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John Houston Wiltbank
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John Houston Wiltbank
- Born: 09 Jun 1823, Sussex Co., DE 3 4 5 6 7
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth A. Morris on 13 May 1856 in DE 1
- Marriage (2): Martha A. Hudson on 03 Jun 1857 in New Castle Co., DE 2
- Died: 29 Mar 1897, Milton, Sussex Co., DE 5 8
It should be noted that John H. Wiltbank got a marriage license to marry Elizabeth Morris in 1856 but married Martha Hudson in 1857. It may be that Elizabeth died soon after they were married or the marriage vows were never taken given the short time (12 months between "marriages").
John married Elizabeth A. Morris on 13 May 1856 in DE.1
John next married Martha A. Hudson, daughter of John P.K. Hudson and Sarah Lofland, on 03 Jun 1857 in New Castle Co., DE.2 (Martha A. Hudson was born on 21 Jan 1832 in DE 9 10 11 12 and died on 19 Aug 1900 13.)
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Sources
1
DE Marriage Records, Volume 47, page 192.
2
DE Marriage Records, Volume 88, page 39 and Volume 68, page 52.
3
1850 DE Census, Listed as John H. Wiltbank, age 25, in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex Co., DE, born in DE.
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1860 DE Census, Listed as John H. Wiltbank, age 35, in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex Co., DE.
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Old Wiltbank Bible (probably owned first by Isaac Wiltbank, born 1721, and evidently passed down through to at least the David A. Wiltbank (1842-1924) Family.).
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1870 DE Census, Listed as John H. Wiltbank, age 42, in Milton, Sussex Co., DE.
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1880 DE Census, Listed as John H. Wiltbank, age 57, in Milton, Sussex Co., DE, born in DE.
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DE Death Certificate.
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1860 DE Census, Listed as Martha Wiltbank, age 30, in Broadkill Hundred, Sussex Co., DE.
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1870 DE Census, Listed as Martha Wiltbank, age 35, in Milton, Sussex Co., DE.
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1900 DE Census, Listed as Martha Wiltbank, born Jan 1833, in Milton, Sussex Co., DE. She is living with niece Lillian Cade (born May 1860).
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1880 DE Census, Listed as Martha Wiltbank, age 48, in Milton, Sussex Co., DE, born in DE.
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"Wiltbank of Sussex County, Delaware" by John G. Herndon, PA Genealogy Society Magazine, Volume XVIII - No. 1, December 1950.
