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Walter Wilkins                                     1741-1828
Walter was born on 15 November 1741, the second son of John Wilkins and Sybil Jeffreys, of The Priory, Brecon, Breconshire, Wales.   He served in the Honourable East India Company (HEIC), initially as a writer at Fort William in Bengal in 1767, then by 1768 he was a resident in Lakhipur, then senior merchant or Chief Factor and First Governor of Chittagong in 1771.   He became a member of the HEIC Supreme Council in 1772.   He was MP for Radnor (1796-1828), also a JP and High Sheriff.
Catherine Augusta Hayward              1745-1784
Catherine was born about 1745, the daughter of Samuel Hayward, at Brecon, Breconshire, Wales.
I have identified the following children.
  Walter Born abt 1777   Glasbury Married Catherine Eliza Marianna Devereux
Augusta Catherine Margaret Born 3 Apr 1779   Glasbury Married Thomas Bridgwater
Harriet Sybil Born 4 Nov 1780   Glasbury Died 23 Mar 1781
Julia Maria Born 14 May 1782   Glasbury Died 29 Apr 1784

Birth of Parents
Walter Wilkins b: 15 Nov 1741         Maeslough Castle, Radnor, Wales
second son of John Wilkins and Sybil Jeffreys, banker and solicitor, The Priory

Catherine Augusta Hayward b: abt 1745                 Brecon, Breconshire, Wales
daughter of Samuel Hayward

Marriage
24 Feb 1777
Walter Wilkins
Catherine Augusta Hayward 		Gloucester

Children
Walter Wilkins b: abt 1777  c: 23 Dec 1777             Maeslough, Radnor, Wales
son of Walter Wilkins and Catherine Augusta Hayward
Augusta Catherine Margaret Wilkins b: 3 Apr 1779               Maeslough, Radnor, Wales
daughter of Walter Wilkins and Catherine Augusta Hayward
Harriet Sybil Wilkins b: 4 Nov 1780               Maeslough, Radnor, Wales
daughter of Walter Wilkins and Catherine Augusta Hayward       Died 23 Mar 1781
Julia Maria Wilkins b: 14 May 1782               Maeslough, Radnor, Wales
daughter of Walter Wilkins and Catherine Augusta Hayward         Died 29 Apr 1784

Death
Catherine Augusta (Hayward) Wilkins Died 25 Aug 1784

Death
Walter Wilkins Died 17 Mar 1828,       Haymarket, London

SPECIAL THANKS  to David Wilkins, of Sydney, Australia, a descendant of John Wilkins and Sybil Jeffreys, for many of the details provided above.