When Mildred Wilkins was born on 5 March 1773, in Cherokee, South Carolina, United States, her father, William Wilkins, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Betty Terrell, was 16. She married Davis Goudelock on 8 December 1791, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 4 December 1855, in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States.
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Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
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English (West Midlands and southern England): variant of Wilkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
North German and Dutch: variant of Wilkens .
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