Grandson, Alexander Hinds said in his bio in "Commemorative Portrait and Biographical Record of Kane and Kendall Counties, Ill." (Chicago: Beers, Leggett & Co., 1888) p. 318-21:
"His grandfather . . . was Matthew Wilkie . . .a minister of the Baptist denomination. He lived to the age of ninety years, and at his death was buried at Evan's Mills, Jefferson Co., N.Y. He was a relative of Miles Standish, of England. In a list of pastors of the Baptist Church of Le Ray, located at Evan's Mills, the name of Rev. Matthew Wilkie appears** first. [**Subsequent to 1832 Mr. Wilkie was pastor of the "Second Baptist Church of Alexandria," located at the village of Redwood, in Alexandria Township, Jefferson County.] He lived in the western part of the town of Le Ray, a few miles northeast of Watertown, and at his house, the second school district in the town was organized, so that Mr. Wilkie was among the early settlers of that locality."
The birthdate listed above is his baptismal date in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. The family lived in Ashfield, Franklin (then Hampshire), Massachusetts. Son of John Wilkie (born in Scotland) and Elizabeth Standish of Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut
Grandson, Alexander Hinds said in his bio in "Commemorative Portrait and Biographical Record of Kane and Kendall Counties, Ill." (Chicago: Beers, Leggett & Co., 1888) p. 318-21:
"His grandfather . . . was Matthew Wilkie . . .a minister of the Baptist denomination. He lived to the age of ninety years, and at his death was buried at Evan's Mills, Jefferson Co., N.Y. He was a relative of Miles Standish, of England. In a list of pastors of the Baptist Church of Le Ray, located at Evan's Mills, the name of Rev. Matthew Wilkie appears** first. [**Subsequent to 1832 Mr. Wilkie was pastor of the "Second Baptist Church of Alexandria," located at the village of Redwood, in Alexandria Township, Jefferson County.] He lived in the western part of the town of Le Ray, a few miles northeast of Watertown, and at his house, the second school district in the town was organized, so that Mr. Wilkie was among the early settlers of that locality."
The birthdate listed above is his baptismal date in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts. The family lived in Ashfield, Franklin (then Hampshire), Massachusetts. Son of John Wilkie (born in Scotland) and Elizabeth Standish of Mansfield, Tolland, Connecticut
