Richard: Correction. Thomas is the son of Mark Whitaker and Catherine Teague (issue: Elizabeth, Thomas, Mark). Mark m.(2) in 1717, Elizabeth Empson (issue: Charity, James, Empson, Elizabeth). Ron Richard Fulton wrote: > Per note below, I wondered where Johnson Whitaker named in the 1787 Surry > NC Will of his father Thomas Whitaker went. Looks like pretty certain > who moved a short distance first North to SW Virginia and then West to > Eastern TN. Following is the abstract of the Will of Thomas Whitaker, > March 1787, Surry County, NC. > > I believe this Thomas Whitaker to be a son of Mark Whitaker, whose birth as > the son of Mark Whitaker Sr and Catharine Empson., is recorded in St. > George's Parish Register Baltimore County, MD. on Feb. 15, 1716. This > Mark Whitaker Jr. is believed to be the same Mark Whitaker who married > Abigal Johnson Feb. 6, 1743 in Frederick County, MD. However it could > also be that Thomas is the son of Mark Whitaker Sr. Thomas Whiteaker, > son of Mark Whiteaker was born 13 June 1712. > > Besides the common first names Thomas and Mark, another common naming > pattern fits this family. Mark Whitaker Sr., the father of Thomas named > his third son EMPSON, after his wife's maiden name. Thomas Whitaker in > his 1787 Will in Surry County NC., named his second son Johnson Whitaker, > not John or Jonathan, but clearly Johnson and the first name Johnson is > listed in tax lists and Johnson's 1784 marriage to Sarah Stafford in Surry > County, NC. The wife's name Sarah is another strong link to the Thomas > Whitaker leaving a will in Washington County, TN in 1799 being this same > Thomas Whitaker of Surry County, NC. > > Following is the abstract of the Will of Thomas Whitaker who died in Surry > County, NC. March 1787: > ********************************** > 2:78a. Will of Thomas (X) Whitticor. .. Mar 1787. Wife Mary > Plantation on E side of Crk adj Harveys with reversion to son > Mark. Dau Margaret, 1/2 moveable est. Son Johnson, the rest > of land. Rest of my children: Elizabeth, Mary , Nancy, & Jane > have had their share. Exrs: wf Mary, sons Mark & Johnson. > Wit: John Harvey, Mark (X) Whiticor, Jo. Williams. Prvd. by > Jos. Willams. Rec. Aug. Ct. 1787. > **************************** > > Question/observation: The wording of this abstract by saying the > daughters Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy, & Jane had "had their share" would seem > to indicate that they were adults and probably given their share of > inheritance as dowries when married. Anybody have a different > interpretation? We would know then from marriage record of Johnson in > 1784 and fact that son Mark is an executor, that Thomas had 6 adult > children when he died. The fact that only Johnson Whitaker is recorded > in Surry County, NC. marriage records may well mean the others were older > and already married. If so, Johnson would be the 6th child. Since he > was married in 1784, assuming he was 22 when he was married, he would have > been born about 1762. Allowing typical two years between children in > those days and allowing for at least two who did not survive to adulthood > (probably low), then backing up 7X2 or 14 years, we get an estimated year > of birth of the first of Thomas' children in about 1748. Probably > earlier if Johnson was older than 22 and/or there were more gaps in births. > If 1748 is close to accurate as the date of the birth of Thomas' first > child, then he is likely the son of Mark Sr. of Baltimore MD., not Mark Jr. > of Baltimore MD. Mark Jr. was married in 1743 in Frederick County, MD. > Even if he had had a previous wife, if Thomas was 22 in 1748, Mark Jr. > (born 1716) would have been only 10 years old when Thomas was born. What > do any of you think? > > I have additional information about the family of Mark Whitaker Sr. of > Baltimore County, MD who died in 1729 and the NC connection I will forward > in another note. > > I am descended from a Thomas Whitaker born January 26, 1788 in Virginia. > He > came to Washington County, Tennessee prior to 1813 as he married a Jemima > Edgeman on April 25, 1813 in Washington County. Their children were > Winton, > Nancy, Rachel, Jesse R., Richard W., Elizabeth, Joseph, Stephen A. and > John > W. I have not been able to determine who Thomas' parents are. > > Interestingly, there is a will for a Johnson Whitaker in Washington County > which mentions the following: > > Johnson Whitaker October 24, 1799 > Wife, Sarah and children. Executrix, Sarah Whitaker. Teste: > Mark Whitaker, Jonathan Tullis. February Sessions, 1800. > Signed Johnson Whitaker > > Also, in the Washington County List of Taxables, there is a Mark Whitacre > listed in Captain Morrison's company for tax years 1793 through 1796. This > may be the same Mar Whitaker who is found listed in the book "Roster of > Soldiers and Patriots of the American Revolution Buried in Tennessee". > Information in the book shows him born on April 8, 1750 in North Carolina > and died 1842 in Lincoln County, TN. He married Catherine Boone on > 3-1-1780 > in Rowan County, NC. Children are Rebecca, Nancy, John, Mary, Sarah, > Martha, Benjamin, Judy, Mark Jr., and Perlina. > > The book also lists Richard Whitaker born c1760 in North Carolina, died in > Lincoln County, TN. There is also a John Whitaker born 1760 in Salisbury > District, NC, died 6-11-1837 in Lincoln County, TN. > > I wonder if these Whitakers could be the descendants of Thomas Whitaker > that > you mention who died in 1787 in Surry County leaving a will naming sons > Johnson and Mark? Is his will dated 1787? I would like to get a copy. > Thanks > > Thanks, Rich Fulton, rfulton@us.ibm.com > World Wide Mid-Market Sales Executive, S/390 SW, SWG > IBM, home office > 1420 West Main Street, Apt. 1008 > Lewisville, TX. 75067 USA > Phone: 972-434-1033, t/l 450-8996 > Fax: 817-962-8780, t/l 522-8780 > > ==== WHITAKER Mailing List ==== > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp