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	Jemima Wilkinson and Deborah Sampson Gannett
		In October Jemima Wilkinson of Cumberland, Rhode Island, became ill with a fever and had a vision in which she died and her body was now by the Spirit of Light; repudiating her birth name, Wilkinson declared herself the founder of a new religion, the Publick Universal Friend.
		Wilkinson's success-and notoriety-stemmed in part from her religious message, which blended the Calvinist warning of a lost and guilty, gossiping, dying World with a Quaker-inspired social gospel that advocated plain dress, pacifism, and the emancipation of slaves.
		Although she was touted by some of her disciples as a messiah, Wilkinson's attempts at faith healing and prophesying scandalized even the tolerant Quakers and Baptists of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania, where she was attacked by a stone-throwing mob.
	earlyamerica.com /review/fall96/biography.html (1126 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson - Notable Women Ancestors
		Jemima Wilkinson of Cumberland, Rhode Island was a 25 year old woman in 1776, and shortly thereafter became the first American-born woman to found a religious group.
		Jemima Wilkinson, born November 29, 1752, was probably the 8th child of Jeremiah and Amey Elizabeth Whipple Wilkinson of Cumberland, RI.
		Jemima was described as "a tall and graceful woman with dark hair and dark eyes." She possessed a magnetic personality and powerful preaching style that seems to have provided an outlet for numbers of fervish patriotic worshipers.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nwa/jemima.html (1692 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson House -- NRHP Travel Itinerary
		The product of a Quaker home, Wilkinson's intense religious interests were influenced by the death of her mother and a fever-born vision which convinced Wilkinson to begin preaching to a sinful world.
		Her death in 1819 led directly to the demise of the Society and she was briefly interred in a vault in the cellar of the house.
		Fearing for the future safety of Wilkinson's grave, disciples removed her body and buried her at an unmarked location on the property.
	www.nps.gov /history/nr/travel/pwwmh/ny7.htm (290 words)

	Biographies Whiteside Co 1885
		Ruth Wilkinson, daughter of Samuel, eldest son of Lawrence, was the mother of Stephen Hopkins, Governor of Rhode Island, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
		Wilkinson owns a farm on section 34, Hopkins Township, which is conducted by a tenant, and also his residence at Morrison, and 16 acres of land.
		Wilkinson is the daughter of Capt. H.B and Nancy (TURNER) SAMPSON, ppioneers of Hopkins Township.
	www.tampicohistoricalsociety.citymax.com /articles/article/1707348/30032.htm (1090 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson
		Jemima Wilkinson was apparently well on the road to anonymity, when at the age of twenty-four, sorely troubled, they say, by the area's bitter religious strife, she took a positive step that would change her life: she took sick and "died."
		Jemima was loaded aboard and, carried by her adoring proselytes, she led her followers through the woods, all the way to the northern shore of Lake Keuka in Yates County, New York.
		In later years, long after Jemima's passing, when the first post office was pending for the City of Jerusalem, the federal government asked the residents if they would be willing to rename their settlement: something shorter, perhaps, with a less biblical ring to it, but appropriate, of course.
	www.curbstone.org /index.cfm?webpage=58 (1942 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson Information
		Jemima Wilkinson (November 29 1752 - July 1 1819) was a charismatic American evangelist who preached total sexual abstinence to her congregation of "Universal Friends."
		As a young woman, she was beset by a debilitating illness which culminated in a fevered ecstatic trance during which she sermonized, and subsequent to which she collapsed and, she claimed, was declared dead.
		The Beddoe Tract Jemima Wilkinson purchased a section of this tract for her community.
	www.bookrags.com /Jemima_Wilkinson (200 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson: Celibacy and the Communal Life by John H. Martin
		Jemima received additional followers as a result of this event which seemed to fulfill a portion of her prophecy.
		The followers of Jemima Wilkinson were to disperse in the years after her death, the faith of the Society of Universal Friends not surviving its originator by too many years.
		Jemima's doctrine held that the repenting of one's sins and the doing of good works would lead to salvation, and this was to become an undercurrent for future Protestantism in western New York.
	www.crookedlakereview.com /books/saints_sinners/martin5.html (4757 words)

	New England Historic Genealogical Society (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Jemima Wilkinson is one of those colorful but little-known historical figures whose discovery delights genealogists.
		Wilkinson went from being a normal, happy teenager to a sullen, introspective loner who took to locking herself in her room.
		Wilkinson and her followers constituted the first actual settlers in the Genesee Country of central New York State at the end of the eighteenth century.
	www.newenglandancestors.org /education/articles/research/localities/upstate_new_york/jemima_wilkinson_the_public_universal_friend_659_10705.asp?print=1 (2935 words)

	Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America, published 1869
		Jemima Wilkinson, or as she was called by her followers—"The Friend," or "The Universal Friend," was a dau.
		When Jemima was in her twentieth year, the entire family, except her, had a severe attack of fever; and after their recovery, she was attacked, and her sickness was severe and protracted, at times her life being despaired of.
		The trance or dream of Jemima Wilkinson, honestly promulgated at first, while the image of its creation absorbed all of her thoughts, and threw around her a spell that reason could not dissipate, attracted the attention of the supersititious and credulous, and, perhaps, the designing.
	freepages.rootsweb.com /~bbunce77/Wilkinson027.html (4412 words)

