I am enclosing the following rather lengthy history of Whittingtons down to my ancestor, Benjamin Whittington in Maryland in hopes that we have common ties since both of us descend from Maryland Whittingtons. You wrote: > > Today's Topics: > #1 George WHITTINGTON/Elizabeth TURNE ["Susan > Whittington" <Susan_Whittin] ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 18:41:06 -0500 > From: "Susan Whittington" > <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: George WHITTINGTON/Elizabeth > TURNER-Maryland > > George F WHITTINGTON married Elizabeth TURNER in > Maryland. > One of their children was George Franklin > WHITTINGTON who was born in 1843 and lived in the > Deale, Maryland area. I'm looking for information > or others researching this family. > Thanks, Sue Check out this epistle for common connections and write to me either here at Rootsweb or email me at [email protected] --William (I received this from another Whittington cousin, Tina Powers in Alaska, for which I am very greatful) FRANCIS WHITTINGTON, MERCHANT. This may be the Francis that William (son of Gentleman William) apprenticed with (tina d�s assumption not Ms. Pfander�s statement of fact). Merchant, with William Whittington, Joyner (woodworker) arrived in Maryland before 1670 and assigned over the �Head Rights� to land as payment for their transportation. Land Office of Maryland Information proved this statement: 13 December, 1670, came Anthony Sallaway of County of Ann Arundel and proved right to 350 acres of land due him for transportation of these persons following (viz) Richard Edwards, James Martin, William Whittington (the joyner), William Edmonds, Francis Whittington, Benjamin Tirwhit, Rosamond Clark. Warrant issued to said Anthony Sallaway. Few facts are available concerning this Francis Whittington, Merchant, but those few are significant. The term �Merchant� was used to distinguish those who engaged in overseas trade as well as local trade for those who engaged in a profession or as a skilled workman. He is referred to in the Maryland archives as �Mr.� Which meant-in that time that he was the son of a titled gentleman in England, and one of the younger sons who did not inherit the father�s title. The reference in the Maryland Archives is: Mr. Francis Whittington kept store at Mr. Hatch�s house. A dispute arose between them over Winnifrett�was he bound or slave. This is the same Court, same term in which William Whittington, Senior-Planter, son of Gentleman William, was asked to return the Concordantur to Hugh Thomas. The other reference to Francis Whittington, in the Maryland Archives is in Volume 7, page 103 Maryland Assembly Proceedings, October � November 1678, St Marie (then Capitol of the Province), St. Mary�s County: �To Francis Whittington, 900 pounds of tobacco for services to the province.� St. Mary�s County is the southern county of Maryland on the Western shore, and is adjoining on the north by Calvert and Charles Counties. It is significant to note that the town of Westmoreland, Virginia is just across the Potomac River form this County. Where W. Jasper states that our family originated. WILLIAM WHITTINGTON, JOYNER Was born in England, place and date unknown. As has just been recorded he came to Maryland Province in-or sometime before 1670, and located in the vicinity of William Whittington, Senior-Planter and son of Gentleman William Whittington, in the vicinity of Charles and Calvert Counties. The record of his death is found in a photocopy of the inventory of his estate in Calvert County. This inventory was made by George Martin and was signed September 12, 1727, in this fashion: �Signed as Creditors-Rih Smith, Luke Howard and as Witnesses, Thomas Hardisty and Henry Chews�. Following these signatures is the most important statement in the entire document in so far as this lineage is concerned. �NO RELATIONS� written in clear and beautiful handwriting. The inventory was presented on December 28, 1728, to the Deputy Commissioners of Calvert County, Maryland, as a �true Inventory of the goods and Chattels of the above deceased William Whittenton.