Do you by any chance know who your Elizabeth married and what her birthdate is? Mary and Don Wyoming >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 > >---- Original Message ----- >From: Richard Fulton <rfulton@us.ibm.com> >To: <WHITAKER-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 12:50 AM >Subject: [WHITAKER] Surry NC Whitaker's: Maryland Connection, 300 Yrs in >America??? > > >> Thanks to Susan Gall for sending more details on the Surry NC Whitaker >> clan. I have a fairly large collection of Maryland Whitaker information >> as well as access to a great library in Dallas. I started poking around >> at the Surry NC Whitaker origins puzzle. I think the following contain >> good possibilities. I will leave it up to the reader to decide. Also, >> if I somebody spots an error in the information or logic, please speak up. >> Here goes. >> >> The data that exists from Surry County, NC strongly points to a Robert >> Whitaker who died in Surry County NC about 1782 and wife Mary and their >two >> sons, William the elder and Jonathan who are the progenitors of the large >> Surry NC Whitaker clan. Rumors and/or family stories suggest Maryland as >> the birthplace of William and that Robert and family migrated from >Maryland >> to NC sometime prior to 1782. Since William's eldest son, Isaac, was >> born in 1773, William was likely about 1750 or earlier. >> >> Very logical assumptions have been made in the past linking the Robert >> Whitaker of 1782 Surry County, NC. to the Robert Whitaker and Mary Hall of >> the Quaker Joshua Whitaker clan to came to PA about 1719 from Lancashire >> England by way of Ireland. In Bruce Whitaker's book "Whitaker, Reed, >> Harper, Wright", and other publications, members of this Joshua Whitaker >PA >> family are traced to early (by 1759) Rowan County, NC., founding a large >> Whitaker NC clan, most of whom moved west to Buncombe County, NC. >> However, it seems clear that neither Robert and Mary Hall Whitaker, nor >> their children, went to NC, but only slightly south of PA into Cecil >> County, MD where they died with a will recorded. So that is not the >> link. >> >> Another possibility is the Family of Mark Whitaker who was in Baltimore >> County, MD. by 1702 (tax lists) and died there on May 1, 1729. His two >> marriages and seven children are recorded in St. George's Parish Register. >> There is no Robert listed, although it is always possible there was a son >> Robert who is just not listed in the Parish registers. Mark's widdow >> remarried to Francis Taylor on Oct. 1729 and soon thereafter the family >> disappears from Baltimore County with members showing up in Prince >George's >> County and Frederick County, MD., and then to Rowan County, NC., by 1768. >> It is my belief that Thomas Whitaker, son of Mark and Catherine Teag >> Whitaker, born June 13, 1712 in Baltimore County, MD., is the same Thomas >> Whitaker who died in 1787 in Surry County, NC., leaving a will naming sons >> Mark and Johnson Whitaker. Due to the close proximity of members of >the >> Mark Whitaker of Baltimore County, MD family to who I believe is the >family >> of Robert Whitaker of Surry County, NC., in Prince George's County and >> Frederick County, MD., and Surry County, NC., I would be willing to bet >> there is a close family relationship. I believe Thomas and Robert >> Whitaker of early Surry County, NC., are likely cousins, if not brothers. >> It appears that any descendents of Thomas Whitaker who died in Surry NC in >> 1787 left the county soon after 1800, and the large Whitaker clan of Surry >> NC., are descended from William and Jonathan Whitaker, sons of Robert >> Whitaker who died in Surry NC about 1782 and his wife Mary. >> >> Origins of Robert Whitaker, died ca. 1782 in Surry County, NC. >> I believe that Robert Whitaker, patriarch of the Surry County, NC., >> Whitaker's was the son of Robert Whitaker of Prince George's County, MD. >> >> Land records are pretty complete for Prince George's County, MD., from the >> creation of the County in 1695. In searching those records, I first >find >> Robert Whitaker registering a cattle mark (brand) on January 4, 1731 in >> Prince George's County (Liber Q, p. 399). Registering a cattle mark >was >> often done by a young man just strarting out in adult life, but could also >> have been some one moving into the County at any age. >> >> The next entry I find (liber T, p. 480) is of a Robert Whitaker, "Gent." >> who buys a tract of land called "Pentaland Hills" in Prince Georges >County, >> MD., on June 13, 1737 (deed recorded July 1, 1737) from RIchard Walles. >> The price is 60pds and size is estimated at 100 acres. The appellation >> "Gent." was usually reserved for men of some prosperity and education, so >> apparently Robert Whitaker was doing well. >> >> I found in interesting that a cattle