Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker

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Dolores Christophel D'Errico

Dolores Christophel D'Errico 17000 N. W. 67th Avenue Apt 307 Hialeah, Florida 33015-4060 [email protected] Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker

Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN2 WHITTAKER (ROBERT1)1 was born 27 Jun 1641 in Skipton, Yorkshire, England2, and died Aft. 1689. He married ELIZABETH LINFIELD3,4 Apr 1660 in Middlesex County, Massachusetts5,6, daughter of JONATHAN LINFIELD and MARY BARTLETT. She was born 05 May 1644 in Fittleworth, Sussex, England7, and died 08 Jan 1707 in Concord, Middlesex, MA8.

Notes for JOHN WHITTAKER: Many in the past, including the Mormon Church, have believed that John Whittaker of Watertown was born in 1623 at Halesowen, Worcestershire, England, son of Nicholas Whittaker. I do not agree with this premise.

The Mormon Church has this pedigree as part of the Ancestors of Brigham Young. Sarah, the daughter of John and Elizabeth Whittaker born 12 Jun 1666 at Watertown married William Young at Boston in 1694 and they were the Paternal Great Great Grandparents of Brigham Young. I think this is why many have accepted this hypothesis without question.

The first problem in this idea is the age of John Whittaker of Watertown. "Ages From Court Records 1636 to 1700" by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, Page 216, gives his age at the time of the "1677 Hog Case" to be 36years. This would put his birth year at about 1641. We know that this is indeed the same John Whittaker of Watertown because his wife and two children were also deposed in the case; and, their ages are given also. Elizabeth is stated as being 35 years of age, John, Jr. 14 years of age and Mary 16 years old. This matches up with the exact names and dates of birth of his children. If he were born in 1623, he would be 54 years old. I believe that even if the ages were an estimate, which I don't think they are, it would be unusual to say the least to mistake a 54 year old man for a 36 year old.

The second problem raises it's head in the "1660 Breach of Promise Case", where John pledges a debt owed to him by his brother, Richard, toward the 50 pound bond that he is re- quired to post. There is no record of Nicholas Whittaker ever having a son named Richard.

The end of this case has also been described as John having married Elizabeth while he was still under legal age. A birth date of 1641 would fit in with this scenario. However, the birth date of 1623 would make him well over the legal minimum at 37 years old at the time of the marriage.

I believe that John Whittaker of Watertown was born 27 Jun 1641 at Skipton, Yorkshire, England to Robert Whittaker and his wife, Ann Wright. John was named after an earlier born brother, also named John, who met an untimely death at the age of 11 in the year 1636. Among other siblings, he had a brother named Richard born 19 Jan 1634.

It is said that the first settlers of Watertown were a rebellious lot, always arguing and refusing to kowtow to authority. John's personality seemed to fit that description. He was a real fireball with a chip on his shoulder from the moment he burst on the scene, which seems to be when he promised to marry Elizabeth Linfield; and, then apparently reneged. According to the depositions in the case, included in Folio numbers 18, 20, and, finally, 28 of the Middlesex County Court Records of 1660/1661, he set her up in a house; and after spending months there with her, was readying to leave for England, which he had done before. It seems to be at this point, that he decided he no longer wanted to marry her and left for another town, Cambridge. Elizabeth was in the town without family to protect her. Two men, Edward Oakes and William Manning, took up Elizabeth's cause and brought her to the Magistrate. John was brought back to town to explain himself. When asked why he no longer wished to marry Elizabeth, he was evasive, just stating that he had "lost affection" for her and that she had done no wrong. The court required him to

1 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker post a 50 pound bond, after which they gave him approximately two weeks to get his mind right about marrying her. If he had not married her by this time, then he would lose the 50 pounds; and then have to post another bond of 100 pounds, this time, in order to procure another couple of weeks to think....and so on. John apparently married Elizabeth before having to post any further bonds. This case has done more than any one thing to malign his character; and unfairly, at that. Due to a mistake in transcribing the court records, this case was listed in history books such as Bond's "History of Watertown" as "John promised marriage to Mary Linfield; but , did not perform". Right after this bomb was dropped, in the next paragraph, it was acknowledged that he married Elizabeth (no last name). For hundreds of years this has made it look as if he promised to marry one girl; but, instead, married another; when actually he not only did marry the same woman; but, stayed with her for the rest of his life and raised a large and very interesting family with her.

There are those who have claimed to have researched this "Breach of Promise" case; and say that it proves that John was a cad and a rogue. I have found evidence that their claims are simply not founded in truth. I took the time to go through the films of all of the actual court cases of Middlesex County and found that on 25 June 1661 at a court in Charlestown, the magistrates Richard Bellingham, Richard Russell and Thomas Danforth returned the 50 pound bond which John Whittaker had forfeited when he had not shown up on 02 April 1661 at the court in Cambridge to either marry Elizabeth or prove that he had already married her. This appears in the later transcribed book of Pulsifer on pages 231-232. The proof also appears in the original transcript of the court records on pages 190 and 191. The wording is as follows: "John Whitticus discharged> John Whitticus (another spelling of Whittaker) appearing in court, is released of his bond for the good behavior and from the penalty of those bonds forfeited by his non-appearance at Cambridge court." I submit that there is no way that they would have released the bond to John Whittaker if he had not married the woman who had sued him for breach of promise. It also proves that the designation "Mary Linfield" was a mistake in the records because if he had promised to marry "Mary" and then married "Elizabeth" he still would have forfeited the bond money. The truth is that he promised to marry Elizabeth Linfield, got cold feet, was called in front of the magistrates to explain himself, posted bond, did not show up at the next court session; then did show up at the session at Charlestown with proof that he had married Elizabeth Linfield who became the mother of his children and lifetime companion. The above evidence for the return of the bond may be found on both LDS film #892250 and film #892251 covering the court records of Middlesex County Massachusetts.

Another possible reason for Elizabeth Linfield being designated as "Mary Linfield" in some of the court records has been presented in "Connecticut, 1600s-1800s Local Families and Histories, New England Families, Volume 1, Genealogies and Memorials", Page 452, copyright by MyFamily.com, Inc., where it is stated that during the early 1700s it was still a legal custom to assume the name Mary when the given name of a woman was unknown.

The Linfield Family in Sussex, England, where they seemed to have resided for hundreds of years became involved with the Quaker movement early on. I also plan to investigate whether the parents of Elizabeth were involved in this. If this is the case, it would go far to explain not only why John Whittaker may have had "cold feet" when it came to marrying Elizabeth; but why the Watertown neighbors may have looked upon both of them with such disdain. Quakers were not regarded with any degree of sympathy. Sometimes they were whipped and killed. This might also explain why John was quite evasive when asked for a reason why he changed his mind about marrying her, finishing up with "I have lost affection for her".

The next most singly important litigation in the lives of the Whittakers occurred in 1673. At this time John Whittaker was leasing half of the Widow Eyre's farm in Watertown. The other half was leased to John Chenery, who agreed to improve the farm; and, agreed not to remove any wood from the property. Mrs. Eyre signed over power of attorney to John Whittaker to take Mr. Chenery to court for eviction from the property and damages done to it. The case comprises almost the whole of Folio number 63 for that year. At least a dozen of the townspeople testified that they had seen John Chenery removing rough wood and clapboards from the farm and taking them to his

2 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker own property. One wonders if these clapboards may have been a part of the barn which we shall see also played a key part in the later unfolding scenario. The court found for John Whittaker and Mrs. Eyre, evicting John Chenery before his lease was up and charging him damages. It was brought out in this case that the fences were in disrepair at this time. After the end of this case, John Whittaker bought the farms from Mrs. Eyre on a mortgage, making himself a staunch enemy in the town in the bargain.

The Hog Case of 1677 precipitated the family pulling up stakes, selling their property, and moving to Billerica. John, Jr. and his sister, Mary, testified in this case; and three men of the town, including one John Chenery, being an enemy of John Whittaker, Sr., testified that John Whittaker, Jr. was "a very lying boy". The prosecution of this case was also rooted in an ongoing feud with the Whittaker's next door neighbor, John Hammond, who had been called before the court in the past for confiscating animals which strayed onto his property. One such case is that of John Bridge vs John Hammond which appears in the 31st frame of the LDS film #892250 of the Middlesex County Court Transcripts. Back in this beginning, the court found for the owner of the livestock and against Mr. Hammond.

The troubles apparently started when the fence between the two properties fell into disrepair and Whittaker's livestock were straying onto the land of John Hammond. John Hammond confiscated the animals and took them to the town pound. Apparently, John Whittaker was removing the animals on his own, as they were disappearing from the pound. Whittaker and Hammond started to argue with each other. They also began to bring suit against each other for slander and assault and battery. John and Elizabeth sued John Hammond for knocking Elizabeth down in the road and kicking her in the stomach. This level of hostility was reached only after, John Whittaker, had beaten Hammond with a stick on his own property, as well as beating his servant with a tree limb in the road near both properties.

These suits and their subsequent fines pressed the Whittakers into debt. They already had a mortgage to pay for the farm which they had bought from the Widow Eire. Finally John Whittaker was forced to give up most of his livestock as collateral for an eight pound loan to buy provisions. Listed in this exorbitant collateral were 18 cattle, two heifers, three swine, a steer, and a bay mare, as well as his entire corn crop. John Dix was the creditor of the loan who was holding the collateral livestock. Hammond moved to attach the livestock of Whittaker being held by Dix. Mr. Dix had already sold two hogs to one Jeremy Morse or Moss. The Whittaker children testified that the two hogs were the same swine which their father had turned over to Mr. Dix for collateral; and, this was the testimony for which John Jr. was labeled "a very lying boy". However, the jury found for Mr. Hammond in this case because they decided that the papers which John Dix and John Whittaker had drawn up themselves for the collateral on the eight pound loan were not legal, even though they had been witnessed and sealed by those same men who later found them illegal.

When John, Sr. was to come to court to answer the complaints, he refused to appear; and, was found guilty of contempt; and, fined twenty shillings or ten days imprisonment. I have not yet uncovered the outcome of that choice. Once the case started rolling, it seemed to be thundering down a steep hill without benefit of brakes. All of the cases and papers which were generated during this feud may be found in Folio numbers 74, 76 and 77 of the Middlesex County Court Records for that year, 1677.

Adding insult to injury, the nosey neighbors of John and Elizabeth next called him before the court for stuffing his crop into his house. This case was included in Folio number 80 of the Middlesex County Court Papers for the year 1677. He appeared not to have the benefit of a barn to store the crop in after harvest. His only hope to get out of debt was the sale of this crop. His livestock had already been confiscated by the wily next door neighbor. Watertown during this time was one of the worst hit towns as regards Indian attacks. They killed people and livestock, burned buildings and ran off with the children. Whether his lack of a barn was due to some Indian Depredation, due to disrepair, or to the pilfering of John Chenery is not known. He refused to

3 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker remove the crop from his house and was once again fined. This appears to be the straw which broke the camel's back. Soon, he sold the farm to Nathaniel Payne of Rehoboth, who was a neighbor of his brother Richard for 230 pounds.

Before the Whittakers could leave town and remove to Billerica, the magistrates had to have one last word. They called Elizabeth before the court for defacing the quit claim deed. Another bond had to be posted for Elizabeth's good behavior and return appearance before the court. Papers in Folio number 82 of the Middlesex County Court Papers for the year 1678 show that this "defacing" of the deed involved Elizabeth allegedly changing the name of the buyer on the deed from Stephen Payne of Rehoboth to Nathaniel Payne, his son. What stood to be gained from this act is now lost in the mists of time. Elizabeth did confess to "defacing" this deed which conveyed the farm in Watertown to Mr. Payne; and, then leaving it at the Clerk's office to be recorded. She was ordered to pay "treble" damages to Stephen Payne. She was later discharged from the bond.

There are those who say, having studied these cases, that all of the fault in these goings on rests with the Whittakers; and, that they continued to be "magnets for mayhem" after moving to Billerica. However, after going through every Middlesex County Court Case filmed by the Mormon Church, I disagree totally with that conclusion. John Whittaker was only involved in one more case in Billerica, being only a witness in another person's trial. The wife of John Durand, neighbor of Whittaker, was called in front of the court for carousing at night with men other than her husband. John Whittaker testified that one day, upon visiting the Durands at their house with two other men, he was seated with the two men at the fireside smoking a pipe when Mrs. Durand came up to him calling him a "pretty rogue" and grabbing him on both sides of his face and kissing him of a sudden. This was witnessed by the two other men present at the fireside. It is interesting to note that, long after the Whittakers had moved on to Concord, in 1692, John Durand died in prison after being sent there upon being charged with "Witchcraft".

I don't think that these happenings should be viewed with a mind of today. I think they should be viewed in the context of the social infrastructure of the times in which they occurred. The truth is that none of the towns in Massachusetts were planned with the idea of expansion or "new" citizens moving in. Towns were set up with the Church (called a Meeting House then) in the middle of the town. Around the Meeting House, the lots for houses were assigned to each original purchaser in the town (who had been an approved member of the church). In a ring around the house lots, additional lots of, say 20 acres each, were apportioned to each neighbor for their vegetable gardens. Then an outer ring of larger lots for grazing of livestock were parceled out to each family. There would also be common property for all town members for common uses, which would be shared by all. You could only acquire property in these towns by buying it from an original owner, or if they died, from their heirs (which is what John Whittaker did). However, under these very stringent circumstances, you would still be an outsider, viewed with suspicion. If the town bought additional land, as sometimes happened, it was divided up between the townspeople. If you bought some of this outlying land and tried to eke a living out there, you would be much more liable to Indian attack. As another aside, you would also be further from the Meeting House, to which you must go every Sunday, without fail; rain, sleet or snow, preferably walking as even the beasts were not to work on Sunday.

Taking all of this into consideration, I believe that the people of Watertown decided that they did not like these "strangers" living in their town; and began to act out. I conclude that John Whittaker tried to defend himself and his family the only way he knew how; and, when he saw that he was fighting a losing battle, he decided to cash in and move on before they found a way to confiscate his farm. Billerica, in the 1600s, was considered to be some of the best farming land in all of Massachusetts. However, it was on the frontier, and suffered many problems with Indians. This fact probably prompted the removal of the family to Concord. They may have stayed in Billerica for about 10 years; from 1678 to about 1688. Tax lists of 1688 do not show them as living there. The book "The History of Concord Massachusetts" states that they were in Concord before 1690.

John and Elizabeth and family may have been living in Chelmsford by 1688. John Senior and

4 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker two of his sons, John Junior and Jonathan, appear in a court case covering events which occurred in Chelmsford in 1689. The case was Thomas Parker vs John Whittaker which appears in Folio numbers 133 and 140 of the Middlesex County Court Records of that year. By this time, I believe that John Whittaker had no faith in the court system ever helping him again. One day in Chelms- ford, according to testimonies of this case, he found Thomas Parker taking a yoke of his oxen down the road. He and his sons stopped Parker in the road, confronting him and asking for the return of the oxen. An argument erupted; and John grabbed an oak stick from a woodpile of a neighbor and hit Mr. Parker so hard over the head that he was knocked unconscious for two weeks and tended by a doctor at home. When the constable came looking for him to explain himself, he ran off; and was eventually caught hiding in a barn. When tried in court, it appears that the court made him pay the costs of medical care for Thomas Parker. This case may have been the cause of the move to Concord. It was also noted in an early newspaper named "Publick Occurrences" published in Boston, Thursday, 25 Sep 1690, that "Barbarous Indians" had been "lurking" around Chelmsford; and, that two children ages nine and eleven years were missing from the town. So, Indian problems may have added to the list of reasons, as well.

There is one mysterious case from Folio number 169 of the year 1696 in the same Middlesex County Court Records. It is a fornication case against John Whittaker and Sarah Brabrook of Concord; and, in it, Sarah is with child and accuses John of being the father. The mystery here is whether this is John Whittaker, Sr. or John Whittaker, Jr. All that exists for this case is a copy of the five pound bond he posted to appear to answer at the next court for this "crime". However, it was not mentioned at the next court. John, Jr. did not marry until 1705. John, Sr. having any involvement in this case would prove that he was still living in 1696; and, living in Concord.

"The Concord Guide Book", published in 1880, mentions the "Old Whittaker House" as still standing just behind Punkatasset Hill, on page 44. The house burned down about 20 years later. There is no way to be certain that John and Elizabeth Whittaker ever lived there together; but, the name of the house itself seems to suggest that this could be so. Punkatasset Hill was used by the Militia and Minute Men during the first alarm of the Revolutionary War, 19 April 1775, to watch the movements of the British troops. This area is now part of a protected preserve; and, is as wild as it probably was then, although not far from Monument Street in the heart of Concord.

One last tidbit of the times occurred in 1700 when a written warning was given to David Whittaker on November 25th. The warning was not to let his brother, Jonathan Whittaker, who was now of Connecticut Colony, stay at his house any longer. He had been there for about one month. The selectmen did not wish Jonathan to continue as an inhabitant of Concord; and they wished David to warn him off. Apparently, like some condo associations of today, they thought a month was a bit long for him to stay. This shows how hard it was to be an "outsider" in these little towns. The bottom of this directive was given "By Order of the Selectmen" and signed by Thomas Browne, town clerk.

I do not know yet what happened to John Whittaker at the end of his life or exactly when his life came to an end. His wife and children were living in Concord before 1690. There is no record of him dying or being buried in Watertown, Billerica or Chelmsford. I plan a trip to Massachusetts this year to attempt to find where he and Elizabeth rest.

Notes for ELIZABETH LINFIELD: Elizabeth is a bit of a mystery. How she actually got to America, at this point, is still unknown. She shows up in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1660 in a breach of promise court case brought against John Whittaker of Cambridge Farms who eventually marries her after much foot dragging. I believe she is the daughter of Jonathan Linfield of Fittleworth, Sussex, England. Her age more nearly fits this Elizabeth Linfield who was baptized there about 1644. The mother would probably have been the second wife, Mary Bartlett whom Jonathan married in 1641.

I do not have any documented evidence of this fact yet; but, please note that she named her second son, Jonathan, and her first daughter, Mary. Also, Jonathan Linfield was charged with the offense of stealing a bushel of barley worth 10d, so, was brought up before the Justices

5 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker of Arundel in 1649. I intend to investigate this case to learn the outcome. If he were transported, imprisoned, or even hung, it may give a reason for her to have wound up in America on her own.

In July of 2006, well after writing the above paragraph, I found the apprenticeship bond of Elizabeth Lindfeild (the spelling which was used in all the records of Sussex), dated 1648 in the court records of the town of Arundel, which was the nearest court for Fittleworth. Since her father, Jonathan, was charged with the above theft shortly after, it goes toward showing the financial difficulties under which the family was laboring. This is one more piece of evidence which may lead to how Elizabeth came to be in America. At this point, a thorough search was made through the records of Fittleworth to ascertain that this Elizabeth did not in fact marry or die in Fittleworth. I also found that none of the siblings or mother died there...... only the father, Jonathan Lindfeild.

A thorough search for any record of her being born in America was not fruitful. No record was found for any Linfield Family being here during this time period. There was no mention of her being either an orphan or a servant in any town record. There was no mention of her ever being on the town dole. Usually, if a child or underage person were for some reason without support, the town would have record of the households which would have taken care of them as they would have been reimbursed for such support. Finally, there was no record of Elizabeth having been apprenticed out, which was an accepted practice for handling such situations at the time as well.

During the Breach of Promise Case, Elizabeth was portrayed as "being so far gone in her affections for him (John Whittaker)" that the Magistrates were concerned what might become of her.

In later years, she seemed to always stand by him, testifying at his court hearings; and, being right there during arguments with the neighbors to support him. All in all, she seems to have helped to raise a very tight knit family who seemed to stick together through good times and bad.

Near the end of her life Elizabeth was living in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. It is possible that she may be buried there in the "Old Hillside Cemetery". Her son, David Whittaker, is definitely buried there, along with two of his sons; as evidenced by tombstones in the graveyard. When she died in 1707 she was listed in the vital records with the extra notation, "an aged woman". One can but wonder if this was a reflection of the path which she had long ago chosen for herself. Ultimately, life was hard in this new land. The faint hearted need not apply.

More About JOHN WHITTAKER and ELIZABETH LINFIELD: Marriage: Apr 1660, Middlesex County, Massachusetts9,10

Children of JOHN WHITTAKER and ELIZABETH LINFIELD are: 2. i. MARY3 WHITTAKER, b. 10 Mar 1661, Watertown, MA; d. 16 Feb 1756, Concord, Middlesex, MA. 3. ii. JOHN WHITTAKER, b. 23 Aug 1662, Watertown, MA; d. 07 May 1746, Stow, Massachusetts. 4. iii. JONATHAN WHITTAKER, b. 08 Oct 1664, Watertown, MA. 5. iv. SARAH WHITTAKER, b. 12 Jun 1666, Watertown, MA. 6. v. HANNAH WHITTAKER, b. 14 May 1669, Watertown, MA. 7. vi. ABIGAIL WHITTAKER, b. 04 May 1671, Watertown, MA; d. 31 Mar 1755, Billerica, Middlesex, MA. 8. vii. DAVID WHITTAKER, b. Abt. 1674, Watertown, MA; d. 08 Apr 1755, Concord, Middlesex, MA. 9. viii. NATHANIEL WHITTAKER, b. Abt. 1676, Watertown, Middlesex, MA; d. 05 Jun 1755, Lincoln, Middlesex, MA. 10. ix. DANIEL WHITTAKER, b. 10 May 1679, Billerica, Middlesex, MA.

Generation No. 2

2. MARY3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)11 was born 10 Mar 1661 in Watertown, MA12, and died 16 Feb 1756 in Concord, Middlesex, MA13. She married ABRAHAM TAYLOR14 18 Dec 1681 in Concord, Middlesex, MA14,15, son of WILLIAM TAYLOR and MARY MERIAM. He was born 14 Nov 1656 in Concord, Middlesex, MA16,17, and died 19 Jun 1729 in Concord, Middlesex, MA18.

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Notes for MARY WHITTAKER: According to "Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County, Massachusetts" by Ellery Bicknell Crane, Page 242, Mary was 93 years and 11 months old at the time of her death in 1756. This would have made her birthdate a year later in 1662 rather than the traditional 1661. It is very interesting since much discussion has been made over this birthdate; and some researchers believe she actually was born in 1660 before her parents were married, although there is no evidence of this. They have pointed out that her brother John was born only 5 months later in Aug of 1662, an impossiblity. But, once again, with the change in the calendar, March 10th is at the end of 1662, 7 months after August! Children have been born and lived with this gestation even before modern times. I believe this scenario because her parents were never charged with fornication, which they definitely would have been, back then.

More About ABRAHAM TAYLOR and MARY WHITTAKER: Marriage: 18 Dec 1681, Concord, Middlesex, MA19,20

Children of MARY WHITTAKER and ABRAHAM TAYLOR are: i. ELIZABETH4 TAYLOR21, b. 07 Aug 1690, Concord, Middlesex, MA22; m. (1) ISAAC CUMMINGS23; m. (2) THOMAS LUND24, 16 Jan 1711, Concord, Middlesex, MA25; b. , Dunstable, MA25.

More About THOMAS LUND and ELIZABETH TAYLOR: Marriage: 16 Jan 1711, Concord, Middlesex, MA25

11. ii. ABRAHAM TAYLOR, b. 11 Jan 1682, Concord, Middlesex, MA. iii. JOHN TAYLOR26, b. 08 Sep 1685, Concord, Middlesex, MA27; m. SARAH CUMMINGS28. 12. iv. EBENEZER TAYLOR, b. 30 Apr 1688, Concord, Middlesex, MA; d. 25 Jun 1753, Concord, Middlesex, MA. v. MARY TAYLOR29, b. 15 Mar 1691, Concord, Middlesex, MA30; m. JOSEPH BARRETT31, 24 Mar 1714, Concord, Middlesex, MA31; b. , Chelmsford, MA32.

More About JOSEPH BARRETT and MARY TAYLOR: Marriage: 24 Mar 1714, Concord, Middlesex, MA33

vi. JONATHAN TAYLOR34, b. 10 Aug 1694, Concord, Middlesex, MA35; m. HANNAH36. vii. SARAH TAYLOR37, b. 13 Oct 1696, Concord, Middlesex, MA38; m. JOHN BURGE39, 27 Jun 1717, Concord, Middlesex, MA39; b. , Chelmsford, MA40.

More About JOHN BURGE and SARAH TAYLOR: Marriage: 27 Jun 1717, Concord, Middlesex, MA41

viii. DAVID TAYLOR42, b. 31 Jan 1698, Concord, Middlesex, MA43; m. HANNAH44. 13. ix. BENJAMIN TAYLOR, b. 18 Apr 1699, Concord, Middlesex, MA. x. NATHANIEL TAYLOR45, b. 09 Feb 1701, Concord, Middlesex, MA46; m. ELIZABETH47. xi. DANIEL TAYLOR48, b. 22 Mar 1703, Concord, Middlesex, MA49. xii. TIMOTHY TAYLOR50, b. 05 Mar 1705, Concord, Middlesex, MA51; d. 28 Mar 1706, Concord, Middlesex, MA52. xiii. SAMUEL TAYLOR, b. 01 Oct 1708, Concord, Middlesex, MA53.

3. JOHN3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)54 was born 23 Aug 1662 in Watertown, MA55, and died 07 May 1746 in Stow, Massachusetts56. He married HANNAH BALL57 20 Dec 1705 in Concord, Middlesex, MA57.

More About JOHN WHITTAKER and HANNAH BALL: Marriage: 20 Dec 1705, Concord, Middlesex, MA57

Children of JOHN WHITTAKER and HANNAH BALL are: i. MARY4 WHITTAKER58, m. (?) STEWART58. ii. LIDEA WHITTAKER59, m. ABRAHAM TAYLOR60, 21 Jan 1730, Bedford, Middlesex, MA60.

More About ABRAHAM TAYLOR and LIDEA WHITTAKER: Marriage: 21 Jan 1730, Bedford, Middlesex, MA60

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iii. HANNAH WHITTAKER61, m. (?) DENSMORE62. 14. iv. JOHN WHITTAKER, b. 26 May 1713, Stow, Massachusetts.

4. JONATHAN3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)63 was born 08 Oct 1664 in Watertown, MA64. He married SARAH TOOTHAKER65 15 Nov 1694 in Boston, Suffolk, MA66.

Notes for JONATHAN WHITTAKER: Jonathan removed to the Connecticut Colony, according to a warning given to his brother, David, that Jonathan had stayed at his house too long. The court docket where this letter of warning was entered was dated 25 Nov 1700.

In the town of Stafford, Connecticut there are a number of Whitaker graves in the Stafford Street Old Cemetery, several of which were named Jonathan. I suspect that this was probably the area of Connecticut to which Jonathan removed. The earliest burial of a Jonathan Whitaker in this cemetery was 1790 at the age of 97 years which would make him born about 1693.

More About JONATHAN WHITTAKER and SARAH TOOTHAKER: Marriage: 15 Nov 1694, Boston, Suffolk, MA66

Child of JONATHAN WHITTAKER and SARAH TOOTHAKER is: i. SARAH4 WHITTAKER, b. 28 Nov 1695, Concord, Middlesex, MA.

5. SARAH3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)67 was born 12 Jun 1666 in Watertown, MA68. She married WILLIAM YOUNG69 11 Oct 1694 in Boston, Suffolk, MA69, son of JOHN YOUNG and SARAH. He was born 1658 in Boston, Suffolk, MA69, and died 1720 in Salem, Essex, MA69.

Notes for SARAH WHITTAKER: Sarah Whittaker and William Young became the Great Great Grandparents of Brigham Young, the Colonizer, Territorial Governor and second President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was Brigham Young who led the Mormons into the promised land of Utah.

More About WILLIAM YOUNG and SARAH WHITTAKER: Marriage: 11 Oct 1694, Boston, Suffolk, MA69

Child of SARAH WHITTAKER and WILLIAM YOUNG is: 15. i. WILLIAM4 YOUNG, b. 1695, Boston, Suffolk, MA; d. 16 Apr 1747, Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA.

6. HANNAH3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)70 was born 14 May 1669 in Watertown, MA71. She married JOHN HULIT72 13 Aug 1702 in Concord, Middlesex, MA72.

More About JOHN HULIT and HANNAH WHITTAKER: Marriage: 13 Aug 1702, Concord, Middlesex, MA72

Children of HANNAH WHITTAKER and JOHN HULIT are: i. MARY4 HULIT73, b. 12 Jul 1703, Concord, Middlesex, MA74. ii. JOHN HULIT75, b. 01 Apr 1705, Concord, Middlesex, MA76.

7. ABIGAIL3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)77 was born 04 May 1671 in Watertown, MA78, and died 31 Mar 1755 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA79. She married (1) JOHN PARKER80 15 Dec 1696 in Concord, Middlesex, MA80, son of BENJAMIN PARKER and SARAH. He was born 17 Mar 1667 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA81, and died 01 Jan 1698 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA82. She married (2) SIMON CROSBY83 16 Mar 1702 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA84, son of SIMON CROSBY and RACHEL BRACKETT. He was born Abt. 166385, and died Aft. Dec 1717 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA85.

