BIOGRAPHY: Francis Wilkinson seems to have resided near Ballinacree, or Ballymoney, Country Antrim, and besides his son Joseph, probably had other children: Evan, Ann, and Samuel, all of whom came to Pennsylvania about the same time as Joseph. BIOGRAPHY: At Ulster Province Meeting, 5 Mo. 2, 1698, Francis Wilkinson was appointed to inquire into the "clearness" of John Hunter, of Ballymoney, who desired to marry Jane Sterling of Coleraine, County Antrim."