UCL

Israel Wilkes

Profile & Legacies Summary

12th Aug 1722 - 25th Nov 1805

Biography

Son of malt distiller Israel Wilkes (1698-1761) of Clerkenwell, brother of John Wilkes (1725-1797), married to Elizabeth nee De Ponthieu, and partner with Josias, Henry and John De Ponthieu. Widower of New York when administration was granted to John De Ponthieu, attorney for his only children John De Ponthieu Wilkes, Charles Wilkes, and Frances, wife of Lewis Simond in New York, September 1809.


Sources

Peter D. G. Thomas, ‘Wilkes, John (1725–1797)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2008 [http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.libraries.london.ac.uk/view/article/29410, accessed 13 Sept 2016]; London Gazette11416 21 December 1773 p. 2; Ancestry.com, English Estates of American Settlers [database online].

Further Information

Absentee?
Transatlantic
Spouse
Elizabeth De Ponthieu
Children
Charles, John De Ponthieu, Frances

Associated Estates (1)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1780 [EA] - → Owner
Lot 53, St Andrew [ Grenada | St Andrew ]

Relationships (1)

Israel Wilkes
Brother-in-laws
John De Ponthieu
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