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Notes for JOHN PARKER: The following is an inventory of the estate of John Parker on 11 Jan 1698:

House, land and meadow with all privileges belonging there unto

an old horse, one cow, two calves and 3 swine 06-00-00 several iron things and tools 01-00-00 A bed and bedstead and the furniture belonging to it 06-00-00 His wearing apparel 02-00-00 Table Linen 00-10-00 Puter and glasses 01-10-00 A frying pan, skillet, pot and pot hooks 00-10-00 A chest, box, chairs and other lumber 01-05-00 His saddle and things belonging to it 00-10-00 A gun, powder and powder horns 00-15-00 Grains, Rx, and Indian Corn 01-10-00 Total 71-10-00

More About JOHN PARKER and ABIGAIL WHITTAKER: Marriage: 15 Dec 1696, Concord, Middlesex, MA86

Notes for SIMON CROSBY: From "History of The Town of Bedford" by Abram English Brown, Page 7:

CROSBY - The family is now extinct in this town. The line in this county is Simon of Cambridge, Simon of Billerica, Nathan, Oliver, Oliver, then Michael (Deacon of Bedford), b. 1771, m. 1792, Asenath Blanchard. She died 23 Apr 1812. He m. 2d Lucy Swain then died 13 Feb 1836. Children were Michael b. 29 Apr 1792, Asenath b. 06 Jan 1794 d. 24 Jun 1811, Frederick b. 02 Sep 1795, Rachel b. 15 Jul 1796 m. 21 May 1818, Nathan Simmonds of Burlington. Mary b. 19 Jun 1799 m. 11 Nov 1823, Luther Eaton, Loammi b. 02 Oct 1801, Louisa b. 18 Jun 1803 m. John Powers, George b. 06 Mar 1805, Artemis died young, Franklin died young, Asenath b. 23 Apr 1812. Deacon Michael Crosby was prominent in the town. He was deacon from 1817 until his death.

George, son of Michael, m. Abigail H. Gleason of Billerica. Their children were Michael b. 09 Jan 1833, George b. 03 Mar 1838, William b. 06 Jul 1840, Frederick b. 11 Dec 1842, Mary Louisa b. 05 Aug 1848, Loammi b. 01 Mar 1851.

More About SIMON CROSBY and ABIGAIL WHITTAKER: Marriage: 16 Mar 1702, Billerica, Middlesex, MA87

Child of ABIGAIL WHITTAKER and JOHN PARKER is: i. JOHN4 PARKER88, b. 14 May 1698, Billerica, Middlesex, MA; m. SARAH89.

Children of ABIGAIL WHITTAKER and SIMON CROSBY are: ii. JAMES4 CROSBY, b. 29 May 1704, Billerica, Middlesex, MA; m. SARAH CROSBY90, 01 Feb 1727, Billerica, Middlesex, MA90.

More About JAMES CROSBY and SARAH CROSBY: Marriage: 01 Feb 1727, Billerica, Middlesex, MA90

iii. PHINEAS CROSBY, b. 26 Nov 1705, Billerica, Middlesex, MA. iv. SOLOMON CROSBY, b. 08 Apr 1708, Billerica, Middlesex, MA; m. CATHERINE91. v. NATHANIEL CROSBY92, b. 03 Dec 1710, Billerica, Middlesex, MA; d. 28 May 1711, Billerica, Middlesex, MA. vi. RACHEL CROSBY, b. 07 Jun 1712, Billerica, Middlesex, MA. vii. BENJAMIN CROSBY, b. 16 Dec 1715, Billerica, Middlesex, MA.

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8. DAVID3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)93 was born Abt. 1674 in Watertown, MA93, and died 08 Apr 1755 in Concord, Middlesex, MA93,94. He married MERCY HUNT95 03 Dec 1707 in Concord, Middlesex, MA95, daughter of NEHEMIAH HUNT and MARY TOWLE. She was born 29 Nov 1676 in Concord, Middlesex, MA96, and died 28 Nov 1733 in Concord, Middlesex, MA97.

Notes for DAVID WHITTAKER: There are no records of David Whittaker being born the son of John and Elizabeth Whittaker in the respective towns in which they lived. His and Nathaniel's births probably went unrecorded due to problems all of these towns were having with Indian attacks and burning down of buildings within the towns. He along with Nathaniel were named, though, by their sister Abigail Whittaker Parker in the bond which she posted for the estate of her deceased husband, John Parker, at Billerica on 23 Jan 1698.

More About DAVID WHITTAKER and MERCY HUNT: Marriage: 03 Dec 1707, Concord, Middlesex, MA98

Children of DAVID WHITTAKER and MERCY HUNT are: 16. i. DAVID4 WHITTAKER, b. 01 Jul 1709, Concord, Middlesex, MA; d. Aug 1790, Concord, Middlesex, MA. ii. EPHRAIM WHITTAKER99, b. 23 Jul 1711, Concord, Middlesex, MA100; d. 03 Jun 1790, Concord, Middlesex, MA101.

Notes for EPHRAIM WHITTAKER: Ephraim died a bachelor at age 79 according to the Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 323.

17. iii. MARCY WHITTAKER, b. 25 Jun 1715, Concord, Middlesex, MA. iv. MARY WHITTAKER102, b. 16 May 1716, Concord, Middlesex, MA102; m. JAMES CHANDLER103, 14 Apr 1756103.

More About JAMES CHANDLER and MARY WHITTAKER: Marriage: 14 Apr 1756103

v. ELIZABETH WHITTAKER104, b. 16 May 1716, Concord, Middlesex, MA104; m. ZECHARIAH BLOOD105, 08 Sep 1737, Concord, Middlesex, MA105.

More About ZECHARIAH BLOOD and ELIZABETH WHITTAKER: Marriage: 08 Sep 1737, Concord, Middlesex, MA105

18. vi. NATHANIEL WHITTAKER, b. Abt. 1708, Concord, Middlesex, MA; d. Apr 1795, Virginia.

9. NATHANIEL3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA, and died 05 Jun 1755 in Lincoln, Middlesex, MA106. He married (1) HANNAH KERLEY107 20 Dec 1705 in Charlestown, MA108, daughter of WILLIAM KERLEY and JANE. She was born 08 Jan 1670 in Sudbury, MA109, and died 26 Jul 1738 in Lexington, Middlesex, MA110. He married (2) HANNAH PIERCE111 Aft. 1738.

Notes for NATHANIEL WHITTAKER: There are no records for Nathaniel being the son of John and Elizabeth Whittaker in the respective towns where the family resided. He is, however, named in a bond which his sister, Abigail Whittaker Parker of Billerica posted for her deceased husband, John Parker's estate, dated 23 Jan 1698. It was also suggested in the "History of Concord" that he and David were of the same family.

The estate of Nathaniel Whittaker was not settled for almost 40 years because he first left the bulk of it, 2/3, to his son, Samuel; and, upon Samuel's death it was to be divided between Samuel's children.

LAND HOLDINGS:

Nathaniel bought for 38 pounds from William Hartwell 42 acres within the limits of the town of Concord

10 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker on 01 Apr 1706, recorded in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deeds, 14:51, on 02 Apr 1706, FHL Microfilm number 554005.

Nathaniel bought for 3 lbs 15 shillings from Joseph Meriam of Cambridge, 7 acres of land in Cambridge in the farms on 27 May 1706 recorded in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deeds, 21:165, on 09 Jun 1720, FHL Microfilm number 554010.

Nathaniel bought for 6 pounds from John Stedman and his wife, Sarah, 20 acres in Cambridge Farms recorded in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Deeds, 21:166, on 09 Jun 1720, FHL Microfilm number 554010.

Note that the name of Lexington before it was incorporated as Lexington was "Cambridge Farms".

Notes for HANNAH KERLEY: Tabitha is mentioned in "History of The Town of Bedford" by Abram English Brown, Page 10, as having contributed five pounds to the building of the new church when the town was first incorporated in the year 1729.

More About NATHANIEL WHITTAKER and HANNAH KERLEY: Marriage: 20 Dec 1705, Charlestown, MA112

More About NATHANIEL WHITTAKER and HANNAH PIERCE: Marriage: Aft. 1738

Children of NATHANIEL WHITTAKER and HANNAH KERLEY are: 19. i. SAMUEL4 WHITTAKER, b. 17 Oct 1706, Concord, Middlesex, MA; d. Abt. 1794. ii. NATHANIEL WHITTAKER, b. 04 Dec 1707, Concord, Middlesex, MA.

Notes for NATHANIEL WHITTAKER: Nathaniel has a token mention in the will of his father of "ten shillings, if he should come into this country to receive it".

20. iii. WILLIAM WHITTAKER, b. 27 Apr 1711, Concord, Middlesex, MA. iv. JONAS WHITTAKER, b. 12 Sep 1712, Concord, Middlesex, MA113.

Notes for JONAS WHITTAKER: Jonas is mentioned in his father's will to receive 1/3 of his estate until Jonas' death; and then it would be divided between the children of his brother, Samuel. He also appears on the tax list of Bedford for the year 1763, this after being warned out of town in 1760, according to the Town of Bedford records for that year. Then it is mentioned that he came from Lincoln in 1780 and was taken in by Jeremiah Blood; and, finally, in 1782 his taxes were abated.

10. DANIEL3 WHITTAKER (JOHN2, ROBERT1)114 was born 10 May 1679 in Billerica, Middlesex, MA115. He married (1) MARY CHAFFEE116 16 Apr 1703 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA117. She was born 23 Oct 1675 in Swansea, Massachusetts118, and died 24 Dec 1748 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA119. He married (2) JOANNA MATTESON 20 Apr 1750. She died 21 Mar 1776 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA120.

Notes for DANIEL WHITTAKER: John and Elizabeth's son, Daniel, seems to be the one cohesive link between the John Whittaker Family and the Family of his brother, Richard Whittaker of Rehoboth, Massachusetts. Daniel moved to Rehoboth where he married, settled, and had a large family.

More About DANIEL WHITTAKER and MARY CHAFFEE: Marriage: 16 Apr 1703, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA121

More About DANIEL WHITTAKER and JOANNA MATTESON: Marriage: 20 Apr 1750

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Children of DANIEL WHITTAKER and MARY CHAFFEE are: i. DOROTHY4 WHITTAKER122, b. 27 Aug 1709, Swansea, MA; m. STEPHEN CARPENTER, 28 Nov 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; b. Attleboro, Massachusetts.

More About STEPHEN CARPENTER and DOROTHY WHITTAKER: Marriage: 28 Nov 1734, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

ii. EPHRAIM WHITTAKER123, b. 08 Feb 1703, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA124; d. 12 Apr 1704, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA125. iii. HANNAH WHITTAKER125, b. 28 Mar 1705, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; d. Died young. iv. MARY WHITTAKER126, b. 24 Aug 1706, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA127; m. JOSEPH COOMAN, 01 Jul 1731, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; b. Providence, Rhode Island.

More About JOSEPH COOMAN and MARY WHITTAKER: Marriage: 01 Jul 1731, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

21. v. DANIEL WHITTAKER, b. 11 Feb 1707, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. 22. vi. SETH WHITTAKER, b. 11 Apr 1711, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. 23. vii. EBENEZER WHITTAKER, b. 29 Apr 1713, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. 24. viii. JOSEPH WHITTAKER, b. 03 Feb 1715, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; d. 25 Jul 1744, Swansea, MA. ix. ANNE WHITTAKER128, b. 30 Oct 1717, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; m. ELISHA CARPENTER, 15 Mar 1743, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA; b. Attleboro, Massachusetts.

More About ELISHA CARPENTER and ANNE WHITTAKER: Marriage: 15 Mar 1743, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

Generation No. 3

11. ABRAHAM4 TAYLOR (MARY3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1)129 was born 11 Jan 1682 in Concord, Middlesex, MA130. He married (1) MARY UNKNOWN. was born 131. He married (2) SARAH PELLETT132,133 09 Dec 1706134,135, daughter of THOMAS PELLET and MARY DANE. She was born 05 Sep 1685 in Concord, Middlesex, MA136.

More About ABRAHAM TAYLOR and SARAH PELLETT: Marriage: 09 Dec 1706137,138

Children of ABRAHAM TAYLOR and MARY UNKNOWN are: i. ABRAHAM5 TAYLOR139. ii. SARAH TAYLOR139. iii. TIMOTHY TAYLOR, b. 1718139. iv. ALICE TAYLOR139. 25. v. AMOS TAYLOR, b. 10 Sep 1725, Dunstable, Massachusetts.

12. EBENEZER4 TAYLOR (MARY3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1)140 was born 30 Apr 1688 in Concord, Middlesex, MA141,142, and died 25 Jun 1753 in Concord, Middlesex, MA143. He married DEBORAH UNKNOWN. She was born 1687144, and died 25 Jun 1753144.

Children of EBENEZER TAYLOR and DEBORAH UNKNOWN are: i. JOHN5 TAYLOR, b. 20 Jul 1720, Concord, Middlesex, MA. ii. NATHAN TAYLOR, b. 19 Nov 1722144. 26. iii. EBENEZER TAYLOR, b. 31 Oct 1725, Concord, Middlesex, MA. iv. ABRAHAM TAYLOR, b. 21 Aug 1729, Concord, Middlesex, MA144.

13. BENJAMIN4 TAYLOR (MARY3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1)145 was born 18 Apr 1699 in Concord, Middlesex, MA. He married SARAH Bef. 17 Jan 1727.

More About BENJAMIN TAYLOR and SARAH: Marriage: Bef. 17 Jan 1727

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Child of BENJAMIN TAYLOR and SARAH is: i. SARAH5 TAYLOR146, b. 17 Jan 1727, Concord, Middlesex, MA.

14. JOHN4 WHITTAKER (JOHN3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)147 was born 26 May 1713 in Stow, Massachusetts148. He married LYDIA (?) Bef. 26 Jul 1737.

More About JOHN WHITTAKER and LYDIA (?): Marriage: Bef. 26 Jul 1737

Children of JOHN WHITTAKER and LYDIA (?) are: i. JOHN5 WHITTAKER, b. 26 Jul 1737, Stow, Massachusetts; d. 1739, Stow, Massachusetts149. ii. LYDIA WHITTAKER, b. 02 Oct 1739, Stow, Massachusetts150. iii. SARAH WHITTAKER, b. 10 Sep 1741, Stow, Massachusetts150; m. PETER MCMORPHEE, 25 Jan 1761, Stow, Massachusetts151.

More About PETER MCMORPHEE and SARAH WHITTAKER: Marriage: 25 Jan 1761, Stow, Massachusetts151

iv. JOHN WHITTAKER, b. 02 Oct 1744, Stow, Massachusetts152. v. HANNAH WHITTAKER, b. 02 May 1747, Stow, Massachusetts153; d. 1747, Stow, Massachusetts154. vi. WILLIAM WHITTAKER, b. 19 Jan 1748, Stow, Massachusetts155. vii. LUCY WHITTAKER, b. 28 Sep 1751, Stow, Massachusetts. viii. MARCY WHITTAKER, b. 12 May 1758, Stow, Massachusetts.

15. WILLIAM4 YOUNG (SARAH3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1)156 was born 1695 in Boston, Suffolk, MA156, and died 16 Apr 1747 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA156. He married SUSANNAH COTTON156 27 May 1722 in Northchurch, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH156, daughter of JOHN COTTON and SARAH HEARL. She was born Abt. 1695 in Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH156, and died Abt. 1730156.

More About WILLIAM YOUNG and SUSANNAH COTTON: Marriage: 27 May 1722, Northchurch, Portsmouth, Rockingham, NH156

Child of WILLIAM YOUNG and SUSANNAH COTTON is: 27. i. JOSEPH5 YOUNG, b. 12 Feb 1729, Boston, Suffolk, MA; d. 14 Nov 1769, Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA.

16. DAVID4 WHITTAKER (DAVID3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)157 was born 01 Jul 1709 in Concord, Middlesex, MA158, and died Aug 1790 in Concord, Middlesex, MA159. He married (1) MERCY (MARY) BROWN160 01 Jan 1737 in Concord, Middlesex, MA161, daughter of THOMAS BROWN and RACHEL POULTER. She was born 22 Apr 1710 in Concord, Middlesex, MA162, and died 10 Jun 1737 in Concord, Middlesex, MA163. He married (2) HANNAH HOPKINSON164 27 Jun 1738 in Concord, Middlesex, MA165. She died 11 Apr 1798 in Concord, Middlesex, MA166.

More About DAVID WHITTAKER and MERCY BROWN: Marriage: 01 Jan 1737, Concord, Middlesex, MA167

More About DAVID WHITTAKER and HANNAH HOPKINSON: Marriage: 27 Jun 1738, Concord, Middlesex, MA168

Child of DAVID WHITTAKER and HANNAH HOPKINSON is: i. OLIVER5 WHITTAKER169, b. Abt. 1743169; d. 29 Jan 1756169.

17. MARCY4 WHITTAKER (DAVID3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)170 was born 25 Jun 1715 in Concord, Middlesex, MA171. She married JOSIAH FULLER172 06 Sep 1738 in Concord, Middlesex, MA172.

More About JOSIAH FULLER and MARCY WHITTAKER: 13 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker

Marriage: 06 Sep 1738, Concord, Middlesex, MA172

Child of MARCY WHITTAKER and JOSIAH FULLER is: i. HANNAH5 FULLER173, b. 24 Jan 1740, Concord, Middlesex, MA174; m. WILLIAM WILSON175, 10 Nov 1757, Concord, Middlesex, MA175.

More About WILLIAM WILSON and HANNAH FULLER: Marriage: 10 Nov 1757, Concord, Middlesex, MA175

18. NATHANIEL4 WHITTAKER (DAVID3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)176 was born Abt. 1708 in Concord, Middlesex, MA177, and died Apr 1795 in Virginia178. He married SARAH179.

Notes for NATHANIEL WHITTAKER: There is a controversy as to whether or not Nathaniel, son of David and Mercy Whittaker, is the same Nathaniel Whittaker who became the controversial minister of Salem, Massachusetts; and, later of Virginia, where he died. There is a mixup between this Nathaniel and another Nathaniel born in New York, whose descendants claim that he is indeed the famous Rev. Nathaniel Whittaker. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume IX, page 83, states the opposing view; and presents that he was born on Long Island on 22 Feb 1732; but offers no parentage. The book gives a detailed account of his history in the Presbyterian Church; and, claims that he left two daughters and a son when he died in 1795. I have found proof that he had three sons; but, have not found any evidence of any daughters born as of yet. No mother of his children is named; but, the name of a grandson, Daniel Kimball Whitaker (1801-1881), an editor in Charleston, South Carolina and New Orleans is given.

From History of the Town of Concord Page 246:

Nathaniel Whitaker, son of David Whitaker, was graduated from Harvard College in 1730. After being some time employed as a minister at Norwich in Connecticut, he went to England in 1765 or 1766, accompanied by Sampson Occum, the first Indian educated by the Rev. Mr. Wheelock, afterwards President of Dartmouth College, to solicit donations for the support of Mr. Wheelock's school "for the education of Indian youth to be missionaries and school masters for the natives of America." He was installed July 28, 1769, over the third church in Salem. In 1774 his meeting house was burnt, and a division in his society took place. He and his friends erected a new house, and called it the Tabernacle Church in 1776; but, difficulties having arisen, he was dismissed in 1783, and installed at Canaan, Maine, September 10, 1784. He was again dismissed in 1789, and removed to Virginia, where he died.

From Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College Page 495:

As early as 1764, Mr. Wheelock made appeals to persons of wealth in Great Britain, among others to the young Earl of Dartmouth, and late in 1765 he sent Mr. Occum and the Reverend Nathaniel Whitaker (Harvard 1730) of Norwich, to solicit in person the charities of British Christians, with a view to more extended operations. They were especially befriended in their mission by Whitefield and by John Wentworth, just appointed to the Governorship of New Hampshire, and succeeded in raising about 12,000 pounds, which was left in the hands of the British Trustees.

As the scheme expanded, though there was less Indian patronage, Dr Wheelock, who received the degree of D. D. from the University of Edinburgh, in June of 1767, thought it best to develop a college, in which the whole course of studies necessary for ministers might be pursued; and, for various reasons, the colony of Connecticut (where a charter had been solicited as early as 1764) seemed not the most desirable location for such an institution. As early as 1762 he had been offered by Governor Benning Wentworth a tract of land in the western part of New Hampshire

14 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker for the use of the school; and, a comparison of other offers finally induced the Trustees of the funds, in April 1769, to advise Dr. Wheelock to accept this location. On the 13th of December, 1769, a charter was obtained for Dartmouth College from the Governor of New Hampshire, Dr. Wheelock being named as the President, and in July, 1770, the site of the institution was definitely fixed at Hanover. Meantime, on April 15, 1770, Dr. Wheelock was dismissed from the pastorate of his church in Lebanon, and, in the ensuing fall, he established himself with his family at Hanover. The settlement was in the midst of a wilderness, with only a few log huts for shelter, and the hardships of the early period were very trying; but, the first college year began with about thirty students.

From the Charter of Dartmouth College - Beginning Line No. 22:

WHERE-UPON the said Eleazar Wheelock thought it expedient that endeavors should be used to raise Contributions from well disposed Persons in England for the carrying on and extended said undertaking, And for that purpose said Eleazar Wheelock requested the Reverend Nathaniel Whitaker now Doctor in Divinity to go over to England for that purpose, and sent over with him the Reverend Samuel Occum an Indian Minister who had been educated by the said Wheelock, And to enable the said Whitaker to the more successful performance of said Work on which he was sent, said Wheelock gave him full Power of Attorney by which said Whitaker solicited those worthy & generous contributors to the Charity VIZ: The Right Honorable William Earl of Dartmouth, the Honorable Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe Knight, one of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer, John Thornton of Clapham in the County of Surrey Esquire, Samuel Roffey of Lincoln's Inn Fields in the County of Middlesex Esquire, Charles Hardy of the Parish of Saint Mary-Le-Bonne in said county Esquire, Samuel Savage of the same place Gentleman, Josiah Roberts of the Parish of Saint Edmund the King Lombard Street, London Gentleman, and Robert Keen of the Parish of Saint Botolph Aldgate London, Gentleman,to receive the several sums of money which should be contri- buted, and to be the Trustees for the Contributors to such Charity, which they cheerfully agreed to.

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The following four newspaper stories from the Boston Evening Post are copyrighted by Newsbank and/or the American Antiquarian Society, 2004.

From the Boston Evening Post 18 Jul 1763:

Headline: Lebanon, Connecticut, 4 Jul 1763 - Last Thursday, at the Second Society in this town was solemnly separated to the work of the Gospel Ministry, the Rev. Mr. Charles Jeffrey Smith, with a view to a mission among distant tribes of Indians in this land. The Rev. Mr. Lathrop of Gilead began with prayer; the Rev. Mr. Wheelock preached a sermon, suitable to the occasion Isaiah II 2, & 3 and gave the charge; the Rev. Mr. Moseley of Windham prayed before, and the Rev. Mr. Salter of Mansfield after the charge; and, the Rev. Mr. Whittaker of Norwich gave the Right Hand of Fellow- ship.

After some intermission, a sermon was preached by Mr. Whittaker from Acts XX, 24. The day was observed as a solemn day of fasting and prayer for the blessing of God on Mr. Smith, and for the success of his mission. The whole assembly, which was numerous, appeared with uncommon seriousness and solemnity, and without the least degree of that levity and vanity, which is usual on such occasions. And, on this day, Mr. Smith set off for the Indian Country with Joseph, a young Mohawk of the Indian Charity School in said Society, as his interpreter.

From the Boston Evening Post 14 Oct 1765:

Headline" Hartford, 07 Oct 1765 - We hear that on Wednesday the 18th of last month, the Board of Correspondents, in this Colony, was called together at Lebanon, to transact such business of the greatest importance, relative to the spread of the Gospel among the perishing savages of the wilderness.

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And on Thursday, they, together with a number of the neighboring Gentlemen and Ladies, were very agreeably entertained with the following exercises performed by the upper class in the Charity School.

The first was a well composed English oration on charity. The propriety of diction, and graceful gesture of the young speaker were admired by all present.

To this succeeded an English forensic dispute, whether the Christianized and civilized nations enjoy more happiness than the uncultivated and barbarous pagans; which was discussed with a clearness....the arguments on both sides set in a striking point of light, and the affirmative demon- strated to universal satisfaction.

To vary the scene, the company were next entertained with a Latin syllogistic dispute on the following question, "An diluvium Noach: fuit universale?"

The last was a dialogue on the rising prospect of the miserable pagans, emerging from their state of abject slavery to sin, and brutal stupidity, on the spread of the Gospel among them.

It would be unpardonable not to observe that the audience were highly pleased with the good proficiency the youth have made in composition as well as their other studies.

The meeting was adjourned 'till the Monday following; when the Rev. Nathaniel Whittaker was appointed to go to Europe, to solicit the Benefactions of the charitably disposed in that part of the world. And it is hoped that all of the friends of learning and religion, will cheerfully contribute to the support of an institution so exactly calculated, as that is, not only to promote the best good of perishing immortals, but the security of many thousands to the British interest.

From the Boston Evening Post 09 Dec 1765:

The Rev. Mr. Whitaker of Norwich, and the Rev. Samson Occum, an Indian Minister, came to town a few days ago, and intend soon for England to make collections for the Indian Charity School under the care of the Rev. Mr. Wheelock at Lebanon in Connecticut.

From the Boston Evening Post 17 Jul 1769:

Headline: Salem 11 July - The Rev. Nathaniel Whittaker, D.D. late Pastor of a church at Chelsea, in Connecticut, came to town last Saturday, with his family, he having accepted an invitation of settling in the Ministry over the church and congregation of which the late Rev. Mr. Huntington was Pastor.

Children of NATHANIEL WHITTAKER and SARAH are: i. JOHN5 WHITTAKER, b. 1772, Salem, Essex, MA. ii. WILLIAM SMITH WHITTAKER, b. 1770, Salem, Essex, MA. iii. NATHANIEL WHITTAKER, d. Jun 1803, New Hampshire180.

19. SAMUEL4 WHITTAKER (NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 17 Oct 1706 in Concord, Middlesex, MA181, and died Abt. 1794182. He married TABITHA DAVIS183 14 Nov 1734 in Concord, Middlesex, MA184, daughter of STEPHEN DAVIS and ELIZABETH FLETCHER. She was born 12 Sep 1717 in Bedford, Middlesex, MA185.

Notes for SAMUEL WHITTAKER: Samuel seems to have fallen on hard times at the ripe old age of 23, when he was taken by the sheriff and placed in the county Gaol (Jail) for not paying his debts. He owed two men sums of money which he had borrowed and not paid back when they were due. When the sheriff served the writ on him, Samuel appears to have not had anything of value that the sheriff could

16 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker attach as collateral (to insure that he would appear in court on the day that the case was to be tried). Without this "Bond", Samuel was taken to jail. Since he was in jail at the time both cases were heard and he did not appear at court, he was judged to have defaulted. He had then to pay, not only the sums he had originally borrowed, plus interest, but also the costs of the court.

He seemed to have recovered from this reversal of fortune well, as he and Tabitha Davis were married about 5 years later. However, it was not to last as will be seen.

From "A Rich Harvest, The History, buildings, and People of Lincoln, Massachusetts" 1988 by Lincoln Historical Society:

Two earlier examples of the town binding out children involved the Whittaker Family. In 1762 Lincoln paid John Cleverly four pounds for taking Tabitha Whittaker as an apprentice until she was eighteen. Born on 14 Apr 1754, Tabbe was eight years old when bound out. Her younger sister, Huldah Whittaker, likewise reached her eighth year when indentured out by the town until her eighteenth birthday. Tabbe and Huldah were the children of town supported Samuel and Tabitha Whittaker.

Town supported poor had varied backgrounds. Many were single or widowed women with children. Also included were the wife and younger children of Samuel Whittaker, and, at least for a while, Samuel himself. Married to Tabitha Davis of Bedford in 1734, Samuel's prospects had once seemed more promising. Samuel was the son of Nathaniel Whittaker, who owned a 120 acre farmstead in North Lincoln along the Bedford border. While probably well wooded, Nathaniel's farm was larger than most, and appears to have been of nearly average productivity. His simply furnished house was not large, but he had been able to acquire a slave. When Nathaniel died in 1755, three sons were mentioned in his will. Nathaniel, Jr. was in the army and would only receive token inheritance "Provided he comes into this country to receive it". A third of the estate went to Jonas, of whom the father wrote: "I believe that my estate is this day two hundred pounds the worse for the said Jonas living at my house." A third son, Samuel, received two thirds of their father's reduced estate. Whether through illness or other causes, the Whittaker fortunes were further reduced, and by 1758, the Samuel Whittakers were under the town's support.

Poor families were often divided among different households. Except for children apprenticed out, the town paid those housing the poor an agreed upon weekly stipend for providing bed and board, plus additional payments for clothing or medical care. In 1761, for example, Lincoln paid Jonathan Tower one pound and fourteen shillings for boarding Tabitha Whittaker six weeks and for a pair of shoes and for cloth for shifts and for making said shifts; and, also paid Benjamin Parks one pound two shillings and five pence for keeping Tabitha Whittaker for nineteen weeks and for a pair of stockings and for a coat. Indeed, during a period of about five years, Whittakers had been placed in eight different homes around Lincoln. Where the poor were placed frequently depended upon who offered to care for them at the least cost to the town.

From the town of Bedford records it is learned that Samuel was warned out of town in 1760; and in 1780 and 1785 he held a note of the town. Even years after this on the 16 Dec 1815, The Columbian Centinel Newspaper posted a Collector's notice for the town of Lincoln. The property had been on the Lincoln/Bedford line; and, it is possible that when the boundaries changed the property now was in Lincoln. The Collector's notice was directed to the "Heirs of Samuel Whittaker" for the years 1811, 1813, 1814, and 1815 for which their were unpaid taxes on the property. These heirs were "nonresident proprietors/owners"; and if the taxes remained unpaid, a portion of the property was due to be sold to satisfy the debts.

Notes for TABITHA DAVIS: Tabitha Davis was a descendant of Dollar Davis, who arrived in America in 1630, and built houses all across Massachusetts. It appears that it was probably this alliance with the Davises which brought the trade of carpentry into the Whittaker family.

