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 [email protected] Administrator, The Whitaker Family History & Genealogical Research Homepage.