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Coffin plate · primary-source record

Adam Wilkin

abt 1786 – April 1869

Transcribed from the original coffin plate

Editorially verified

At-a-glance facts

Record type

Coffin plate

Date of death

April 1869

Date of birth

abt 1786

Age at death

83 years

Plate found in

New York, United States

The coffin plate

Inscription transcription

Adam Wilkin
Died April 1869
Aged 83 Years
Transcription from the Ancestors at Rest archive. Month read as April from photograph — ornate script, month uncertain.

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Possible matches in the 1860 US Federal Census

⚠ Candidate matches — unverified. Researcher to confirm.

  • 1860 US Federal Census

    Adam Wilkin, Wallkill, Orange County, New York, Age 74, Born 1786 in New York.

Source & citation

Source type
Original photograph
Provenance
From the Ancestors at Rest archive — founded 2004 by Brian and substantially built out across two decades by Lorine McGinnis Schulze of Olive Tree Genealogy.
Transcribed by
Ancestors at Rest archive — original contributor not recorded.
Last verified
2026-05-12
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Image vs transcription
Both — original photograph and transcription on this page

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