� The Inventory begins �An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of William Whittington, Joyner, late of Calvert County deceased vis �First on the list is � �a suit of wareing apparrell, hatt and wigg�3 pounds, a chest of Joyners tools, 4 pounds; 2 whipsaws, and numerous other items of import had tools used then in the craft as a Joyner-a Joyner was a finishing carpenter, making the stairs, railings and hand tooled woodwork in the fine homes of the Colonists and in the public buildings of that time. The list continues with such items of personal wear as �a pair of gold buttons and a pare of Silver Buckles, also a sword. He owned 2 horses with Briddle and Saddle; one cow and calf and one yearling, and 2 piggs. One Servant Man is listed as his remaining time being worth 5 pounds. His household furnishings were listed and seemed sufficient for the time and occupation and his suit of clothing, his had and gold and silver accessories together with his sword might indicate his being active in the social and political life of the Colony. In the Maryland Archives are 2 references, which probably refer to this William Whittington, Joyner: �August 20, 1689, Calvert County, William Whittington with others signed a protest against not choosing representatives to the Assembly till October. �Also, William Whittington signs an address to the King from the Protestants of Calvert County declaring their loyalty.� �On October 20, 1729 came George Martin the above Adm�s and proved the above account as the law directs before Richard Hall and Thomas W. Smith, bondsmen both living in Calvert County. Signed Dist. Commissioner. � This final account was filed 2 years after it was made and is misleading as to the time of death of William Whittington, Joyner, but unless one writes for a photocopy of the original it is all he will find in t he Genealogical Libraries and Historical Societies Records. A recheck of the sources available in the Land Office and in the Hall of Records made in November 1964, show nothing more on record concerning the Whittingtons of the Western Shore (western shore of the Chesapeake Bay), Maryland, except this one significant Court Record: Judgements, Calvert County Court, Lib. TL#1, Fol. 669, March 20, 1695. Thomas Whittington against John Atkey, William Dent Attorney. William Dent also attorney for Andrew Whittington, wife Ursula, Court held at Manokin, Somerset County, 1692, 1696. This seemingly unimportant court case solved a problem which has puzzled those who have attempted to trace the Whittington Families of the Western Shore Counties of Maryland. In our efforts to establish, without a shadow of a doubt, the Whittington ancestry of your Editor (Ms Pfander and present transcriber Tina D) 2 professional genealogists were employed in 1963-64 to detail the notes already in hand and to add new facts. Considerable additional information was obtained including the Calvert Court Record just quoted, but none of it established the ancestry of one Thomas Whittington, who was married to Wilhelmina Powell in 1754 in Ann Arundel County. One professional genealogist of high repute during her life time decided that he was the eldest son of John Whittington, Gentleman of Queen Anne�s County, but had no proof except her deductions from the fact that he was not of the right age to be of the families of the western shore. The recently employed genealogist thought he was a son or grandson of William Whittington, Senior, Planter (son of Gentleman William) of Calvert and Charles Counties. Whereupon your editor (Ms. Pfander) and Genealogist resumed her search through the photocopies of the original Wills-Court Proceedings and other statistics from the Hall of Records and the Land Office at Annapolis, Maryland. The photocopy of the will of William Whittington, Senior, Planter (son of Gentleman William) made in 1716 in Calvert County, Maryland named only two sons, William and Francis, both of whom were adults. Thomas Whittington was much too young to be a son of William, Senior, Planter (son of Gentleman William). The possibility of his being the son of William Whittington, Junior (son of Senior, grandson of Gentleman William) was then investigated. This William died before 1762, the date of the filing of the Inventory by one Francis Whittington, Administrator and probably son. So much time elapsed between the filing of the Inventory and the final report of the Accountant�Thomas Whittington�that it seemed there were 2 men of the same name who died about that time. The Accountant�s photocopy is Accounts #51, Fol. 299. We quote one statement: �Of current money paid by this Accountant (Thomas Whittington) for the full Redemption of the Aforesaid Mortgage given by the said Deceased to David Arnold. Thomas Whittington one other of the deceased�s sons, having given his bond for the due payment of the said money, this Accountant having paid and discharged the said Thomas�s bond and now produces it with said Arnold�s receipt thereon appears.� The underlined expressions proves beyond a doubt that the Accountant, Thomas Whittington was not the son of William Whittington, Junior (son of Senior, grandson of Gentleman William), just as the will of William Whittington, Senior, had proved him not to be his son. Nor could he have been a descendant of William Whittington, Joyner, who died in 1727 and had no relatives. By the elimination of theses possible ancestors of Thomas Whittington and the statement on the Calvert County Court Record Lib. TL#1, Fol. 669, March 20, 1695, establishes the truth, long suspected that the Thomas Whittington was a descendant of another Colonial and that his progenitor was the Thomas Whittington named in the Court Record. 1A. John de Whittington of Backwell, Somerset County, England who lived in the late 1100�s to early 1200�s was probably the progenitor of this line. 1B. Robert son of John de Whittington (1A), born early 1200�s. 1C. William son of Robert (1B). 1D. William son of Wiliam (1C). 1E. John son of William (1D). 1F. Thomas son of John, (1E) 1. Thomas Whittington Son of Henry and Philippa Preston Whittington, born and probably married in Somerset County, England. Came to America with or soon after his elder brother Andrew, whose name appears in the land records of Virginia before 1852 (see also in the section Other Whittingtons Who Came to America Before 1700). He was a bondsman, Accountant and Banker, as was his grandson, Thomas. William Whittington Son of Thomas (1). He is devised personal property in the will of Samuel Young, Calvert County, Maryland. This will was signed October 6, 1742 and probated October 8, 1743. This family of Youngs was related to Andrew Whittington�s (older brother of Thomas (1)) first wife Margaret Young Whittington. Samuel Young willed to his sons Samuel and Joseph, his land in Baltimore County. This land called Young�s Escape to be surveyed and divided as near alike as possibly according to quantity and quality. Samuel to have his choice. He gave to his son Samuel his ring on which was inscribed�Colln (colonel) Samuel Young, E.B. 23 June 1736, AE74. Also to Samuel, silver shoe and knee buckles, fold watch, his case of best Pistols and furniture. Joseph also received equally interesting personal effects. Mourning rings were to be given Uncle Richard, his stepdaughter Anne Cockshult and his sister-in-law, Mary Young. These rings were inscribed �Remember S.Y.� His bequest to William Whittington (2) and James White was a mourning Hatt band and gloves to each and requested �they be 2 of the bearers of his body to the ground�. William Whittington�s children were Thomas (3) and John (4) and probably others. Thomas Whittington. Of Ann Arundel County, Maryland, son of William (2), first noted in the records by his marriage to Wilhelmina Powell in 1754. She was the daughter of John Powell of Ann Arundel County, who in his will dated 5-28-1745, devised to her 1/3 of the land called Gorey or Gory Banks situated in Ann Arundel county, Maryland. (The other 2/3 was to be divided between the widow and the eldest daughter Elizabeth Powell). In 1755, Thomas and Wilhelmina Whittington sold 100 acres of Gory Banks and purchased Maidstone where they built their Dwelling house and where they lived until the death of each. This part of the land�Maidstone lay along the main branch of Will�s Creek and became the property of their eldest son John after the death of Wilhelmina. Thomas Whittington as referred to as Planter, meaning one who developed the land and its business. He farmed the land, Gory Banks, his wife�s inheritance, and purchased Maidstone which became the Family dwelling Home through 3 succeeding generations. Thomas also a Public Accountant, and Bondsman. Lib 47, Fol. 42 Calvert County, Ann Arundel County _______, Fol. 180, 1755. He signed his will of 5-17-1783. It was probated 2-9-1786, final account 1788. He gave � of his land containing Maidstone �where my Dwelling House stands� to his eldest son John (5). Thomas(6) the second son received the other � of the land containing all of Gory Banks, his wife�s inheritance from her father, and part of the other land upon, which is the �new house I am now building�. John and Thomas were to pay Benjamin(7) the 3rd son, �177 pounds� in lieu of 1/3 of my land. To his 4 daughters he gave 1 cow, 1 mare or horse, 1 sow and 2 ewes, the customary dowry, which a girl brought to her husband. These daughters were soon to marry as these marriage records show: Wilhelmina married William Armings, 2-6-1781 by license; Catherine married Horatio Mead, Calvert county, 2-3-1784; Ann married Benjamin Bashford, Ann Arundel County, 1788; Elizabeth married Benjamin Baden, Baltimore County, 1-30-1793. John Whittington Son of William (2) and brother to Thomas (3). He was named in the census of Ann Arundel County, 1776, as living in the Upper Hundred of the County. Bumbaugh, Maryland Records, 1775-78, page 205. He was probably the father of the John Whittington, Junior named in the following items about Revolutionary soldiers: �John Whittington, Jr. (4a) and Samuel Whittington were members of James Gresham�s Company, 9-15-1777, Calvert County, Maryland� And from the Maryland Archives: 10-23-1777, John Whittington was appointed Ensign, Western Shore, Maryland.� Western Shore Genealogist�s opinion that it was this Revolutionary soldier John, son of John(4) who given with the discussion of the North Carolina Families. John signed the will of William (2) �I sign as akin� probably because his brother Thomas(3) was the accountant of the Estate. 5. John Whittington Eldest son of Thomas (3) and Wilhelmina Powell Whittington, married first Mary Armiger, 6-1-1780 and 2nd Elizabeth Scrivener, 4-18-1797. He was born on the plantation Maidstone and Gory Banks. His mother had inherited Gory Banks and Thomas had purchased a small part of Maidstone and had built their �Dwelling House� on this part of Maidstone. He willed this home and adjoining land to his eldest son John (5A). In John�s will, dated 8-31-1817, he writes that he had purchased the remainder of Maidstone from William Weems, Trustee for the real estate of the late Captain William Weems. Maidstone now contained 340 acres and �was the plantation upon which I now reside�. Maidstone was to be the property of his wife Elizabeth Whittington (2nd wife) until her death or remarriage. After either event Maidstone was to be the property of his daughter Mary Whittington (5B) who married Henry Childs, June 26, 1820 (Henry Childs was executor with son Thomas and Elizabeth the wife, all named as such in the will). Therefore the Maidstone Plantation became no longer the Whittington Plantation. John Whititngton�s other 2 children named in his will seem to have been by his 1st wife, Mary Armiger as they were both married at the time the will was made. His son, John A. (5A) was devised the plantation on which he now lives. Daughter Elizabeth Colson (5C) and son Thomas(5D) to be paid $500. Elizabeth was to be paid by her sister Mary Whittington (5B) and Thomas was to receive his from his brother, John A Whittington (5A). Elizabeth (5C) first married Daniel Frazier, 1-30-1799 and second Colsen. The family of John�s deceased son William (5E) was to receive nothing, as John (5) had become security for a loan made to William by the Farmers Bank of Maryland,� whereas I have to pay a considerable sum of money in consequences thereof, I do hereby declare that the money paid or to be paid is equal to the dividend of the rest of my children�. Daughter Mary (5B) was to receive all the Negroes, five in number, and certain household furniture. 5A. John A. Whittington Son of John and Mary Armiger Whittington, married first Sarah Brown, October 10, 1813 and second Sarah Patterson, 9-19-1815. He made his will in 1837 in which he wills his wife Sarah and their children-if they survive- all his land. The will-which is very brief-goes into detail for the freeing of his slaves at age 25, and provision for their welfare after their freedom is granted. Thomas Whittington Second son of Thomas (3) and Wilhelmina Powell Whittington. Married first Eleanor Miles, 11-24-1791 and 2nd Ann Basford, 11-7-1794. (Maryland Records, Colonial Revolutionary, County and church by GM Brumbaugh, Vol. 2, Pg. 485). His family did not appear in the 1800 census. Thomas Whittington was named with his elder brother, John (5) as co-executor of their father�s will. John refused to serve so Thomas became sole executor. The final settlement was not made until 1788. Benjamin Whittington Youngest son of Thomas(3) and his wife Wilhelmina Powell Whittington. Was born on the �Dwelling Plantation� in Ann Arundel County, Maryland. As has been stated, he was to be paid by his elder brothers 177 pounds in lieu of �1/3 of my land�. He received this in final settlement and then married in Ann Arundel County in 1788, Cassandra Smith, daughter of Joseph Smith, of Ann Arundel County, Maryland. Their children named in Joseph Smith�s will, 1804 and in the final distribution of Joseph Smith�s estate in 1816 were: Jenny, Fanny, Thomas, Samuel and Joseph Whittington. Cassandra Smith was deceased before her father made his will in 1804. Benjamin Whittington was married to Elizabeth Cowman in 1804 by William Deal. So, are there other Whittingtons who can tie into this Maryland line? --William [email protected] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/