The marriage record of his daughter Marguerite says he was from "Vallecraindre" in the bailliage of "Terburten" or similar. We stronly suspect this is a reference to Walkringen, then in the district of Thorberg or Torberg, in the Canton of Bern.
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Jacob WIDMER _______| | (.... - 1708) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Marguerite WIDMER | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__| | |__
__ | __| | | | |__ | _Johann Heinrich WIELAND _| | (.... - 1796) | | | __ | | | | |__| | | | |__ | | |--Anna WIELAND | | __ | | | __| | | | | | |__ | | |_Dorothea BUXTORF ________| (1729 - 1796) | | __ | | |__| | |__
Descendant of Daniel Boone's sister!
Descendant of Daniel Boone's sister!
_John WILLCOCKSON ___ | _Samuel WILLCOCKSON _| | (1755 - 1825) | | |_Sarah BOONE ________ | _Elijah WILLCOCKSON _| | (1789 - 1860) m 1811| | | _____________________ | | | | |_Anna JORDAN ________| | (1756 - 1840) | | |_____________________ | | |--Nancy M. WILCOXEN | (1811 - 1883) | _____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | |_____________________ | | |_Charlotte CALLAWAY _| (1792 - 1875) m 1811| | _____________________ | | |_____________________| | |_____________________
[4362] BP acc to 1880 census, Van Buren Co., Des Moines TP
_____________________ | _______________________| | | | |_____________________ | _John Clemonts WILDER _| | (1903 - ....) m 1926 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_______________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Johanna WILDER | | _____________________ | | | _Arthur William BROWN _| | | (1867 - 1957) m 1890 | | | |_____________________ | | |_Mabel Clair BROWN ____| (1903 - ....) m 1926 | | _William MCGAUGH ____ | | (.... - 1916) m 1865 |_Martha MCGAUGH _______| (1872 - 1960) m 1890 | |_Clarinda MCCOY _____+ (1830 - 1922) m 1865
C. C. Whittier's Urann Family of New England transcribes the name as "Mary Milford", an error that immediately identifies all family records that have borrowed from his work.
[23] She remarried to William Whitaker 28jan1702/03 and had at least 5 more children.
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Jacob William WILKERSON _| | (1848 - 1905) m 1878 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Anna Zeruah WILKERSON | (1883 - 1973) | _Alexander MCCOY ____ | | (1770 - 1841) m 1796 | _Alexander MCCOY ____| | | (1815 - 1897) m 1847| | | |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __+ | | (.... - 1815) m 1796 |_Sarah Jane MCCOY ________| (1850 - 1911) m 1878 | | _____________________ | | |_Nancy B. RIGGS _____| (1810 - 1858) m 1847| |_____________________
_____________________ | _____________________| | | | |_____________________ | _Jacob William WILKERSON _| | (1848 - 1905) m 1878 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | |_____________________ | | |--Audrey Orville WILKERSON | (1893 - 1932) | _Alexander MCCOY ____ | | (1770 - 1841) m 1796 | _Alexander MCCOY ____| | | (1815 - 1897) m 1847| | | |_Hannah MCCULLOUGH __+ | | (.... - 1815) m 1796 |_Sarah Jane MCCOY ________| (1850 - 1911) m 1878 | | _____________________ | | |_Nancy B. RIGGS _____| (1810 - 1858) m 1847| |_____________________