General Notes

Marriage Date: February 25, 1594 to Helen Buck
Barton's St. Mary County, Durham
The Wilkinsons of Harperley and Ferry in the Bishopic of Durham.
The Wilkinson surname is Norman in orgin. The first record of the
surname was found in Durham, were the clan was first seated from ancient
times. They were descended from Robert de Wintona, of Glamorgan, one of
the twelve knights who came to Glamorgan with Robert Fitzhamon, a Norman
noble, in1066. Fitzhamon was Sheriff of Kent and founder of Tewkesbury.
Wilkinsons held estates in Durham, Hulan, Coxhoe, Eddercres, Sheriton,
The Ganges, Hurworth Bryan, White Hurwoth, Langdale, Stanley, Holmside,
Tursdale, Whutton, Brafferton, Woodham Burn, Rushyford, Stoballe and in
locations in Northumberland. They also held estates in Scarborough,
York, Pontefract, Kirkbrigg and Winterburn Hall in Yorkshire.
One of the most noteable at this time was Lancelot Wilkinson Born 1530,
Harperley House of Kyo in Durham, married 12 December 1563, Catherine
Leigh, Co. Durham, died November 1592.
Other noteworthy Wilkinsons's of Harperley House:
In 1615, a Coat of Arms was granted to William Wilkinson of Harperley
House, Lanchester, Durham County, England. His son Lawrence a Lt. in
the army of King Charles the First, was captured in the battle of New
Castle On-Tyne, by forces of Oliver Cromwell. His lands were sequestered
by Parliament and sold. Lawrence received special permission from Lord
Fairfax to go the new world.
Samuel Wilkinson the oldest son of Lawrence was the Grandfather of
Stephen Hopkins, the Govenor of Rhode Island, he was the last signer of
the Declaration of Independence.
Mary Conyers, the wife of William, her ancestry goes back to King Edward
the First and to the de Bohuns, signers of the Magna Charta in 1215.
LDS records shows the Wilkinson line back to Lord Robert of Innsbrook in
Bavaria of the Holy Roman Empire in 946 A.D. (last names were not used
until after year 1000A.D.)
Harperley House at Kyo in Durham is now used as a police training center.