Robert Wickett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Bef 1737 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: Nathan Wickett (Est 1710-Bef 1737)
Mother:
Notes
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Dec. 1737
a petition of Benjamin, Esther, Robin, Moses, Jabez, Zaccheus Wickett and heirs of James, Mary, Nathan and Jeremiah Wicket (other children of Simon Wicket), heirs of Simon Wickett that they may sell Oyster Island to pay debts on the estate; a hearing is appointed
Robert Wicket is a son of Nathan and a grandson of Simon Wicket; Robert is awarded part of the purchase money for Oyster Island 1
Robin Wickett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Bef 1737
Baptism:
Death:
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Parents
Father: Simon Wickett (Est 1660-Cir 1737)
Mother:
Notes
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Dec. 1737
a petition of Benjamin, Esther, Robin, Moses, Jabez, Zaccheus Wickett and heirs of James, Mary, Nathan and Jeremiah Wicket (other children of Simon Wicket), heirs of Simon Wickett that they may sell Oyster Island to pay debts on the estate; a hearing is appointed
[Robin may be either gender] 2
Sarah Wickett
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Bef 1737 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: James Wickett ( -Bef 1737)
Mother:
Notes
General:
Dec. 1737
a petition of Benjamin, Esther, Robin, Moses, Jabez, Zaccheus Wickett and heirs of James, Mary, Nathan and Jeremiah Wicket (other children of Simon Wicket), heirs of Simon Wickett that they may sell Oyster Island to pay debts on the estate; a hearing is appointed
Sarah Wicket is a child of James, a son of Simon Wicket; Sarah is awarded part of the purchase money for Oyster Island
Nov.30, 1752
Sarah Wicket is a Mashpee Indian; an item for Sarah is on an expense account of the guardians 3
Simon Wickett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1660 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: Cir 1737 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Popmumock 1727
an item for the expense of a trial with the Popmumock Indians is on an account rendered by Daniel Parker for defending Wicket's heirs' rights to Oyster Island
Dec. 1737
a petition of Benjamin, Esther, Robin, Moses, Jabez, Zaccheus Wickett and heirs of James, Mary, Nathan and Jeremiah Wicket (other children of Simon Wicket), heirs of Simon Wickett that they may sell Oyster Island to pay debts on the estate; a hearing is appointed
a lawsuit with the Poponnett is given as one of the reasons the Indians desire to sell Oyster Island 4
Zaccheus Wickett
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1710 - Plymouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Simon Wickett (Est 1660-Cir 1737)
Mother:
Notes
General:
Dec. 1737
a petition of Benjamin, Esther, Robin, Moses, Jabez, Zaccheus Wickett and heirs of James, Mary, Nathan and Jeremiah Wicket (other children of Simon Wicket), heirs of Simon Wickett that they may sell Oyster Island to pay debts on the estate; a hearing is appointed
Zacheus Wicket, a son of Simon Wicket, is awarded part of the purchase money for Oyster Island 5
Clara Jane Wickham
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 13 Oct 1881
Baptism:
Death: 8 Aug 1941 - Wellfleet, Massachusetts 6
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Clark (Est 1879 - )
Marriage:
Status:
Notes
Medical:
age 59-9-26
Clara Jane Wickham Clark
Darkis Wickonut
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1722 - Harwich, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
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Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Croshoman (Est 1720 - )
Marriage: 13 Feb 1745 - Harwich, Massachusetts 7
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Dr Francis Wicks
Sex: M
AKA: Francis Weeks
Individual Information
Birth: 1755 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 25 Aug 1836 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Mill Road Burying Ground, Falmouth
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth (1767 - 12 Oct 1829) 8
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Susan B Wicks (Cir 1784-1845) 8
Notes
General:
" Francis Wicks, whose forebears were early settlers at Nobska (Wood's Hole), was born in 1755, a kinsman, William Weeks (sic), having been selectman of the Town of Falmouth in 1733-34.2 During the Revolutionary War, Francis served as surgeon's mate to David Jones, of Abington, with the 38th Massachusetts Regiment, stationed at Chelsea from July through December, 1775.3 When the British Army evacuated Boston in March, 1776, small-pox appeared; to prevent its spreading to the people and the troops stationed there, inoculation was widely practiced. Hospitals for the purpose were established at Boston, Cambridge and Brookline, and over 2000 persons were inoculated in a single year.
The war caused the seaport of Falmouth to be in a state of constant anxiety, and Francis Wicks returned to medical practice there amid these many alarms. An inoculation hospital had been set up at Great Hill (Falmouth Heights), on the outskirts of the town, in 1777; in the following year smallpox
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raged in nearby Sandwich and Yarmouth, the Indians being recorded as the principal sufferers.4 The extent or results of the variolation performed at this hospital are not known, but a generation later, in the face of an epidemic of smallpox, the town still voiced caution concerning its public use.5
During the Revolution, not only the British but also Tories operating from Martha's Vineyard, the Elizabeth Islands and Nantucket were a menace to shipping and to the town of Falmouth. In 1778, after pillaging New Bedford and Fairhaven, the British planned to do the same thing in Falmouth, but found the local militia prepared to resist them. The marauders burned one vessel and carried away four others, but avoided combat and moved on to plunder Martha's Vineyard. In the spring of 1779 the Royal Navy, again forsaking an organized assault on Falmouth because of military resistance, bombarded the town and its breastworks. To the ravages of war were added the toll of sickness; Wicks and Donaldson were busy with professional and military concerns throughout the conflict.
After the War smallpox continued to be endemic on Cape Cod. In 1843 the Falmouth historian, Charles W. Jenkins,6 wrote:
The subject of vaccination for the small-pox had been discussed with considerable warmth and the town had declared by vote that ''inoculation should not be set up in this town." But in 1797 a more liberal spirit prevailed and Dr. Francis Weeks was allowed to establish a hospital for this purpose under the regulations of a committee consisting of Gen. Dimmick, Col. Bassett and Thomas Jones. This hospital was located at Nobsque and the building used for this purpose was the one now occupied as a dwelling house by Mr. John Weeks on the Shore Road.
Resolutions recorded by the town clerk note the initial controversy over variolation: "to set up inoculation March 13, .. . not to set up inoculation April 3, ... to carry on inoculation August 10, 1797." Nobska, a point of land on Vineyard Sound about 2 miles from the center of Falmouth, was considered to be a safe distance away for an isolation hospital.7 Writing in 1959, Robert Elphick8 cited Francis Wicks as "famed for his battle against smallpox epidemics in the Falmouth area."
A prominent citizen, Wicks, about 1790, had built a mansion near the Village Green that, since 1934, has housed the Falmouth Historical Society (Fig. 1). Open to the. public, it has one of the few widow's walks in Falmouth and an old-fashioned garden. A member of the First Congregational Church of Falmouth. he served from 1795 to 1796 on the committee that supervised the construction of the present edifice with its church bell, cast by Paul Revere, which still rings from the belfry.9 In 1798 the doctor was one of twelve charter members of the Marine Masonic Lodge of Falmouth, serving as its first Worshipful Master and being re-elected to that office in 1803 and 1808.
Records of the town clerk refer to public service by Wicks: he was one of a committee appointed to provide a "poor house," served as a petty juryman in 1791 and in 1798 assisted financially the building of a new schoolhouse. In 1806 he was elected to the state legislature for a four-year term, and in the following year was named a justice of the peace for Barnstable County.
The War of 1812 again brought alarms to Falmouth: defied by the local militia, guns of H.M.S. Nimrod blazed away at the town, damaging houses and saltworks along the harbor. After the war Falmouth, along with the rest of Cape Cod, settled down for an era of peace and prosperity. The town contributed its full quota of seamen and sea captains during this golden age of the Cape's maritime history.
Francis Wicks' wife, Elizabeth (1767-1829). bore him a daughter, Susan B. Wicks, who married Captain John Crocker, of Falmouth, in 1806. Wicks died on August 25, 1836, at the age of eighty-one, and was interred beside his wife in the Burying Ground on Mill Road, where their gravestones can be seen today.10
References
1. Thacher, J. American Medical Biography: Or memoirs of eminent physicians who have flourished in America. 2 vol. Vol. 1. Boston: Richardson & Lord, 1828. Pp. 21-24 and 28-30.
2. Freeman. F. The History of Cape Cod: Annals of the thirteen towns of Barnstable County. 2 vol. Boston: W. H. Piper & Co., 1869. Vol. 1. P. 786. Vol. 2. Pp. 464, 467 and 488.
3. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. 16 vol. Boston: Wright & Potter Co. (State Printers), 1898-1907 Vol. 4. P. 864. Vol. 16. P. 791.
4. Swift, C. F. Cape Cod, the Right Arm of Massachusetts: An historical narrative. 391 pp. Yarmouth: Register Publishing Co., 1897. P. 212.
5. The Celebration of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Town of Falmouth, Massachusetts, June 15, 1886. L. F. Clarke: 168 pp. Falmouth: 1887. P. 141.
6. Jenkins, C W. Three Lectures on the Early History of the Town of Falmouth Covering the time from its Settlement to 1812. 124 pp. New Haven, Connecticut: E. H. Jenkins, 1889. P. 94.
7. Geoffrey. T. (Wayman. D. G.). Suckanesset, a History of Falmouth, Massachusetts. 168 pp. Falmouth: The Falmouth Publishing Co., 1930. Pp. 55, 56, 67, 69 and 70.
8. Elphick, R. Falmouth Past and Present. 100 pp. Falmouth: Kendall Printing Co., 1959. P. 14.
9. Digges, J. Cape Cod Pilot. 485 pp. Provincetown and New Modern Pilgrim Press and the Viking Press, 1937. P. 386
10. Falmouth Historical Society, list of inscriptions in Old Burying Ground on Mill Road. Falmouth Enterprise (November 14) 1903 and (February 13), 1904." 9
Susan B Wicks
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1784 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death: 9 Dec 1845 - Falmouth, Massachusetts
Burial: in Old Burying Ground, Falmouth, Massachusetts
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Dr Francis Wicks (1755-1836) 8
Mother: Elizabeth (1767-1829) 8
Spouses and Children
1. *Captain John Crocker (Cir 1772 - 6 Apr 1847) 8
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Julia S Crocker (1821-1839) 8
2. Catherine A Crocker (1823-1841) 8
3. Charlotte Crocker (1824-1824) 8
Robert Wickson
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 20 Aug 1788 - Provincetown, Massachusetts 10
Baptism:
Death:
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Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Robert Wixon (1755- )
Mother: Deliverance (Est 1765- )
Zerviah Wickwire
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1738 - (Connecticut)
Baptism:
Death: After 1781 - Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Prince Knowles (30 Oct 1736 - Bef 1 Aug 1781)
Marriage: 2 Feb 1762 - Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia
Status:
2. Joshua Harding (22 Mar 1732 - 15 Mar 1761)
Marriage: 21 Sep 1756 - Chatham, Massachusetts 11
Status:
Notes
General:
of Chatham, 1756
Cornelius Wiersma
Sex: M
AKA: Casey Wiersma
Individual Information
Birth: 28 Jul 1908
Baptism:
Death: 4 Apr 1989 - Eastham, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 021-30-6490 in Massachusetts
Spouses and Children
1. *Winifred Zilinski (1922 - 14 Dec 2007)
Marriage:
Status:
Julia Maria Wiggin
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Cir 1828 - East Boston, Massachusetts
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Noah Wiggin (1802-1864)
Mother: Ruth Lincoln Jenkins (Cir 1807-1889)
Spouses and Children
1. *Rev Thomas Starr King (17 Dec 1824 - 4 Mar 1864)
Marriage: 17 Dec 1848
Status:
Noah Wiggin
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 10 Jan 1802 - Brookfield, New Hampshire
Baptism:
Death: 27 Nov 1864 - Boston, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Spouses and Children
1. *Ruth Lincoln Jenkins (Cir 1807 - 1889)
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Julia Maria Wiggin (Cir 1828- )
Notes
General:
Father: Daniel Wiggin b: 10 APR 1780
Mother: Dorcas Winkley b: c 1778 in Portsmouth, NH
Benjamin Wiggins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: 1702 - Jamaica, Queens, New York
Baptism:
Death: 17 Sep 1776 - Jamaica, Queens, New York
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 13, 17 Sep 1778 in Jamaica, Queens, New York
Parents
Father: Benjamin Wiggins (Abt 1665-1735) 14
Mother: Elizabeth Carpenter (Abt 1674- ) 14
Notes
General:
"Benjamin Wiggins was born 1702 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY, attended Grace Episcopal Church (first 4 children baptised there), he died 9-17-1776 and is buried at Grace's cemetery. He married Rachel in 1722, most likely in Hempstead, her surname unknown. It is said Benjamin Wiggins received a land grant consisting of 850 aces of land from the Indians on the Hudson River in New York State. Ref: OCGS Library at Goshen."
