Private Life
Wilkinson was Presbyterian in religion. In 1727 he married Mary Johnson (died 1786) and they had seven children including:
- John Wilkinson (1728–1808);
- Mary Wilkinson (1743–1796) who married Joseph Priestley; and
- William Wilkinson (1744–1808).
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