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It is mentioned in the records of the town of Bedford that Tabitha was a church member in the town during Bowe's ministry

More About SAMUEL WHITTAKER and TABITHA DAVIS: Marriage: 14 Nov 1734, Concord, Middlesex, MA186

Children of SAMUEL WHITTAKER and TABITHA DAVIS are: i. SAMUEL5 WHITTAKER, b. 15 Sep 1735, Bedford, Middlesex, MA. ii. HANNAH WHITTAKER187, b. 30 Oct 1737, Bedford, Middlesex, MA188; m. DAVID DUTTON189, 03 Nov 1760, Lexington, Middlesex, MA189.

More About DAVID DUTTON and HANNAH WHITTAKER: Marriage: 03 Nov 1760, Lexington, Middlesex, MA189

iii. ELIZABETH WHITTAKER190, b. 22 Jul 1742, Bedford, Middlesex, MA191; d. 06 Sep 1743, Bedford, Middlesex, MA191. iv. LUCY WHITTAKER, b. 10 May 1744, Bedford, Middlesex, MA; d. 1794192; m. (?) MELONEY192.

Notes for LUCY WHITTAKER: Lucy was warned out of the town of Bedford in 1764, according to the town records there.

v. LYDIA WHITTAKER, b. 19 Jun 1746, Bedford, Middlesex, MA193; m. (?) BAKER194. vi. BETTEY WHITTAKER, b. 11 Aug 1748, Bedford, Middlesex, MA195. 28. vii. WILLIAM WHITTAKER, b. 28 Jul 1750, Concord, Middlesex, MA; d. 22 Jul 1830, Princeton, Worcester, MA. viii. TABITHA WHITTAKER, b. 14 Apr 1754; d. 27 Sep 1830, Lincoln, Middlesex, MA195. ix. HULDAH WHITTAKER, b. 28 Apr 1757, Lincoln, Middlesex, MA195; m. (?) WILLIAMS196.

20. WILLIAM4 WHITTAKER (NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)197 was born 27 Apr 1711 in Concord, Middlesex, MA198. He married (1) ANNE ANDERSON199 04 Sep 1745 in Rutland, Worcester, MA199. She was born in Hardwicke200, and died 02 Jan 1753 in Rutland, Worcester, MA201. He married (2) JANE CONINGHAM 27 Nov 1753 in Rutland, Worcester, MA202.

Notes for WILLIAM WHITTAKER: This William Whittaker was erroneously named the father of William Whittaker b. 1750 in Concord by descendants of his sister, Lydia Whittaker Watson, when applying to the Daughters of the American Revolution for membership. Actually he was William and Lydia's uncle because he was the brother of their father, Samuel. They both were sons of Nathaniel Whittaker and Hannah Carley.

William's wife, Anne, died early in 1753; and, by the end of that year he remarried. He married Jane Coningham in November of 1753.

More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and ANNE ANDERSON: Marriage: 04 Sep 1745, Rutland, Worcester, MA203

More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and JANE CONINGHAM: Marriage: 27 Nov 1753, Rutland, Worcester, MA204

Children of WILLIAM WHITTAKER and ANNE ANDERSON are: i. JEREMIAH5 WHITTAKER, b. 15 Sep 1747, Rutland, Worcester, MA205. ii. MATTHEW WHITTAKER, b. 04 Feb 1749, Rutland, Worcester, MA205. iii. ELIZABETH WHITTAKER, b. 13 Oct 1750, Rutland, Worcester, MA205. iv. WILLIAM WHITTAKER206, b. 09 Jul 1746, Rutland, Worcester, MA206; d. 1826, Oakham207; m. SARAH HEYWOOD208, 13 Nov 1773, Rutland, Worcester, MA208.

More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and SARAH HEYWOOD: Marriage: 13 Nov 1773, Rutland, Worcester, MA208

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21. DANIEL4 WHITTAKER (DANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)209 was born 11 Feb 1707 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA210. He married HANNAH SCARBOROUGH 08 Jul 1736 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA211.

More About DANIEL WHITTAKER and HANNAH SCARBOROUGH: Marriage: 08 Jul 1736, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA211

Children of DANIEL WHITTAKER and HANNAH SCARBOROUGH are: i. HULDAH5 WHITTAKER, b. 30 Apr 1737, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA212; d. 01 Jul 1737, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA212. ii. SIBBELL WHITTAKER, b. 14 May 1789, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213. iii. RUFUS WHITTAKER, b. 24 Jul 1741, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213. iv. SARAH WHITTAKER, b. 11 Feb 1744, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213. v. NOAH WHITTAKER, b. 04 Oct 1746, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213. vi. DANIELL WHITTAKER, b. 01 May 1749, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213. vii. ALSE WHITTAKER, b. 10 Nov 1751, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213. viii. HANNAH WHITTAKER, b. 02 Jul 1756, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213. ix. OLIVE WHITTAKER, b. 09 May 1760, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA213.

22. SETH4 WHITTAKER (DANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)214 was born 11 Apr 1711 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA215. He married (1) RACHEL BORDEN 19 May 1744 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA216. She died 15 Apr 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA217. He married (2) MARY LEE218 04 Oct 1755 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA219. He married (3) MARY KENT 08 Sep 1764 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA219.

More About SETH WHITTAKER and RACHEL BORDEN: Marriage: 19 May 1744, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA219

Notes for MARY LEE: Mary was named executrix of Seth's will, along with Jonathan Mosher. Witnesses were Jonathan Mosher, Richard Norton, and Ebenezer Norton.

More About SETH WHITTAKER and MARY LEE: Marriage: 04 Oct 1755, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA219

More About SETH WHITTAKER and MARY KENT: Marriage: 08 Sep 1764, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA219

Children of SETH WHITTAKER and RACHEL BORDEN are: i. JOSEPH5 WHITTAKER, b. 24 Dec 1745, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA220. ii. ELIZABETH WHITTAKER, b. 28 Feb 1748, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA221. iii. HULDAH WHITTAKER, b. 26 May 1750, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA221. iv. RACHALL WHITTAKER, b. 05 Mar 1753, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA221.

Children of SETH WHITTAKER and MARY LEE are: v. SETH5 WHITTAKER222. vi. DANIEL WHITTAKER222. vii. ANNA WHITTAKER222. viii. ABIGAIL WHITTAKER222.

Children of SETH WHITTAKER and MARY KENT are: ix. ELIZABETH5 WHITTAKER222. x. HULDAH WHITTAKER222. xi. TRUE WILLIAM WHITTAKER, b. 12 Feb 1767, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA223. xii. SETH WHITTAKER, b. 24 May 1769, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA223.

23. EBENEZER4 WHITTAKER (DANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)224 was born 29 Apr 1713 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA225. He married AMEY CARPENTER 14 Nov 1745 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA226. She was born in Attleboro,

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Massachusetts.

More About EBENEZER WHITTAKER and AMEY CARPENTER: Marriage: 14 Nov 1745, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA226

Children of EBENEZER WHITTAKER and AMEY CARPENTER are: i. WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, b. 16 Jan 1746, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA227. ii. EBENEZER WHITTAKER, b. 02 Sep 1747, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA227. iii. EPHRAIM WHITTAKER, b. 04 Dec 1749, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA227. iv. ZACHARIAH WHITTAKER, b. 08 Jul 1754, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA227. v. LIDIA WHITTAKER, b. 08 Jan 1757, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA227.

24. JOSEPH4 WHITTAKER (DANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)228 was born 03 Feb 1715 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA228, and died 25 Jul 1744 in Swansea, MA228. He married RACHAL PERREN 25 Mar 1743 in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA. She was born in Rehoboth, Bristol, MA.

More About JOSEPH WHITTAKER and RACHAL PERREN: Marriage: 25 Mar 1743, Rehoboth, Bristol, MA

Children of JOSEPH WHITTAKER and RACHAL PERREN are: i. JOSEPH5 WHITTAKER229. ii. SIRREL WHITTAKER229. iii. STEPHEN WHITTAKER229. iv. HULDAH WHITTAKER229.

Generation No. 4

25. AMOS5 TAYLOR (ABRAHAM4, MARY3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 10 Sep 1725 in Dunstable, Massachusetts230. He married BRIDGET MARTIN 21 May 1747 in Dunstable, Massachusetts231. was born 231.

Notes for AMOS TAYLOR: Amos was mentioned in the "History of New Ipswich New Hampshire" as a brother of Reuben and Thaddeus Taylor, who were sons of Samuel Taylor. This statement, according to "Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts" by William Richard Cutter, is in error; and they were really his cousins.

Amos went from Dunstable to New Ipswich as early as 1757, settling on a farm next to that of Reuben. He was a member of the first church in town which was organized in 1760. Only two sons of his marriage have been recorded although doubtless there were more.

More About AMOS TAYLOR and BRIDGET MARTIN: Marriage: 21 May 1747, Dunstable, Massachusetts231

Children of AMOS TAYLOR and BRIDGET MARTIN are: i. AMOS6 TAYLOR, b. 07 Sep 1748, Dunstable, Massachusetts. 29. ii. EDMUND TAYLOR, b. 04 May 1750, Dunstable, Massachusetts.

26. EBENEZER5 TAYLOR (EBENEZER4, MARY3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 31 Oct 1725 in Concord, Middlesex, MA232. He married MARY HOUGHTON 09 Mar 1749232. was born 232.

More About EBENEZER TAYLOR and MARY HOUGHTON: Marriage: 09 Mar 1749232

Children of EBENEZER TAYLOR and MARY HOUGHTON are: i. EBENEZER6 TAYLOR, b. 1749, Lancaster, Massachusetts232. ii. NATHANIEL TAYLOR, b. 15 Oct 1756, Lancaster, Massachusetts232.

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iii. ELNATHAN TAYLOR, b. 07 Oct 1769, Lancaster, Massachusetts232.

27. JOSEPH5 YOUNG (WILLIAM4, SARAH3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1)233 was born 12 Feb 1729 in Boston, Suffolk, MA233, and died 14 Nov 1769 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA233. He married ELIZABETH HAYDEN233 21 Aug 1759 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA233, daughter of JOHN HAYDEN and LUCY MAYNARD. She was born 01 Feb 1728 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA233, and died 23 Jun 1810 in Upton, Worcester, MA233.

More About JOSEPH YOUNG and ELIZABETH HAYDEN: Marriage: 21 Aug 1759, Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA233

Child of JOSEPH YOUNG and ELIZABETH HAYDEN is: 30. i. JOHN6 YOUNG, b. 06 Mar 1763, Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA; d. 12 Oct 1839, Quincy, Adams, IL.

28. WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER (SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)234 was born 28 Jul 1750 in Concord, Middlesex, MA234, and died 22 Jul 1830 in Princeton, Worcester, MA235. He married LYDIA HOWE236 03 Aug 1774 in Princeton, Worcester, MA237, daughter of ABRAHAM HOWE and LYDIA STOW. She was born 06 Oct 1756 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA238, and died 22 Oct 1844 in Princeton, Worcester, MA239.

Notes for WILLIAM WHITTAKER: William Whittaker served in the American Revolutionary war; being called out on the first alarm of April 19, 1775. He was a drummer in Capt. Boaz Moore's Company of Col. Ephraim Doolittle's Regiment. He served only 9 days, then returning home. Support for this will be found in the book "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors In the War of the Revolution" on Page 24.

Most likely he thought better of it because he was newly married and had an infant son who had just been born in January of 1775, my Great Great Great Grandfather, William Whitteker. He sent his apprentice, Eli Stearns, to take his place, according to the book "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts" written by Henry Bond, M.D. on page 462.

I believe William Whittaker may have been apprenticed out, himself, early in life, as were some of his brothers and sisters. His father, Samuel Whittaker, having been supported by the town upon two occasions during his life. I find it particularly striking that he never named any of his children after his father, Samuel, or mother, Tabitha. Poor children were apprenticed out by the towns rather early.....around eight years of age. It helped the towns to take care of the poor; but, I fear it did not do much to foster a relationship with the children's natural parents.

At any rate, William seems to have overcome this stigma; and, learned some lessons from it. All of his sons were very enterprising and hardworking individuals. The ones who later moved to Western Virginia all operated at least two; and, sometimes more, businesses. He taught all of them to be farmers; and carpenters, according to the diary of his son, William Whitteker.

William is identified in land records as being a "housewright" or builder of houses. He bought up many pieces of property in Princeton, possibly to build houses and then sell. His sons who moved to Western Virginia all did this same thing in addition to whatever other businesses they were operating. According to "History of Princeton, Civil and Ecclesiastical" by Jeremiah Lyford Hanaford, pages 102 & 103, he planned and built the new church building of the First Congregational Church sometime in 1795 or 1796.

More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and LYDIA HOWE: Marriage: 03 Aug 1774, Princeton, Worcester, MA240

Children of WILLIAM WHITTAKER and LYDIA HOWE are: 31. i. WILLIAM6 WHITTEKER, b. 14 Jan 1775, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 12 Mar 1853, Burlington, Iowa. 32. ii. LYDIA WHITTEKER, b. 04 Feb 1777, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 06 Jun 1857, Princeton, Worcester, MA. iii. CATHERINE WHITTEKER, b. 24 Sep 1778, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 21 Jun 1782.

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33. iv. CAPT. JOHN WHITTEKER, b. 19 Aug 1780, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 08 Jul 1854, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. 34. v. LUTHER WHITTEKER, b. 08 Jul 1782, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 29 Oct 1874, Princeton, Worcester, MA. vi. AARON WHITTEKER, b. 06 Oct 1784, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 17 Jul 1786, Princeton, Worcester, MA. 35. vii. LEVI WHITTEKER, b. 03 Oct 1786, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. Abt. 1823, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 36. viii. MARY WHITTEKER, b. 24 Nov 1788, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 03 Oct 1886. 37. ix. AARON WHITTEKER, b. 28 Feb 1790, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 26 Feb 1882, Charleston, Kanawha, WV. x. CATHERINE WHITTEKER, b. 23 Dec 1792, Princeton, Worcester, MA; m. AMOS MERRIAM241. 38. xi. THOMAS WHITTEKER, b. 27 Dec 1795, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 03 Jun 1867, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. xii. CHARLES WHITTEKER, b. 17 Dec 1799, Princeton, Worcester, MA.

Generation No. 5

29. EDMUND6 TAYLOR (AMOS5, ABRAHAM4, MARY3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 04 May 1750 in Dunstable, Massachusetts242. He married UNKNOWN.

Notes for EDMUND TAYLOR: From the summer of 1777 on, Edmund was involved in the Revolutionary War. He was a private in Capt. Samuel Fairfield's Company of Colonel May's Regiment, attached to the northern army. He served there 18 days and was paid for 100 miles travel. After the war he moved to Cavendish, Vermont where he was a farmer and had two sons, Levi and Wilder. Wilder settled in Bangor, Maine.

Children of EDMUND TAYLOR and UNKNOWN are: 39. i. LEVI7 TAYLOR, b. Cavendish, Vermont; d. Sherburne, Vermont. ii. WILDER TAYLOR.

30. JOHN6 YOUNG (JOSEPH5, WILLIAM4, SARAH3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1)243 was born 06 Mar 1763 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA243, and died 12 Oct 1839 in Quincy, Adams, IL243. He married ABIGAIL NABBY HOWE243 31 Oct 1785 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA243, daughter of PHINEAS HOWE and SUSANNAH GODDARD. She was born 03 May 1765 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA243, and died 11 Jun 1815 in Aurilius, Cayuga, NY243.

Notes for JOHN YOUNG: Following service in the Revolutionary Army of George Washington in 1783, John Young married Abigail Howe, and settled on a farm in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. After a brief interlude in Platauva District of east central New York, the Youngs returned to Hopkinton and then moved to southern Vermont in Whitingham Township, where Brigham was born. Brigham was the ninth of eleven children born to John and Abigail. When Brigham was three years old, the family moved to central New York State and later to Smyrna, New York. Brigham helped clear land for farming, trapped fur animals, fished, built sheds, dug cellars, and helped with planting, cultivating and harvesting crops. He also cared for his mother, who was seriously ill with tuberculosis.

Brigham's mother died in 1815, when he was fourteen. Not long after her death, in search for someone to care for his younger children, John Young married a widow, Hannah Brown, in Steuben, now Schuyler County, New York, who brought her own children into the family.

More About JOHN YOUNG and ABIGAIL HOWE: Marriage: 31 Oct 1785, Hopkinton, Middlesex, MA243

Children of JOHN YOUNG and ABIGAIL HOWE are: 40. i. BRIGHAM7 YOUNG, b. 01 Jun 1801, Whitingham, Windham, VT; d. 29 Aug 1877, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT. ii. JOSEPH YOUNG. iii. PHINEAS YOUNG. iv. FANNY YOUNG.

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31. WILLIAM6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)244 was born 14 Jan 1775 in Princeton, Worcester, MA244, and died 12 Mar 1853 in Burlington, Iowa245. He married PHILENA COBB 29 Sep 1806 in Boston, Suffolk, MA246. She died 21 Jun 1846 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA247,248.

Notes for WILLIAM WHITTEKER: The Kanawha Spectator Vol 1 by Julius A. DeGruyter:

After, Isaac Noyes, William Whitteker was one of the very early permanent settlers in Charleston, arriving in December of the year 1806, shortly after his marriage to a Mrs. Philena Cobb of Boston.

He was an active & respected citizen and held in high regard by everyone in the community. Two years after his arrival here, he was appointed Postmaster of Kanawha Courthouse by President Jefferson. Whitteker Street was named in memory of this man and his brothers.

He owned and operated a salt making business, was a commissioner, operated a tavern on his property; and, in later years was a toll collector on the river. Before moving to Charleston, he did business in the fur trade; and, in his early manhood, sailed twice to China, signing on as a carpenter's mate. All of the Whittakers learned the carpentry trade; and built houses.

Kanawha County Images by Stan Cohen and Richard Anre, Page 345:

There is mention as early as 1823 of a Charleston library with William Whitteker as the librarian.

William was a good man, who tried to give something back to the community. As a commissioner, he worked hard to bring a school to Charleston. He also served on a Board of Overseers of the Poor. He served as an Elder in the Presbyterian Church for over 15 years as well.

He resigned from his position as Elder of the church, and left the church in the summer of 1835. This act was probably in reaction to a commotion which was started in the town by Isaac Noyes, involving William's niece, Maria Whitteker, daughter of Levi. Isaac repeated to several people in town that he wagered that Maria would run off with the pastor of the church; and, they would commit adultery within six month's time. Maria was only 14 years old at that time. All of this resulted in Levi's widow, Elizabeth, filing suit against Isaac to the tune of $10,000.00 damages; quite a sum for the time. As stated above, William had served as an elder in the church for 15 years. Isaac Noyes had also become an elder in the church just five years previous to this incident. William's withdrawal from the position of elder; and, from the church, altogether, happened in the same month in which the slanderous libel was spoken.

Toward the end of his life, William wrote a manuscript, in diary form, of all of his travels, adventures, dreams and inventions. In his youth, at the age of twenty, he had signed on the ship "New Jersey" as a carpenter's mate to make his first voyage to China. During the return voyage, after they had rounded the Cape of Good Hope, they were hi-jacked by French Privateers; and, taken under threat of death to San Juan, Puerto Rico, while the ship was taken to court as plunder by the Privateers. The voyage, which should have taken around three but no more than four months wound up lasting twenty-one months. Upon return to Philadelphia, from whence they had sailed, he signed up to go again to China on the same ship. The second voyage would have been pretty uneventful if William had not contracted Small Pox on the first week out. There was a doctor on board who treated him

23 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker with a "dose of salts" and "chicken soup" and "bleeding". William was forced to stay below for fear of him infecting the rest of the crew. This voyage, however, was more profitable as he was actually able to return with items he had bought in the Far East and sell them at a profit in addition to the money he made as wages. The details of these adventures are best left to the telling of William himself in his Diary, but that is another story.

Remembrances of Dolores

My mother used to tell some tall tales about a mythical Grandfather who did so many things, that I never really believed the stories because it seemed like one person could not do all of this alone. Since I have become acquainted with William, I have changed my mind. Even this story I am now ready to consider: "My Grandfather made a beautiful chair for the President of the United States; and, it sits in the Whitehouse". I have since found out that the town where William was born was known across the country for making the best chairs, that is Princeton in Massachusetts. I think William is "The Grandfather";and, my mother absorbing these stories when she was but a child, did not realize the difference between a Grandfather and a Great Great Grandfather. I have also found out that both of my mother's grandfathers were dead before she was born....so, I believe that a myth was created for an inquisitive child who wondered why she did not have a grandfather like other children.

Another of these stories which I believe may have been inspired by William centered around her grandfather being a great inventor. I have found two pieces of evidence which point to William's inventive nature. In his diary he writes of having invented a special part which made drilling for brine water in the salt business a much easier proposition. He said that he had actually invented the part; but, lost credit for it by losing a bet with Isaac Noyes. The second instance appears in the letters of Anna Howe Whitteker, his daughter-in-law, when she mentions his absence on a trip to try and sell his " patent brick making machine".

LAND HOLDINGS:

Before William moved to Charleston in 1806, he had made a trip to the area with Isaac Noyes whom he had met in New York while trading furs. He had been so impressed with Isaac's description of the Kanawha Valley as the perfect place to settle; that he set out with him at once, traveling part of the way by boat; but, walking the last 400 miles.

While William was in the Kanawha Valley, in 1805, he purchased 4 pieces of property. He purchased 30,000 acres on the Ohio River from Andrew Donally and his wife, recorded in Book C, page 72. Recorded in the same book, on page 74, is the transfer of 4,000 acres on the Gauley River to him from Nehemiah Wood and his wife. Also from Nehemiah Wood, he bought 16,000 acres on Slaughter and Cabin Creeks, which is recorded in the same book, on page 75. Finally, he purchased a "Tract on the Ohio River"(no further description) from Luther Willard, which is also recorded in Book C, on page 77.

In 1806 he sold the above mentioned 30,000 acres to Jacob Rogers which is recorded in Book C on page 118. The year before he had sold 15,000 of the above 16,000 acres to William Penniman. He also bought and sold many house lots in Charleston, no doubt during the course of the Whitteker family's house building business. He also sold a building contract to William C. Phelps in 1823, Book F, Page 225.

Two weeks after he moved to the Kanawha Valley in late December of 1806, he purchased two additional pieces of property, which were recorded in 1807. These were two lots near the mouth of the Elk River purchased from William Williams and his wife, as well as a one acre lot in Charleston. Both of these purchases were recorded in Book C, pages 220 and 222 respectively. He later sold the one acre lot in Charleston to his brother Levi, in 1818.

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Additionally, in 1818, recorded in Book E, he obtained from Edmund Price 361 acres on Two Mile Creek and the Elk River (Page 112), another one acre lot in Charleston from Samuel Williams (Page 118), and 150 acres south and east of the Elk River from David Shallenberger and his wife (Page 138). He and his wife, Philena, sold the 361 acres to his brother, Levi, in 1820, Book E, Page 459. In 1823, William purchased a "Tract" of land near Two Mile Creek from James Mayes, Book F, Page 254. Finally, in 1832, he purchased a lot on Water Street in Charleston from George W. Buster, Book H, Page 116. I believe this may have been the lot on which Norris, his son, built the Mac Farland House. Kanawha Boulevard, at that time, was called "Water Street". The Mac Farland House is located at 1310 Kanawha Boulevard.

Notes for PHILENA COBB: Philena Cobb was a poor widow with two small children when William Whitteker married her in Boston in 1806. There was not much more information about her written in William's diary. He did say that when he had his great religious experience in 1817, on a trip by himself to Zanesville, Ohio, on horseback; and he decided to be baptized by his friend the Reverend Henry Ruffner, that not long after, his wife, Philena, was also baptized and received into the First Presbyterian Church of Charleston.

As special booklet was published in 1969 by the First Presbyterian Church of Charleston to celebrate it's 150 year history. In a section called "The Church of 150 Years" by Ruth Putney Coghill, the account of the organization of this church, which took place14 Mar 1819, written by Dr. Ruffner, himself, "The aforesaid Elders with the officiating minister having convened in session, Mrs. Philena Whitteker, Mrs. Agnes Truslow, and Adam (a black man) were upon examination admitted to baptism and baptized accordingly, after which baptism was also administered to an infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Truslow." So, according to this, she; and, more than likely, her husband were founding members of the first church.

Page 7 of" Kanawha Images Volume 2" by Stan Cohen and Richard Andre tells the story from a history of this same church that in 1827 Philen was called "on the carpet" in front of the church council for having a dancing party at her "tavern" while her husband, William, was away on business. Her answer was that his step-son (her child from the previous marriage) was left in charge of the house while William was away, as he was of age by this time, and that it was he who chose to have the dancing party, against her expressed wishes. She swore that this would never happen again; and, was forgiven. This is the only mention of her children from the deceased first husband which I have been able to find anywhere. The story is very indicative of the times in which they were living; and, the zeal with which the church would supervise the lives of it's flock. I spoke with Richard Andre to see if I could find exactly where this story had come from. In the book, it was referred to as coming from "a history of the First Presbyterian Church", however, I had not been able to find the source. Mr. Andre had not foot noted this reference and did not remember exactly from where it had come.

I have also found a story in an old Charleston Gazette of 05 Jul 1925 on page 18 which refers to this same story, although, the part about the step-son was not evident in the article. It says that "preceding the annals of 1827 for the First Presbyterian Church" that "Mrs. Philena Whitteker, in the absense of her husband in May 1827, ventured to amuse herself at her tavern one evening by inviting her friends to a dancing party." Then it further stated "May 25, 1827, This day, Mrs. Philena Whitteker appeared before this session, convened at her request, to give an explanation of her conduct in relation to a dancing party which occurred in her tavern, in the absense of her husband, for which offense she had been informed she would be called to account before the session. Upon evidence of the fact, in connection with Mrs. Whitteker's profession of regret and sorrow that the occurrence had taken place, and her promise in the future to guard against anything of the kind, the members of the session expressed their satisfaction at the exhibition of a Christian spirit on the part of Mrs. Whitteker and affectionately admonished her to guard in future against anything which might have even the appearance, on her part, of giving countenance to a practice so injurious to the cause of piety as dancing." This article goes on to mention another group of records, in the form of a "minutes"

25 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker of the Female Benevolent Society of Charleston which was organized in the same year of 1827; and they mention three other Whitteker females amongst the names of this society: Celina Whitteker (probably Salina, the daughter of Levi and Elizabeth), and two others which I cannot as yet identify; Patrcy L. Whitteker and Edney P. Whitteker.

A later story in the Charleston Daily Mail of 21 Nov 1937 about early taverns identifies this tavern as having been in a hotel, The Kanawha House, at the corner of Summers Street and Kanawha Street.

I am still trying to locate these original church records.

More About WILLIAM WHITTEKER and PHILENA COBB: Marriage: 29 Sep 1806, Boston, Suffolk, MA249

Children of WILLIAM WHITTEKER and PHILENA COBB are: 41. i. NORRIS STANLEY7 WHITTEKER, b. 03 Feb 1807, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 04 Sep 1889, Charleston, Kanawha, WV. 42. ii. WILLIAM FREDERICK WHITTEKER, b. 09 Dec 1809, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 09 Jan 1848, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 43. iii. PHILENA V. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1812, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. Abt. 1890, Omaha, Douglas, NE. iv. REV. HENRY BRIGHAM WHITTEKER, b. 15 Nov 1814, Charleston, Kanawha, VA250; d. 15 Sep 1844, Upper Alton Illinois251; m. ANNA HOWE, 30 Aug 1842, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio252,253; b. 05 Dec 1808, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 25 Feb 1900, Princeton, Worcester, MA254.

Notes for REV. HENRY BRIGHAM WHITTEKER: Henry was brought up by his parents to respect religion and attend church. From the ages of twelve to eighteen his time was spent with his father either in a store or traveling up and down the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers in a store boat selling goods. Henry's father and mother, William Whitteker and Philena Cobb, were founding members of the First Presbyterian Church in Charleston (W) Virginia. They had become good friends of it's founder, the Reverend Dr. Henry Ruffner, who was an active supporter of the movement to end slavery. Through Ruffner's influence they had set their slaves, which were used in William's Salt Works, free by the end of the 1830s. There is a court record among the many Whittaker Court Records in Kanawha County in 1846 in which William sought to finally evict the free blacks who were still living on his land, in preparation of the sale of this land after his wife had died, when he could no longer afford to keep the property.

Henry was converted at eighteen; and, upon the advice of Dr. David Nelson, who was visiting in Charleston, he went in Jan 1836 to Marion College to study for the ministry. Near the end of that year, he went to Marietta College in Ohio, where he remained until the 1st of Aug 1840, when he went to Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, after having spent about 6 months at Oberlin College. Both Oberlin and Lane were well known centers of abolitionist leanings. President of Lane was Rev. Lyman Beecher, whose daughter, Harriet Beecher Stowe, would write "Uncle Tom's Cabin". Oberlin College was started by the Lane Rebels & teachers who walked out of Lane after being told that they were no longer to even duscuss the question of slavery in the school. The very first college he attended, Marion, is proved to have been a center for abolitionist teachings as around 1839 Dr. Nelson was run out of town for teaching from the abolitionist papers of Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, a notorious supporter of the abolitionist movement. I believe that Rev. Lovejoy was a hero in Henry's eyes and in the eyes of his wife, Anna Howe. The Marion College, of which Dr. Nelson was one of the original founders, had been a sort of experiment of schooling for poor young men who could not afford to go to college. It was situated on two different large farms in Missouri, near St. Louis, where each student was given tillable acreage from which to make money to pay for his studies. Dr. Nelson had been famous at the time for a book which he had written called "The Cause and Cure of Infidelity: Including a Notice of the Author's Unbelief and the Means of His Rescue", better known as "Nelson on Infidelity". This book is still available and still referred to in this day although published in 1841. And, so it seems that the influences in young Henry's life continued to mold him into a serious supporter of the unpopular movement to end slavery.

