NARA M-653, Roll 608, 1860 U.S. Census, Rocky Fork Twp., Boone Co., MO, p. 639, #18/18: Henry A Wiggenton, 44, m, Farmer, $2000/$800, Virginia; Susan S, 39, f, KY; Mary C, 21, f, Ill; Joseph B, 18, m, MO; Julia A, 14, f, MO; Benjamine F, 11, m, MO; Lucy M, 8, f, MO; Susan S, 6, f, MO; Thos. H. Blanton, 24, m, farmer, ---/$1600, Ill.
NOTE: See the 1850 census for Rocky Fork Township where this same family seems to be listed, but the head is named as Joseph M. Wigginton. The wife here, Susan S, would appear to be Susan Sneed Blanton, since her brother is in the household.
Marriage 1 Susan S. b: ABT. 1821 in Kentucky
Children
Mary C. Wigginton b: ABT. 1839 in Illinois
Joseph B. Wigginton b: ABT. 1842 in Missouri
Julia A. Wigginton b: ABT. 1846 in Missouri
Benjamin F. Wigginton b: ABT. 1849 in Missouri
Lucy M. Wigginton b: ABT. 1852 in Missouri
Susan S. Wigginton b: ABT. 1854 in Missouri
Joseph/Henry A Wigginton born about 1816 in VA also found in 1870 census living with daughter Mary (Karnes) in Boone Co. as well as 1900 census listing birthdate as June 1816, VA with daughter. He died May 7 1904 age 88 with an obituary published in the Columbia Missouri Herald. He has a land grant purchased at Fayette 1852:
Joseph A Wigginton
Issue Date: 1 Nov 1852
State of Record: Missouri
Acres: 40
Accession Number: MO3050__.158
Land Office: Fayette
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Number: 27923
Legal Land Description: Section Twp Range Meridian Counties
33 50-N 11-W 5th PM Boone
Joseph B Wigginton is listed as enrolling in the 1st NE Reg Cav.
Regiment State/Origin: Missouri
Regiment Name: 1st Northeast Regiment, Missouri Cavalry
COMPANY: L
Rank In: Private
Rank Out: Private
Film Number: M380 roll 16
Tracking Joseph A Wigginton back leads us to this record which appears to match the family record....
Name: Joseph A. WIGGINTON
Birth: 3 JUN 1816 in Prince William Co, VA
Death: 7 MAY 1904 in Centralia, MO
Father: John Wilson WIGGINTON b: DEC 1773 in Prince WilliamCo, VA
Mother: Catherine T. REDD b: 1779 in FauquierCo, VA
Marriage 1 Mary ??? b: WFT Est. 1812-1832
Married: WFT Est. 1833-1866 in BooneCo, MO
Marriage 2 Susan BLANTON b: 1820
Married: 10 AUG 1837 in MorganCo, IL
Ref: Title: Prince William Wiggintons
Author: David Wigginton
Media: Book
Page: 13174
Following on back in time it appears that John Wilson is a son of Benjamin Wigginton Sr. son of John Wigginton Sr. son of William Wigginton born 1640 Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England that immigrated to Virginia between 1688 and 1694 with his family. All the Wiggintons in Missouri tie back to this William in some form or the other. I attach his will and story:
William's will dated 27 Nov 1732 and proved 11 Apr 1733 in Stafford Co. VA. Will Book M, page 85.
In the name of God Amen. I william Wigginton of Stafford County, Virginia being weak of body but in perfect sound memory do make this my last will and testament in manner and form as following:
1st: I give and bequeath my body to the earth from which it cometh to be decently buried and my soul back to Almighty God that gave it.
2nd: I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Ann Wigginton, daughter of William Wigginton, deceased, herby one pound of pewter, a large chest made of wild cherry, with a ladder and stool, and one large laddle, one feather bed, a bolster blanket, rug belonging to her room and one gallon iron pot.
3rd: I give and bequeath to my grand daughter Sarah Wigginton, the daughter of William Wigginton, deceased, 20 pounds of pewter, one large table, one feather bed bolster,and rugand one two gallon iron pot.
4th: I give and bequeath to my two grand daughters above mentioned half of my cattle, sheep and hogs to be equally divided between my two grand daughters above mentioned, and all the above mentioned articles to have under the care and possession of Mary Wigginton, widow of William Wigginton, deceased, until my two grand daughters shall reach the age of eighteen or marry. The other half of my sheep, cattle and hogs I give to my four grand sons to be equally divided between them when they get to the age of eighteen, that is to say sons of my son Henry Wigginton, namely William, Henry, Roger and Benjamin.
5th: I order that my cattle, sheep and hogs shall be equally divided on a May day in 1733, and one half of my cattle, sheep and hogs I leave in the care and possession of my daughter-in-law, Mary Wigginton, until my grand daughters come to age or marry.
