Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameGeorge W. Wiggins 
Birth4 Apr 1811, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co, PA
Census23 Aug 1850, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll#604, pg 62
Census4 Jun 1855, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll#18, pg 27
Land Purchase30 Jul 1855, Nichols, Tioga Co, NY
Memo25 Ac from Silas Wiggins
Census28 Jun 1860, Tioga, Tioga Co, NY
Memoroll#867, pg 181
Death3 May 1874, Tioga Center, Tioga Co, NY
BurialSchoonover Cem, Tioga Center, Tioga Co, NY
OccupationFarmer
FatherSilas Wiggins (1774-1859)
MotherBarbara Ann "Hannah" Hoover (1780-1860)
Misc. Notes
His first wife was Catrina Aumick m. 1831 who died of smallpox, according to document from Shelly Wiggins and verified by death certificate of their daughter Julia Wiggins Maynard (7 Mar 1832 - 20 Nov 1909).
1855 census record:
George W. Wiggins 44 b. PA 19 yrs in Tioga Co laborer
Eliza (wife) 37 b. Tioga 37 yrs in Tioga Co
John (son) 14 b. Tioga 14 yrs in Tioga Co
Mary A. (dau) 12 b. Tioga 12 yrs in Tioga Co
Norman (son) 9 b. Tioga 9 yrs in Tioga Co
Adam (son) 7 b. Tioga 7yrs in Tioga Co
Mahala (dau) 2 b. Tioga 2 yrs in Tioga Co
On July 30th, 1855 he and his wife Eliza were deeded 25 Acres (which was purchased from John Redmond Coxe in 1835) by his father Silas Wiggins and wife Barbara in exchange for building a house on the property and caring for them (the parents) for the rest of their lives in a respectable manner. Should they fail to do so, the property would revert if the parents were living or be subject to the county Judge. Deed recorded 18 Jan, 1858. In 1860 he was listed with his wife and 3 sons, 2 dau's as a Day Laborer, age 49, born in Penn. Tioga Town Vital Records list him as dying 3 May 1874 at age 63 yrs, 1 month. His wife was a widow in 1880.
1855 census record:
George W. Wiggins 44 b. PA 19 yrs in Tioga Co laborer
Eliza (wife) 37 b. Tioga 37 yrs in Tioga Co
John (son) 14 b. Tioga 14 yrs in Tioga Co
Mary A. (dau) 12 b. Tioga 12 yrs in Tioga Co
Norman (son) 9 b. Tioga 9 yrs in Tioga Co
Adam (son) 7 b. Tioga 7yrs in Tioga Co
Mahala (dau) 2 b. Tioga 2 yrs in Tioga Co
On July 30th, 1855 he and his wife Eliza were deeded 25 Acres (which was purchased from John Redmond Coxe in 1835) by his father Silas Wiggins and wife Barbara in exchange for building a house on the property and caring for them (the parents) for the rest of their lives in a respectable manner. Should they fail to do so, the property would revert if the parents were living or be subject to the county Judge. Deed recorded 18 Jan, 1858. In 1860 he was listed with his wife and 3 sons, 2 dau's as a Day Laborer, age 49, born in Penn. Tioga Town Vital Records list him as dying 3 May 1874 at age 63 yrs, 1 month. His wife was a widow in 1880.
Spouses
Death1836, Wyoming Co, PA
BurialOld Brick Church Cem, Eaton Township, Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co, PA
Misc. Notes
Died of smallpox
Marriage1831
ChildrenJulia A. (1832-1909)
Birth1817, Tioga Co, NY
Death22 Nov 1899, Tioga, Tioga Co, NY
BurialSchoonover Cem, Tioga Center, Tioga Co, NY
Misc. Notes
Her father was supposed to have been a traveling preacher.
Listed as Eliza (62) a widow, born NY and parents NY, with her son Daniel (32) in 1880.
Daniel's death record lists his mother as Polly Reed.
Tioga Town Vital Records list her as dying 22 Nov 1890, age 73.
Listed as Eliza (62) a widow, born NY and parents NY, with her son Daniel (32) in 1880.
Daniel's death record lists his mother as Polly Reed.
Tioga Town Vital Records list her as dying 22 Nov 1890, age 73.
Marriageabt 1840
ChildrenJohn R. (1841-)
Mary Ann (1842-)
Norman L. (1846-1919)
Daniel Adam (1848-1900)
Mahala A. (1853-1899)