	Whiteside County IL Biographies
		Wilkinson was married November 10, 1841, at Como, to Miss Francis Elizabeth Sampson, daughter of Capt. Henry B. Sampson.
		Wilkinson gave the new fundamental document the closest study, and by that means, aided by a comprehensive and systematic mind, was enabled to readily discover the objectionable features in a bill proposing the remodeling of an old law, or the creation of a new one.
		Wilkinson is the daughter of Capt. H.B and Nancy (Turner) Sampson, pioneers of Hopkins Township.
	genealogytrails.com /ill/whiteside/biowilkinson.html (1583 words)

	Jemima Goldsmith - JemimaGoldsmith
		Jemima Khan, previously known as Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith (born January 30, 1974, London), ex-wife of cricketer Imran Khan is the daughter of billionaire Sir James Goldsmith and Lady Annabel Vane Tempest Stewart.
		Jemima Khan moved to London in 2003 to study for a Master's degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
		Jemima lives in the UK while her two sons spend time in Pakistan and the UK.
	www.kopete.org /Jemima-Goldsmith.html (165 words)

	YCGHS Collections
		Jemima Wilkinson, known as the Publick Universal Friend, brought 260 believers to Yates County, creating a utopian community and the largest settlement in western New York State.
		The sect declined after her death in 1819, and today, YCGHS owns the largest known collection of artifacts and manuscript materials relating to Wilkinson and her community, the Society of Universal Friends.
		These collections include her portrait, the man's hat worn by her, Jemima's bible, gifts given by visitors to the community including Seneca baskets and a pocketbook from a French aristocrat, and items of daily use including pewter, china, chairs and a saddle.
	www.yatespast.com /collection.html (633 words)

	Family Tree of Trevor Howard - allg34 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Susannah Wilkinson was christened on 7 Mar 1841 in St Andrew's Church, Farnham, Surrey.
		Mary Wilkinson was born in 1842 in Farnham, Surrey.
		Richard Wilkinson was born in 1677 in Peper Harrow ?.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /trev.rh/Fhist/whole/allg34.htm (1068 words)

	Panopticon
		This first excerpt shows Jemima talking in the religious code that passes for communication between her and her Quaker father, Jeremiah.
		Jemima sat quietly near Amey's head, ready to hand her a cloth wrung out in cool water.
		Jemima held her mother’s hand and gave the cradle occasional little pushes with her foot.
	treeriesener.com /_wsn/page6.html (1382 words)

	Ontario History and Genealogy, History
		Jemima WILKINSON, as she was originally named, or the Universal Friend, as she styled herself after her somewhat remarkable transformation from the material to the spiritual being, was the founder and leader of the sect or society just referred to.
		Jemima WILKINSON was born in the town of Cumberland, Providence county, RI, in 1758, the daughter of Jeremiah and Amy WILKINSON, and the eighth of their twelve children.
		From this time forth she disclaimed identity with Jemima WILKINSON, asserting that her former individuality had passed away, and that she was another being, a minister of God sent to preach His gospel, and to minister to the spiritual necessities of mankind.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/county/ontario/hist/hist1893pg102-106.htm (1407 words)

	Search Results for "Wilkinson"
		Wilkinson, Charles Burnham, (Bud Wilkinson), 1916-94, American football coach, b.
		Wilkinson, county (452 sq mi/1,171 sq km; 1990 pop.
		Wilkinson, county (687 sq mi/1,779 sq km; 1990 pop.
	www.bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Wilkinson (242 words)

	Wilkinson (surname) at AllExperts
		Wilkinson is a surname, and may refer to many people
		John Gardiner Wilkinson** (October 5, 1797 - October 29, 1875) was a well-known English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century.
		John Arbuthnot Du Cane Wilkinson** (born September 23, 1940) is a politician in the United Kingdom.
	en.allexperts.com /e/w/wi/wilkinson_(surname).htm (417 words)

	Walking on Water Story
		Memoir of Jemima* Wilkinson, A Preacheres of the Eighteenth Century; Containing an Authentic Narrative of her Life and Character, and of the Rise, Progress and Conclusion of Her Ministry*, David Hudson, New York: AMS Press.
		The legend most commonly associated with Jemima Wilkinson in every region where she is remembered is about walking on water.
		Pioneer Prophetess: Jemima* Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend*, Herbert A. Wisbey Jr.
	saintswithouthalos.com /n/walk_on_water.phtml (2266 words)

	Castners: Potters and the Universal Friend
		Jemima was reared a Quaker but possessed only casual religious interests.
		Upon rising from her bed, the young lady told that the spirit of Jemima Wilkinson had passed to the "angel world," and that her body was re–animated.
		While the Universal Friend and her entourage traveled the eastern seaboard, Jemima Wilkinson's youngest brother Jephtha was exploring the Genesee country in New York.
	www.netmeister.net /~cpaige/Castner_Family_p2.html (1274 words)