He went in Apr 1842 to Missouri to be licensed on 25th June by the Presbytery of Lexington. He labored a short period in Platte country and in Belleville, Illinois, and then went to Ohio, was married on 31 Aug 1842 to Anna Howe of Princeton, Massachusetts, a cousin, then returned immediately to Belleville. After working there several months, he came to Upper Alton, 23 Apr 1843. The following

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October he was called to become pastor there, but declined. He was ordained by the Alton Presbytery. He continued to work in Upper Alton with great acceptance, until seized with his last illness. He died at Sunrise Sabath Morning, 15 Sep 1844. He was buried at 5:00 pm the same day; and on the next Sabath Morning his funeral sermon was preached by Rev. A. T. Norton at the church in Upper Alton. Thus Henry passed away at the age of only 29 years and ten months. He was said to be a minister of ardent piety, flaming zeal, and high promise.

The First Presbyterian Church of Upper Alton, Illinois had played a central role in the Abolitionist Movement in this area. It's first Pastor, Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy, had come here from across the river in Missouri after having had his printing press destroyed. Whether his enemies followed him across the river or not, I do not know; but, he brought three more printing presses to Upper Alton, the last of which was secreted under cover of darkness to a large store called Alexander's Store. Rev. Lovejoy had also been publishing newspapers for a while and was a great champion of the movement. To say that those who did not agree with his ideas were aggressively trying to ruin him would be putting it mildly. This was the year 1837, long before the Civil War. Rev. Lovejoy had not cowered in front of his enemies. He had even participated in a debate with them. Tempers were running out of control, though, and on this night of 07 Nov 1837, the Reverend was shot and killed and his printing press once again destroyed.

The Reverend Elijah P. Lovejoy is now considered to be a hero and martyr to the cause of abolishing slavery in this country. Back then, he was known to be a "conductor" in the "Under- ground Railroad". There are still several buildings which stand in Alton, Illinois, which may be visited, in which slaves on their way to freedom were hidden until they could be sent further up the line.

A short five years after this riot and murder took place, Henry and Anna decided that this was where they were to start their married life. It was still a very small town by any standard. There is no way they would not have known about what had happened here. Not only that, but Henry chose to be a preacher in the very church that Elijah P. Lovejoy had preached. Had Henry's life not been cut short by a fever, there is no telling what more he may have been involved in. Those with a sincere desire to end slavery who came to this town intending to be involved in the movement were really taking their lives into their own hands. By this time Alton was well known to have been a lawless place. The trials of those who had killed Rev. Lovejoy had already been held and they had received what had amounted to a slap on the wrist. Those who had stood with Lovejoy that fateful night to defend the press were also charged by the prosecutors of Alton. There was to be no justice here. Today, a rather large monument to Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy stands on his burial spot, but back then he had been buried in a plain pine box, in an unmarked grave. His grave was found only by the memory of those who had buried him. His remains were later located and moved to the Alton Cemetery.

Anna, his wife, had been born into a family in Princeton, Massachusetts, which believed strongly in education and in ending slavery. She and her two sisters, Emily and Sarah, had been educated and entered the teaching profession. They had come to Virginia to teach. Emily had married Judge and Col. Asa DuPuy of Prince Edward County, Virginia; and, came to own over 50 slaves, herself. After Henry's death, Anna went to live with Emily and started a school for black children there on her sister's plantation. It was against the law to educate blacks unless you had the permission of their masters. I am sure that this permission was readily given by Emily; and, after some time had passed other plantation owners in the neighborhood began to allow some of their slaves to attend this school. The good people of Massachusetts had donated the books for this endeavor as evidenced by Anna's letters to her relatives and friends back in Massachusetts and by one letter which was published in 1847 in "The Emancipator", an abolitionist newspaper published in Boston.

SOURCES: History of the Presbyterian Church in the State of Illinois by A. T. Norton, pages 326-327 and pages 247-260 Upper Alton/Oakwood Cemetery Records Going Underground by Nicole Harris, Business Week Archives 31 Mar 1997 Presbyterian Historical Society Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Chicago, General Catalogue, 1939, page48 Lane Theological Seminary General Catalogue, 1829-1899, page 35 Biography of Eugene La Fon Nelson from "Class of '63 Williams College 40th Year Report" by Thomas Todd Printer, Boston 1903 Centennial History of Madison County Illinois and Its People 1812-1912 by W. T. Norton pages 255 & 106 History of Marion College on Rootsweb.com

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Oberlin: The Colony and the College 1833-1883 by James H. Fairchild, pages 50-77 A History of the Schools of Cincinnati by John B. Shotwell, pages 312-316 Franklin County Ohio Probate Court The Letters of Anna Howe Whitteker Alton Telegraph & Democratic Review, 21 Sep 1844, Obituary

Henry rests in lot 3, block 77 of the Upper Alton/Oakwood Cemetery in Alton, Illinois (was Upper Alton, Illinois).

From WV Newspaper Obituaries 1822-1899 by KVGS

The Kanawha Republican October 1, 1844

Died at Upper Alton, Illinois on the 15th of September, from a violent attack of fever, Rev. Henry B. Whitteker, in the 30th year of his life. Mr. Whitteker was born and spent the years of his youth in this place. In the days of his youth, he made a profession of religion, connected himself with the Presbyterian Church, and with much zeal entered on his master's service. He was licensed to preach the gospel in 1841, and at the time of his death was pastor of the Church at Upper Alton. The day before his death he said to his beloved wife, "I have a great deal to say to you but cannot say it. All is well with me. I will commit you to a kind Savior. He will take care of you."

An obituary from the Alton Telegraph & Democratic Review of 21 Sep 1844 stated that Henry had died of "Congestive Fever", a term which was used for Milaria. It said that he had worked so hard for the Lord and never rested so that it was felt that this had contributed to the triumph of this fever in taking his young life. There had been a flood in September of 1844, probably contributing to the ongoing mosquito problems in Alton, so the spread of malaria may have been thus facilitated by this event.

Notes for ANNA HOWE: Anna Howe Whitteker, like her sister, Emily, came to the south to teach. Southerners had a definite problem keeping schools for their children; and, those who had the money were willing to pay for teachers to come from the north and set up schools on their property. They did this mainly to educate their own children; but, most of them allowed the teachers to sell subscriptions to the neighbors' children, as well, so teaching in the south became much more lucrative.

Anna had been educated, herself, at a school in Keene, New Hampshire. It is quite possible that this is where she may have first met William F. Whitteker, one of her best friends and the brother of her future husband, Henry B. Whitteker. Anna had also been raised in the politics of the abolitionist movement. She is the one of the sisters who retained this adamant belief throughout her stay in Virginia; and, indeed throughout her life.

For nearly 50 years she kept up a correspondence with her sisters, mother, and other family members, which letters I have obtained copies of. She presents herself, in these letters, as feeling alone among the enemy without a sympathetic person to her cause to talk with. After two years teaching in the home of Col. Isbell in Cumberland County, Virginia, she began to move northward, stopping first in Charleston, Virginia (later West Virginia) in 1836. Eventually, before 1840, she wound up living in Columbus, Ohio and her mother came to stay. By the time of the Civil War, and after her husband's death in 1844, she had moved back to Virginia to stay with her sister. Once the Civil War started in earnest, she became enamored with the idea of returning to Massachusetts; and began writing to relatives in the north to try and procure a pass for travel. This was done and she with her mother, who was old and feeble by now, and Willianna Whitteker, now a young girl in her charge, returned to Princeton, Massachusetts in 1861. Willianna had come under the protection of Anna when her mother Edna Campbell Whitteker was dying from consumption; and, brought the 2 year old child, across the mountains, to her some time in 1850. Edna died shortly after arriving at Emily's house, where Anna was then staying; and, is buried there at Linden in Prince Edward County.

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Anna said very little about Henry in her letters. The year that he proposed to her, she mentioned that she had two proposals that year; one of which was a carpenter in Charleston. She never said why she accepted Henry's proposal above the others. I suspect, though, that the fact that he was a minister of God had much to do with it. She seemed to be very preoccupied with religion; which was also one of the reasons she disliked the religious leanings of the people of Virginia, as well as their practice of slavery. She complained that they rarely went to church on Sunday; but, stayed home and received guests instead. Henry, himself, had been raised with slaves on the property of his father, William Whitteker, but by 1840 William had changed his mind about slavery and set all of his slaves free. Alas, this marriage was not to last long! Henry died very young, by 30 years of age, succumbing to a high fever.

During the second time that Anna lived in Virginia as a teacher, she also had a school on Sunday for the Negroes. She wrote of it in a letter which was dated 1847, explaining that it was against the law to educate Negroes; but it could be done with permission of their masters. She also stated that they were some of her best pupils and very easy to teach. These most surely were the slaves of Emily, who must have given her permission for them to be taught. She also mentioned that she had found out that one of the letters which she had written to Mrs. Beaman regarding this school had been published by Mrs. Beaman in an abolitionist newspaper called "The Emancipator" which was being published in Boston at the time. The letter did appear in The Emancipator on Wednesday, the 8th of September, 1847. In this letter Anna thanked the good people of Massachusetts for providing books to her black students which had recently arrived by coach. She gave details of their life on the plantation and their eagerness to learn, mentioning some of the names of the slaves, along with description of the white slaveowners and their society. Later, upon the occasion of the Civil War, she wrote of feeling that she was living among the enemy and had no person to talk with of her own persuasions and sensibilities. She truly felt that she was an outsider in this deep south.

More About HENRY WHITTEKER and ANNA HOWE: Marriage: 30 Aug 1842, Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio255,256

44. v. ALFRED T. WHITTEKER, b. 22 Sep 1817, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 19 Oct 1871, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky.

32. LYDIA6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)257 was born 04 Feb 1777 in Princeton, Worcester, MA257, and died 06 Jun 1857 in Princeton, Worcester, MA257. She married JACOB WHEELER WATSON258 18 Oct 1797 in Princeton, Worcester, MA259. He was born 15 Apr 1777 in Princeton, Worcester, MA260, and died 25 Aug 1864 in Princeton, Worcester, MA260.

More About JACOB WATSON and LYDIA WHITTEKER: Marriage: 18 Oct 1797, Princeton, Worcester, MA261

Child of LYDIA WHITTEKER and JACOB WATSON is: i. WILLIAM WARREN7 WATSON, b. 24 May 1810, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 15 Jan 1861, Princeton, Worcester, MA.

33. CAPT. JOHN6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)262 was born 19 Aug 1780 in Princeton, Worcester, MA262, and died 08 Jul 1854 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME263,264. He married CHRISTIANA JORDAN265,266 16 Jun 1804267, daughter of SOLOMON JORDAN and CHRISTINA SIMONTON. She was born 08 Aug 1782 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME268,269, and died 09 Mar 1862 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME270.

Notes for CAPT. JOHN WHITTEKER: The information on this family was first found on the internet. John Whitteker who was born 1780 in Princeton did not seem to marry or die there. When I saw the names of the children of this family, I was convinced that this was our John Whitteker of Princeton's family. I tried to contact the man who had posted this family tree; but, apparently the E-mail address was no longer valid. This tree gave no information as to where John Whitteker was born or who his parents were. The age was also similar. I also noted that there was not a Luther, Charles, Lydia, Mary "Augustus", or PHILENA COBB in the family of Christiana Jordan to explain this naming pattern. PHILENA COBB WHITTEKER was enough in itself to get my attention; but,

29 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker the other names in addition seemed too much of a coincidence.

The Ancestral File from LDS gives John Whitteker's date of birth as about 1778; and the place as Ellsworth, Hancock, ME, with no documentation or name of either parent. I feel 100% sure that this is John Whitteker of Princetons' wife and children.

From "History of Ellsworth, Maine" by Albert H. Davis - Lewiston Journal Printshop, Lewiston, Maine 1927, Page 12:

John Whittaker was the first of the Whittakers to settle here. He came from Princeton, MA, married Christina Jordan, and settled on the east bank of Union River, on the Marcus Whittaker place, just below the city proper.

John is interred at Bayside Cemetery in Ellsworth, Hancock, Maine.

More About JOHN WHITTEKER and CHRISTIANA JORDAN: Marriage: 16 Jun 1804271

Children of JOHN WHITTEKER and CHRISTIANA JORDAN are: i. LUTHER7 WHITTEKER271, b. 13 Dec 1804, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME; d. 1811, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. ii. LYDIA WHITTEKER271, b. 13 Jan 1807, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. 45. iii. JOHN WHITTEKER, b. 11 Jan 1809, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME; d. 26 Jan 1864, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. iv. JULIA A. WHITTEKER271, b. 11 Feb 1811, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. v. MARY AUGUSTUS WHITTEKER271, b. 16 Sep 1814, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME; d. 02 Jun 1888, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. vi. PHILENA COBB WHITTEKER271, b. 26 Sep 1818, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME; d. 1834, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. vii. CHARLES LUTHER WHITTEKER271, b. 04 Nov 1820, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME; d. 1847, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME.

34. LUTHER6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)272 was born 08 Jul 1782 in Princeton, Worcester, MA272, and died 29 Oct 1874 in Princeton, Worcester, MA272. He married (1) BETSY BRIGHAM272 25 Apr 1813 in Princeton, Worcester, MA272, daughter of ABNER BRIGHAM and ELIZABETH CHILDS. She was born 28 Feb 1792 in Princeton, Worcester, MA273, and died 12 Aug 1825 in Princeton, Worcester, MA274. He married (2) BETSY DODD274 Abt. 08 Apr 1827 in Princeton, Worcester, MA274, daughter of TILLY DODD and HANNAH CHAFFIN. She was born Abt. 1787 in Holden, MA274, and died 28 Jun 1869 in Princeton, Worcester, MA274.

More About LUTHER WHITTEKER and BETSY BRIGHAM: Marriage: 25 Apr 1813, Princeton, Worcester, MA274

More About LUTHER WHITTEKER and BETSY DODD: Marriage: Abt. 08 Apr 1827, Princeton, Worcester, MA274

Children of LUTHER WHITTEKER and BETSY BRIGHAM are: i. HARRIET MINERVA7 WHITTEKER275, b. 18 Mar 1815, Princeton, Worcester, MA276; m. WARREN WILLIAMS, 16 May 1838, Princeton, Worcester, MA277; b. , Worcester, MA278.

More About WARREN WILLIAMS and HARRIET WHITTEKER: Marriage: 16 May 1838, Princeton, Worcester, MA279

ii. WILLIAM BRIGHAM WHITTEKER, b. 30 Oct 1816, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 1818, Princeton, Worcester, MA. 46. iii. CHARLES A. WHITTEKER, b. 13 May 1819, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 03 Jun 1903, Princeton, Worcester, MA.

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iv. AARON D. WHITTEKER, b. 15 May 1821, Princeton, Worcester, MA; m. LUCINDA M. FARRAR280,281, 21 Nov 1849, Princeton, Worcester, MA281; b. 1828, Massachusetts282.

More About AARON WHITTEKER and LUCINDA FARRAR: Marriage: 21 Nov 1849, Princeton, Worcester, MA283

47. v. ELIZABETH C. WHITTEKER, b. 30 Jul 1823, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 13 Jul 1862, Leominster, MA. vi. SOPHIA L. WHITTEKER, b. 04 Aug 1825, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. 18 Aug 1827, Princeton, Worcester, MA.

35. LEVI6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)284 was born 03 Oct 1786 in Princeton, Worcester, MA284, and died Abt. 1823 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA285. He married ELIZABETH ANNE286.

Notes for LEVI WHITTEKER: Levi Whitteker somehow amassed many debts in his short life. He joined in the salt making business with his brother, William, and Isaac Noyes in about 1810. Whether these debts were from this business is doubtful as William does not seem to have been so affected.

There is a court case from 1816 where Levi sued one Bennett Crawford for assault and battery. Contained in these papers is an account of Crawford accosting Levi on the street with a large club, threatening him, and proceeding to beat him about the head and body with this club. Levi sued him for $5,000.00 and received $7.50 for his trouble. Whether this altercation was the result of some debt has been lost to the shadows of time.

Levi died about 1823; and his personal property was appraised and ordered to be auctioned, apparently to satisfy creditors. William Whitteker went to this auction with Levi's widow, Elizabeth, and helped her to buy back hers and her childrens'' beds & bed clothing and kitchen utensils. One can only imagine how mortified she must have been at such a sad time, after loosing her husband at 37 years of age. It is not known what he died of.

William was later sued for his kindness, as they only paid about $15.00 to buy back articles which had been appraised at $55.00. Elizabeth and her two daughters, Maria and Salina, relied solely on her and Levi's son, William Wallace Whitteker who was named after his uncle, for support. He too died on the 10th of July of 1843. His obituary from the Kanawha Republican Newspaper stated: "Died at Louisville, Kentucky Hotel on Saturday evening , Mr. William Wallace Whitteker, in the 28th year of his age. He was a native of this place, has left a widowed mother and two sisters, who has been almost entirely dependant upon him for support; to them the loss is irreparable. He was a young man of great industry, sterling and moral worth." What became of Elizabeth and Maria is not known.

LAND HOLDINGS:

Levi bought two lots in Charleston from his brother William, one in 1817; and, the other in 1818, probably to build houses on to sell, which seems to have been a side business for the Whittekers. He also bought in 1820, from William and his wife, Philena, 361 acres on the south side of the Elk River, Deed Book E, Page 459.

Notes for ELIZABETH ANNE: Elizabeth Anne Whitteker had quite a portion of solid upright backbone, when she brought suit against Isaac Noyes for the slander of her daughter, Maria L. Whitteker, who was only 14 years of age at the time. William Whitteker had originally come to Charleston in the company of Mr. Noyes back in 1806, so the family had not only known him for 29 years; but, William and Levi, Maria's father, had also been in business with Isaac.

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The slander that was perpetrated against Maria was mean spirited at best. Isaac told several townspeople that Maria and the Reverend Nathaniel Calhoun, who at that time was married and still living with his wife, Nancy, would commit adultery together within 6 months time; and that he, the Rev. Calhoun, would run away with Maria. Due to this comment, which had no basis in fact, all of Maria's neighbors and acquaintances shunned her in society. Two things happened, first, on the same day, William Whitteker withdrew as an elder of the Presbyterian Church, after having served in that capacity for over 15 years. Secondly, Elizabeth brought suit against Isaac, asking for $10,000.00 in damages.

There is no record of a judgement in the case. It was probably settled out of court.

Children of LEVI WHITTEKER and ELIZABETH ANNE are: i. WILLIAM WALLACE7 WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1815, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 10 Jul 1843, Louisville, Kentucky.

Notes for WILLIAM WALLACE WHITTEKER: LAND HOLDINGS:

Young William W. Whitteker, barely 21 years old, bought from James M. Laidley, in 1836, 375 acres on the Coal River. This was recorded in Deed Book IJ, Page 263. This was his only land purchase in Kanawha County.

ii. MARIA L. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1821, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 48. iii. SALINA WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1823, Charleston, Kanawha, VA.

36. MARY6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)287 was born 24 Nov 1788 in Princeton, Worcester, MA287, and died 03 Oct 1886288. She married JONAS HARTWELL289 16 May 1811 in Princeton, Worcester, MA290, son of ISAAC HARTWELL and EUNICE MIRICK. He was born 22 Nov 1786 in Princeton, Worcester, MA291, and died Abt. 1837 in Charleston, Kanawah, VA.

More About JONAS HARTWELL and MARY WHITTEKER: Marriage: 16 May 1811, Princeton, Worcester, MA292

Children of MARY WHITTEKER and JONAS HARTWELL are: i. MARY A.7 HARTWELL, b. 25 Dec 1811; d. 1812. ii. JONAS HERVEY HARTWELL, b. 27 Dec 1812; d. 07 Jun 1837, Kanawha River, Virginia. iii. WILLIAM WHITAKER HARTWELL, b. 30 Jun 1814; d. 21 Jul 1840. iv. MARY AUGUSTA HARTWELL, b. 18 Jun 1816. v. JULIA AMANDA HARTWELL, b. 13 Jun 1818; d. 08 Feb 1836, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. vi. LYDIA MARIA HARTWELL, b. 16 Jun 1820.

37. AARON6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)293 was born 28 Feb 1790 in Princeton, Worcester, MA293, and died 26 Feb 1882 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV294. He married BETSY DANNENBERRY QUARRIER295 27 Mar 1816 in Kanawha County VA296, daughter of ALEXANDER QUARRIER and ELIZABETH DANNENBERRY. She was born 20 Sep 1797 in Richmond, Henrico, VA297, and died 15 Aug 1881 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA298.

Notes for AARON WHITTEKER: The Kanawha Spectator Vol. 1

AARON WHITTEKER

The man bearing the name above mentioned is the one to whom we referred, in our preface, as having killed bears in places in Charleston where now the streets have to be restricted to one way traffic.

Aaron Whitteker was a younger brother of William Whitteker, who had come to Charleston in

32 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker company with Isaac Noyes in 1806, and settled here in that year. Aaron was born in Massachu- setts in 1790. On a trip to New York in 1810, he met Bradford Noyes, a younger brother of Isaac, who was in a town near New York City at that time, to dispose of his furs. Mr. Noyes spoke so enthusiastically of the advantages of Kanawha Valley as a place to live that Whitteker decided to go back to Charleston with him. They traveled as far as Baltimore, Maryland on a sloop, and from Baltimore, they set out on foot, walking the 400 mile distance in 12 days, an average of 33 1/2 miles per day.

Aaron and William, together with a third brother, Levi, the youngest of the three, who also came out later still, to this valley, proceeded to engage in the drilling of wells for salt brine. A few years later, Aaron quit the work of drilling and contracted with Bradford Noyes to furnish wood for Mr. Noyes' salt furnaces, coal not yet being utilized for this purpose. It has been stated that Aaron Whitteker, during the period of time he was engaged in this work, "cleared all of the land from Magazine Branch on the Elk River to Wilson's Hollow on the Kanawha River. This hardly seems possible, with the methods of logging available in those days; he probably thinned out the growth a bit, but left quite a bit standing.

He was very successful at this, and while so engaged, he found time to construct a number of houses, in addition to his own store building, built of brick, and another brick building that was used by one of his competitors in the dry goods business; Arnold & Abney. Mr. Whitteker enjoyed a wide acquaintance, and was highly regarded. He lived to quite an advanced age, his time expand- ing from deer paths and Indian trails to brick pavements and gas lights.

Aaron also owned and operated a hotel; and, was a part owner of a steam boat.

Note: The above story of Aaron Whitteker killing bears where there are now one-way streets in the downtown section of Charleston was told in the Charleston Daily Mail of 03 Nov 1940 with even greater detail. The story came from one who was then living who had known and talked to Aaron Whitteker himself. This was Bradford Noyes, the grandson of the Bradford Noyes who had come to Charleston with Aaron oh so long ago. Aaron told him how, when he lived on the Boulevard above Broad Street, he would just go out the back door of his home to hunt when the meat supply began to get low. Turkeys, deer, and bear had been abudant close by. When he had come to Charleston in 1808, there had been only 14 houses right on both sides of what is now Kanawha Boulevard, some being right on the river bank. Not far behind the houses, were miles of unbroken forrest in which wild animals were on the prowl. Aaron would take his trust flint-lock rifle with him and always come back with something to bolster the larder.

Pioneers and Their Homes on Upper Kanawha by Ruth Woods Dayton:

MILLER HOUSE

One of the first of Charleston's early frame houses is still standing, although now it is in deed a sorry looking spectacle, with it's windows broken, and it's door swinging open in the wind. If it were in a more isolated spot, it could easily become a haunted house. Even in the eleven hundred block of Kanawha Boulevard on a sunny morning, one steps across the threshold in a sort of gingerly fashion, and doesn't have much enthusiasm for seeing what is on the second floor. There was a time when this residence, best known as the "Miller House", was a very charming home, surrounded by flowers and comfortably shaded by magnificent elm trees--which, like all the other elms that beautified Kanawha Street, were recently killed by an incurable disease, leaving the street bare and the homes much less inviting.

This house was built about 1830 by Aaron Whitteker, the skillful builder of many of Charleston's

33 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker early dwellings. His practice was to purchase a lot, erect a good looking house, and promptly sell. Broad Street, then called Summers Lane, extended only a short distance back from the river, and leading to the Summers and Ryan Houses, marked the eastern boundary of the town. The Miller House, facing Kanawha Boulevard and the river, is now the second one above the eastern corner of Broad, but originally it stood alone, as no other houses were built in the block until afterward when the brick dwellings of the Noyes brothers were erected.

The Miller house was of excellent material and construction, much of it put together with wooden pegs. During plastering repairs in 1896, the wide and irregular shaped lathes were found to be riven and split by hand, some ten or more feet in length. Rather tall, with a steep roof above a full attic, there is a lower two story wing extending from the rear of the house. A porch across the front has interesting octagon-cut columns, and a dentil molding around the top. The porch was formerly on the upper side of the house, but was moved later to the front. Green shutters hang at the windows, which were the usual style of small-paned sash.

A white picket fence once enclosed the yard, but was replaced by a well-designed and, inci- dentally, very lovely one of iron--said to have been the first piece of ornamental ironwork made by the Thayer Foundry.

The entrance doorway is on the upper side of the house and large square rooms with fireplaces are on the left. The doors are fine and paneled, and the unusually wide floor boards are still intact. For all of it's having been open to weather and vandalism for several years, much of the woodwork is still surprisingly well preserved.

There was ample opportunity to demonstrate the durability of it's construction, however, years ago, for the house has had what sure must be a unique distinction, that of having been twice moved from it's original location. First, it was moved backward to the rear of the large lot, and turned around to face Broad Street. The land upon which it stood was later sold to the First Presbyterian Church for the erection of the church school building. So again the Miller house was hauled backward, and shifted about to its former location, except for be place further away from Kanawha Street. It continued to be occupied as late as the early days of World War II, when it was used for headquarters of the "Bundles for Britain" organization, but the old "Miller House" is now destined in the near future to be demolished to make way for a large office building.

The Miller house was razed in the late summer of 1947.

LAND HOLDINGS:

According to the Index to Deeds of Kanawha County, starting in 1817 and ending in 1840, Aaron Whitteker purchased a total of 11 lots in the city of Charleston. These lots ranged in size from 1/2 acre to two acres at the largest. He sold one of these lots to his brother Thomas in 1830. In 1839, he sold two lots to Charles S. Whitteker. It is doubtless, that these transactions represent his purchasing land on which to build houses to sell.

Included in the Index to Deeds is the recording of an "Emancipation of Slaves" from Aaron in 1833 which is recorded in Book H, Page 389.

OBITUARY: THE STATE TRIBUNE, Saturday 04March 1882

Departed this life yesterday morning at 6 O'clock at his late residence in this city, after a brief illness, Mr. Aaron Whitteker, one of the oldest, if not the very oldest of our citizens, aged ninety-one years.

34 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker

He was born the 28th day 9of February 1791 in Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and came to this county in the year 1810, where he has ever since resided. He is the last, but one of a large family, a sister, residing in Massachusetts, several years his senior survives him. All contemporaries, who with him here at the earlier period of Charleston's and the County's history, the Noyes family, the Donnallys, the Ruffners, the Shrewsburys, the Reynolds, the Summers, the Quarriers, the McFarlands, the Lewis, and others have long since passed away, leaving him, the survivor, to follow them at last, in a much further advanced age than any of those had attained. He survived by many years four brothers, William, Levi, Charles, and Thomas, all of whom were residents of Kanawha. At the early age of 19 or 20, he engaged in the manufacture of salt with the late Isaac and Bradford Noyes and some one or more of his brothers. At that day coal was not utilized as a fuel very extensively, but salt water was boiled with wood. Mr. Whitteker was among the first to strip the bottoms and the mountainsides of Elk and the Kanawha of their timber, and furnished cord wood, not only to his own furnace, but had contracts to furnish it to others. In the later years, he engaged in merchandising in Charleston, and was one of the two who carried on that business more extensively. He was industrious and enterprising, and built many of the earlier dwelling houses in Charleston, some of which are still standing. He married Betsy D. Quarrier, youngest daughter of Col. Alexander Quarrier, deceased,( by his first marriage) whom he had survived but six months, she having died on the 15th of August last. They had passed their 66th year of married life, (rare instance of the present day), having had twelve children, five of whom only survive. Their descendants to the fifth generation are numerous, living in various parts of the country. Mr. Whitteker has always lived a moral life, temperate in his habits, but not until the Spring of 1876, in the 86th year of his age, did he unite with the First Presbyterian Church under the ministry of Mr. Barr. He lived the remainder of his life a devoted member of the church.

But two of his children, Mrs. Hubbell, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Fontaine, with whom he lived, were with him at his death. His daughter, Mrs. Niles, of Boston, being absent in Europe.

The funeral took place at the First Presbyterian Church this afternoon at 3 O'clock, and his remains laid beside his wife, who so recently preceded him, at Spring Hill Cemetery.

Notes for BETSY DANNENBERRY QUARRIER: OBITUARY: THE STATE, Charleston WV (Newspaper), Wednesday August 17, 1881

We regret the announcement of the death of Mrs. Whitteker, at her residence in this city, on Monday morning last at 2 O'clock, within a few weeks of being 84 years old. Her husband, the venerable Aaron Whitteker, known to all our people who have lived here for the past 20 years and longer, as Uncle Aaron, and one of the only few remaining of Charleston's earlier citizens, for a long series of years one of her most prominent dry goods merchants, over 90 years of age survives her. This venerable and most respected couple were in the 66th year of their married life. Funeral services were held over her remains at the First Presbyterian Church yesterday morning, J. C. Barr officiating, assisted by Rev. J. C. Brown of Malden, where a large number of her old associates and companions with numerous descendants of children, grand children and great grand children, and many of the friends of the family had gathered to pay the last sad tribute to the memory of one, who was once an ornament to society in her valuable and useful life. She was born in Richmond in the latter part of the last century, and came to Kanawha in 1811 with her father's family at an early age with ten brothers and sisters, some older and some younger than herself. She was the youngest of the 8 children of the late Col. Alexander Quarrier, by his first marriage, and the last to pay the debt of nature. She leaves but three of a family of 15 children of her father's, a half brother and two half sisters, her survivors. Mrs. Whitteker was the mother of 12 children, 5 of whom, only, are living.

