Jemima Wilkinson b. 29 Nov 1752 Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 1 Jul 1819 Jerusalem, Yates, New York, United States: Our Family History

1752 - 1819 (66 years)

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Name	Jemima Wilkinson
Birth	29 Nov 1752	Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Gender	Female
Death	1 Jul 1819	Jerusalem, Yates, New York, United States
Initiatory (LDS)	17 May 1933	SLAKE
FamilySearch ID	L4DN-89Q
Person ID	I30874	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	Jeremiah Wilkinson, b. 4 Jun 1707, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 23 Mar 1792, Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age 84 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Amy Whipple, b. 24 Oct 1718, Smithfield, Providence, Rhode Island, United States d. 1764 (Age 45 years)
Marriage	9 Jun 1738	Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Family ID	F9135	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

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	Birth - 29 Nov 1752 - Cumberland, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
	Death - 1 Jul 1819 - Jerusalem, Yates, New York, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 17 May 1933 - SLAKE

Notes

SOURCE: Israel Wilkinson, _Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America_ ( J acksonville, Ill.: Davis & Penniman, 1869), p. 92-93, 132, 136. Eight h ch ild "to whom this family is [exclusively] indebted for the celebrit y of i ts name." First gives birth date of 1751 (p. 92), then as 29 Nov 1 752 (p . 93).

SOURCE: R.I. Genealogical Register, Volume 8 No. 4, They Left R.I. Par t 2 4. Rhode Islanders Who Settled Yates County, N.Y., p. 338. Gives birt h 17 59 in Cumberland, R.I.

BIOGRAPHY: "She was a ... religious enthusiast. ... Having listened to t h e distinguished George Whitfield, when he preached in Attleboro, Mass. , s he was seriously impressed, and deeply convicted of sin; and while th us l aboring under great concern of mind, she was seized with a malignan t feve r which was raging throughout Providence Co., and after a long con finemen t she arose from her bed, suddenly recovered, declaring she ha d a missio n to perform. She immediately commenced preaching publicly, an d from hous e to house, claiming as some say, supernatural power, being a ble to disce rn what was transpiring in distant places, &c., which woul d now be attrib uted to claravoyance [sic], and would in no wise subjec t a person to a ch arge of blasphemy. She continued her mission forty hea rs ..." --I. Wilkin son, p. 136.