attention Debi Elliott...this may answer some of your questions Aaron -----Original Message----- From: Allen A. Whitaker <AllWhit@sprintmail.com> To: WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 4:07 PM Subject: Richard WHITACAR of Fenwick's Colony New Jersey. >Good Morning to Everyone: > >Hi All: > >Well, thanks to Joan Whitaker-Landrum, I think it's clear that she >certainly awakened everyone >on the Whitaker-L list that the list has been a little slow lately, but >that as a group we are all still >very active. > >I'm certainly no exception in this regard, as I've recently had a >breakthrough in my own >WHITAKER line, but have yet to share it with everyone, at least until >now: > >As many of you know over the past few years, I've been searching for the >lineage of my 3rd >paternal great grandfather, Rueben Barker WHITAKER. Thanks to being >contacted by Shelley >Whitaker Gregory, I've been able to confirm that I am descended from the >line of Richard >WHITACAR, a prominent member of Fenwick's Colony in Salem, New Jersey. >my 3rd paternal >great grandfather, Rueben Barker WHITAKER is a son of Lemuel WHITAKER, >and the line as I >have it so far is as follows: > >Descendants of Richard Whitaker Sr. > > 1 Richard Whitaker Sr. b: Bef. 1665 d: Aft. 1709 >... +Elizabeth Adkin m: January 17, 1678/79 >...... 2 Richard Whitaker Jr. >............ +Abagail ? >.............. 3 Thomas Whitaker >.............. 3 Katharine Whitaker >.............. 3 Nathaniel Whitaker >.................... +Ruth Buck >...................... 4 Sara Whitaker b: Unknown d: Abt. 1808 >...................... 4 Hannah Whitaker b: Unknown >............................ +Ephraim Foster >...................... 4 Daniel Whitaker b: Unknown >...................... 4 Ruth Whitaker b: Unknown >............................ +Josiah Harris >............................... 5 Enos Harris b: Unknown >............................... 5 John Harris b: Unknown >.............. *2nd Wife of Nathaniel Whitaker: >.................... +Mary Ann Abbott m: November 18, 1729 d: >September 13, 1738 >...................... 4 Ambrose Whitaker d: November 05, 1796 >............................ +Rachel Leake d: January 30, 1823 >............................... 5 Recompence Whitaker >............................... 5 Oliver Whitaker >............................... 5 Freelove Whitaker >............................... 5 Isaac Whitaker >............................... 5 Sara Whitaker >............................... 5 Leake Whitaker >..................................... +Robert H. VanMeter >...................... *2nd Wife of Ambrose Whitaker: >............................ +Freelove Stratton m: January 16, 1755 >............................... 5 Freelove Whitaker >..................................... +Butler Thompson >....................................... 6 Mary Thompson >............................................. +Thomas Sheppard >............................................... 7 Lydia Sheppard >............................................... 7 Sara Sheppard >............................................... 7 Ann Sheppard >............................................... 7 Mark Sheppard >............................... 5 Mary Whitaker >............................... 5 Nathaniel Whitaker >............................... 5 Abigail Whitaker >............................... 5 Catharine Whitaker >...................... *3rd Wife of Ambrose Whitaker: >............................ +Ruth Harris b: Abt. 1733 m: December 10, >1766 d: October 05, 1772 >............................... 5 David Whitaker >............................... 5 Hannah Whitaker >............................... 5 Lewis Whitaker >...................... 4 Lemuel Whitaker >...................... 4 Lewis W. Whitaker >............................ +Anna Thompson >............................... 5 Lewis Whitaker >............................... 5 Lemuel Whitaker b: 1771 d: 1849 >..................................... +Ruth Barker b: 1775 m: 1790 d: >1805 >....................................... 6 Rubin Barker Whitaker Sr. b: >January 08, 1800 d: April 11, 1868 >............................................. +Fanny b: 1800 m: May 24, >1822 >............................................... 7 David Whitaker >............................................... 7 Lemuel Whitaker >............................................... 7 John Buchanan >Whitaker >............................................... 7 Milton Whitaker >............................................... 7 George Whitaker b: >1823 d: January 06, 1875 >............................................... 7 Annis Whitaker b: >1834 >............................................... 7 Samual Whitaker b: >1836 >............................................... 7 Lewis Whitaker b: >Abt. 1838 d: March 07, 1890 >............................................... 7 Rubin Barker >Whitaker Jr. b: February 24, 1841 d: June 10, >1921 >..................................................... +Jane Magruder b: >July 1848 m: October 14, 1868 d: >February 11, 1931 >........................................................ 8 Milton >Clarance Whitaker b: December 16, 1870 d: >April 02, 1963 >.............................................................. +Mabel >Martin m: July 09, 1900 d: 1932 >................................................................ 9 >John Martin Whitaker Sr. b: July 22, 1901 d: April >02, 1987 >...................................................................... >+Ada Francke b: May 10, 1902 m: August 20, >1927 d: January 11, 1991 > >(Living relatives of this line are omitted here). > >........................................................ *2nd Wife of >Milton Clarance Whitaker: >.............................................................. +Francis >Strader m: June 16, 1934 >........................................................ 8 Orville >Robert Whitaker b: October 21, 1875 >........................................................ 8 Frederick >Whitaker b: December 10, 1879 d: August >20, 1977 >.............................................................. +Pearl >E. Snapp b: February 16, 1882 d: December >1977 >....................................... *2nd Wife of Rubin Barker >Whitaker Sr.: >............................................. +Margaret Long b: Abt. >1813 m: December 13, 1853 d: >November 03, 1881 >............................................... 7 Mary Adella Whitaker >b: Abt. 1855 >............................................... 7 Beth Ann Whitaker b: >Abt. 1858 >....................................... 6 Harriet Whitaker >............................................. +Samual Bond >....................................... 6 Lewis Whitaker >............................... *2nd Wife of Lemuel Whitaker: >..................................... +Jane Buchanan m: 1807 >....................................... 6 Ruth Jane Whitaker >....................................... 6 Lemuel Whitaker >....................................... 6 John Buchanan Whitaker >....................................... 6 Neri Whitaker >....................................... 6 Sara Whitaker >....................................... 6 William B. Whitaker >............................... 5 Lydia Whitaker > >Most of this information on Richard WHITACAR comes from Thomas Shourd's >History and >Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony (Published: Genealogical Publishing Co., >Baltimore, MD), as >well as Shelley Whitaker-Gregory's own research. I am still in the >process of following up with >source data from New Jersey Colonial and State archives as well. I >can't thank Shelley enough >for helping me with this major breakthrough on my line. This Whitaker >line is also connected with >the THOMPSON and WARE families, the genealogies of which are also >contained in History >and Genealogy of Fenwick's Colony. > >Please contact me if you see a connection in your research. > >Thanks to all, and I hope everyone is well. > >Allen A. Whitaker > AllWhit@sprintmail.com > >Administrator, The Whitaker Family History & Genealogical Research >Homepage. >