6th: I give and bequeath to my grand son Peter Wigginton, my plantation where John Northcutt now liveth, all my land, orchards, gardens and things that unto me belonging, unto my above grand son, the son of Henry Wigginton Sr., his heirs and assigns forever. But should Peter Wigginton above mentioned,died without heirs, then it is to fall to my grandson, Benjamin Wigginton, son of Henry Wigginton, his heirs and assigns forever.
7th: I give and bequeath to my son Henry Wigginton Sr. the land where I live with all the furniture belonging to it and all the remainder part of my estate only for the legacies I afore mentioned.
8th: I give and bequeath to my daughter Mary Wigginton Young one shilling.
9th: I give and bequeath to my son, John Wigginton, one shilling.
10th: I give and bequeath to my son-in-law, William Russell and my grand son Nicholas Russell each one shilling.
11th: I give and bequeath to my daughter, Ann Butler, one shilling.
12th: I give and bequeath to my daughter-in-law, Mary Wigginton, one shilling.
13th: I do make this my last Will and Testament, and it is my will that my son, Henry Wigginton, to be my one and only Executor of this my written will. Whereof I set my hand and seal this 27th day of November in the year 1732.
William Wigginton
Event: Will Probated 11 APR 1733
Note:
Stafford CO., Virginia
Call Number: Will Book M pg 85-86
Because Jane Wigginton was still a resident of the parish of St. Stephen at the time of her marriage, it is unlikely her parents were still there or she would have been married there. Traditionally the wedding took place in the bride's parish. The possibility thus exists that her parents had already emigrated to America, leaving her behind. Maybe having already met her husband-to-be at the time they left. Bristol, in that era, was not a known centre for the Wigginton name, being some 75 miles or so from the edge of their " territory". This suggests that William had moved to Bristol from his birthplace. This theory is backed up because he was not a Burgess of Bristol. These were the elite tradesmen of the town, a privilege bestowed by right of family or marriage into a family. Had the Wiggintons been a long established Bristol trading family it could be expected that he, as a master shipbuilder, would have been a Burgess. We do know from later records that Wiggintons did become an established family in Bristol.
(Source: Burgess Book Indexes)
Although I only know the exact dates for his his eight children born in England, I know from census and other records that William and Elizabeth had sixteen children, eight of them born in Stafford County, VA. In July 1697, William came home to find his wife and three youngest children had been murdered. Although most of the records did not state the name of the wife or children and in some cases, didn't make it clear if they had died or lived or if the William is this one or his son. Looking through the question logically, the William has to be this one. This William's son, only had three children as far I can find, of which records indicate they all survived. By looking at detailed accounts of the massacre of William Wigginton's wife and children, one would note some articles describe their injuries as being decapitated. I don't think anyone could survive that and thus I swiftly rule out William Wigginton, Jr.'s family. Recently I have come across William's will in which he mentioned his lost wife and three children to brutality (and a fourth who managed to survive the attack). The three children who died were named as Henry, Mary and John, who were indead his three youngest and were seven, five and three at the time of the massacre. The fourth who survived but was maimed for life was Ann, who was nine at the time. A report in the Overwharton Parrish Register dated July 9, 1697 stated that "upon returning home from work, he (William Wigginton) found that his wife and three of his small children had been murdered by a band of Indians at an outlying building near their home which was on the head waters of the Aquia Creek." This is located in Stafford County, near the present site of the Quantico Marine Base just off of the Potomac River.
The following article: "The Migration of the Piscataways", from pages 94 - 95 of Landmarks of Old Prince William describes that event. "--- succeeded in converting and baptising the 'Tayac' (as they called the Emperor) and all his family. They then took his daughter and only child to St. Mary's (Maryland) and educated her as a Christian. This Mary thus became the Maryland Pocahontas: as we have seen, she married an Englishman, Capt. Giles Brent, then of the Maryland Council, and with him reared a dusky race. In 1666 the Maryland government cemented this relationship by making a formal treaty with a successor Emperor and henceforth, the Piscataways were tributaries. As the English settlements spread, new lands were assigned to them north of the Eastern branch and they apparently reside for some years on the site of Washington city, probably at the mouth of Rock Creek. In consequence of their taking the field with the Maryland troops in the Susquehonnock War of 1676,they earned the hatred of the Iroquois, and in 1680 petitioned for and were granted permission to move back among the Maryland inhabitants as protection against the incursions of their enemies. A location was found for them in Zachaia Swamp, on what is now called the Mattowoman Creek, In Charles County, but even there they had to withstand a siege of the Iroquois in 1681 while Maryland hesitated about going to their assistance.
