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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wigglesworth , Edward 1742 -1826 (search)
Wigglesworth, Edward 1742-1826
Military officer; born in Ipswich, Mass., Jan. 3, 1742; graduated at Harvard College in 1761; became colonel in the Continental army in June, 1776; took part in the manoeuvres of the American squadron on Lake Champlain; and was present in the battle of Monmouth and other actions.
In 1778 he was president of a court of inquiry to examine into the capitulation of Forts Montgomery and Clinton; in 1779 he resigned, and was made collector of the port of Newburyport.
He died in Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 8, 1826.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Wilkins , Isaac 1742 -1830 (search)
Wilkins, Isaac 1742-1830
Clergyman; born in Withywood, Jamaica, W. I., Dec. 17, 1742; graduated at Columbia College in 1760; became a member of the New York colonial legislature in 1772.
He supported England prior to the Revolutionary War, and owing to some political pamphlets which he wrote was forced by the Sons of Liberty to flee from the country in 1775.
At the conclusion of the war he settled on Long Island, and afterwards studied theology, and was ordained in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1801.
He died in Westchester, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1830.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Worth , William Jenkins 1794 -1849 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Zinzendorf , Nicolaus Ludwig , Count 1700 -1760 (search)