For 53 years she was a devoted, consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.

She passed away after an illness of only a few days, quietly and serenely as a sleeping infant. Her remains are interred at Spring Hill Cemetery, and lay besides those of her sister, the late Mrs. Harriet Laidley, who preceded her some six years, and who in their earlier life lived together 20 years in the church as well as in the flesh.

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More About AARON WHITTEKER and BETSY QUARRIER: Marriage: 27 Mar 1816, Kanawha County VA299

Children of AARON WHITTEKER and BETSY QUARRIER are: i. SARAH F. CORRINA7 WHITTEKER300,301, d. Aft. 19 Apr 1894, Boston, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts302; m. STEPHEN R. NILES303, 09 Jun 1853, Kanawha County VA303.

More About STEPHEN NILES and SARAH WHITTEKER: Marriage: 09 Jun 1853, Kanawha County VA303

ii. MARIE WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1817, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 49. iii. CHARLES SOUTHGATE WHITTEKER, b. 01 Feb 1817, Charleston, Kanawha County, VA; d. 16 Nov 1892, Charleston, Kanawha County, WV. 50. iv. WILLIAM A. WHITTEKER, b. 29 Oct 1826, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 20 Oct 1867, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH. 51. v. ALEXANDER Q. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1828, Virginia; d. 03 Mar 1916, Marshall County, WV. vi. JULIA A. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1829, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. vii. MINIE WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1831, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. viii. MARGARET K. WHITTEKER304, b. 27 Mar 1836, Charleston, Kanawha, VA304; d. 24 Jan 1929, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH304; m. WAKEMAN HUBBELL304; d. Bef. 1929304.

Notes for MARGARET K. WHITTEKER: Margaret was a widow when she died in 1929. She died after fracturing her left hip in an accidental fall. She is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.

52. ix. LIDIA A. WHITTEKER, b. 1841, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 1895.

38. THOMAS6 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)305 was born 27 Dec 1795 in Princeton, Worcester, MA305, and died 03 Jun 1867 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA306. He married NANCY CHADDOCK307 07 Jun 1826 in Kanawha County VA308, daughter of CALVIN CHADDOCK and MELETIAH NYE. She was born 10 Aug 1807 in Massachusetts309,310, and died Aft. 1870311.

Notes for THOMAS WHITTEKER: Thomas Whitteker owned and operated a saw mill. He was a merchant as well.

LAND HOLDINGS:

Thomas first purchased from John Reynolds, 50 acres on the Coal River, in 1823, Deed Book F, Page 184. Next, he bought a lot in Charleston from Aaron, his brother, in 1830, Deed Book G, Page 507. In 1832 he acquired a lot on Front Street from James C. Mac Farland and his wife, Deed Book H, Page 176. His first big purchase came in 1839 from the heirs of John Morris, a parcel of 100 acres on Kelly's Creek, Deed Book K, Page 586. He purchased two more lots in Charleston between 1840 and 1842. Then, in 1843, he became owner of 407 acres on the Pocatalico River, bought from David Hill, Deed Book N, Page 388. The year 1846 brought a purchase of a Charleston lot from Henry and Phelena Whitteker Anderson which was recorded in Deed Book O, Page 636. This last lot may have been a part of William Whitteker's estate, which he sold after the death of his wife, Philena, in 1846. The other part went from Henry C. Anderson to Edna A. Whitteker in 1847, recorded also in Deed Book O, Page 638. This part was described as" William Whitteker Est. Charleston".

Also recorded in the Deed Book IJ, Pages 421-422 is Thomas Whitteker's "Emancipation of Slaves" in 1836.

More About THOMAS WHITTEKER and NANCY CHADDOCK: Marriage: 07 Jun 1826, Kanawha County VA312

36 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker

Children of THOMAS WHITTEKER and NANCY CHADDOCK are: i. FRANCIS C.7 WHITTEKER, b. 09 May 1827, Charleston, Kanawha, VA313,314; d. 06 Apr 1899314.

Notes for FRANCIS C. WHITTEKER: "Francis Charles Whitteker, A Brave Confederate Soldier" reads the engraving on the tombstone of this son of Thomas Whitteker and Nancy Chaddock. He is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia.

53. ii. HELEN WHITTEKER, b. 13 Mar 1832, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 05 May 1905. iii. WILLIAM WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1832, Charleston, Kanawha, VA315. 54. iv. JOHN C. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1834, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 55. v. THOMAS C. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1836, Charleston, Kanawha, VA.

Generation No. 6

39. LEVI7 TAYLOR (EDMUND6, AMOS5, ABRAHAM4, MARY3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born in Cavendish, Vermont316, and died in Sherburne, Vermont316. He married HANNAH FARNSWORTH, daughter of EBENEZER FARNSWORTH and UNKNOWN. was born 316.

Notes for LEVI TAYLOR: Levi, in later years, moved to Sherburne, Vermont. He was a successful farmer and obtained a fair amount of property. He lost this first property due to a bond which he had stood surety for on behalf of a friend when he had lived in Weathersfield. It was after this misfortune that he moved to Sherburne and started over, purchased a farm and succeeded again in accumulating a comfortable property. He lived here to a good old age; dying in an accidental fall from a snow laden roof of one of his outbuildings.

Notes for HANNAH FARNSWORTH: Hannah died at the age of 50.

Children of LEVI TAYLOR and HANNAH FARNSWORTH are: i. LEMIRA8 TAYLOR316, m. LUTHER HARRINGTON; b. 316. ii. MARY ANN TAYLOR317, m. THEOPHILUS FLAGG CLARK; b. 317. iii. JAMES HARVEY TAYLOR, b. 30 Dec 1811317; d. 29 Jun 1887, Cavendish, Vermont317; m. EMILY PAIGE; b. 01 Jun 1817317; d. 1893317. iv. HESTER ANN TAYLOR317, m. FRANK GATES; b. 317. v. CHARLES WESLEY TAYLOR317, m. HARRIET WINSLOW; b. 317. vi. JANE TAYLOR317.

Notes for JANE TAYLOR: Jane died at the age of 19 years.

vii. GILFORD D. TAYLOR317, m. (1) UNKNOWN BLAKE; b. 317; m. (2) FANNY ADAMS; b. 317.

40. BRIGHAM7 YOUNG (JOHN6, JOSEPH5, WILLIAM4, SARAH3 WHITTAKER, JOHN2, ROBERT1)318 was born 01 Jun 1801 in Whitingham, Windham, VT318, and died 29 Aug 1877 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT318. He married (1) MIRIAM WORKS319 08 Oct 1824 in New York319, daughter of ASA WORKS and JERUSHA. She was born in Aurelius, Cayuga, New York319, and died 08 Sep 1832 in Mendon, Monroe, New York319. He married (2) MARY ANN ANGEL319 18 Feb 1834 in Kirtland, Ohio319, daughter of JAMES ANGEL and PHOEBE MORTON. She was born 08 Jun 1803 in Seneca, Ontario, New York319, and died 27 Jun 1882 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (3) LUCY DECKER319 15 Jun 1842 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of ISAAC DECKER and HARRIET WHEELER. She was born 17 May 1822 in Ontario County, New York319. He married (4) HARRIET ELIZABETH COOK319 02 Nov 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of ARCHIBALD COOK and ELIZABETH MOSHER. She was born 07 Nov 1824 in Whitesborough, Oneida, New York319, and died 05 Nov 1898 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (5) AUGUSTA ADAMS319 02 Nov 1843 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319. She was born 1802 in Lynn, Massachusetts319, and died 1886 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (6) CLARA DECKER319 08 May 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of ISAAC DECKER and HARRIET WHEELER. She was born 22 Jul 1828 in Freedom, Cattaraugus, New York319, and died 05 Jan 1889 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (7) EMILY DOW PARTRIDGE319 Sep 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of EDWARD PARTRIDGE and LYDIA CLISBEE.

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She was born 28 Feb 1824 in Painesville, Geauga, OH319, and died 09 Dec 1899 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, UT319. He married (8) CLARISSA ROSS319 10 Sep 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of WILLIAM ROSS and PHOEBE OGDEN. She was born 16 Jun 1814 in New York319, and died 17 Oct 1858 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (9) SUSAN SNIVELY319 02 Nov 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of HENRY SNIVELY and MARY HAVENER. She was born Oct 1815 in Woodstock, Shenandoah, VA319, and died 20 Nov 1892 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (10) MARGARET PIERCE319 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of ROBERT PIERCE and HANNAH HARVEY. She was born 19 Apr 1823 in Delaware County, Pennsylvania319, and died 16 Jan 1907 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (11) OLIVE GRAY FROST319 Feb 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of AARON FROST and SUSAN GREY. She was born 24 Jul 1816 in Bethel, Oxford, Maine319, and died 06 Oct 1845 in Nauvoo, Illinois319. He married (12) EMMELINE FREE319 30 Apr 1845 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of ABSALOM FREE and BETSY STRAIT. She died 17 Jul 1875 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (13) LOUISA BEAMAN319 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of ALVA BEAMAN and BETSY BURTT. She was born 07 Feb 1815 in Livonia, Livingston, New York319, and died 15 May 1850 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (14) ELLEN ROCKWOOD319 Jan 1846 in Far West, Missouri319, daughter of ALBERT ROCKWOOD and NANCY HAVEN. She was born 1829 in Holliston, Middlesex, MA319, and died 06 Jan 1866 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (15) MARIA LAWRENCE319 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of EDWARD LAWRENCE and MARGARET. She was born in Canada319, and died Abt. 1847 in Nauvoo, Illinois319. He married (16) MARTHA BOWKER319 21 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of SAMUEL BOWKER and HANNAH ATKINS. She was born 24 Jan 1822 in Mount Holley, New Jersey319, and died 26 Sep 1890 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (17) NAAMAH KENDEL JENKINS CARTER319 26 Jan 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of BILLINGS CARTER and BETSY LAW. She was born 20 Mar 1821 in Wilmington, Massachusetts319, and died in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (18) ZINA DIANTHA HUNTINGTON319 02 Feb 1846 in Winter Quarters319, daughter of WILLIAM HUNTINGTON and ZINA BAKER. She was born 31 Jan 1821 in Watertown, Jefferson, New York319, and died 29 Aug 1901 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (19) MARGARET M. ALLEY319 14 Oct 1846 in Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319, daughter of GEORGE ALLEY and MARY SYMONDS. She was born 19 Dec 1825 in Lynn, Massachusetts319, and died 05 Nov 1852 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (20) LUCY BIGELOW319 Mar 1847319, daughter of NAHUM BIGELOW and MARY GIBBS. She was born 03 Oct 1830 in Charleston, Cook, Illinois319, and died 03 Feb 1905319. He married (21) ELIZA R. SNOW319 29 Jun 1849 in Salt Lake, Utah319, daughter of OLIVER SNOW and ROSELLA PETTIBONE. She was born 21 Jan 1804 in Becket, Berkshire, Massachusetts319, and died 05 Dec 1888 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (22) ELIZA BURGESS319 03 Oct 1850 in Salt Lake, Utah319. She was born in England319, and died Aug 1915 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (23) HARRIET BARNEY319 14 Mar 1856 in Salt Lake, Utah319, daughter of ROYAL BARNEY and SARAH EASTABROOK. She died 14 Feb 1911 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (24) HARRIET AMELIA FOLSOM319 24 Jan 1863 in Salt Lake, Utah319, daughter of WILLIAM FOLSOM and ZERVIAH CLARK. She was born 23 Aug 1838 in Buffalo, New York319, and died 11 Dec 1910 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (25) MARY VAN COTT319 08 Jan 1865 in Salt Lake, Utah319, daughter of JOHN VAN COTT and LUCY SACKETT. She was born 02 Feb 1844 in Elmira, New York319, and died 15 Jan 1884 in Salt Lake City, Utah319. He married (26) ANN ELIZA WEBB319 06 Apr 1868 in Salt Lake, Utah319, daughter of CHAUNCEY WEBB and ELIZA CHURCHILL. She was born 13 Sep 1844 in Nauvoo, Illinois319.

Notes for BRIGHAM YOUNG: Brigham decided to leave Tyrone Township, New York, when he was only 16 years old, just two years after his mother's death and his father's re-marriage to widow Hannah Brown. Living for a period with a sister, he became an apprentice carpenter, painter and glazier in nearby Auburn. Over the next five years, in Auburn, he assisted in building it's first marketplace, prison, theological Seminary, and the home of Squire William Brown, which was later occupied by William H. Seward, Governor of New York and Lincoln's Secretary of State. Many old homes in the region today have chairs, desks, staircases, doorways and mantelpieces made by Brigham Young.

Brigham left Auburn in the spring of 1823 to work in Port Byron, New York. On October 25, 1824, at the age of twenty-three, Brigham married Miriam Angeline Works. They initially established a home in Haydenville, where they joined the Methodist Church. After a later move to Port Byron their first child, Elizabeth, was born 26 September 1825. After four years in Port Byron, Brigham and family moved to Oswego where he joined a small group of religious seekers.

Near the end of 1828, Brigham again pulled up roots and moved to Mendon, New York, to be near his father and other relatives. At Mendon, Miriam gave birth to a second daughter, Vilate,

38 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker but contracted chronic tuberculosis and became a semi-invalid. Brigham prepared the meals, dressed the children, cleaned the house, and carried Miriam to a rocking chair in the morning and back to bed in the evening. In Mendon, he built a shop and a mill, continuing in the carpentry trade.

In April of 1830, Samuel Smith, brother of Joseph Smith, passed through Mendon while on a journey to distribute copies of the Book of Mormon. He left a copy with Brigham's brother, Phineas, a preacher for the reformed Methodist Church. Phineas was impressed with the book and lent it first to his father and then to his sister, Fanny, who passed it on to Brigham. Though impressed, Brigham counseled caution. After nearly two years of investigation, Brigham, moved by the testimony of a Mormon Elder, Eleazer Miller, was baptized on 15 April 1832. All of Brigham's immediate family were also baptized. Miriam, who also joined, lived only until 8 September 1832.

One week after his baptism, Brigham gave his first sermon. He said "After I was baptized, I wanted to thunder and roar out the Gospel to the nations. It burned in my bones like fire pent up, so I commenced to preach. Nothing would satisfy me but to cry abroad in the world, what the Lord was doing in the latter days." He felt this so strongly that he enlisted the help of Vilate and Heber C. Kimball to care for his daughters and abandoned his trade to devote himself wholeheartedly to building the "Kingdom of God".

That fall, after Miriam's death, Brigham, his brother Joseph, and Heber Kimball, traveled to Kirtland, Ohio, where he first met the twenty-six year old prophet, Joseph Smith. Invited to evening prayer in the Smith home, Brigham was moved by the Spirit and spoke in tongues, the first speaking in tongues witnessed by the prophet.

Brigham and his brother, Joseph, made several preaching trips and missionary tours into New York and upper Canada. He traveled to Kirtland in the summer of 1833 with several of his Canadian converts. Here they heard Joseph Smith teach about the gathering of the Saints, emphasizing that building the Kingdom of God required more than just preaching. Brigham then returned to New York and , with the Kimballs, moved his household to Kirtland so he could participate in building a new society.

Among those whom Brigham met in Kirtland was Mary Ann Angell, a native of Seneca, Ontario County, New York, who had been a factory worker in Providence, Rhode Island, until her conver- sion to the church and her move to Kirtland. Brigham married her on 18 February 1834. She looked after Brigham's two daughters by Miriam, and subsequently had six children of her own.

Brigham and his brother, Joseph, served with Zion's Camp, a small army of Saints led by Joseph Smith that marched from Ohio to Missouri in the summer of 1834 to assist those driven from their homes by Hostile mobs. Brigham regarded the trek as an education and later called it "the starting point of my knowing how to lead Israel".

Brigham became an ordained member of the church's original Quorum of Twelve Apostles on 14 February 1835. The Twelve were regarded as a traveling high council, charged to take the Gospel to all nations, kindred, tongues and people. They presided, not at home, but abroad.

Brigham helped construct the Kirtland Temple which was dedicated in the spring of 1836. When the Kirtland community became divided over Joseph Smith's leadership, Brigham Young's strong defense of the Prophet so enraged the critics that Brigham had to flee Kirtland for his safety on 22 December 1837. He and his family made their way to Far West, Caldwell County, Missouri.

By the summer of 1838, most of the Kirtland faithful had also moved to Caldwell County in Northern Missouri. Growing numbers of new arrivals rekindled antagonisms with the old settlers, and violence erupted. Disarmed, violated and robbed of most of their holdings, the Latter Day Saints were driven from the state. With Joseph Smith, his brother Hyrum, Sidney Rigdon, and other church leaders imprisoned, Brigham Young, then the senior member of the Quorum of Twelve, directed the evacuation of the Saints to Quincy and other Illinois communities. To ensure that members without teams and wagons would not be left behind, he and other members of the

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Committee on Removal, drew up the Missouri Covenant. All who signed it agreed to make their resources available to remove every person to safety who wished to leave the state of Missouri. There were between 8,000 and 12,000 exiles.

Joseph Smith designated Commerce, Illinois (later the name was changed to Nauvoo), the new gathering place of the Saints. Brigham and his family had just settled in the area during the spring of 1839, when he and other members of the Twelve left to fulfill their missions to Great Britain. Despite poverty and poor health, Brigham left his wife and children in September, determined to go to England or to die trying. Preceded by some members of the Quorum in March 1840, President Young and his companions finally docked at Liverpool in April.

Brigham directed the work in Britain, during an astonishing year in which they baptized between 7,000 and 8,000 converts; printed and distributed 5,000 copies of the Book of Mormon, 3,000 Hymn Books, 1,500 copies of the Millennial Star, and 50,000 tracts. They also established a shipping agency and helped nearly 1,000 to emigrate to Nauvoo.

Back in Nauvoo, Brigham was given the assignment of directing the Twelve in their supervision of Missionary Work, the purchase of lands, settling of immigrants, and various construction projects. Brigham was taught, along with others, the doctrine of plural marriage; he accepted it, after much reluctance and considerable thought and prayer. With Mary Ann's consent, he married Lucy Ann Decker Seeley in June of 1842, and later other plural wives. In all he married 27 times and fathered 56 children.

In May 1844, Brigham and other apostles left on summer missions. While they were gone, events in Nauvoo deteriorated. Joseph Smith was arrested and, on 27 June, was killed with his brother Hyrum when a mob stormed the jail at Carthage, Illinois, where they were being held. Brigham began to hear rumors of the murders while they were in the Boston area, but did not hear definite word of the assassination until 16th of July in Peterboro, New Hampshire. He and his companions immediately rushed back to Nauvoo, arriving on August 6th. On August 8th, Brigham and the Twelve were sustained by the membership to lead the church. Brigham remained the President of the church until his death in 1877.

Soon after completing the Nauvoo Temple, violence erupted once again in September of 1845. The Saints publicly announced their intention to leave by the following spring. They all spent the fall and winter preparing for the exodus. Brigham began the migration in the cold and snow of February 1846, rather than wait for spring. Some 16,000 people along with animals and wagons crossed the Mississippi River into Iowa; and, continued on through Iowa. Reaching the Missouri River in June, it was decided that there would be no attempt to press on to the Rocky Mountains until the spring of 1847. Headquarters, what was called "Winter Quarters", were established on the Missouri River with everyone spread over some 80 small communities.

Brigham personally directed the massive odyssey on the westward trail. This demanding ex- perience taught him valuable lessons which he used throughout his years of leadership. He also learned anew, that when human resources prove inadequate, one must turn in faith to God. Brigham set out toward Salt Lake with an advance group of 143 men, three women and two children on 5th April 1847. Delayed by illness, he arrived in Salt Lake Valley on 24th July, a few days behind the advanced party.

Once he saw the valley with his own eyes, he confirmed that it was the right place for a new headquarters and city and it would be the new gathering place. He also identified the exact spot for a new temple, directed the exploration of the region, and helped survey and apportion the land for homes, gardens and farming. He named the new settlement: "Great Salt Lake City, Great Basin, North America". August 26, 1847 he returned to the Winter Quarters.

The following April, Brigham, his family and approximately 3,500 others headed for the Salt Lake Valley. His activities in Building Bridges, organizing companies, repairing equipment and training oxen developed abilities that would be in evidence for the rest of his life.

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In the Salt Lake Valley, Brigham dealt with the immediate problem of providing shelter for his family. On a lot, in the center of what is now Salt Lake City, he built a row of log houses for his wives and children that, collectively, were called Harmony House. To the south of this, he later built "The White House", a sun dried adobe structure covered with white plaster. Still later, he built a large two story adobe house that fronted on what came to be known as Brigham Street, now South Temple Street. This was Brigham's official residence as territorial governor and President of the church. In 1856, he also built an impressive three story adobe structure in which several of his families lived. He later built homes in South Salt Lake City, Provo and St. George. All of the homes were well constructed and architecturally sound.

The problem of finding places to accommodate the masses of incoming Saints was a great and immediate concern to be addressed by Brigham and others. Salt Lake City was divided into ten acre blocks, and each family head was allotted a one and one fourth acre lot on one of the blocks in the city. There people would keep their homes, livestock and gardens. A ten acre block just west of Brigham's was appointed the Temple Block. Construction of the Salt Lake Temple was begun in 1853.

Outside the city, five and ten acre plots were apportioned to those who wanted to farm. Under Brigham's direction, cooperative teams were assigned to dig ditches and canals to irrigate crops and to furnish water to homes. Other brigades fenced residential areas, built roads, cut timber and set up shops. Other groups selected new locations for settlements and helped place people in the best areas.

As President of the church, Brigham conducted regular Sunday services in Salt Lake City and each year visited as many outlying communities as possible. He gave some 500 sermons in pioneer Utah that were recorded word for word by a stenographer. His discourses were like "Fireside Chats", an informal "talking things over" with his audiences.

This new community had been built up along side various tribes of Native Americans. Intent upon helping them, converting them, and avoiding bloodshed, Brigham established Indian Farms, took Indians into his own home, and established a policy of "feeding them is cheaper than fighting them". His policies were not always successful, but he consistently sought peaceful solutions and firmly opposed the all too common frontier practice of shooting Indians for petty causes. In 1851, Brigham was appointed governor and superintendent of Indian Affairs of Utah Territory by then U.S. President Millard Fillmore. His principal problem as governor was dealing with the "outside" federal appointees, many of whom were, from any point of view, both unsympathetic to the church and inexcusably incompetent. There were problems over small federal expenditures, the failure of the settlers to use federal judges in cases of civil disputes, the lack of tact of federally appointed official in discussing the church, their opposition to the union of church and state, and their assumption that Latter-day Saints were immoral because of their tolerance of plural marriage.

This continuing controversy eventually led to the decision of U.S. President James Buchanan in 1857 to replace Brigham Young with and "outside" governor, Alfred Cumming of Georgia. At the same time, President Buchanan, who had been wrongly informed that the Mormons were "in a state of substantial rebellion against the laws and authority of the United States," sent a major portion of the U.S. Army to Utah to install the new governor and to ensure the execution of U.S. laws. Though Governor Young was not notified of this action, scouts observed and reported armed forces secretly heading for Utah. Fearful of a repitition of the incidents of Missouri and Illinois, he called people home from outlying colonies and mobilized the Saints to defend their homes. Eventually, with the assistance of a non-Mormon friend of the Saints, Thomas Kane, a peaceful settlement of the affair was arranged. President Young remained, as his colleagues boasted, governor of the people, while his replacements merely governed the territory. The military left Utah in 1861, at the start of the Civil War. However, they were replaced in 1862 by the California Volunteers, who were stationed at Camp Douglas.

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A believer in adapting the newest technologies to the advantage of LDS society, Brigham Young contracted in 1861 to build a portion of the Transcontinental Telegraph Line, which was then being constructed from Nebraska to California. He then proceeded to erect the 1,200 mile Deseret Telegraph Line from Franklin, Idaho to northern Arizona. This connected the Mormons with the world. While the railroad was under construction, he negotiated for contracts with the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads. As a result, LDS contractors were appointed to build the roadbeds east of Salt Lake City into part of Wyoming and west into Nevada. He then organized the Utah Central, Utah Southern, and Utah Northern Railroads, thereby facilitating the extension of a line south from Ogden to Frisco in southern Utah and one north to Franklin, Idaho, and eventually to Montana.

Aware that the completion of the railroad would imperil the independent social economy of his people, President Young inaugurated a protective movement that sought to preserve, as much as possible, their unique way of life. He organized cooperatives to handle local merchandising and manufacturing; initiated several new enterprises to develop local resources; promoted Relief Societies in each ward in order to provide opportunities for self-development, socialization, and compassionate service for women; opened the doors of the University of Deseret (later called the University of Utah) for both young men and women; encouraged women to become professionally trained, especially in medicine; and gave women the vote. In 1875 he established Brigham Young Academy (later to become Brigham Young University), in 1877 Brigham Young College at Logan , Utah and put in motion a host of academies to follow, including the Latter-day Saints College at Salt Lake.

Brigham Young remained vigorous until his death in August of 1877. He was a well built, stout man of five feet ten inches. His light brown hair had very little gray. He had blue-gray, penetrating eyes. His mouth and chin were firm, bespeaking his iron will. He was generally composed and quiet in manner, but he could thunder at the pulpit. His manner was pleasant and courteous. His dress generally neat and plain, was often homespun. He combined vibrant energy and self- certainty with deference to the feelings of others and a complete lack of pretension. His most obvious achievements were the product of his lifelong talent for practical decision making. He instituted Church governing patterns which persist to this day. But for him these were means not ends. His overriding concern was to build on the foundation, begun by Joseph Smith, to establish a commonwealth in the desert where his people could live the gospel of Jesus Christ in peace.

Based on original text by Dr. Larry C. Porter, Department of Church History and Doctrine.

Notes for MIRIAM WORKS: Miriam Works was the first wife of Brigham Young. They were married before Brigham embraced the Mormon teachings and joined the Church. They were members of the Methodist Church.

Miriam was a most estimable woman, devoted to the Mormon religion, an affectionate wife and loving mother. She was a kind and faithful friend to all who had the honor of her acquaintance. She died of the dreaded scourge, tuberculosis, in 1832 at the home of Heber C. Kimball in Mendon, New York.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and MIRIAM WORKS: Marriage: 08 Oct 1824, New York319

Notes for MARY ANN ANGEL: Mary Ann, the second wife of Brigham Young, was always religiously inclined, her family was of old Puritan stock; and, she became a member of the Freewill Baptists and was also a Sunday School Teacher. Her study of the scriptures so engrossed her mind that she resolved never to marry until she should "meet a man of God", one in whom she could confide, and with whom her heart could unite in the active duties of a Christian life. Thus it was that she remained single until she was nearly 30 years of age.

In the year 1830, she prayerfully read the Book of Mormon loaned her by Thomas B. Marsh.

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After this she went to Southern New York where she and her parents were baptized. Mary Ann set out alone for Kirtland, Ohio, the gathering place of the Saints. Here she met and was married to Brigham Young and for 45 years was a devoted wife to him. She was also a kind and loving mother to his two little daughters by his first wife, Elizabeth and Vilate.

Everyone of Brigham Young's wives loved Mother Young, as Mary Ann Angel was fondly termed. She was a mother to her husband's family; and courteous and obliging to all with whom she came in contact.

Mary Ann was skilled in the use of medicines and herbs. She was able to help many of the weary travelers on the trek of 1848. Bringing with her, seeds of many varieties, she was credited with planting many of the fine trees which grew along what was once known as Brigham Street. Her first home there was a little hut next to the "Log Row". Later, she made her home in the "White House" which was erected for her.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARY ANGEL: Marriage: 18 Feb 1834, Kirtland, Ohio319

Notes for LUCY DECKER: Both Lucy and her sister, Clara, were wives of Brigham Young. Lucy was his first "Plural Wife". Lucy was of fair complexion and medium height. She was a kind and loving mother, a devoted wife, was of a charitable disposition, and true to her religion. She was always diligent, energetic, and attentive to every duty reposed upon her. She was beloved by all who knew her.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and LUCY DECKER: Marriage: 15 Jun 1842, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for HARRIET ELIZABETH COOK: Harriet's father was a skilled pattern maker for machinery. He was well-to-do and saw that each of his children received a formal education. Her parents were of Quaker stock and did not approve of her attending the Latter Day Saint Meetings.

When her father learned that she was determined to remain with the Mormons he gave her $500.00 in fold to help her on the journey west. The trip was begun in May 1848, under the direction of her husband, Brigham Young. They arrived at the Salt Lake Valley Sep 20th of that same year. Harriet's log cabin stood on the present site of the Capitol Building. In 1856, Harriet and Oscar moved into the Lion House with the majority of the other wives and children. Harriet taught school for a number of years in one of the rooms on the lower floor which was equipped for this purpose.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and HARRIET COOK: Marriage: 02 Nov 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for AUGUSTA ADAMS: Augusta was tall and dignified, yet sociable and kind in disposition. Her complexion was fair and her features finely formed. She was most devoted, never shrinking from any hardships she was called upon to endure. She died sincerely mourned by her family and friends. She left no children from her marriage.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and AUGUSTA ADAMS: Marriage: 02 Nov 1843, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for CLARA DECKER: When she was sixteen years of age, Clara married Brigham Young. She made the Pilgrimage with her husband and the pioneers to Salt Lake Valley in 1847. She was not a public woman and took no part in affairs outside of her home. She was small in stature and of medium complexion. She was an avid reader and always kept in touch with vital subjects. When she died in her old

43 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker home on State Street, in 1889, she was the last of the three original pioneer women of Utah to pass from this life.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and CLARA DECKER: Marriage: 08 May 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for EMILY DOW PARTRIDGE: While in the depths of poverty, the Prophet Joseph Smith and his wife, Emma, offered Emily and her sister Eliza a home with them and treated them with great kindness. After having resided with them about a year, the principal of plural marriage was made known to them, and Emily and Eliza were married to Joseph Smith in the year 1843.