"At the treaty of Lancaster in 1744, the Iroquois maintained that they had conquered the Piscataways as well as the Susquehonnocks, but it does not appear that in both cases they did so in the field. It seems it was the practice of the Maryland Indians to poach in the Iroquois hunting preserve in the interior of Old Prince William and, undoubtedly, during the decade after the unscuccessful siege of Zachaia fort, whenever the Iroquois caught them in Virginia, they ruthlessly cut them off; but the ultimate subjection of the Piscataways was accomplished more by guile than by arms. The Long House taunted them with the failure of Maryland to protect them in 1681, pointed out that they were becoming mere women living surrounded by the English, and beaconed them to join forces with those who could and would make men of them. By the end of the century these temptations became resistless. The Emperor complained to the Maryland government that he was unable to control his young men; that they were being seduced by evil influences. Eventually radical counsels prevailed at Zachaia and the whole tribe abandoned Maryland. Suddenly and without warning, but, of course with the consent of the Iroquois, the Piscataways moved across the Potomac and into the back country of Old Prince William, and thus came into direct contact with the Virginia government.
"The immediate cause of this move was dramatic enough. Early in the spring of 1697, an Indian of the Maryland Pamunkeys, called Squire Tom, was hunting at the falls of the Potomac and there fell in with 'some of those Seniquos that live in the mountains, amongst which last was a Susquehannah, a great man, whose name was Mongres'. This Mongres took Squire Tom aside, presented him with a large belt of Peak and told him his Nation was ruined by the English assisted by the Piscattowasy and now they were no people, that he had still tears in his Eyes when he though of it. Wherefore, the wiley Mongres confided to Tom that 'not being able to do anything publique he must take his revenge in private' and he added that it should be east to contrive that any crime he committed should be laid to the Emperor of Piscataway. The guileless Tom, flattered by the confidence, was stirred to see in all this an opportunity to distinguish himself, which, of course, was exactly what Mongres had intended. He proceeded forthwith to enlist seven others of his tribesmen and with their aid murdered the wife of one William Wigenton and three children at an outlying house on the head of Aquia. Though they escaped to the woods, Tom and his colleagues were soon run down and apprehended by George Mason, who brought them before the Stafford Court, where they duly testified that the Emperor was the real criminal. Much alarmed, that potentate came over to Stafford and vigorously defended himself, finally extracting a confession of the true story from one of Tom's accomplices. Stafford thereupon hanged seven of the criminals, but to the chagrin of all the frontier, Tom himself escaped. He fled into Maryland where Nicholson, now Governor of that province, issued a futiel proclamation offering a reward for his arrest. Tom had been spirited away by the Iroquois and disappeared forever from the stage of history."
From The Story of Stafford, A Narrative History of Stafford County, Virginia by John T. Goolrick, Stafford, Virginia 1976 pp. 51-52. "A border county, in a country far from settled - it was still a half a century in the French and Indian Wars - Stafford was always on the alert, in this late days of the 1600's. In 1664, the Assembly made new provisions for protection, under the title, "An act for the Better Defense of the Country". In which to prevent "murthers, depredations, incursions, and spoiles by the Indians" which seemed to be numerous it was provided that four troops of horsemen, each to contain 30 able men, should be raised and paid. Of these, two were in Stafford, one on the upper Rappahannock, one on the upper Potomac. Thus, when there were no settlers above the Falls of the Rivers, placed the troops along the Tidewater reaches, and in Stafford. The pay for each Captain to be 10,000 pounds of tabacco a year. In an accompanying act, provision was made and funds provided for Col. George Mason and Captain John West, both of Stafford, to build boats for the transportation of troops across the river, one boat to be kept at Occaquan and one at a fit place on the Rappahannock. In 1697 it was provided that these Rangers should continue in service. In spite of these precautions, Stafford was to suffer another Indian outrage, Aquia. In 1697, an Indian, a Pamunky, called "Squire Tom" hunting on the Potomac, fell in with some Senecas, who were wandering in this hunting ground. "Squire Tom" was a simple fellow. The Senecas were wise. They told him that his people were ruled by the Piscataways. Tom became incensed and being instigated, got some kindred spirit and attacked the home of William Wigginton, at Aquia village, while Wigginton was away in the afternoon. They murdered Wigginton's wife and three children and burned his home, and escaped. But Colonel George Mason and the rangers ran him down, and took him to Stafford Court House, at Marborough, where he was tried. Simple Squire Tom and his followers told the Court they had been incited by the Emperor of the Mongoa, and he was the real criminal. The Emperor came across the Potomac to protest, and got a confession from Tom's accomplices. This was at Marlborough, then Stafford Courthouse, and here, within a few days after Wigginton's family was murdered, in the Spring of 1697, the Sheriff, who was George Mason, who as Colonel Mason captured Tom, hanged seven of the accused Indians, before a large concourse of citizens and Indians.
Enjoy.
John R.