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Meryl Streep

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Meryl Streep

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    Lawrence Wilkinson

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    • 8th Great-grandfather of Meryl Streep — 11th Generation
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    • 9 Aug 1692 
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    • Providence County, Rhode Island 
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    • Lawrence Wilkinson is said to have emigrated to New England sometime between 1645 and 1647. A member of the army of King Charles I, he was taken prisoner by the Scots and parliamentary troops on 22 OCT 1644 at Newcastle-on-Tyne.

      Although his grandfather is known to be Lawrence Wilkinson of Harperley House, the name of his father is currently unknown. Also claims that his mother was Mary Conyers, daughter of Christopher Conyers and sister of Sir John Conyers, 1st Baronet, are false.

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  • Sources for Lawrence Wilkinson

    • 1 Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, General Readers, Etc, Series 8, Vol 12, Jul-Dec 1897, London: Office (1897), 149.
    • 2 Rhode Island: Vital Records, 1636-1850, Providence County, Vol. 2, p. 1-278, Death record for Lawrence Wilkinson.
    • 5 Davis, William W. H., History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time, Vol. 3, New York and Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1905), 420.
    • 7 The Society of the Descendants of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence, "Stephen Hopkins", (accessed 12/21/2017).
    • 8 Wilkinson, M. M., Genealogy of Wilkinson and Kindred Families, Shelby, Mississippi: Shelby Book Store, Publishers (1949), 69-70.

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