After the Prophet's death, Emily was married to Brigham Young. Then she left Nauvoo with the rest of the Saints. After crossing the Mississippi River, she was again a wanderer without a home or shelter. On one occasion, she sat for several hours on a log with a babe, three months old, exposed to the pitiless blast of a blinding snow storm, cold and hungry, but the Lord tempered the elements and preserved her life and that of her little one.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and EMILY PARTRIDGE: Marriage: Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for CLARISSA ROSS: Clarissa was of medium height, had dark hair and brilliant dark brown eyes. She was devoted to her children, but was not allowed to enjoy their society for long, as she was called away to that great beyond. She died in Salt Lake City in 1858 after bearing four children. She herself was reared by Isaac Chase who married her mother. She was deeply mourned by the Young and Chase families, as well as by a host of friends.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and CLARISSA ROSS: Marriage: 10 Sep 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for SUSAN SNIVELY: Susan was a little above medium height and of dark complexion. She was energetic and industrious, ever ready to render aid in every way possible to the needy, or to those in distress. "Aunt Susan", as she was fondly called, was faithful unto her death. She was a woman of strong will power, positive and determined in her general bearing, yet kind and accommodating. She left no children.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and SUSAN SNIVELY: Marriage: 02 Nov 1844, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for MARGARET PIERCE: Margaret was a little above medium height, fair complexioned, active and charming. In later years, she helped her husband by cooking and caring for the millhands and other workers employed by him. She was also actively engaged for about two years in raising silk worms. She did much Temple work and was active in Relief Society. She wrote an autobiography in her own hand.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARGARET PIERCE: Marriage: 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for OLIVE GRAY FROST: Olive was religiously inclined from childhood; and, often retired to some secret place to pour out her soul in prayer to God. Frequently she was ridiculed by those not so religiously inclined. In 1840 Olive went to England with her sister and did missionary work in that land. On her return she was taken sick with the Measles while on a passenger boat going up the river. She arrived in Nauvoo on 12 Apr 1843. From this time on she was never well.

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More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and OLIVE FROST: Marriage: Feb 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for EMMELINE FREE: Emmeline came to Nauvoo with her father's family when quite young; and suffered in common the hardships and privations forced upon the Saints through the cruelties of a merciless mob.

She was above medium height, very fair and of fine appearance. She bore Brigham ten children. Realizing that Emmeline with her large and growing family needed a home of her own, Brigham purchased a spacious house on upper Main Street into which he moved her and her family. The house had been built by Jedediah M. Grant, his friend and counselor.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and EMMELINE FREE: Marriage: 30 Apr 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for LOUISA BEAMAN: Louisa moved with her parents to Ohio and afterwards to Missouri, where she suffered in the persecutions and mobbings until driven with the Saints out of that state. She later moved to Nauvoo, Illinois, where she became acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith, who taught her the principals of of plural marriage. She became his wife when she was 26 years old. She was one of the first women to be married according to the order of plural or celestial marriage as taught by the Prophet Joseph.

It was in the late fall of 1846 that Louisa became the wife of President Brigham Young. Louisa and her people arrived in the Salt Lake Valley early in October of 1847, having traveled in the Jedediah M. Grant Company.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and LOUISA BEAMAN: Marriage: 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for ELLEN ROCKWOOD: Ellen moved from Holliston, with her Uncle Jesse Haven and her Aunt Elizabeth, in 1838, and went to Far West, Missouri, with the Saints. She was married to Brigham Young in 1846, and arrived in Salt Lake Valley with the family in September 1848. She had no children.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and ELLEN ROCKWOOD: Marriage: Jan 1846, Far West, Missouri319

Notes for MARIA LAWRENCE: Maria was prepossessing in her appearance, a little above medium height, rather dark complex- ioned, and was a woman of sterling integrity. She left no issue of her marriage.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARIA LAWRENCE: Marriage: Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for MARTHA BOWKER: Martha was a prudent woman, faithful to her husband and friends. She was an invalid for years, but her faith never wavered. Martha descended from the founders of Philadelphia, and was a Quakeress by birth She had no children, but the Brigham Young Family loved her dearly.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARTHA BOWKER: Marriage: 21 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for NAAMAH KENDEL JENKINS CARTER: Naamah did a great deal of redemption work for the dead in all the temples in Utah.. She was a rather small, fair complected woman. She was kind and affectionate; genial in disposition and devoted to the principals of the gospel. It has been said of her "she went around doing good".

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More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and NAAMAH CARTER: Marriage: 26 Jan 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for ZINA DIANTHA HUNTINGTON: After the martyrdom of Joseph Smith, Zina was united in marriage to Brigham Young and with others of the Saints, left Nauvoo February 9, 1846 crossing the Mississippi on the ice. Arriving at Mt. Pisgah, her father was called to preside over the branch of the church organized at this place. Zina with her two little boys remained with him temporarily. Sickness visited the camp and deaths were so frequent that help could not be obtained to make coffins. Many were buried with logs at the bottom of the graves and brush at the sides. Her father was taken sick and 18 days later, he died. After these days of trials, she went to Winter Quarters and was welcomed into the family of Brigham Young. With them she began the journey to the Salt Lake Valley. On the journey she walked, drove teams, cooked beside campfires and lived in tents and wagons.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and ZINA HUNTINGTON: Marriage: 02 Feb 1846, Winter Quarters319

Notes for MARGARET M. ALLEY: Margaret was a woman of small stature, medium complexion, intelligent, energetic and faithful to all her trusts true to her religion, her husband and her friends. She was devoted to her children.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARGARET ALLEY: Marriage: 14 Oct 1846, Nauvoo, Hancock, IL319

Notes for LUCY BIGELOW: Lucy moved into the Lion House in 1855, before it was finished and remained there until Brigham moved her and her family to St. George in November 1870, where she remained until 1892. Lucy did considerable missionary work in the Sandwich Islands and other places. She was of fair complexion with brown hair and blue eyes, a little above medium height and rather stout. She was of a lively disposition and the mother of three daughters.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and LUCY BIGELOW: Marriage: Mar 1847319

Notes for ELIZA R. SNOW: Eliza taught a select school for girls in Kirtland, Ohio. She boarded with the family of the Prophet Joseph Smith and gave most of her means toward the building of the Kirtland Temple. In 1838, she left Kirtland with the persecuted Saints for Far West where she remained for some time nursing her brother, Lorenzo Snow, through a severe illness. She then journeyed on to Quincy and then to Nauvoo, Illinois where again she resided in the home of the Prophet whom she married June 29, 1842. On June 12, 1847, she started with the second company and arrived at journey's end in October of that year. Eliza lived in the Old Fort for twenty-two months. On June 29, 1849, she married Brigham Young.

During her childhood she began writing poetry and her great ability was soon recognized. Nine volumes of prose and poetry were published by this remarkable woman.

"Our life is a cup where the sweet with the bitter, And bitter with the sweet oft commingle again; Where we're meeting and parting and parting and meeting, Pain changes to pleasure and pleasure to pain. When stern duty demands of my husband long absence, In spite of my judgement my feelings will mourn; But the time wears away, though it seems with slow motion, And my heart beats with joy when I hail his return."

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Eliza R. Snow

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and ELIZA SNOW: Marriage: 29 Jun 1849, Salt Lake, Utah319

Notes for ELIZA BURGESS: For some years practically all of Brigham Young's wives lived in the Bee Hive and Lion Houses, but as the children grew up he either erected or purchased separate homes for several of his wives. In 1869, he bought an old colonial home in Provo where he moved his wife Eliza and her son, Afales. It was here he lived whenever he went to Provo, which was often. In 1878 Eliza returned to Salt Lake City to live and it was her that she died. She was a beautiful woman, a courageous pioneer and added her strengths and talents to the building of the western commonwealth.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and ELIZA BURGESS: Marriage: 03 Oct 1850, Salt Lake, Utah319

Notes for HARRIET BARNEY: Harriet was united in marriage with a man who proved unworthy. After an unhappy marriage of several years, she was separated from her husband. She was the mother of 5 children, 4 of them by her first marriage and one of those dying in infancy. She bore one son to President Young named Phineas Howe.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and HARRIET BARNEY: Marriage: 14 Mar 1856, Salt Lake, Utah319

Notes for HARRIET AMELIA FOLSOM: Shortly before President Young's death, he decided to erect an official residence where he could entertain people who came to see him. The family understood that Amelia would live there and was happy that he had chosen her to assume the responsibilities of all social affairs. Before the residence was completed, Brigham passed away. It was finished by President John Taylor and named the Gardo House.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and HARRIET FOLSOM: Marriage: 24 Jan 1863, Salt Lake, Utah319

Notes for MARY VAN COTT: Mary had been the wife of James Kirby. She divorced him before the birth of her daughter, Louella. Several years later, she was married to Brigham Young. She was a tall, fine looking woman of fair complexion, kind hearted and affectionate, a loving wife and mother. Her first home was located south of the Temple grounds where she died in 1884.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARY VAN COTT: Marriage: 08 Jan 1865, Salt Lake, Utah319

Notes for ANN ELIZA WEBB: Becoming dissatisfied also with her second marriage, she entered suit against Brigham Young in 1875. The case was finally settled and she was excommunicated from the church. For many years she spent most of her time lecturing through the country against Mormonism. Years later, Ann Eliza married Moses R. Deming but this marriage lasted only three years. The date and place of her death are unknown.

More About BRIGHAM YOUNG and ANN WEBB: Marriage: 06 Apr 1868, Salt Lake, Utah319

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and MIRIAM WORKS are: i. ELIZABETH8 YOUNG, b. 25 Sep 1825, New York. ii. VILATE YOUNG, b. 01 Jun 1830, Mendon, Monroe, New York.

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Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARY ANGEL are: iii. JOSEPH ANGEL8 YOUNG, b. 13 Oct 1834. iv. BRIGHAM YOUNG, b. 18 Dec 1836. v. MARY ANN YOUNG, b. 18 Dec 1836; d. 1843. vi. ALICE YOUNG, b. 04 Sep 1839. vii. LUNA YOUNG, b. 20 Aug 1842, Nauvoo, Illinois. viii. JOHN WILLARD YOUNG, b. 01 Oct 1844, Nauvoo, Illinois.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and LUCY DECKER are: ix. BRIGHAM HEBER8 YOUNG, b. 19 Jun 1845, Nauvoo, Illinois. x. FANNY YOUNG, b. 26 Jan 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah. xi. ERNEST I. YOUNG, b. 30 Apr 1851, Salt Lake City, Utah. xii. SHEMIRA YOUNG, b. 21 Mar 1853, Salt Lake City, Utah. xiii. ARTA DE CHRISTA YOUNG, b. 16 Apr 1855, Salt Lake City, Utah. xiv. FERAMORZ YOUNG, b. 16 Sep 1858, Salt Lake City, Utah. xv. CLARISSA H. YOUNG, b. 23 Jul 1860, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Child of BRIGHAM YOUNG and HARRIET COOK is: xvi. OSCAR BRIGHAM8 YOUNG, b. 10 Feb 1846, Nauvoo, Illinois.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and CLARA DECKER are: xvii. JEANETTE R.8 YOUNG, b. 14 Dec 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah. xviii. NABBIE HOWE YOUNG, b. 22 Mar 1852, Salt Lake City, Utah. xix. JEDEDIAH GRANT YOUNG, b. 11 Jan 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah. xx. ALBERT JEDDIE YOUNG, b. 1858, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxi. CHARLOTTE TALULA YOUNG, b. 04 Mar 1861, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and EMILY PARTRIDGE are: xxii. EDWARD P.8 YOUNG, b. 30 Oct 1845, Nauvoo, Illinois. xxiii. EMILY AUGUSTA YOUNG, b. 01 Mar 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxiv. CAROLINE YOUNG, b. Feb 1851, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxv. JOSEPH DON CARLOS YOUNG, b. 06 May 1855, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxvi. MIRIAM YOUNG, b. 13 Oct 1857, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxvii. JOSEPHINE YOUNG, b. 21 Feb 1860, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxviii. LURA YOUNG, b. 02 Apr 1862, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and CLARISSA ROSS are: xxix. MARY ELIZA8 YOUNG, b. 08 Jun 1847. xxx. CLARISSA MARIA YOUNG, b. 10 Dec 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxxi. WILLARD YOUNG, b. 30 Apr 1852, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxxii. PHOEBE LOUISE YOUNG, b. 01 Aug 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Child of BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARGARET PIERCE is: xxxiii. BRIGHAM MORRIS8 YOUNG, b. 18 Jan 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and EMMELINE FREE are: xxxiv. ELLA ELIZABETH8 YOUNG, b. 31 Aug 1847. xxxv. MARINDA HYDE YOUNG, b. 30 Jul 1849, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxxvi. HYRUM S. YOUNG, b. 02 Jan 1851, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxxvii. EMMELINE YOUNG, b. 11 Feb 1853, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxxviii. LOUISA YOUNG, b. 31 Oct 1854, Salt Lake City, Utah. xxxix. LORENZO D. YOUNG, b. 22 Sep 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah. xl. ALONZO YOUNG, b. 20 Dec 1858, Salt Lake City, Utah.

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xli. RUTH YOUNG, b. 04 Mar 1861, Salt Lake City, Utah. xlii. DANIEL WELLS YOUNG, b. 09 Feb 1863, Salt Lake City, Utah. xliii. ARDELLE YOUNG, b. 26 Oct 1864, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and LOUISA BEAMAN are: xliv. JOSEPH8 YOUNG, b. 1848; d. Died in early infancy. xlv. HYRUM YOUNG, b. 1848; d. Died in early infancy. xlvi. ALVA YOUNG, b. 1850; d. Died in early infancy. xlvii. ALMA YOUNG, b. 1850; d. Died in early infancy.

Child of BRIGHAM YOUNG and ZINA HUNTINGTON is: xlviii. ZINA8 YOUNG, b. 03 Apr 1850.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARGARET ALLEY are: xlix. MAHONRI M.8 YOUNG, b. 11 Nov 1847. l. EVELYN LOUISA YOUNG, b. 30 Jul 1850, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Children of BRIGHAM YOUNG and LUCY BIGELOW are: li. DORA M.8 YOUNG, b. 12 May 1852, Salt Lake City, Utah. lii. SUSA YOUNG, b. 18 Mar 1856, Salt Lake City, Utah. liii. RHODA MABEL YOUNG, b. 22 Feb 1863, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Child of BRIGHAM YOUNG and ELIZA BURGESS is: liv. ALFALES8 YOUNG, b. 03 Oct 1853, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Child of BRIGHAM YOUNG and HARRIET BARNEY is: lv. PHINEAS HOWE8 YOUNG, b. 15 Feb 1863, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Child of BRIGHAM YOUNG and MARY VAN COTT is: lvi. FANNY8 YOUNG, b. 14 Jan 1870, Salt Lake City, Utah.

41. NORRIS STANLEY7 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)320 was born 03 Feb 1807 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA320, and died 04 Sep 1889 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV321,322,323. He married LETITIA MORRIS324,325 19 Jan 1832 in Kanawha County VA326,327,328, daughter of CARROLL MORRIS and FRANCES SEE. She was born 1809 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA329, and died 17 Apr 1876 in Charleston, Kanawha, WV330.

Notes for NORRIS STANLEY WHITTEKER: Norris Stanley Whitteker was named after Captain Norris Stanley of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Norris Whitteker's father, William, had stayed in Philadelphia with Norris Stanley and his family while going to school to learn navigation. It was here that he heard Norris Stanley's stories of his adventures at sea. And, Norris Stanley had plenty of stories to tell. According to a story which was reported in The Southern Patriot Newspaper of 14 Apr 1848, Capt. Norris Stanley had come to America aboard the ship Caroline of Philadelphia with another young, poor boy, John Jacob Astor. Both later became very wealthy merchants. Norris Stanley's obituary, reported in the Trenton State Gazette of 12 May 1851 stated that he had served under Commodore John Paul Jones during the American Revolution in several actions. William was so impressed by his stories that he not only signed up to go to sea as a carpenter's mate on a ship sailing to China; but, he named his first born son after the story teller.

"History of Kanawha County" by George Atkinson - Page 280-281: Mr Whitteker is a man of great physical power and endurance. He is 5 ft 8 in tall and his average weight for 50 years has been 180 lbs.

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Norris S. Whitteker was born in Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia on 3rd February 1807, where he has resided ever since. He has always claimed the honor of being the first white child born in the city limits of Charleston, and in this, no doubt he is correct. He established a reputation for being an expert fisherman and hunter in his younger years. He attended school at the Mercer Academy, under the instruction of Dr. Henry Ruffner, Jacob Rand, and Parson Chaddock, and obtained a fair English education.

After he grew to manhood, he became a Keel boatman in the trade between Charleston and Cincinnati, which required about one month to complete the round trip. These boat were the only transportation, in those days, between the Kanawha and the Western cities. Mr. Whitteker's next occupation was that of Flat boatman, running salt to the towns on the lower Ohio. He next learned the carpenters' trade and there are a number of houses still standing in Charleston, constructed by him as architect & builder. He also learned the painters' trade and painted more houses in Charleston than any man. His Uncle Thomas Whitteker was the proprietor of a large saw mill at the mouth of the Elk River, and for 11 years, Norris was head sawyer at the mill, and superintendent of building boats, which was carried on as part of the business of all saw mills of the time. He was also engaged in steam boating in the employ of Armstrong Grant & Co. as Mate on the steamer "Emigrant" from 1828 until 1830.

In 1831 he built three large brick houses on Kanawha Street, now owned by W. T. Thayer, Mrs. W. J. Rand and John C. Ruby. All of these houses were constructed of brick mad by Norris' own hands.

Mr. Whitteker was an ardent supporter of the Union, and as a token of respect and confidence, he was appointed Postmaster of Charleston, in the Spring of 1861 by President Lincoln, which office he held until the Fall of 1866, when he was removed by President Johnson, because he refused to pay allegiance to him after he switched to the Democratic Party upon the Assassination of President Lincoln. During the War, Charleston was an important military post; and, on one memorable day his registry book showed that 40,000 letters passed through his office. For three or four years the average had been 12,000 per day. That is more than treble the letters now handled in the same office, although the town has more than trebled it's population.

Mr. Whitteker was a noted temperance worker in Charleston and surrounding country for more than 40 years. During that time, he delivered more than one thousand Temperance speeches. In 1830 he joined the Washingtonian Temperance Society. During the rest of his life he never even tasted anything intoxicating. He joined the Presbyterian Church in 1831 and lived as a Christian from that time on.

NOTE: The West Virginia State Archives has the records of the first Temperance Society in Charleston in their special collection of manuscripts. It is a book of the minutes of the meetings which were held once a month. The book covers the years 1839-1841. I obtained copies of some of the meeting minutes which mention not only the name of Norris Whitteker as a member; but, also the names of Henry B. Whitteker, William Whitteker, and an "A. Whitteker". These names could represent the names of the three brothers of Norris as all were alive and possibly in town during the time of the meetings. This society functioned much like the Alcoholics Anonymous of today except that those who attended the meetings were required to sign pledges that they would not drink "ardent spirits" during the month until the next meeting and that they would do everything within their power to discourage others from imbibing as well. The copies I have show that William Whitteker and Norris Whitteker signed such a pledge at one of the meetings. There is no way of knowing if the "Wm. Whitteker" who signed this pledge was Norris' brother, William F. Whitteker, or his father, William Whitteker, Sr. "A. Whitteker" signed the bottom of one page as "secretary" of the society and Henry B. Whitteker and A. Whitteker were mentioned as speakers at the meetings as well.

From WV Newspaper Obituaries 1884-1894 by KVGS

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Saturday, September 7, 1889 Charleston, West Virginia September 4

Norris S. Whitaker, aged 83 years, who was the first white child born in the city limits of Charleston, was killed by the shifting engine at the Kanawha and Ohio Yard this afternoon at about 4:00 O'clock. All the wheels passed over the middle of his body.

Note: The Kanawha County Death Register reports the death as having occurred in 1890 on the same date. I believe this register to be in error. The inquest which was held into this death took place in 1889.

From the Wheeling Register of 05 Sep 1889:

Charleston, W. Va., September 4th, Norris Whittaker was run over and killed by an engine and cars on the K & O Railroad this afternoon. The remains were taken to his home. It was purely an accident, as the old man was hard of hearing.

SOURCE: Kanawha County Court Records Inquest of the Death of Norris (they spelled Noyes) Whitteker 04 Sep 1889 upon the dead body of Norris Whitteker

Those who testified: William H. Mc Diffitt, sitting outside H.H.Chris Stores in view Elmore Newhouse, who was sitting on the back of the engine D.C. Hawk, on the engine Henry Stack, engineer Frank Cunningham, standing at the front end of the engine Dr. Clemon Hurlburt Dr. J. L. Stamp Peter Silman, Coroner

Jurors: George Hall, foreman William Bleaker J. H. Caruther Roy Watson Morgan D. Stalnaker E. C. Lyme C. O. Scarbury S. Cohen Wm. Gilligan John M. Allen Perry Gatewood E. Langhorn

Testimony as to the accident was given, oddly enough, in the presence of the remains of Norris Whitteker, the deceased.

The accident was described in this way. The engine was approaching the bridge at Elk River pointing in the direction of the river. There were three men on the engine, the engineer, another man behind him, and one more on the back of the engine. There was also a man standing at the front of the engine, on the bridge side. At the back of the engine, were Norris Whitteker and one other man, both walking away from the engine, toward East Charleston and away from the bridge. Norris was the closest to the back of the engine, according to testimony, only about three feet behind it when he stepped onto the track; the other man was further away, walking with his back to the engine, the same as Norris was. All of a sudden the engine started backing up, ringing the bell. The man on the back of the engine yelled something; and, Norris fell. The man at the back of the engine tried to grab hold of him; but, missed and Norris went under the wheel and was killed instantly, being cut in two

51 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker by the wheel. The man who had been walking ahead of Norris testified that he heard the bell and noise, whereupon, he turned around; but did not see anything because the whole event had already transpired and Norris was dead on the track. The jury found that the Railroad was not at fault in any way for this accident. It was Engine No. 51 which had been the engine involved in this accident.

Newspapers later reported that it was a complete accident as Norris had been "hard of hearing". I had read in some history books that Norris had worked for the railroad later in his life; but, was never able to ascertain just what his job was because the railroad did not start to keep track of it's employees, historically, until a few years after this accident took place. Norris was 82 years old; and, apparently, still working on this day. To me it sounds as though the people who testified did so under the stress of keeping their jobs. The telltale clue is that the man walking in front of Norris had not even the time to turn around, after having heard the bell, and Norris had already been hit. I think it likely that Norris was too close to the back of the engine when it started to back up to be able to have escaped. I also do not think that the engineer rang the bell until it was too late (he had already started backing up) and that there should have been communication between the man on back and the engineer before the engine started backing up.

LAND HOLDINGS:

Norris and his brother, Henry B. Whitteker, bought from Isaac Noyes a lot in Charleston fronting 300 ft. on the Kanawha River bank, in 1832. This was Norris Whitteker's first purchase recorded in Deed Book H. Page 349. Four years later, in 1836 he, by himself, bought from John F. Faure and his wife a 2 acre lot in Charleston, Deed Book IJ, Page 199. Thomas C. Thomas sold him another 1/2 acre lot in Charleston the same year, Deed Book IJ, Page 357. The next year, he obtained from Frederick Brooks, two parcels 1 1/2 acre and 3 acres near Charleston, Deed Book IJ, Page 474. In 1842, in partnership with brothers Alfred T. and William F. Whitteker, he gained 152 acres in Kanawha County, Deed Book N, Page 180. Then, not until 23 years later, in 1865, did he buy another parcel, the Cox property back of Charleston from the heirs of William R. Cox, Deed Book Y, Page 565. Norris bought a lot on Brooks Street in Charleston from William T. Thayer and his wife in 1868; and the following year, in partnership with Virginia Whitteker, he bought from the George H. Porter Trust 110 acres on the point and 620 acres on the Elk at Two Mile Creek, recorded in Deed Book 25, Page 497. Another 100 acres on the Elk at Two Mile was purchased from the H. C. McWhorter Trust in 1869, Deed Book 26, Page 333.

Notes for LETITIA MORRIS: THE WEST VIRGINIA COURIER: Wednesday, April 26, 1876

The remains of the late Mrs. Letitia Whittaker were placed in their final resting place in Spring Hill Cemetery on Tuesday evening.

More About NORRIS WHITTEKER and LETITIA MORRIS: Marriage: 19 Jan 1832, Kanawha County VA331,332,333

Children of NORRIS WHITTEKER and LETITIA MORRIS are: i. MILDRED ELIZABETH8 WHITTAKER, b. Feb 1833, Charleston, Kanawha, VA334; d. Aft. 1910, Fort Worth, Tarrent, TX334; m. GEORGE W. MURRY GROVES, Abt. 1860, Kanawha County, Virginia334; b. Abt. 1840, Kanawha County, Virginia334; d. Bef. 1900, Fort Worth, Tarrent, TX334.

More About GEORGE GROVES and MILDRED WHITTAKER: Marriage: Abt. 1860, Kanawha County, Virginia334

ii. PHILENA FRANCES WHITTAKER, b. May 1834, Charleston, Kanawha, VA334; d. 27 Jul 1907, Charleston, Kanawha, WV334; m. FIELDING STARK335, 14 Nov 1849, Lawrence County OH336; b. Feb 1823, Kanawha County VA337,338; d. 11 Feb 1910, Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia339,340.

Notes for PHILENA FRANCES WHITTAKER: She lived at 512 Court Street, according to her obituary, which appeared in the Charleston Gazette on July 27 1909. She was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery. Her husband probably 52 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker

preceded her in death, as he was not listed among the surviving relatives: Mrs. Murray Groves of Fort Worth TX, Mrs. H. A. Stark of Charleston WV, Norris Stark of Charleston WV, Mrs. Kitty Whittaker of Elk City, Mrs. Lena Tompkins of Charlotte NC, Mr. B. F. Stark of Charleston WV, Paul Stark of Dallas TX, and Morris Stark of Charleston WV.

More About PHILENA FRANCES WHITTAKER: Name 2: Philena Frances Whittaker

Notes for FIELDING STARK: Fielding Stark served as a private in the Confederate Army, 8th Virginia Cavalry, Company D. In civilian life, he worked as a carpenter. He is buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston WV.

More About FIELDING STARK and PHILENA WHITTAKER: Marriage: 14 Nov 1849, Lawrence County OH341 iii. CYNTHIA ANN WHITTAKER, b. 1836, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. Aft. 1850. iv. ROXALENA JANE WHITTAKER342, b. 10 Nov 1838, Charleston, Kanawha, VA342,343; d. 17 Aug 1907, Charleston, Kanawha, WV344; m. JOHN WINCHESTER GARCELON345, Abt. 1860, Kanawha County WV345; b. May 1833, Oak Bay, St. David, NB345; d. 10 Apr 1912, Charleston, Kanawha, WV346,347.

More About JOHN GARCELON and ROXALENA WHITTAKER: Marriage: Abt. 1860, Kanawha County WV348

v. WILLIAM WALLACE WHITTAKER349, b. 1842, Charleston, Kanawha, VA350; d. 19 Apr 1890, Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio351; m. VIRGINIA F. HIGH352, 14 Jul 1860, Charleston, Kanawha, VA353; b. 18 Sep 1842, Putnam County, VA354,355; d. 02 Aug 1930, Charleston, Kanawha, WV356.

Notes for WILLIAM WALLACE WHITTAKER: The 13th Regiment of the West Virginia Infantry was organized in October of 1862, when William W. Whitteker began his service in the Union Army. Within only a few months, he was injured by a box falling on his leg and dislocating his knee; and was discharged with a disability in March of 1863. He was crippled by this dislocation. He was even listed on one of his childrens' death certificates as "Bent" Whittaker under name of father.

During his service, the 13th Regiment served in the Kanawha Valley, mostly doing guard duty and scouting. After his discharge, the Regiment went on to fight in many skirmishes and event- ually fought in the Battle of Lexington and the Battle of Lynchburg. They displayed conspicuous gallantry in the Battle of Winchester, Virginia.

After his service, his life only lasted until he was 47 years old. He died of tuberculosis as stated in the application for widow's pension by his wife, Virginia High Whittaker. He is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery at Portsmouth Ohio, in the Soldiers' Circle, Section A, Row 4, Grave 9.

There is a photograph, which I believe, after much thought and research, to be of William W. Whittaker. It was amongst the photos which belonged to his sister, Roxalena Whittaker Garcelon and her husband, John Winchester Garcelon.

This photo cannot be any of the brothers of John Winchester Garcelon. It cannot be William G. Garcelon born 10 Nov 1819 in Charlotte, NB, Canada. He married and apparently lived his whole life in Oak Bay, where he died on 08 Jan 1888. It cannot be John Anson Garcelon born 27 Jan 1821 in Oak Bay as he died 31 Jul 1832 in Oak Bay long before the Civil War. It cannot be George Moore Garcelon born 11 Oct 1825 at Oak Bay because he moved to Minnesota and there is no record of him having served. It cannot be Elhanan Winchester Garcelon born 03 Dec 1829 as he died 19 Dec 1830 in Oak Bay. It is not Isaac Warren Garcelon born 19 Oct 1835 in Oak Bay who also moved to Minnesota; but did not serve there. And, finally, it was not possibly Charles Wesley Garcelon born 09 Oct 1837 in Oak Bay who died 11 Nov 1837 in Oak Bay.

