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Lewis Morris Wilkins

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Lewis Morris Wilkins

Birth
Morrisania, Bronx County, New York, USA
Death
3 Jan 1848 (aged 79)
Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Burial
Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada Add to Map
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Lewis Morris Wilkins is characterized by Wikipedia as "a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia." He was born to Isaac and Isabella (Morris) Wilkins, a loyalist family in New York who immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1784. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1817 and was the speaker for the last eleven years of that time. He resigned from the Assembly after he was appointed assistant judge in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. He married Sarah Creighton and had six children, including Lewis Morris and Martin Isaac who also served in the Nova Scotia Assembly.
Lewis Morris Wilkins is characterized by Wikipedia as "a lawyer, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia." He was born to Isaac and Isabella (Morris) Wilkins, a loyalist family in New York who immigrated to Nova Scotia in 1784. He represented Lunenburg in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1817 and was the speaker for the last eleven years of that time. He resigned from the Assembly after he was appointed assistant judge in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. He married Sarah Creighton and had six children, including Lewis Morris and Martin Isaac who also served in the Nova Scotia Assembly.


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