STUARTFAMILY ARCHIVE

THE STUART FAMILY ARCHIVE

Jennet Wilken

Birth
10 September 1702, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania (compiled claim)
Death
9 December 1771, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (compiled claim)
Recorded life status
deceased

8 October 2026 — Direct-line research update

Cemetery transcription p. 167 records Jennet Hope, died 9 December 1771, age 70. This supports December against the October reading already flagged in the archive. The source does not supply the maiden surname Wilken.

Evidence and limits B08 — Upper Octorara historical cemetery transcriptions. Historical cemetery transcription; printed page images inspected, not gravestone photographs. J. Smith Futhey, Historical discourse delivered on the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Upper Octorara Presbyterian Church (1870), cemetery appendix pp. 167, 175–176, 179–182. https://archive.org/details/cu31924028852452

Earlier archive notes (preserved): Jennet Wilken Proposed 6th great-grandmother of James Compiled genealogy; unverified Birth: 10 September 1702, Kennett Square, Chester County, Pennsylvania (compiled claim) Death: 9 December 1771, Sadsbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (compiled claim) Also Gennet / Wilkins. Spouse Thomas Hope. Burial: Upper Octorara Cemetery. Cited inscription index instead gives 9 October 1771; retain December as compilation value pending FamilySearch review. Parents unidentified. Sources: SCOTT_HOPE

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