When Philip Marks Wiltse was born on 30 September 1799, in Wiltsetown, Leeds, Upper Canada, British North America, his father, Benoni Wiltse, was 41 and his mother, Rachel Marks, was 39. He married Rachael Dunham on 12 December 1821, in Athens, Leeds, Upper Canada, British North America. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Brownhelm, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Oneida, Delaware, Iowa, United States in 1856. His occupation is listed as farmer in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. He died on 5 September 1862, in Strawberry Point, Clayton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Strawberry Point Methodist Cemetery, Strawberry Point, Clayton, Iowa, United States.
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Dutch: variant of Wiltsee, possibly a nickname meaning ‘wild sea’, given to a child born at sea, or an altered form of Luxembourgish Wiltz . The surname Wiltse(e) is not found in the Netherlands.
History: Hendrick Martenszen Wiltse or, in some early records, Wiltsee (c. 1623–1712) lived in Wiltwyck, New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY), by 1660, the time of his marriage. At that time his surname (nickname) was Van Coppenhagen, but the capital of Denmark is not likely to be the place of his origin. He is said to have been born aboard a ship enroute to NY. Philippe Maton de Wiltz from Luxembourg, who died 1632 in NY, has been identified by some as his father.
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