Patty Wilkes

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• Occupation: Owned Wagon Factory
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Patty married Mr Hungerford of Birmingham, England. Mr was born , of Birmingham, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: East India Co; Clockmaker
• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

Notes:

John went by the name John "Smith" or John Henry "Smith" and went to
India for the East India Company under that name.
It is thought that he returned to England after his fathers death and
settled in Birmingham, England, at which time he resumed using the name
John Wilkes.
John Wilke Jr. was an heir listed in his fathers Will.
John Wilkes Jr. married Ann Aston and had a son named John Aston Wilkes.

Other sources state that John Aston Wilkes was a son of a John Wilkes, who
was a Clockmaker of Birmingham, England. A man of sterling Character, who
lived to be 80 years of age.
Of course these two Johns could be one in the same because John Wilkes Jr.
had another son, Samuel Wilkes, by his 2nd. wife, Sarah Robotham who was
also a Clockmaker in Birmingham in 1845.

John married Ann Ashton of Birmingham, England. Ann was born , of Birmingham, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Occupation: Noted Politician
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He was elected Member of Parliment (M.P.) for Aylesbury, England in
1757.
In 1762 he established "The North Briton", a newpaper in which he severely
attacked King George III and the Prime Minister Butte.
In 1763 he was arrested for his attacks on the King in his newspaper,
but the charges were dismissed. However the dismissal was later overturned
and John Wilkes fled to Paris before he could be arrested.
He returned to England in 1768 and was subsequently arrested and jailed.
This resulted in a riot in St. George's Fields on 10 May, 1768 in which
seven protesters were killed, this led to disturbances throughout London.
John Wilkes was sentenced to 22 months in prison, fined, and expelled from the
House of Commons. He was released from prison in April 1770.
He then campaigned for freedom of the press.
In 1774 he was elected Lord Mayor of London and M.P. of Middlesex.
During this term in the House of Commons he campaigned for Parliamentary
Reform, and condemned the British Government's policy during the Amerian War
of Independence.
He resigned from politics in 1790.

He was described at having been an arrogant scoundrel and an extremely ugly
man, but in spite of this, he is given credit for achieving freedom of the
press and freedom of individuals from arbitrary arrest.
He is the namesake of the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and of Wilkes
University located there.
Wilkes University erected a statue of John Wilkes in August 1995.

John married Catherine Smith Not Married (John's Misstress)London, England. Catherine was born , of London, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009

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• Occupation: Distiller
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Israel married Mrs Israel Wilkes of London, England. Mrs was born , of London, England. [Group Sheet]

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• Record Change: 12 Apr 2009