Ann Biddle Wilkinson

Ann Biddle was married November 12, 1778 in Philadelphia to James Wilkinson. [Hay, p. 34] She died February 23, 1807. [cite web
url=http://lewisandclarkjournals.unl.edu/namesindex/journals.php?id=lc.1806-09-22&key=Biddle,%20Nicholas
title=Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Online
publisher=The University of Nebraska] [Hay, p. 36] With James Wilkinson, she had two children: John (1780 - 1796) and James Biddle (c. 1783 - September 17, 1813). [Hay, [http://books.google.com/books?id=Jz-tbKTE-9YC&pg=PA36&lpg=PA36&dq=%22ann+biddle+wilkinson%22+born+1807&source=web&ots=di_4SyWcI9&sig=nlzYqRRnPQjGUGPugPWADNfE9zA&hl=en p. 35] ]

A member of the Biddle family, she was a first cousin of Charles Biddle, an associate of Aaron Burr. [Wheelan, [http://books.google.com/books?id=mYiEODCKW8QC&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=%22james+wilkinson%22+%22ann+biddle%22&source=web&ots=NCcBJ7FEfT&sig=CX3voW3RzoxbnN31Qp_X0ctcY84&hl=en p. 117] ] Wilkinson's marriage to Biddle provided both personal and social contacts for his career. [Hay, pp. 34] At the personal level,Aaron Burr used his influence to obtain admission to the College of New Jersey for their sons. [Whellan, p. 117]

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References

*citation
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Jz-tbKTE-9YC&dq=%22ann+biddle+wilkinson%22+born+1807&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
title=Letters of Mrs. Ann Biddle Wilkinson from Kentucky 1788-1789
editor-first=Thomas Robson
editor-last=Hay
date=2006
publisher=Kessinger Publishing
isbn=142866212X
*citation
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mYiEODCKW8QC&dq=%22james+wilkinson%22+%22ann+biddle%22&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0
title=Jefferson's Vendetta: The Pursuit of Aaron Burr and the Judiciary
last=Wheelan
first=Joseph
date=2005
publisher=Carroll & Graf Publishers
isbn=0786714379

External links

*cite web
url=http://www.hsfcinfo.org/Photo_Catalog/Catalog_P0961.htm
title=4 - 4"x6" prints. Wilkinson Portraits - three 8"x10"
publisher=Historical Society of Frederick County
accessdate=2008-06-04