mark in registered in Prince Georges >> County, MD., on July 1, 1734 by Flower Swift. Flower Swift is also in a >> list of petitioners in Prince George's MD., in 1739. Flower Swift is >> listed in the St. George Parish Register of Baltimore County, MD., as >> marrying Elizabeth Whitaker, daughter of Mark Whitaker on Mary 13, 1725. >> The name is so unusual, it is highly likely this is the same person and >> puts members of Mark Whitaker Baltimore MD family in Prince Georges MD at >> same time as Robert Whitaker. Another connection is found in a >> Baltimore County, MD land transaction as follows: >> 25, Feb. 1739: Thomas Whitaker of PG. Co. conveys 100 acres, part of >a >> tract called Westwood, which was formerly conveyed by Robert West to Mark >> Whitaker, father of the grantor, back to Robert West. (HWS#1-A: 382) >> >> Here we have a second member of the Baltimore MD Mark Whitaker family >> moving to Prince Georges County, MD., where Robert Whitaker lived. At >> the name Thomas matches the Thomas Whitaker who died in Surry County, NC. >> 1787. I therefore think it likely these are the same men. There >is >> also a land transaction in Prince Georges County, MD., (PG Land Record >Book >> BB 1, page 278), in which Thomas Whittaker for 20lbs buys a 50 acre tract >> of land called "Prevention" on March 29, 1745, from Priscilla Wilson and >> her son Thomas Wilson. >> >> The next entry for Robert Whitaker I found in LIber Y, p. 176, a Special >> Petition of Robert Whitaker, Gent., regarding boundaries of "Pentland's >> Hills" made April 17, 1740. Apparently "Pentland's Hills" was either >> bigger than they thought, or Robert added to it with transactions not >> recorded as on Nov. 23, 1743, Robert Whitaker of Prince Georges County, >> MD., Gent., give the deed to "Pentland Hills" now listed as containing >> about 300 acres as well as title to 13 slaves to James Russell of PG, >> Merchant. Robert obtains 180lbs. money, but the deed is conditional and >> is void if Robert pays back the money within 2 years. Apparently Robert >> wanted or needed cash for something and obtained a loan and put up his >land >> as collateral. >> >> Unfortunately my Dallas library only has the transcripts for Prince >> George's County Land books through 1746. The records exist beyond that, >> and further research may well shed further light on the family through >land >> transactions. >> >> The next records regarding the family of Robert Whitaker of Prince Georges >> MD., is found in the Will of Alexander Magruder, of Prince Georges County, >> MD., written Feb. 4, 1740 and proved May 20, 1746. Among other family >> bequests, Alexander leaves a slave to his daughter Elizabeth Whiteaker and >> the southernmost half of a piece of land to Robert Whitaker and his wife >> Elizabeth. From this it seems clear that Robert's wife was Elizabeth >> Magruder. ( keep in mind this is Robert Whitaker Sr., whom I believe is >> the father of Robert Whitaker of Surry NC.). >> >> Digressing a moment on the Magruder line. From pages 533 through 548 >from >> the book "Across The Years In Prince George's County, MD.", 1947, is an >> article on the PG Magruder family. Magruder is a branch of the Scottish >> Clan Mac Gregor said to be founded by Gregor, youngest son of Alpin >> MacAchaia, King of the Scots from 833-836AD. It is reported in a >> genealogy by Dr. Edward Magruder that Alexander Magruder (father of >> Robert's father-in-law Alexander above), the immigrant to America was the >> 3rd Great Grandson of Gillespie MacGregor, third son of Gregor MacGregor, >> 12th Chief of the Clan. The history reports that Alexander Magruder Sr. >> the immigrant, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, in 1610, and first >appears >> in Colonial Records of MD in 1653. He acquired considerable property and >> left many descendants. His son Alexander Jr., father in law of Robert >> Whitaker in Prince Georges MD., is listed as born in 1671 and died in >> 1746, and was three times Justice of Prince Georges County, MD. >> >> The next piece of evidence and perhaps the most telling piece is the Will >> of Robert Whitaker Sr., in Prince Georges County, MD. proved: June 27, >> 1753. >> He give his person estate to his 7 youngest children: Susannah, >Elizabeth, >> Susan, Henry, Sarah, Priscilla, and Alexander. Although not named, his >> wife Elizabeth was still living as evidenced by son William's will of >1757. >> He then gives to his two eldest sons, William and Robert, all the tract I >> dwell on. It is this Robert Jr. whom I think is the Robert who >founded >> the Surry NC Whitaker clan. The naming conventions are interesting. >> By naming his second son after himself and his fourth son after his >> father-in-law, Alexander Magruder, he seems to be following classic naming >> patterns common in Northern