	Famous Wilkinsons
		Bert Wilkinson was known in San Juan County New Mexico and Durango, Colorado as beeing a member of the "Stockton" gang.
		Ruth Wilkinson, (daughter of Samuel and Plain Wickenden) was the mother of Stephen Hopkins, Governor of RI and the very last signer of the Declaration of Independence.
		John Gardner Wilkinson, one of the founders of Egyptology, designated tomb KV 5 in 1827 - the fifth tomb beyond the entrance to KV, the Kings' Valley.
	www.wilkinsons.com /WFamous.html (1737 words)

	History
		In 1787, this whole region was known by the Indian name Kashong.
		Three disciples of Jemima Wilkinson, who as the "Publick Universal Friend" was the first American-born woman to launch a religious movement, came to the region to seek a place to settle.
		Joined by a Wilkinson disciple from Philadelphia, the three founded a settlement on City Hill, near what is now Dresden.
	www.dresdenny.org /history.htm (352 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson House -- NRHP Travel Itinerary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This two and one-half story, framed Federal style residence is the only surviving home of Jemima Wilkinson, the first American-born woman to found a religious group.
		Also known as the Friend House, this building and the surrounding lands became the center of the agricultural and spiritual activities which supported the growth of Wilkinson's Society of Universal Friends, a movement which combined elements of Quakerism, New Lights Baptists and the closely related Society of Friends.
		The Jemima Wilkinson House is located outside Jerusalem, NY.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/pwwmh/ny7.htm (290 words)

	Notes for Jemima Wilkinson
		Jemima Wilkinson was the 8th child of her parents' 12 children.
		In her teenage years, after recovering from a serious illness, she was inspired to become a preacher of the Bible, and adopted the name, the "Public Universal Friend," and was thereafter called "the Friend" by her followers.
		For more information on the Universal Friend and her society, see an excerpt from Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family in America.
	freepages.history.rootsweb.com /~bbunce77/nti/nti00195.html (280 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson
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		See "History of Jemima Wilkinson," by David Hume (Geneva, New York, 1821).
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	www.famousamericans.net /jemimawilkinson (407 words)

	Jemima Wilkinson - The Universal Friend » Genealogy Blog
		This is a dryly funny, irreverent look at the Universal Friend, from her early life to her near-death experience to her meandering career as a religious leader.
		Most importantly, it includes some of the Wilkinson legends that still circulate today, including the story about her walking on water — well, almost.
		Unfortunately, she also believed in celibacy, which ended up being the death of her movement — and perhaps, by extension, the reason Wilkinson is a historical footnote instead of a revered pioneer.
	genealogyblog.com /united-states-research/new-york/jemima-wilkinson-the-universal-friend-5697 (498 words)

	The Universal Friend
		Jemima Wilkinson, the first American-born woman to found a religious movement, was born in Rhode Island in about 1765, of Quaker parents.
		She awoke from a coma and told those standing by that Jemima had died and a spirit from heaven now inhabited her body.
		Certainly she drew a group of tough and high-minded people to this area right at its very beginning; they dominated the development of Yates County during the first century after its settlement, and even now some of their descendants still live and work here.
	www.yatescounty.org /upload/12/historian/friend.html (874 words)

	Ledyard’s Religious Influences
		Jemima, an eccentric lady with a mind of her own, died sometime between 1770 and 1790.
		Claiming that she had passed through the gates of a better world and had been sent back to earth as a second Redeemer, the impassioned Jemima preached that the day of her resurrection was to mark the regeneration of the world.
		Impelled to spread their tenants, the entire colony later moved to New York State, carrying Jemima through the woods in a resplendent chariot drawn by her proselytes.
	www.our-oxford.info /other-history/Ledyard.htm (899 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In our travels back to New York in the 1790s we have not yet looked at two particularly influential people of the period - Jemima Wilkinson and Charles Williamson.
		The tall and graceful Wilkinson, born in Rhode Island in 1752, eighth of twelve children, was raised in her parents's strong Quaker faith.
		Upon recovering, she declared she was no longer Jemima Wilkinson, but instead had been resurrected as the Public Universal Friend.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/TM981002.html (457 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jemima Wilkinson (Protestant Christianity, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Cumberland, R.I. As a girl she was powerfully impressed by the sermons of George Whitefield and also aspired to emulate the example of Ann Lee ("Mother Ann").
		She spent her last years in a house far from the other dwellings.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/WilknsnJe.html (298 words)

	THE FRIEND 2
		Jemima WILKINSON was born in the town of Cumberland, and county of Providence, Rhode Island, in the year 1758.
		They awakened much interest, and among the most regular attendants of their meetings, was Jemima WILKINSON, who became very serious and gave evidence of a great change in her thoughts.
		She insisted that Jemima WILKINSON has passed to the angel world, and that her body was reanimated by a spirit whose mission was to deliver the Oracles of God to mankind.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/county/yates/friends2.htm (13884 words)

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