 years) |
| Marriage | Hannah Keeler — View this family 1833 (Age 68 years) |
| Death of a wife | Hannah Keeler 1836 (Age 71 years) |
| Title | yes Note: Jr.
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| Death | July 21, 1854 (Age 90 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Matthew Wilkes Birth: March 4, 1729 26 40 — Fairfield, CT Death: January 26, 1813 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
| mother |
Mary Barnum Birth: March 3, 1731 32 35 — Fairfield, CT Death: August 12, 1802 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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Marriage: January 2, 1753 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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15 months elder sister |
Elizabeth Wilkes Birth: March 24, 1754 25 23 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: 1755 — CT |
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2 years elder sister |
Ruth Wilkes Birth: May 2, 1756 27 25 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: 1757 — CT |
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2 years elder brother |
James Wilkes Birth: July 16, 1758 29 27 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: January 10, 1777 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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19 months elder brother |
Francis Wilkes Birth: February 17, 1760 30 28 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: August 20, 1777 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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4 years himself |
Matthew Wilkes Birth: July 1, 1764 35 33 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: July 21, 1854 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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6 years younger brother |
Joshua Wilkes Birth: November 19, 1770 41 39 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: August 10, 1777 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
| Family with Tirzah Peck |
| himself |
Matthew Wilkes Birth: July 1, 1764 35 33 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: July 21, 1854 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
| wife |
Tirzah Peck Birth: September 16, 1765 19 20 — Fairfield, CT Death: January 29, 1813 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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Marriage: October 8, 1783 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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9 months daughter |
Betsey Wilkes Birth: July 17, 1784 20 18 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: 1785 — CT |
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19 months daughter |
Mary Wilkes Birth: February 12, 1786 21 20 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: March 9, 1787 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
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3 years daughter |
Rachel Wilkes Birth: August 23, 1788 24 22 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: 1789 — CT |
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3 years son |
James Wilkes Birth: July 9, 1791 27 25 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: 1792 — CT |
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14 years son |
Ezra P. Wilkes Birth: May 29, 1805 40 39 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: October 1, 1878 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
| Family with Hannah Keeler |
| himself |
Matthew Wilkes Birth: July 1, 1764 35 33 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT Death: July 21, 1854 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
| wife |
Hannah Keeler Birth: 1762 Death: 1836 |
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Marriage: 1833 — Danbury, Fairfield, CT |
- Generation 1
Matthew Wilkes, son of Matthew Wilkes and Mary Barnum, was born on July 1, 1764 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT and died on July 21, 1854 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT at the age of 90. He married 2 times. The first time he married Tirzah Peck, daughter of Ezra Peck and Rachel Stevens, on October 8, 1783 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT. She was born on September 16, 1765 in Fairfield, CT and died on January 29, 1813 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT at the age of 47. The second time he married Hannah Keeler in 1833 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT. She was born in 1762 and died in 1836 at the age of 74.
Children of Matthew Wilkes and Tirzah Peck:
- Betsey Wilkes (1784–1785)
- Mary Wilkes (1786–1787)
- Rachel Wilkes (1788–1789)
- James Wilkes (1791–1792)
- Ezra P. Wilkes (1805–1878)
- Generation 2back to top
Ezra P. Wilkes, son of Matthew Wilkes and Tirzah Peck, was born on May 29, 1805 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT and died on October 1, 1878 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT at the age of 73. He married Luna Leonard, daughter of Silas Leonard and Hannah Hawley, on April 8, 1829 in Kent, Litchfield, CT. She was born on April 29, 1811 in Kent, Litchfield, CT and died in 1849 in CT at the age of 37.
Children of Ezra P. Wilkes and Luna Leonard:
- Mary Jane Wilkes (1831–1832)
- Betsey E. Wilkes (1834–1835)
- John L. Wilkes (1837–1838)
- Hannah A. Wilkes (1839–1922)
- George W. Wilkes (1846–1847)
- Generation 3back to top
Hannah A. Wilkes, daughter of Ezra P. Wilkes and Luna Leonard, was born on October 5, 1839 in Danbury, Fairfield, CT and died on March 17, 1922 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT at the age of 82. She married Charles Joyce Porter, son of Lyman Porter and Mary Polly Joyce, on November 27, 1858 in Kent, Litchfield, CT. He was born on August 21, 1835 in New Milford, Litchfield, CT and died on October 26, 1908 in Stratford, Fairfield, CT at the age of 73.
Children of Hannah A. Wilkes and Charles Joyce Porter:
- Franklin Wilkes Porter (1860–1877)
- Theodore S. Porter (1861–1882)
- George Augustus Porter (1864–1895)
- Louis J. Porter (1868–1885)
- John L. Porter (1876–1893)
| TITL | Jr. |
| Shared note | !See death record for Ezra P. Wlikes; IGI, 12/9/91; !Birth:Barbour Collection, Danbury Vital Records, Vol. 1, page 396; !Marriage:Barbour Collection, Danbury Vital Records, Vol. 1, Page 427; !Death: Note from Sally Littlefield, Nov. 15,1992; Info from Sally Littlefield, (Nov 21,1992), compiled by Arthur C. Wlikes, 1908; !Death:LDS Film # 0003395, Death Records, Danbury Times, age 90 years; |