On Roxalena Whittaker Garcelon's side of the family, she only had two brothers; William W. Whittaker and Henry B. Whittaker. Henry B. Whittaker was born in 1845 in Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia. There was one Henry B. Whitaker who served in the 72 Ohio Infantry. I obtained his pension file and was able to disqualify him immediately as he was born in Ohio of totally different parentage and had a different wife and different children. There is no record of Henry B. ever serving during the Civil War then. Of Roxalena's sisters, Philena Whittaker's husband Fielding Stark fought for the Confederacy in the 8th Virginia Cavalry, Company D. The last possibility would have been the husband of Elizabeth Whittaker, Phillip

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Reece, born. 1823 in Kanawha County, Virginia. There was only one Phillip Reece who served in the Union Army and he was from Pennsylvania.

Once I had established that there was a real likelihood that William W. Whittaker, my great grandfather was the subject of this photo, I started to compare his likeness to the only available photos of his grandsons, my mother's twin brothers, Lawrence and John Whitaker. In the photo, William has a full beard which has not been trimmed. This covers the lower one third of his face, hiding the mouth and jaw line. The upper two thirds of his face, including the left ear, is quite visible, though. When I compare the hair lines and shape of the foreheads of all three individuals, they are almost identical. The position of the eyebrows is identical. Also the distance between the eyebrows and the eyes is identical. The shape and length of the noses are very similar. Unfortunately, the ears in my uncles' photos are not very clear; but the outline, size, and shape of the ears are the same. They say that the ears are one of the best identifiers of related individuals. I compared this photo to a photo of Roxalena from later in her life and the ears were similar and the shape and length of the nose similar. This photo brought something else to my attention; a line running from the corner of the nose down to the corner of the mouth. All in my mom's family, all brothers and sisters, Roxalena, myself, and the man in the Civil War photo have this line visible.

I had tried, early on after first obtaining the photo, to find something on what the uniforms of the 13th West Virginia Infantry looked like. This is not easy to ascertain. The jacket that is worn in the photo is what is called a "roundabout jacket". A private's roundabout jacket should have had piping around the collar and down the front of the jacket; but this jacket does not have any. However, there are no visible stripes or other insignia, other than the patches on the shoulders which would denote his regiment. They, however, are not clear enough to tell. I am reasonably sure that some of these items of the uniforms may have been home-made and therefore, not entirely picture perfect.

I believe the photo was taken a bit later than the actual war, possibly for a reunion. I think this because he looks to be in his mid thirties and the jacket does not seem to fit correctly with only the top button buttoned. The buttons of his vest show beneath the opening of the jacket. His eyes have a haunting quality to them and appear to be very glassy. I think this fits in with the scenario of his injury as he probably would have been in pain for the rest of his life. He may have even been on pain killers which were readily available without prescriptions in his day or may have taken advantage of some other means of deadening the pain. It is truly a shame that they did not know how to fix a dislocated knee back then.

The Wheeling Register of 14 Sep 1882 reported a huge reunion of all West Virginia Civil War surviving veteran soldiers at Parkersburg, West Virginia. The 13th West Virginia Infantry was well represented.

I must admit that this photo stayed with me in my mind since the day I saw it. I could not let it go as it exerted a strange attraction upon me. I kept thinking: "Can this really be my great grandfather William"? The answer is it turns out: "Yes it can"!

Notes for VIRGINIA F. HIGH: Lived at 209 Tennessee Avenue, Charleston, West Virginia. According to her death certificate, she died of senility, contributing cause was heart failure. Undertaker was John Barlow.

Buried at Spring Hill Cemetery in Charleston, West Virginia in the Hall & Edmunds Addition, Section J, Lot 39.

OBITUARY: THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAIL (Newspaper) 07 Feb 1930

MRS. VIRGINIA WHITTAKER Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Whittaker, who died at her home on Tennessee Avenue Wednesday evening, were to be held Friday afternoon at 2:00 O'Clock at the residence. Reverend W. B. King of Central Methodist Church was to officiate and burial was to be in Spring Hill Cemetery.

She is survived by three sons, John, William and Albert Whittaker; 16 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

More About WILLIAM WHITTAKER and VIRGINIA HIGH: Marriage: 14 Jul 1860, Charleston, Kanawha, VA357

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vi. HENRY B. WHITTAKER358, b. 1845, Charleston, Kanawha, VA359; d. Aft. 1880, Putnam County, WV; m. SARAH ANN KINDER360,361, 30 Jun 1869, Charleston, Kanawha, WV362,363; b. Abt. 1840, Ohio364,365; d. 26 Oct 1916, Winfield, Putnam County, WV366.

Notes for HENRY B. WHITTAKER: At the end of 1871 on the 16th of December Henry B. and Sarah A. Whittaker sold their house and property and transferred the deed to Bushrod Creel. They moved to Winfield in Putnam County, West Virginia, where Henry was a jeweler.

LAND HOLDINGS:

Henry B. only bought one lot which was situated on Dickinson Street from William A. Quarrier and his wife in 1874 which was recorded in Deed Book 29 on Page 512.

Notes for SARAH ANN KINDER: When Sarah A. Kinder married Henry B. Whittaker, she was already a widow at the age of 29. The writing on the Kanawha County Marriage Record of 1869, Page 66, is very hard to read; but looks like her last name when she was married was "Overalls". However, this marriage record provided the names of her parents, Henry and Mary Kinder.

LAND HOLDINGS:

Sarah bought two lots in Charleston. The first, on Third Street, was bought in 1869 from B. H. Smith, Deed Book 26, Page 124. The second, was purchased in 1871 from William A. Quarrier and his wife and recorded in Deed Book 29, Page 512.

More About HENRY WHITTAKER and SARAH KINDER: Marriage: 30 Jun 1869, Charleston, Kanawha, WV367,368

42. WILLIAM FREDERICK7 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)369,370 was born 09 Dec 1809 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA370, and died 09 Jan 1848 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA371,372. He married EDNA ANNA CAMPBELL373 04 Jun 1835 in Keene, New Hampshire374,375, daughter of JAMES CAMPBELL and DESIRE SLADER. She was born 02 Aug 1814 in Keene, New Hampshire376, and died 29 Aug 1850 in Prince Edward County, VA376,377.

Notes for WILLIAM FREDERICK WHITTEKER: William F. Whitteker was killed in January of 1848, when the boilers of the steam boat "Blue Ridge" blew up on the river. The Blue Ridge regularly traveled up and down the river. This trip was being made from Gallipolis, Ohio to Cincinnati. The explosion occurred in the vicinity of Raccoon Island. Blue Ridge was what was known as a side-wheeler. William was one of at least 11 people lost in the explosion. The bell of the steamer was salvaged and hangs on the front of the Putnam County Courthouse in Winfield, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1848, the same year that the accident happened.

The Blueridge was built at Cincinnati, Ohio in the year 1846 by a Mr. Warth and a Mr. English. Captain William Summers was in command. According to this information, gleaned from "History of Charleston and Kanawha County" by W. S. Laidley, some of the other fourteen people killed in the explosion were Joseph Miller of Point Pleasant, John Carr of Buffalo, Francis Sanns of Gallipolis, Albert Chapman, P. Carpenter, and a Mrs. Mayse.

EYEWITNESS REPORT OF THE EXPLOSION:

The following account was related in a letter, dated 10 Jan 1848, by William B. Koontz, who survived, which was written to his mother.

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My Dear Mother,

You never dreamed I suppose in all your anxiety for your boy that one day he would give you an account of a steamboat explosion. Well I was aboard the Blue Ridge when she blew up, but now I am as well as a man can be who sustained no injury but the loss of his boots.

James Ruffner of Kanawha came to me a few days ago and asked me to go to Cincinnati with him. I declined but told him if my father should send me some money in a few weeks I could expect to go. He said that he wanted me to go and as for the money he offered to lend me as much as was needed. I still declined, not liking to borrow money. He kept insisting so we boarded the Kanawha boat Blue Ridge late last Saturday night. I went to bed in a room with Ruffner about 10 o'clock. At 12 mid-night, the boat touched at Gallipolis where Ruffner and William Whitteker got off and bought some oysters. Ruffner came back to the state room and woke me up to get me to partake of the treat and later Whitteker came back twice but I declined but was on the point of getting up. About 1 o'clock, Ruffner finished his oyster supper and had just walked in the door when the boilers burst with a tremendous crash. It tore the front part of the boat to splinters. I jumped up and quickly put on my pants, vest and coat. Took my heavy coat under my arm, for I expected to have some swimming to do and did not want to have it on.

I went on deck and a more terrible sight I never witnessed. Women screaming, men calling for help, and the wind was blowing a gale. The waves were rolling heavy against the wreck which was scarcely above water, while snow was falling thick and fast. The most awful moment, however, and the one I felt the most horror of our situation, was when we heard that the boat was on fire below. I got me a plank from the rubbish and stood with it under my arm ready for a swim if the flames got too near. Providently, though, the boat sunk just then to the cabin floor and thus extinguished the flames. The yawl went out with the ladies, took four loads and then never returned.

In the meantime, we were floating down the river, expecting at any moment the wreck to go to the bottom. After drifting down about four miles, another yawl came to our assistance and took off passengers. Ruffner, Major Early, of the army in Mexico, and myself were among the last to get in the yawl. No one was left aboard but the Captain and the owner of the boat and also a few of the crew who were believed to be dying.

I cannot disturb you so much as to particularize the events to the sad disaster. Such a scene I hope never again to witness. The shrieks of the women, the groans of the bruised and wounded, the yells of the scalded, and the senseless chattering of the deranged still sound in my ears and make me shudder. It is not yet ascertained how many were killed and missing, but a list is about to be published. I write you to give yourself no uneasiness on my account. Some 10 or 15 are killed and some 15 or 10 more missing. There were some 40 to 50 passengers on board, most of whom were saved. The crew suffered most as is usual since they were nearer to the boilers. The death of William Whitteker is the most melancholy event to me as he was induced by James Ruffner and myself to go with us. He intended on making the next trip until he heard when we were going.

Afterwards, when I thought we could not sink any deeper, I found a mattress and sat upon it. I wrapped my feet in a blanket, for they were so cold and stiff that I could scarcely walk. I was cut off in a part of the boat where I could render assistance to no one. After I succeeded in warming my feet, I managed to climb down through the rubbish to the cabin floor. Ruffner was here helping passengers on the yawl. The chambermaids wanted me to help them get off which I did, along with some men. I stayed with Ruffner until all were in the boat but ourselves and Major Early. The Captain, the Mate and Captain James Payne, the owner of the boat, were determined to remain with the wreck, thinking to secure the baggage.

After we landed, Major Early opened his baggage and loaned me a pair of boots, which saved my feet from frost bite as the snow was an inch deep and we had to walk three miles before we found a house. At about 5:00 a.m. we came to a house which proved to be the home of Joseph

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Miller's father. Joseph had been on board and is still missing and is no doubt dead. His father kindly waited on us through trembling for the fate of his son. The steamboat Lelia came down from Pt. Pleasant and gathered up all the wounded and dead and also conveyed the passengers to more convenient quarters. William Beale came down on the Lelia to see after me as he heard I was aboard. I will write again after I get to Charleston.

Well, if you ask me what I think of steamboats, I will say as before, they are safe if properly managed but a terrible engine of destruction if tampered with. The boat was under a full head of steam in the middle of the river. It was running under unusually high steam pressure and as I lay awake in my room I was half expecting some such disaster as the whole boat was quivering from an unusual labor of the engine.

Your son, William B. Koontz

This disaster was written of by George W. Summers for for "Pages From The Past" in Volume 21 of the West Verginia Heritage Encyclopedia, edited and published by Jim Comstock in 1974. By the time this book was written, there was no one left alive who remembered anything about the explosion of the Blue Ridge, most especially the date that it happened. By this time there were two schools of thought. The first one came from the descendants of the master of the Blue Ridge who claimed that the boat ran for two years after she was built in Cincinnati in 1846 before she blew up. This man's name was Harold Bell Wright. The second opinion was from a descendant of the steamboat "Triumph", Mrs. "Kump" Bowyer, which was supposedly racing with the Blue Ridge at the time of the explosion. Mrs. Bowyer believed that the disaster occurred in 1858. She was in error. See letter from survivor, William B. Koontz, above.

The explosion of the Blue Ridge was also written of in the Charleston Daily Mail of 03 Mar 1940. The article stated that the exact number of those killed would never be known; but that estimates at the time of 30 killed were probably as close to the truth as you would ever get. The above letter of William B. Koontz was published in it's entirety within this article as well.

New Hampshire Sentinel 03 Feb 1848:

"Killed by the bursting of the boiler of the steamboat Blue Ridge on the Ohio River January 9th, Mr. William F. Whitteker of Charleston, Virginia. Mr. Whitteker was a man highly esteemed in Charleston and was well liked in this city."

Printed in the Charleston Evening Mail 19 May 1894:

Mrs. Skinner, of Princeton, Massachusetts, and son Henry, are the guests of Major and Mrs. A. T. Laidley for a day or two. Mrs. Skinner is the only daughter of the late William F. Whitteker, one of the unfortunate victims of the disastrous explosion of the boilers of the steamer "Blue Ridge", in the Kanawha River, in July of 1848. Mrs. Skinner was born in Charleston, a first cousin of Major A. H. Campbell of this city. This her only visit to the place of her nativity since leaving at the age of six years. Her mother was Miss Edna Campbell, sister of the late Mason Campbell, a well known resident of Charleston, but for many years Comptroller of the Navy Department at Washington.

LAND HOLDINGS:

William's first purchase, in 1828, at the age of 17, was quite impressive; 500 acres at Fort

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Steele and 27,000 acres in Kanawha County from William Tompkins, Deed Book G, Page 282. Next, in 1835, came 2 acres in Charleston from Isaac Noyes. George H. Patrick sold him a parcel described only as "Land at Elk River" in 1836. That same year he obtained a lot in Charleston from S.A. Cobb, Deed Book IJ, Page 399. He bought a Pew in the St John's Church in 1838, Deed Book K, Page 128. Another impressive purchase in 1840 was 202 acres plus 63500 acres on the Elk and Poca Rivers from A. Donnelly, Deed Book L, Page 307. Then he bought, in partnership with Norris S. Whitteker and Alfred T. Whitteker 152 acres in Kanawha County from John Cryden in 1842, Deed Book N, Page 180. This was his last purchase in Kanawha County.

Notes for EDNA ANNA CAMPBELL: Perhaps one of the most poignant stories of the Whitteker family was lived out by Edna Campbell Whitteker and the daughter whom William F. Whitteker left her with when he was plucked from this life so soon. Edna never seemed to be a particularly healthy woman; but, by the time Willianna, her daughter was two years old, Edna knew she was dying of consumption as they called tuberculosis then.

She and her sister-in-law, Anna Howe Whitteker, had been the best of friends; and, now she wrote to her with a very special request. Edna asked Anna if she would take Willianna and raise her as her own. Upon receipt of an affirmative answer she and Willianna left for Linden in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The very ill Edna traveled over the mountains with the two year old child; and shortly after their arrival at Linden, she died. She is the only non-DuPuy buried in the family plot on the plantation.

Anna took charge of Willianna; and, at the start of the Civil War, in 1861, she returned to Princeton, Massachusetts, taking Willianna with her. Willianna finished her growing years in Princeton and married Thomas Skinner and raised a family there. She did not return to the Charleston area where she had been born until the early 1890s, when she returned only for a visit.

More About WILLIAM WHITTEKER and EDNA CAMPBELL: Marriage: 04 Jun 1835, Keene, New Hampshire378,379

Child of WILLIAM WHITTEKER and EDNA CAMPBELL is: i. WILLIANNA F.8 WHITTEKER380, b. 28 May 1848, Charleston, Kanawha, VA381; d. Aft. 1910, Franklin, Linn, IO; m. THOMAS SKINNER382, 15 Oct 1872, Princeton, Worcester, MA383; b. 13 Apr 1851, Princeton, Worcester, MA; d. Aft. 1910, Franklin, Linn, IO.

Notes for WILLIANNA F. WHITTEKER: In 1870, Willianna was living with Anna Whitteker and Lucinda Howe, in Princeton, Massachusetts. Anna was the widow of Henry B. Whitteker. Right next door was the Skinner family including Thomas H. Skinner, who was to become Willianna's husband.

One of the children of Willianna and Thomas Skinner was Edna C. Skinner. She later became a teacher. She was interested in History of the family. She found out about the existence of the "Diary of William Whitteker". The diary was in the possession of a Historical Society in Charleston, West Virginia. Edna contacted them; and, they sent her the diary, for her to copy and return to them.

Edna moved to San Juan Puerto Rico by 1910; and can be found in the Census there as a teacher living on a pension.

More About THOMAS SKINNER: Name 2: Thomas H. Skinner384 Date born 2: 13 Apr 1851, Princeton, Worcester, MA385

More About THOMAS SKINNER and WILLIANNA WHITTEKER: Marriage: 15 Oct 1872, Princeton, Worcester, MA386

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43. PHILENA V.7 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)387 was born Abt. 1812 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA388, and died Abt. 1890 in Omaha, Douglas, NE389. She married HENRY C. ANDERSON390 01 Oct 1830 in Kanawha County VA391. He was born Abt. 1807 in New York392, and died Abt. 1871 in Omaha, Douglas, NE393.

Notes for PHILENA V. WHITTEKER: After the apparent death of Henry about 1871, Philena took in borders to make ends meet. Her daughter, Virginia stayed with her to the end, never marrying while she was alive. In fact she still appears unmarried in the 1910 Census at the age of 55.

The Omaha Census, in these later years 1900-1910, show that Theodore was a twin when another sister, Lida or Lydia, returns to live with Virginia. Her birth date is given as January 1850 which would make her Theodore's twin. The two women disappear from the Census after 1910.

The Wolfe's Omaha City Directories from 1889-1891 suggest that Philena passed away about 1890.

Notes for HENRY C. ANDERSON: By the time of the birth of Eliza, the family of Henry and Philena Whitteker Anderson were living in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa. They may be found there in the 1850 US Census of Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, on page 517. However, within 10 years they had moved to Flint River Township of Des Moines County; and are shown in the 1860 Census living there. This was not to be the last move, by the 1870 Census, they had moved to Omaha City, Douglas County, Nebraska; and may be found on page 12 there.

Upon checking Wolfe's Omaha City Directory, I find that the Andersons had actually moved to Omaha in 1865. The Directories from 1870-1872 show that Henry probably died in 1871.

More About HENRY ANDERSON and PHILENA WHITTEKER: Marriage: 01 Oct 1830, Kanawha County VA394

Children of PHILENA WHITTEKER and HENRY ANDERSON are: i. WILLIAM HENRY8 ANDERSON, b. Sep 1831, Charleston, Kanawha, VA; d. 20 Dec 1832, Charleston, Kanawha, VA. ii. ELIZA ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1843, Burlington, Des Moines, IO395. iii. EMMA ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1848, Burlington, Des Moines, IO395. iv. WALLACE ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1853, Flint River, Des Moines, IO396. v. SALINA ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1840, Charleston, Kanawha, VA397. vi. VIRGINIA ANDERSON, b. Abt. 1847, Burlington, Des Moines, IO397. vii. THEODORE ANDERSON, b. Jan 1850, Burlington, Des Moines, IO397. viii. LYDIA ANDERSON398, b. Jan 1850, Burlington, Des Moines, IO399.

44. ALFRED T.7 WHITTEKER (WILLIAM6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 22 Sep 1817 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA400, and died 19 Oct 1871 in Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky400. He married LUCY A. NORVELL 11 Dec 1850 in Covington, Kenton County, KY401, daughter of SAMUEL NORVELL and LELIA BRADFUTE. She was born Abt. 1830 in Lynchburg, Virginia402,403,404, and died 26 Mar 1899 in Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky405,406.

Notes for ALFRED T. WHITTEKER: Not much is known of Alfred Whitteker; but, in 1839, he became Deputy Sheriff to the Sheriff, Daniel Ruffner, as evidenced by his bond which was filed with the Kanawha County Court. So, he was still living in Kanawha County at this time. In 1841 he is included in the Kanawha County Court Records on a list of school masters. There is no record of a marriage or children for Alfred in Kanawha County.

When the mid 1840s arrived, Alfred was living in Burlington, Iowa, where his sister, Philena and her husband and family lived. He appears in the city directories there as a grocer. He would not remain

59 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker here long, however.

By 1850, he was in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky, where he would marry and raise a family. He married Lucy A. Norval (alternate spelling NORVELL); but the exact date and place are not known. They had nine children; five boys and four girls. Two addresses associated with his family in Covington, through the Covington City Directories, were 28 East 4th Street and on 7th and 8th, east of Greenup. He was noted in the directories as being either a "tobacconist" or a "clerk".

The Covington Journal announced in the issue of 01 Dec 1860, page 2, that Alfred would run in the January city election for City Clerk. He later became the Clerk of the School Board in Covington and still held that post until his death.

He died in 1871 of "consumption" and is buried in the Linden Grove Cemetery in Covington. The Covington Journal printed an obituary which stated that his funeral, held on 21 Oct 1871, was with the rights of the Masonic Fraternity, of which he was a member.

Notes for LUCY A. NORVELL: Lucy lived at 1374 Scott Street in Covington, Kentucky when she died. Her death certificate states that her mother's name was Lilia. Her death notice in the Cincinnati Enquirer of 27 Mar 1899 described her as the "estimable mother of Bart Whittaker". She and her daughters, Lucy, Dora, and Imogene lived together, after her husband, Alfred, died. They are shown living together in the city directories of 1882, 1892, and 1894. Alfred and Bart also lived with them in 1882 and 1892. In the 1880 US Census of Covington, Kenton Co., KY, Willifred was also living with them. By 1882, she was gone. Lucy also died of tuberculosis. She was cremated; but her ashes were interred at Linden Grove Cemetery with her husband and little son, Norval.

More About ALFRED WHITTEKER and LUCY NORVELL: Marriage: 11 Dec 1850, Covington, Kenton County, KY407

Children of ALFRED WHITTEKER and LUCY NORVELL are: i. NORVAL WILLIAM8 WHITTEKER, b. 04 Feb 1852, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky408,409,410; d. 12 May 1860, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky411.

Notes for NORVAL WILLIAM WHITTEKER: A parent's worst nightmare occurred in the family of Alfred T. Whitteker and Lucy Norval. Their first child, Norval William Whitteker, was to suffer in the worst possible way; and, finally die at the age of 8 years. He is also buried at Linden Grove Cemetery with his parents.

Several newspaper articles covered the progression of this story, eleven days, from the accident which took place on 01 May 1860, until the child's death on 12th of May. Little Willie, as he was called, apparently disobeyed his mother and went to play on the railroad tracks near the trains. He attempted to catch hold and board a passenger car which was backing down the tracks to the depot. He missed his footing, fell, and was dragged under the engine, the wheels of which passed over, above and below his right knee, crushing and mangling the leg in the most awful manner. Six hours later, the doctor was forced to amputate his leg from the hip. We do well to remember that this was in 1860, before the Civil War; and, before anesthesia. Just hours before the amputation, he told his maternal grandfather: "Get my coffin, Grandpa, for I am going to die now. I've been a wicked boy; but, God, for Christ's sake, has forgiven my sins, and now I am going to Heaven. If I had not disobeyed my mother, this would not have happened to me. Now, I want to die and be with my dear Jesus." He even reproved those who lamented his fate and hoped that he would live, saying that it was wrong to wish for him to live , for he might grow up to be a wicked man; and, it was best for him to die now while he felt that he was prepared for death. He only wished to live long enough for his absent father to reach home.

Source: Covington Journal 26 May 1860

After the amputation, it at first seemed to be healing well; and, that the child would recover. However, back then, not knowing if due to loss of blood, infection, or not so obvious other injuries, he then began to decline, not being able to eat and retain his food. In the end, he closed his eyes and died peacefully. All this

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suffering and horror took place in the home. It was truly different in those days. People lived more closely to life and death. ii. BRADFUTE WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1853, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky412. iii. IMOGENE WHITTEKER, b. 16 May 1855, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky412,413; d. 01 Oct 1907, Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky414.

Notes for IMOGENE WHITTEKER: From the Kentucky Post 01 Oct 1907, Page 2:

"Miss Imogene Whittaker, formerly of this city, died Sunday night at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Bradberry Bedinger, at Walton, and, according to her request, her remains were cremated at the Cincinnati Crematory this afternoon. Miss Whittaker was a prominent worker in the Madison Street Presbyterian Church." iv. BARTLETT WHITTEKER, b. 18 Jul 1857, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky415,416,417; d. 14 May 1921, Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio417; m. NANCY STONE418, 1897; b. 13 Oct 1866, Urbana, Ohio419,420,421; d. 25 Jun 1947, Urbana, Ohio421.

Notes for BARTLETT WHITTEKER: The birth records of Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky show a James Whittaker born to A. Whittaker and (?) Noel. This has to be the birth record of Bartlett as it is on the exact same day as Bartlett was born. Whether or not they decided to rename him or if Bartlett or James are a middle name is unknown.

It is interesting to note that Bart shows his father as being born in Massachusetts, according to the 1900 US Census of Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky. Alfred Whitteker, Sr was not born in Massachusetts himself; but, his own father, William Whitteker, was born there. I think this is just one more piece of evidence to show that Alfred was the son of William. Both of Alfred Sr's parents were from Massachusetts and must have had New England accents. Alfred Sr may also have picked up this accent from his parents. He may also have said that his family was from Massachusetts and Bart may have picked up on that and thought that his father was from there as well.

Bart moved to Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio sometime after 1900 and before his son, John was born in 1902. He worked there as a wholesale druggist. He is buried, with his wife, in the Oak Dale Cemetery in Urbana, Ohio.

More About BARTLETT WHITTEKER and NANCY STONE: Marriage: 1897

v. LUCY WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1861, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky422,423; d. 14 May 1904, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky424,425.

Notes for LUCY WHITTEKER: Lucy lived at 1040 Scott Street, down the street from her mother, when she died. She never married. She was cremated.

From the Kentucky Post 14 May 1904 Page 3:

"Lucie Whittaker, 43, died Saturday morning at her home, 1043 Scott Street, after a long illness. The funeral will take place Sunday at 2 p.m. The remains will be cremated. Undertakers Harbich Rose & Company will have charge." vi. WILLIFRED WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1863, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky426; d. Aft. 1920427; m. BRADBURY CILLEY BEDINGER428, 31 Aug 1887; b. 18 Aug 1866, Walton, Boone Co., Kentucky428,429; d. 07 Jan 1950, Kern, California430.

Notes for WILLIFRED WHITTEKER: Willie married Bradbury C. Bedinger and moved to California. They had two daughters: Lucy and Elizabeth Norvell Bedinger. In 1920 Willie registered to vote as a Democrat. She was living at 1947 Oregon Street in Berkeley. In the US Census that same year, she claimed to be a widow. However, her husband did not die until 1950, so they probably were separated. It was not unusual in those times for a woman to claim to be a widow, rather than separated or divorced. She was living then with her daughter

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Elizabeth Norvell and son-in-law, Herbert A. Underwood.

More About BRADBURY BEDINGER and WILLIFRED WHITTEKER: Marriage: 31 Aug 1887

vii. LELIA WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1865, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky431. viii. DORA WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1867, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky431. ix. ALFRED T. WHITTEKER, b. Apr 1870, Covington, Kenton Co., Kentucky431,432.

Notes for ALFRED T. WHITTEKER: Alfred, Jr. moved first to Victoria Texas, where he was General Secretary of the Y.M.C.A. His letter of resignation was published in The Weekly Advocate there on 01 Aug 1903. The letter stated that he was resigning his position to accept another position in Galveston, Texas, where he must have then removed himself to.

Finally, on 24 Mar 1912, another article about Alfred Jr. was published in the Cleburne Morning Review of Cleburne, Johnson County, Texas. This piece expounded upon his great talent as both a director of their choir and his ability as an artist. It was stated that he could keep children mesmerized and interested for hours as he quickly drew pictures in chalk as he talked. They dubbed him "the chalk talker" and said that he was one of the best leaders of song in the whole South; saying also that it was rare that both of these talents should be visited upon the same man. He was the leader of the Choir which was working in the Revival Meetings of Evangelist Lockett Adair, who had been converting people in the Denton, Texas area since the Christmas season of 1911. Adair was a well known Evangelist and Preacher who had converted more than 500 people since the start of the Revival Meetings here. Alfred, himself, made many friends in the area and it was stated that he would not soon be forgotten.

I have not been able to pinpoint his place of residence at this time, in 1912, nor in any subsequent US Census Records.

45. JOHN7 WHITTEKER (JOHN6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)433 was born 11 Jan 1809 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME434,435, and died 26 Jan 1864 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME436. He married MARY ANN WOODWARD437 25 Jan 1837 in Ellsworth, Hancock Co., ME438, daughter of STEPHEN WOODWARD and LUCY JORDAN. She was born 14 Dec 1812 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME438,439, and died 24 Feb 1910 in Ellsworth, Hancock, ME440.

More About JOHN WHITTEKER and MARY WOODWARD: Marriage: 25 Jan 1837, Ellsworth, Hancock Co., ME441

Children of JOHN WHITTEKER and MARY WOODWARD are: i. ARVILLA W.8 WHITTEKER442, b. 08 Jan 1838, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME443. ii. JOHN MAYNARD WHITTEKER444,445, b. 10 Nov 1838, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME445; d. 03 Jul 1897, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME446.