Europe. Filling in the blanks, one could >> logically assume that Robert Sr's father's name was William and his >> grandfather's name was Henry. >> >> Another connection with clues is found in the 1776 Census of Maryland in >> which in Frederick County, MD (where Mark Whitaker Jr. from Baltimore >> County, MD., moved and was married) is an Alexander Whitaker, age 30, wife >> Hester age 25, and daughter Elizabeth Magruder Whitaker age 2. This >> clearly would be Robert Sr's youngest child named in his 1753 Prince >> Georges County, MD will. This puts the birth of Robert Sr. youngest son >> at 1746 and generally allowing at least two years between children, would >> place Robert Whitaker Jr.'s birth at 1732 or earlier. This matches >with >> Robert Jr being at least 21 at the death of his father in 1753. The >> location of Alexander in 1776 Frederick County, MD. is yet another clue to >> a family connection to the Mark Whitaker, Baltimore MD family. Did this >> Alexander move south. Likely. He is not in 1790 Maryland Census and >an >> Alexander Whitaker shows up in 1782 list of men subject to having property >> confiscated in Rowan County, NC., along with a Henry (not brother of >Robert >> Jr.), Giles (a large Giles surname family existed in Baltimore County, MD >> when Mark's family was there), James (Mark Sr. had a son James), John, and >> RIchard. >> >> The other brothers of Robert Whitaker Jr. of Prince Georges County, MD., >> died without heirs. William's will was proved in Prince Georges MD. >> March 20, 1757, in which he names his brothers: Henry, Alexander, and >> Robert, his mother Elizabeth, and the same "Pentland Hills" tract of land >> his father had (apparently he paid back the loan). Brother Henry's died >> in Prince Georges MD. Feb. 2, 1773, and left an estate of 323lbs. His >> brother Robert was administrator. Next of kin named are Alexander >> Whitaker and Susanna Whitaker. This indicates Robert Jr was still in MD >> in 1773. Three court actions are brought regarding Henry's estate. >One >> on Nov. 3, 1778, Robert Whitaker is still listed as executor. Two later >> ones dated Nov 28, 1781, and April 13, 1783 show a new executor, Austin >> Allen. From this it would appear that Robert Whitaker Jr., left Prince >> Georges County, MD before 1781, which matches earliest dates of Robert >> Whitaker showing up in Surry County NC. >> >> Further research in land records of Prince Georges County MD., could >> provide further confirmation, but it certainly appears to me that the >> Robert Whitaker of Prince Georges County, MD. is the founder of the Surry >> County, NC Whitaker families. >> >> Last, where did Robert Whitaker who shows up in 1731 in Prince Georges >> County, MD., come from? As I indicated, he could be an unlisted son of >> Mark Whitaker of Baltimore County, MD. However since the family naming >> patterns are so different, I rather doubt this. Mark of Baltimore had >> sons Thomas, Mark, Empson (after wife's maiden name), and James. None >> of these names match Robert's Prince Georges MD family of WIlliam, Robert, >> Henry, and Alexander. The close proximity of the families suggest some >> kinship. Since Mark Sr. of Baltimore MD died in 1729 when his children >> were all minors, perhaps some of all decided to move to stay with relative >> Robert in Prince Georges County. Perhaps an uncle or cousin. >> >> So where might Robert have come from? Robert Whitaker is not an >> extremely common name. An interesting possibility is a record in "The >> Complete Book of Emigrants" by Coldham. vol. 3. 1700-1750. On page 23 is >> a listing of men apprenticed at Liverpool to Mr Thomas Leckonby to be >> shipped to Virginia on the ship "Globe" on January 23, 1701. In the >list >> is a Robert Whitaker, of Lancashire, age 19, to serve 4 years . Aside >> from agriculture, the largest industry and employer in the Colonies at the >> time shipping. It was not unusual for young men without means to serve >a >> career at sea, amassing some wealth, and then only after a number of >years, >> settling down to marry and build a family as a country Gentleman. >Could >> this 19 years old Robert Whitaker from Lancashire, England, apprenticed to >> VA be the same Robert Whitaker who arrived in Prince Georges County MD, >> some years later, perhaps marrying in the 1720's to Elizabeth Magruder, >> daughter of a well to do land owner? If so, this year would mark the >> 300th anniversary of this Whitaker branch immigration to America. >> Perhaps further research in VA or other counties in MD records before >1730 >> will shed light on where Robert Sr. came from. I did do a search of all >> MD wills before 1730 and did not find any reference to a Robert Whitaker. >> >> Please feel free to ask questions, correct, or enhance this analysis. 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