Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory(PDF). Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia. p. 259&234. ISBN0-88871-050-X.
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lewis, morris, wilkins, speaker, also, nova, scotia, politician, lewis, morris, wilkins, lewis, morris, wilkins, 1768, january, 1848, lawyer, judge, political, figure, nova, scotia, represented, lunenburg, county, nova, scotia, house, assembly, from, 1799, 181. For his son also a Nova Scotia politician see Lewis Morris Wilkins Lewis Morris Wilkins ca 1768 January 3 1848 was a lawyer judge and political figure in Nova Scotia He represented Lunenburg County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1799 to 1817 Wilkins was speaker for the Nova Scotia assembly from 1806 to 1817 He was born in Morrisania later part of New York City the son of the Isaac Wilkins and Isabella Morris who was the sister of Lewis Morris and came to Shelburne Nova Scotia with his family in 1784 Wilkins became a lieutenant in the Lunenburg township militia in 1793 He admitted to the Nova Scotia bar around 1798 In 1799 he married Sarah the daughter of John Creighton He was sheriff of Halifax County from 1798 to 1804 Wilkins then entered the practice of law in Halifax Lunenbrug County and Pictou district In 1816 he was named an assistant judge in the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and resigned from the assembly the following year Wilkins died at home in Windsor Nova Scotia in 1848 His sons Lewis Morris and Martin Isaac both went on to serve in the Nova Scotia assembly References editBlakeley Phyllis R 1988 Lewis Morris Wilkins Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online Retrieved 2009 11 26 Elliott Shirley B 1984 The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia 1758 1983 a biographical directory PDF Halifax Province of Nova Scotia p 259 amp 234 ISBN 0 88871 050 X Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lewis Morris Wilkins speaker amp oldid 1142656633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
