Hi, Patrick Thanks for the info. That explains why I don't have Henry - I don't have any of Abraham's siblings in my file. Anyway, we're still cousins! We moved to Mass. from MO (where Frances Whitaker moved with her husband) when my husband took a job in the computer industry. Congratulations on your excellent gradepoint! What grade level do you hope to teach? I'll look forward to any info you are willing to send about your Whitakers. Let me know if you want mine and we can compare facts. Joyce ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Whitaker <patrick4u@mindspring.com> To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [WHITAKER] Henry Whitaker > Sorry Joyce, I messed up a little. That's what I get for trying to answer > quickly. My Henry is the son of Andrew Jackson Whitaker, Abraham's brother. > That would make us fourth cousins-once removed--I think. Sorry for the > mistake, but I was close. > I have heard about the scholarship for native Americans, but didn't have any > way to prove it. Maybe by the time I go for my Doctorate I will have the > info. > BTW Joyce, how did you get all the way up there in MA? School is finished, > I'm just job hunting right now, so it's a good opportunity to update my > info. I am not sure that the Cherokee connection is through the Whitakers. > My Grandmother was a DeMont, whose mother was a Wicker (all over central > NC). She looked like an Indian, but I have seen a couple of other references > to the Whitaker/Indian connection--so it may be. > For whatever that is all worth, I will sign off now. Take care and keep in > touch. > Patrick > > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp >

Hey Joyce! My plan is to teach college level --up. I enjoy the academic environment and helping people achieve their educational goals. Nontraditional students make up the majority in higher ed today, and that will probably continue, so the adult ed degree fits very well. I have put in for a few jobs up in Maine. Most in Mass just don't pay enough to afford to live there. Here are the children I have for Andrew Jackson and Hannah Bass Whitaker--in birth order (though I don't have the years). Christina, Aaron, William E., Emily, Mary, Richard, Lydia, Malinda, Malissa, Pilcy Marinda, Martha Jane, Henry, and Sam M. And AJ also fought in the Civil War--busy guy, huh? Well, take care! Patrick