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Margaret Wigton

Birth
Death
15 Sep 1793 (aged 50)
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
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Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA Add to Map
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Wife of Capt. John Wigton, died during the yellow fever epidemic, she shares a memorial with her husband and two daughters.
aged 50 yrs. 2 mths. 0 dys.

"1793, 19 September
We have heard today of the death of one Wigton and his wife, a schoolmaster in Fourth St., of ye wife of one Col. North.

~~ Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 605 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983. "

obit contributed by FAG member Dead Ringer
Wife of Capt. John Wigton, died during the yellow fever epidemic, she shares a memorial with her husband and two daughters.
aged 50 yrs. 2 mths. 0 dys.

"1793, 19 September
We have heard today of the death of one Wigton and his wife, a schoolmaster in Fourth St., of ye wife of one Col. North.

~~ Source: Genealogical Gleanings from the Journal of Elizabeth Drinker, 1759 to 1807, Page 605 in Pennsylvania Vital Records, Vol. I, by the Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated in 1983. "

obit contributed by FAG member Dead Ringer


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  • Created by: Nora White
  • Added: Feb 1, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142098054/margaret-wigton: accessed ), memorial page for Margaret Wigton (15 Jul 1743–15 Sep 1793), Find a Grave Memorial ID 142098054, citing Old Pine Street Presbyterian Churchyard, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by Nora White (contributor 48156516).