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Lieutenant Isaac Wilkins (1733-?)
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Isaac isn’t blood kin, as far as I’ve discovered to date
(6/6/02), but our Munroes and Russells are tightly intertwined with
the Wilkinses, both in Carlisle and in
Hillsborough. Isaac,
in particular, shows up in several contexts:
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Lieut. Isaac Wilkins, brother to putative Minute Man drummer
Timothy Wilkins, Jr., married our
first cousin (1C7R) Margaret Munroe, daughter of Uncle
Joseph Munroe,
Jr., granddaughter of 7GGF
Corporal Joe,
and older sister of 1C7R
Doctor
Joseph.
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“One story relates that Lieut. Isaac Wilkins
had an apprentice named Calvin Stevens and a slave named Tony who
were both in the engagements at
Concord and
Lexington. Tony was killed, but Calvin Stevens survived, and later
married Lt. Wilkins’ niece,
Esther.”1
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At the founding of the Second District of
Carlisle in 1780, Isaac, then 47 years old, is listed
among the founding group of six Surveyors of Highways.
1Ruth Chamberlin Wilkins, Carlisle, Its History and Heritage
The Carlisle Historical Society, Inc. (Carlisle:1976), pp. 68-9.