"From a Wiggins history which is not all correct, (in that it combines the family in New Hampshire with the New York one) by Verna Haywood Coe Rissell of Maplewood, NJ. says that Benjamin obtained a land grant from the Indians of 850 acres at a place called "Little Britian" 3 miles SE of Newburgh, NY on the Hudson River where he moved in 1765. The Indian Chief who made the grant signed it with his blood instead of ink and the signatures still appeared red in 1893 when examined by Professor E. Stone Wiggins, who also advised that Benjamin's will was preserved in the courthouse at Kingston. He willed his property to his 3 sons, Jacob, John and Stephen. Jacob was given the part on which his "fulling mills" were situated. Jacob and John were weavers and manufactures of fine "coverlids" for beds, etc. Benjamin also speaks of his well beloved son Stephen. Alexander Colden Wiggins, a descendant of Jacob used to speak of sitting at the feet of Jacob and John, making spools for them while they wove." 12 13
Benjamin Wiggins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Abt 1665 - Jamaica, Queens, New York
Baptism:
Death: 9 Dec 1735 - Jamaica, Queens, New York
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Alt Death 13, bef 16 Jun 1735 in Jamaica, Queens, New York
Parents
Father: Thomas Wiggins ( -1691)
Mother: Joanna (Est 1630- )
Spouses and Children
1. *Elizabeth Carpenter (Abt 1674 - ) 14
Marriage:
Status:
Children:
1. Elizabeth Wiggins (Est 1700-Bef 1735)
2. Benjamin Wiggins (1702-1776) 12
3. Richard Wiggins (Cir 1706-1750) 14
4. John Wiggins (1710-1789)
5. Thomas Wiggins (Abt 1700-Abt 1767)
Bennajah Wiggins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Hempstead, Queens, New York
Baptism:
Death: Oct 1782 - Hempstead, Queens, New York
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Wiggins (Cir 1706-1750) 14
Mother: Elizabeth Alburtis (1709-1783) 14
Notes
General:
"Bennajah Wiggins will 1782, of N.Y. on file in the Surrogates Office,
City of New York, from 1780-1782.
In the name of God, Amen. The twenty-fourth day of June, 1782, I, BENNAJAH WIGGINS, of Hempstead, Queens County, being very sick and weak in body. A my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid. Unto my honoured mother, Elizabeth Skidmore, o20, to be levied out of my estate. Unto my well-beloved brother, Thomas Wiggins, my horse, saddle and bridle, and o20. Unto my beloved sisters, Martha Everitt and Kezia Betts, o10 each. Unto my beloved cousins, John Everitt, o20; Thomas Everitt, o10; Jane Everitt, o6; Richard Wiggins, the son of my brother Thomas, o10; John Wiggins, also son of said Thomas, a like sum. Unto my beloved cousin, Oliver Green, son of Richard Green, my young mare colt. The remainder of my estate, not herein before given, to be divided among the children of my brother, Daniel Wiggins, and the children of Keziah Betts, in equal shares. I make my brother, Thomas Wiggins, my cousins John and James Everitt, executors.
(Signed) BENAJAH WIGGINS.
Witnesses, Richard Everitt, John Cornell, of Hempstead, yeoman, James Everitt. Proved, October 25, 1782." 12
Daniel Wiggins
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth: Hempstead, Queens, New York
Baptism:
Death:
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Richard Wiggins (Cir 1706-1750) 14
Mother: Elizabeth Alburtis (1709-1783) 14
Dorothy Wiggins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: 2 Oct 1929
Baptism:
Death: 1 May 2004 - East Orleans, Massachusetts
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Soc Sec Num, 227-38-3514 in Virginia
Spouses and Children
1. *Charles M Campbell (8 Aug 1926 - 19 Sep 2005)
Marriage:
Status:
Elizabeth Wiggins
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth: Est 1700 - New York
Baptism:
Death: Bef 1735 - New York
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Benjamin Wiggins (Abt 1665-1735) 14
Mother: Elizabeth Carpenter (Abt 1674- ) 14
Notes
General:
Marriage 1 Increase Carpenter b: 1687, d. 1754 Jamaica NY
Married: OCT 1717 in First presbyterian Church, Newtown, Queens Co., NY
Children
John Carpenter b: ABT 1718
Jacob Carpenter b: ABT 1720
William Carpenter b: ABT 1722
David Carpenter b: ABT 1724
Luke Carpenter b: ABT 1726
Increase Carpenter b: ABT 1728
Elizabeth Carpenter b: ABT 1732 in Jamaica 12 13