Download or read book The Wilkinson Book written by Patricia Wilkinson Weaver Balletta and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancestry of General James Wilkinson (1757-1825) was born in Calvert County, Maryland to Joseph Wilkinson II (1731-1764) and Betty Heighe (1733-1802). The Wilkinson family first arrived from England in the early 1700s with Captain Joseph Wilkinson. Other ancestors arrived in the late 1600 and became influential in the colony of Maryland. In 1778 James married Ann Biddle and they were the parents of three children. After her death in 1807 he married Celestine Laveau Trudeau and they were the parents of four children. Descendants live in Louisiana and other parts of the United States.