- ELLIOT SURNAME HISTORY
by Willie O' Kane
A very numerous Ulster name, particularly in Antrim, Donegal and parts of Cavan. It is among the top five names in Fermanagh, where it is of Scots origin, being associated with the Angus region. There the River Elliott joins the sea at Abirlot, the mouth of the Elliott. With the Armstrongs and Johnstons, Elliotts were a riding clan harrying the borders until ‘pacified’ under James I with many finding their way to Ulster. There are many variant spellings of the name, using more or less l’s and t’s.
This Surname History is reproduced with the kind permission of Irish Roots Magazine in which it was first published as part of the feature article, Surnames of County Fermanagh, in Issue 2, 1996.
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- "Joseph Wilkinson unmarried, from Ballinacree Meeting, County Antrim, dated 2 Mo. 23, 1737, received 12 Mo. 16, 1737. A "Son to Francis Wilkinson Deced." Has lived within "the Compass of this Meetg from his Childhood."
Source: Source: "Immigration of Irish Quakers Into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750" by Albert Cook Myers
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- Joseph Wilkinson came over to Pennsylvania in 1737 and was married 10 Mo. 31, 1740, to Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Fisher, of Kennett, Chester County. They resided in East Caln, in the latter county, but afterwards resided at other places. He died 9 Mo. 10, 1760, having had the following children: Frances, b. 12 Mo. 15, 1741; Susanna , b. 12 Mo. 29, 1743; Thomas, b. 12 Mo. 5, 1745; Elizabeth , b. 6 Mo. 30, 1748; Joseph, b. 7 Mo. 17, 1750; Mary, b . 3 Mo. 20, 1752; Ruth, b. 7 Mo. 27, 1754; Alice, b. 12 Mo . 10, 1755. The widow, Elizabeth Wilkinson, and her famil y removed within the limits of Warrington Monthly Meeting , York County, not long after the death of her husband, and she was married a second time to Joseph, son of Peter and Sarah (Gilpin) Cook, of Warrington. She died at York early in the nineteenth century and was buried in Friends' graveyard at York. Francis Wilkinson, son of Joseph and Elizabeth, m. 4 Mo. 11, 1770, Hannah Mode, daughter of Alexander and Rebecca, and settled in London Grove Township, Chester County. Children: Rebecca, m. William Hoopes; Elizabeth, m . James Trimble; Joseph; Hannah, m. Joseph Pennock; Francis , m. Phebe Pusey; Susanna, m. Moses Way; Mode; Amy, m. Thom as Hicks; William; Ruth, m. John Edge.--Hist. Chester County, 1763-4.
Source: Source: "Immigration of Irish Quakers Into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750" by Albert Cook Myers
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