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Martha Frank “Nancy” Spillman Wigginton

Birth
Death
1861 (aged 57–58)
Burial
Buried or Lost at Sea. Specifically: Burial site is presumed to be on Berry Wigginton farm where spouse, Mason, and other members of the Wigginton/Teague families are buried. Add to Map
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•Both birth and death dates are approximations.

•NOTE: Spillman Papers, p. 33: "It is through William's marriage to Margaret [Frank] that the Frank name entered the Spilman family and it has since been carried down through many generations and used so frequently by so many descendants as to constitute a veritable trade mark.". SOURCE: Spillman Papers, p. 26-7: Ezechial, Martha Frank and Elizabeth Brown Spillman all young children when their father William died. Placed under guardianship of Samuel Cobb. Recorded 11 SEP 1814. Death Date unconfirmed. NOTE: Listed as "Nancy Spillman" on son, Berry's, Death Certificate. Informant was Berry's son, Roy Allen Wigginton.

•Last seen on 1860 census living with Mason and family in Trimble County, Ky. Mason remarried in 1863 in Illinois.

•Two Wigginton brothers married two Spilman sisters:
Mason Wigginton married Martha Frank Spilman
Sidney Wigginton married Elizabeth Brown Spilman

•Direct ancestors of this line of Wiggintons and Spillmans are found together as Vestrymen of Overwharton Parrish, Stafford County, Virginia a full century earlier.
•Both birth and death dates are approximations.

•NOTE: Spillman Papers, p. 33: "It is through William's marriage to Margaret [Frank] that the Frank name entered the Spilman family and it has since been carried down through many generations and used so frequently by so many descendants as to constitute a veritable trade mark.". SOURCE: Spillman Papers, p. 26-7: Ezechial, Martha Frank and Elizabeth Brown Spillman all young children when their father William died. Placed under guardianship of Samuel Cobb. Recorded 11 SEP 1814. Death Date unconfirmed. NOTE: Listed as "Nancy Spillman" on son, Berry's, Death Certificate. Informant was Berry's son, Roy Allen Wigginton.

•Last seen on 1860 census living with Mason and family in Trimble County, Ky. Mason remarried in 1863 in Illinois.

•Two Wigginton brothers married two Spilman sisters:
Mason Wigginton married Martha Frank Spilman
Sidney Wigginton married Elizabeth Brown Spilman

•Direct ancestors of this line of Wiggintons and Spillmans are found together as Vestrymen of Overwharton Parrish, Stafford County, Virginia a full century earlier.


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