After a residence of some 15 years in Virginia during which time he [Rev. William Wilkinson] buried his wife Naomi and married the Widow Budden with a daughter Elizabeth, he settled in Maryland. On October 10, 1650, he applied to his Lordship's Land Office at St. Mary's for 900 acres of land, his rights for his own personal adventure and for the transportation of his three daughters Mary, Rebecca, and Elizabeth, his wife and her daughter, and three servants - William Warren, Robert Cornish, and Anne Stevens.
He died testate in 1663 and bequeathed property to his step-daughter Elizabeth Budden and his grandsons William Dent and William Hatton. The residue of the estate was to be divided equally between his sons-in-law, Thomas Dent and William Hatton. [Wills, Liber 1, folio 190.]
On February 4, 1673, Thomas Dent, Gent., appeared before the Prerogative Court and showed that William Wilkinson, Clerke, executed his will before his death and named him and William Hatton as the executors. He furthermore proved to the satisfaction of the court that they had cared for Elizabeth Budden for several years who recently died intestate, and thus requested letters of administration upon her estate. [Test. Pro., Liber 6, folio 190.] ...