Notes for JOHN MAYNARD WHITTEKER: John Maynard Whittaker was a sea captain.

iii. MARCUS MORTON WHITTEKER447, b. 05 Sep 1841, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME448; d. 15 Oct 1908, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME449; m. MARY ALICE BARTLETT, 18 Oct 1864, Ellsworth, Hancock Co., ME450; b. 25 Aug 1848, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME451; d. 16 Apr 1925, Midland, Michigan.

Notes for MARCUS MORTON WHITTEKER: Marcus was also a sea captain. His family lived at No. 1 Bayside Road, Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine. His will was proven 11 Dec 1908 at Bucksport, Hancock Co., ME.

More About MARCUS WHITTEKER and MARY BARTLETT: Marriage: 18 Oct 1864, Ellsworth, Hancock Co., ME452

iv. CHARLES WHITTEKER, b. 1855, Maine453.

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46. CHARLES A.7 WHITTEKER (LUTHER6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 13 May 1819 in Princeton, Worcester, MA, and died 03 Jun 1903 in Princeton, Worcester, MA. He married ABBIE S. GLEASON 14 May 1846 in Princeton, Worcester, MA454. She was born Abt. 1828 in Massachusetts455.

More About CHARLES WHITTEKER and ABBIE GLEASON: Marriage: 14 May 1846, Princeton, Worcester, MA456

Children of CHARLES WHITTEKER and ABBIE GLEASON are: i. WILLIAM AUGUSTINE8 WHITTEKER457, b. 13 May 1847, Princeton, Massachusetts458; d. 22 Sep 1876, Princeton, Massachusetts459. ii. NELLIE S. WHITTEKER, b. Jan 1850, Massachusetts460,461; m. MOSES C. GOODNOW, 20 Jun 1879, Princeton, Worcester, MA462; b. 1845, Massachusetts463.

More About MOSES GOODNOW and NELLIE WHITTEKER: Marriage: 20 Jun 1879, Princeton, Worcester, MA464

47. ELIZABETH C.7 WHITTEKER (LUTHER6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 30 Jul 1823 in Princeton, Worcester, MA465, and died 13 Jul 1862 in Leominster, MA466. She married JOHN QUINCYADAMS PIERCE467 08 Mar 1849 in Princeton, Worcester, MA468, son of EZEKIEL PIERCE and RUTH PERRY. He was born 04 Mar 1817 in West Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts468.

Notes for ELIZABETH C. WHITTEKER: Elizabeth C. Whitteker had a real talent for art. I found this out one day a few months after I had uploaded my Gedcom File of the Family Tree on Rootsweb. In April 2007 I received an e-mail from Mrs. Peggy Stroh, a docent working at the Sappington House in St. Louis, Missouri. She had found some pieces of Elizabeth's artwork secreted away in an envelope, in a drawer, in an antique cabinet which had been donated to the house back in the 1950s when it had first opened to the public. The envelope contained a drawing with the notation on the front "My Pretty Bird Eating Cherryes". The bird was quite good with a lot of detail on the feathers, spots and coloration, sitting on the branch of a cherry bush, eating cherries. The back of the drawing was signed "This may certify that Miss Elizabeth C. Whitteker merits much praise for her good behavior in school. Princeton June 1st 1830. L. Brigham". Since Elizabeth was born in 1823, she was only 7 years old when this drawing was done. It is quite fine for a seven year old, it would even be considered fine for a much older person. Another piece of artistry from the envelope was a cross formed somehow, impossible to tell exactly how, from little bits of white paper, made into a very intricate lacy design on a shiny red background. The reverse of this piece shows some stitches holding the crucifix to the paper. There also were nine small samplers of needlepoint. The needlepoints were done on a paper canvas which was not available until 1850; and, so were done later in her short life. They were very beautiful and brightly colored. The stitches were tight and do not appear to have been done with a pattern. Finally there were two "Rewards of Merit" from these school days. They were the size of dollar bills and actually name sums in dollars on them. One of them was for "One Dollar" saying "This certifies that Miss Elizabeth C. Whitteker by diligence and good behavior merits the approbation of her friends and Instructress Louise Brigham, Princeton June 1830." The second award was for "Two Dollars", worded exactly as the first; but, signed by Instructress "C. P. Goodnow" without benefit of a date. I was able to obtain copies of the articles; and, when I received them, I was very impressed with her talent....so much so, that I made a book out of the copies to preserve them for future generations. I am also trying to secure the originals for future generations to appreciate.

Elizabeth had been only two years old when her mother, Betsy Brigham, died immediately after giving birth to her sister, Sophia. Louise Brigham was her mother's sister, and likely the signer of the reward and progress report. Her father remarried two years later to widow, Betsy Dodd; but Louise seems to have influenced young Elizabeth at least through her education.

Elizabeth married John Quincy Adams Pierce and had two sons, W. G. Pierce and Edward B. Pierce. She died of consumption at the age of 39. Her youngest son, Edward, was soon to follow his mother at the age of 7. John Q.A. Pierce remarried again within the year following

63 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker the death of Elizabeth. Elizabeth had been his second wife. His first wife had died soon after the birth of her third son; and, Elizabeth had filled the vacancy.

Notes for JOHN QUINCYADAMS PIERCE: Acording to the 1850 US Census of Leominster, Massachusetts, Page 215, John Quincy Adams Pierce was a merchant who owned real estate valued at $3,000.00.

More About JOHN PIERCE and ELIZABETH WHITTEKER: Marriage: 08 Mar 1849, Princeton, Worcester, MA468

Children of ELIZABETH WHITTEKER and JOHN PIERCE are: i. W. G.8 PIERCE, b. Abt. 1855, Massachusetts469. ii. EDWARD B. PIERCE, b. 26 Oct 1858, Massachusetts470; d. 20 Mar 1865, Leominster, MA.

48. SALINA7 WHITTEKER (LEVI6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born Abt. 1823 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA471. She married R. M. GALLION. He was born Abt. 1823 in Virginia472.

Notes for SALINA WHITTEKER: Salina moved to Burlington Iowa around 1850, where her cousin, Philena V. Whitteker Anderson lived with her husband and children. She appears in the 1850 Census there on page 513, a short distance from where Philena, Henry and the children were living. She was living in the home of Charles and Mary Ann Hendry.

Child of SALINA WHITTEKER and R. GALLION is: i. EMIUS D.8 GALLION, b. Abt. 1852, Virginia473.

49. CHARLES SOUTHGATE7 WHITTEKER (AARON6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)474 was born 01 Feb 1817 in Charleston, Kanawha County, VA475, and died 16 Nov 1892 in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV475. He married MARGARET A. EOFF476. She was born 28 May 1817 in Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia477, and died 26 Dec 1884 in Charleston, Kanawha County, WV477.

Children of CHARLES WHITTEKER and MARGARET EOFF are: i. KANAWHA LAIDLEY8 WHITTEKER478, b. 20 Oct 1853, Wheeling, Ohio, Virginia479; d. 17 Apr 1930, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia480; m. D. C. SMOOT481; b. 27 Oct 1839, Boone County, VA481.

Notes for KANAWHA LAIDLEY WHITTEKER: The History of Charleston by W. S. Laidley gives her name as Kanawha Laidley and says she married Mr. Smoot; but, in West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970 her name is given as Cerinne Whittaker Smoot.

ii. HELEN DANNENBERRY WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1839, Virginia482; m. CAPTAIN GEORGE W. HARRISON483, 01 Jan 1861, St. John's Church, Wheeling, WV484.

More About GEORGE HARRISON and HELEN WHITTEKER: Marriage: 01 Jan 1861, St. John's Church, Wheeling, WV484

iii. VIRGINIA C. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1842, Virginia485. iv. EMILY WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1844, Virginia486.

More About EMILY WHITTEKER: Name 2: Emily Stout Whitteker

v. HENRY TALLANT WHITTEKER, b. 1849, Virginia486,487; d. 10 Jul 1889, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia488,489; m. EMMA L. LAIDLEY490; b. 22 Feb 1852, Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia491,492; d. 10 Mar 1943, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia493,494.

Notes for HENRY TALLANT WHITTEKER:

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For the longest time, the only thing I had on Henry Tallant Whitteker was the 1880 US Census of Union, Kanawha County, West Virginia, where he was still living with his parents at the age of 30, still single, and working as a sawyer in a mill.

There may be another story. First, I found mention of a Captain Henry Whitaker who was a survivor of the explosion of the steamboat "Bob Henry" which happened on a Saturday night, 26 May 1888, on the Elk River. Several people were killed; Lewis Kelley, the fireman; C. H. Braurley; and Frank Dotson, while the pilot, Morgan Stalnaker was fatally injured, dying later. The following were scalded or received broken bones: Milton Hudnall, engineer; Billus Wells, deckhand; Hiram Ballard Donohue, H.D. Snyder, John Snyder, Brad Samples, Lee Levitt, Sam Hart, Billy Cox, and Henry Snyder. Capt. Henry Whitaker, John Haines the cook, pilot Rogers, and S. H. Samples were only slightly injured. The boat had been insured for $1,500.00. All of this information was according to a story which appeared in the Clarksburg Telegram on the same day.

When I found this story, I was wondering just which Henry Whitaker this might be; but did not see any way to follow up on it to find out. However, I never forgot about the story; and, it still lurked in the back of my mind.

Recently, this story was brought to the forefront again. I found an article in the Charleston Daily Mail of Sunday, 25 Nov 1951 which mentioned this same disaster which befell the Bob Henry; but, in a different context. It was an article about the longevity of the marriage of Hiram Ballard Donahue and his wife, Irene Elizabeth Adkins. They claimed to have married the year after the explosion had taken place. They stated that the Bob Henry explosion had happened in May of 1884, so claiming that they had married on 20 Mar 1885. The discrepancy between these dates got me interested in the story again...... enough so that I started to research it again.

The truth was that the explosion had actually happened on the 26 May 1888. Not only that; but, Hiram and Irene had not married until 20 Mar1891 as evidenced by their Kanawha County marriage record.

Now, once again, who was this Capt. Henry Whitaker? I believe him to have been Henry Tallant Whitteker. I arrived at this conclusion by a process of elimination. There were only three other Henrys in the family. The first was Rev. Henry B. Whitteker, being eliminated right away as he had died in 1844. He had been the son of William Whitteker and Philena Cobb Whitteker. The second was Henry B. Whitteker, the son of Norris Whitteker and Leutitia Morris Whitteker. This Henry was a jeweler and had moved to Putnam County right after the Civil War. The third was Henry B. Whittaker, the son of William W. Whittaker and Virginia High Whittaker, who being born in 1878 was nowhere near old enough to be the boat captain in 1888.

Update 28 Apr 2009: This mystery has now been solved. Henry Tallant Whitteker was Captain Henry Whitteker of the Bob Henry as evidenced by his death notice from 11 Jul 1889. The notice states that he was formerly the owner of the boat which had exploded one year before; and that he had been in failing health ever since the catastrophe. He apparently was injured more seriously than anyone at the time of the accident realized as his death was blamed on this unfortunate occurrence.

I have since found another newspaper story in the Charleston newspapers which gave a bit more information on the boat. The boat was built by Henry Whittaker and Bob Wilson. The name "Bob Henry" was taken from both of their names. It was described as a small steamboat which operated regularly on the Elk and Kanawha rivers.

Notes for EMMA L. LAIDLEY: The Charleston Daily Mail, Evening Edition of Thursday, September 7, 1916 records the following under the heading of "Real Estate Transfers": " Emma L. Whittaker to R.A. Given, tract of land in Union District for $784.26."

vi. CAROLINE T. WHITTEKER, b. 17 Jan 1848, Virginia495; d. 19 Mar 1848, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia496,497.

50. WILLIAM A.7 WHITTEKER (AARON6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)498 was born 29 Oct 1826 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA499, and died 20 Oct 1867 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH500,501. He married LELIA Z. PAYNE502,503 Abt. 1849504, daughter of JAMES PAYNE. She was born Abt. 1825 in Charleston, Kanawha,Virginia504, and died 02 Dec 1917 in Huntington, WV505.

Notes for WILLIAM A. WHITTEKER:

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Source: Historical Data Systems, "Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers", database on line (Provo UT)

William A. Whitteker enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private on 08 May 1861, at the age of 37. He was in Company H of the 22nd Infantry Regiment for the state of Virginia. This regiment was first known as the 1st Kanawha Regiment until it was reorganized in July of 1861. He was absent on 31 August 1861, cause unknown. He died, Company H 22nd Infantry Regiment Virginia on 23 October 1864. Before joining the army he was a merchant.

William A. Whitteker did not die in the Civil War. The above military record is definitely his military record; but, the death report is in error. William actually died 20 Oct 1867 in Cincinnati of Typhoid Pneumonia. There were several death notices putlished in the Cincinnati Newspapers which attest to this fact. How this error got into his military file is a mystery.

The National Archives at Washington, DC was queried for William's Confederate service records; but the only thing included there was the roll call card for August 1861 on which he was reported absent without an explanation. Only one other piece of information was available on this card; the fact that Company "H", by this time had never received any pay.

LAND HOLDINGS:

From the General Index to Deeds of Kanawha County, it appears likely that William A. Whitteker, like his father, was in the practice of buying lots to build houses on. He bought the first 1/2 acre lot in 1848 from Thomas Fife; which lot was located near the city of Charleston, Deed Book P, page 384. He continued buying lots, up through 1857, buying three more. Then in 1859, he bought two larger parcels. First, from Henry Williamson, he bought 19r acres on the point and 1,000 acres on the Coal River, Deed Book UV, Page 613. Then, from August Wood and his wife, he purchased 107 acres on Brown's Creek and the Coal River, Deed Book UV, Page 623. This last purchase was made in 1859.

Notes for LELIA Z. PAYNE: LAND HOLDINGS:

Lelia held in her name, land obtained from her husband which consisted of a lot near Charleston recorded in Deed Book R, Page 206. Then , in 1857, she bought another lot from Thomas Fife, Deed Book T, Page 297.

More About WILLIAM WHITTEKER and LELIA PAYNE: Marriage: Abt. 1849506

Children of WILLIAM WHITTEKER and LELIA PAYNE are: i. MINNIE C.8 WHITTEKER507, b. Abt. 1850, Virginia508; m. UNKNOWN WHETSTONE509. ii. WILLIAM A. WHITTEKER510,511, b. 11 Oct 1851, Charleston, Kanawha County, VA512,513,514; d. 28 Nov 1926, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio515,516; m. MARY L. FRY517,518, Abt. 1878519; b. 10 Sep 1851, Florence, Alabama519,520; d. 11 Feb 1939, Greenfield, Massachusetts520.

Notes for WILLIAM A. WHITTEKER:

William is mentioned in a list of Hughes High School graduates in the Cincinnati Daily Gazette of 26 Jun 1869. I, for one, did not realize that this high school had such a long history. My father also attended this same hight school in the early 1930s. When in Cincinnati, I drove by the school with my cousin and was amazed at the architecture of the building. It looks almost Gothic.

William A. Whitteker, Jr. and his family lived at 255 Hackberry Street in Cincinnati, according to the internment card of his daughter, Gertrude Fry, who was only 3 yrs old when she died in 1891. She died of dyptheria as there were no inoculations for this dread disease at that time. When

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William died in 1936 he and his wife were living at 1707 Clayton Street in Cincinnati. He is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery.

More About WILLIAM WHITTEKER and MARY FRY: Marriage: Abt. 1878521

iii. LILLIE WHITTEKER522, b. 20 Sep 1853, Charleston, Kanawha County, VA522,523; d. 04 Aug 1944, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH524; m. GASTIN HANLY524; d. Bef. 1944524.

Notes for LILLIE WHITTEKER: Lillie was a widow living in the Cincinnati Sanitarium when she died. Her death was caused by an accidental fall in which she broke her left Femur. She is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.

iv. JAMES E. WHITTEKER525, b. 15 Oct 1855, Charleston, Kanawha,Virginia526; d. 08 Mar 1936, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio526,527; m. MARGARET BECKMAN528; b. 10 Mar 1860, Lawrenceburg, Indiana529; d. 22 Aug 1924, Norwood, Ohio529,530.

Notes for JAMES E. WHITTEKER: When James died in 1936 he had been living at the Widow's Home on McMillan Street in Cincinnati. The heirs listed on his Spring Grove Cemetery Internment Card were probably his children. He was a widower when he died.

Notes for MARGARET BECKMAN: When Margaret died in 1924, she and James were living at 2256 Madison Avenue in Norwood, Hamilton County, Ohio. She is also buried in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

v. GASTON C. WHITTEKER531, b. Abt. 1859, Virginia531.

51. ALEXANDER Q.7 WHITTEKER (AARON6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)532 was born Abt. 1828 in Virginia533,534, and died 03 Mar 1916 in Marshall County, WV535,536. He married MARY C. WOODS537,538 25 Jun 1849 in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia539, daughter of ROBERT WOODS and MARGARET QUARRIER. She was born Abt. 1828 in Virginia540, and died 22 Feb 1916 in Marshall County, WV541.

Notes for ALEXANDER Q. WHITTEKER: I have not yet found any documentation which will go toward proving that Alexander is the son of Aaron and Betsy D. Whitteker; but, it is definitely suggested by the fact that he lived right next door to Charles S. Whitteker and his wife, Margaret in the 1850 US Census for Marshall County, VA. It is significant that his first daughter was named Margaret; and his middle initial is Q., possibly for Quarrier. Betsy Dannenberry Quarrier's father was named Alexander.

Alexander was a farmer with his own farm. The farm was worth $15,000.00 at the time of the 1860 Marshall County Census. By the time of the 1870 Census, the farm was now worth $17,000.00. In the 1180 US Census of Marshall County his daughter Elizabeth is noted as an "artist".

More About ALEXANDER WHITTEKER and MARY WOODS: Marriage: 25 Jun 1849, Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia542

Children of ALEXANDER WHITTEKER and MARY WOODS are: i. MARGARET A.8 WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1849, Virginia543; m. JAMES M. CRESAP, 25 Oct 1870, Marshall County, WV544.

More About JAMES CRESAP and MARGARET WHITTEKER: Marriage: 25 Oct 1870, Marshall County, WV544

ii. ELIZABETH D. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1853, Virginia545. iii. LUCY T. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1855, Virginia545. iv. CAROLINE W. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1857, Virginia545. v. JESSE H. WHITTEKER, b. 16 Jun 1859, Woodlands, Virginia545; d. 22 Dec 1939, Moundsville, Marshall,

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WV546.

Notes for JESSE H. WHITTEKER: Jesse never married. She died at the age of 80 of a stroke. She is buried in the Greenlawn Cemetery.

vi. ALEXANDER W. WHITTEKER547, b. Abt. 1862, West Virginia548. vii. MINNIE L. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1864, West Virginia548; m. THOMAS RUTHERFORD KENNEDY549, 18 Dec 1889, Woodlands, West Virginia550.

More About THOMAS KENNEDY and MINNIE WHITTEKER: Marriage: 18 Dec 1889, Woodlands, West Virginia550

viii. HALLIE C. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1867, West Virginia551.

52. LIDIA A.7 WHITTEKER (AARON6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 1841 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA552, and died 1895552. She married (1) PETER FONTAINE. He was born 1840552, and died 1908552. She married (2) RICHARD QUARRIER S. LAIDLEY. He was born 1836553, and died 1873553.

Children of LIDIA WHITTEKER and PETER FONTAINE are: i. KEITH NILES8 FONTAINE, b. 1884553; d. 08 Aug 1972553; m. GEORGE STAIGE COUCH, JR.; b. 30 Jul 1881553; d. 13 Feb 1936553.

Notes for GEORGE STAIGE COUCH, JR.: George was an attorney.

ii. JAMES MORRIS FONTAINE553.

Notes for JAMES MORRIS FONTAINE: James became a doctor.

iii. BETSY QUARRIER FONTAINE.

Notes for BETSY QUARRIER FONTAINE: Betsy died as an infant.

Children of LIDIA WHITTEKER and RICHARD LAIDLEY are: iv. DORCAS BLAINE8 LAIDLEY, b. 1865553; d. 1927553. v. PERCY WHITTEKER LAIDLEY, b. 1867553; d. Abt. 1900553.

53. HELEN7 WHITTEKER (THOMAS6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born 13 Mar 1832 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA554, and died 05 May 1905555. She married HENRY WILLIAM REYNOLDS 21 Dec 1852 in Kanawha County VA556, son of VAN REYNOLDS and ELIZABETH UNKNOWN. He was born 1830 in Virginia557, and died 06 Feb 1906557.

More About HENRY REYNOLDS and HELEN WHITTEKER: Marriage: 21 Dec 1852, Kanawha County VA558

Child of HELEN WHITTEKER and HENRY REYNOLDS is: i. NANNIE8 REYNOLDS, b. 16 Jul 1867, Charleston, Kanawha County, WVA559; d. 17 Feb 1937, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH559; m. WILLIAM LOHMEYER559.

Notes for NANNIE REYNOLDS: Nannie died in Cincinnati, Ohio. What she was doing there is not known. The residence of Nannie and William Lohmeyer was in Charleston, West Virginia. Her body was sent back to Charleston and probably buried in Spring Hill Cemetery.

54. JOHN C.7 WHITTEKER (THOMAS6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1) was born

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Abt. 1834 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA560. He married LAURA E.561.

Notes for JOHN C. WHITTEKER: By 1870 John C. Whitteker was married to Laura E. and living in Winfield, Putnam County, West Virginia. He was working as a flat boatman. In 1880 they were living in the Union District of Putnam County; and they now had two children; James W., aged 9; and, Mary R., aged 7. He was now farming.

Children of JOHN WHITTEKER and LAURA E. are: i. JAMES W.8 WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1871, West Virginia562. ii. MARY R. WHITTEKER, b. Abt. 1873, West Virginia563.

55. THOMAS C.7 WHITTEKER (THOMAS6, WILLIAM5 WHITTAKER, SAMUEL4, NATHANIEL3, JOHN2, ROBERT1)564 was born Abt. 1836 in Charleston, Kanawha, VA565. He married ELIZABETH CARTER566,567. She was born Abt. 1853, and died 16 May 1928.

Notes for ELIZABETH CARTER: Elizabeth Carter Whitteker was a very beautiful black woman. She is buried in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia.

Children of THOMAS WHITTEKER and ELIZABETH CARTER are: i. SARAH ELIZABETH8 WHITTEKER568,569, b. 19 Jan 1870; d. 26 Oct 1918; m. JAMES FRANKLIN BOWLES570, 02 Mar 1892570; b. Dec 1867, West Virginia571; d. 03 Mar 1920.

Notes for JAMES FRANKLIN BOWLES: James and Sarah had 5 daughters and Ernest who was a twin.

More About JAMES BOWLES and SARAH WHITTEKER: Marriage: 02 Mar 1892572

ii. THOMAS C. WHITTEKER572,573, b. Abt. 1871, West Virginia574; m. ALICE CARPER575, 13 Apr 1892, Kanawha County, West Virginia575,576,577; b. 1872, West Virginia578; d. 22 Jul 1950, Charleston, Kanawha Co., West Virginia579.

Notes for ALICE CARPER: Alice Carper Whitteker is buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, West Virginia.

More About THOMAS WHITTEKER and ALICE CARPER: Marriage: 13 Apr 1892, Kanawha County, West Virginia580,581,582

Endnotes

1. Bishop's Transcripts Skipton Yorkshire, LDS Film #919155. 2. Bishop's Transcripts Skipton Yorkshire. 3. 28 Feb 1660 Breach of Promise Middlesex County Court Case. 4. Fittleworth Register Booke 1625-1701, Page 5. 5. 28 Feb 1660 Breach of Promise Middlesex County Court Case. 6. June 1660/1661 Court at Charlestown, Bond of Previous case was discharged to John Whittaker. 7. LDS - IGI, British Isles. 8. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 69. 9. 28 Feb 1660 Breach of Promise Middlesex County Court Case. 10. June 1660/1661 Court at Charlestown, Bond of Previous case was discharged to John Whittaker. 11. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Page 24. 12. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages. 13. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, 242. 14. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 33. 15. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County

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Massachusetts, 242. 16. Concord BMD, Page 7. 17. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, 242. 18. Concord BMD, Page 12. 19. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 33. 20. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, 242. 21. Concord BMD, Page 33. 22. Concord BMD. 23. Taylor Family, Page 3. 24. Concord BMD, Page 79. 25. Concord BMD. 26. Concord BMD, Page 32. 27. Concord BMD. 28. Taylor Family, Page 2. 29. Concord BMD, Page 36. 30. Concord BMD. 31. Concord BMD, Page 85. 32. Concord BMD. 33. Concord BMD, Page 85. 34. Concord BMD, Page 40. 35. Concord BMD. 36. Taylor Family, Page 3. 37. Concord BMD, Page 42. 38. Concord BMD. 39. Concord BMD, Page 92. 40. Concord BMD. 41. Concord BMD, Page 92. 42. Concord BMD, Page 47. 43. Concord BMD. 44. Taylor Family, Page 3. 45. Concord BMD, Page 76. 46. Concord BMD. 47. Taylor Family, Page 3. 48. Concord BMD, Page 61. 49. Concord BMD. 50. Concord BMD, Page 69. 51. Concord BMD. 52. Concord BMD, Page 69. 53. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, 242. 54. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Page 25. 55. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages. 56. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 265. 57. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 64. 58. Will of John Whittaker, Jr. of Stow. 59. Named in fathers will of 1745. 60. Vital Records of Bedford MA, Page 107. 61. Named in fathers will of 1745. 62. Named in fathers=-in-law's will of 1745. 63. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Page 26. 64. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages. 65. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths 1630-1699. 66. Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages & Deaths 1630-1699, Page 218. 67. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Page 28. 68. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages. 69. LDS - Ancestral File V4.19. 70. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Page 31. 71. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages. 72. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 54. 73. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 60. 74. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 75. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 63.

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76. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 77. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages, Page 35. 78. Watertown Records of Births, Deaths & Marriages. 79. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 350. 80. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 43. 81. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 143. 82. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 381. 83. Simon Crosby, the Emigrant, Page 66. 84. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 238. 85. Simon Crosby, the Emigrant. 86. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 43. 87. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 238. 88. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 143. 89. History of Billerica by John Hazen, Page 105. 90. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 237. 91. Bond of Catherine as Solomon's Widow. 92. Vital Records of Billerica, Page 351. 93. Gravestone, Hillside Cemetery, Concord, MA. 94. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 415. 95. LDS - CD #63 Pin 146272. 96. Ancestral File (LDS) MC04-ND. 97. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 127. 98. LDS - CD #63 Pin 146272. 99. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 78. 100. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 101. Hillside Cemetery Gravestone. 102. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 94. 103. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 191. 104. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 94. 105. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 144. 106. Vital Records of Lincoln MA to 1850, Page 178. 107. Vital Records of Sudbury MA to 1850, Page 82. 108. Vital Records of Cambridge MA to 1850, Page 420. 109. Vital Records of Sudbury MA to 1850. 110. Lexington BMD, Page 200. 111. Will of Hannah Pierce Whittaker 01 Jun 1756. 112. Vital Records of Cambridge MA to 1850, Page 420. 113. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s, Baptism 05 Oct 1712. 114. Vital Records of Billerica to 1850, Page 198. 115. Vital Records of Billerica to 1850. 116. Vital Records of Swansea, Ma to 1850, Dorothy the daughter of Daniel Whittaker and his wife Mary was born August 27, 1709. 117. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 395. 118. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 29. 119. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 120. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 889. 121. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 395. 122. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 45. 123. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 44. 124. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 125. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 44. 126. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 45. 127. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 128. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 45. 129. Concord BMD, Page 25. 130. Concord BMD. 131. William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Volume IV, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1908, 1695. 132. Taylor Family, Page 3. 133. Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable, 74. 134. Taylor Family, Page 3. 135. Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable, 74. 136. Concord BMD, 28. 137. Taylor Family, Page 3.

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138. Early Generations of the Founders of Old Dunstable, 74. 139. William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Volume IV, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1908, 1695. 140. Concord BMD, Page 32. 141. Concord BMD. 142. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, 242, Alternate birth date of 11 Jan 1682 at Concord. 143. Concord BMD, Page 415. 144. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, 242. 145. Concord BMD, Page 76. 146. Concord BMD, Page 125. 147. Named in fathers will of 1745. 148. Vital Records of Stow, Page 94. 149. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 265. 150. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 95. 151. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 220. 152. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 95. 153. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 94. 154. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 265. 155. Vital Records of Stow MA to 1850, Page 95. 156. LDS - Ancestral File V4.19. 157. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 72. 158. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 159. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 420. 160. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 161. Ancestral File (LDS) 12JS-M7T. 162. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 163. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 432. 164. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 165. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 145. 166. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 423. 167. Ancestral File (LDS) 12JS-M7T. 168. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 145. 169. Hillside Cemetery Gravestone. 170. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 94. 171. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 172. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 145. 173. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 149. 174. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850. 175. Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 198. 176. History of the Town of Concord, Page 246. 177. History of the Town of Concord. 178. Massachusetts Spy, Death Notice of Rev. Dr. Nathaniel Whittaker, 08 Apr 1795. 179. Baptism of Salem MA from 18th Century Baptisms in Salem (NEHGS), 1772 Whitaker 02 Feb 1772 John of Dr. Nathaniel and Sarah. 180. New England Paladium, Death Notice of Dr. Nathaniel Whittaker, 17 Jun 1803. 181. Vital Records of Cambridge Massachusetts to 1850, 758, Samuel was born in Concord MA, however they were sending their reords to Cambridge MA at the time, so they appear in the Cambridge Vital Records as if they had been born there. 182. Settlement of the Estate of Nathaniel Whittaker 1794. 183. Early Vital Records of Concord MA to 1850, Page 90. 184. Vital Records of Bedford MA to 1850, 72. 185. Vital Records of Bedford MA to 1850, 20. 186. Vital Records of Bedford MA to 1850, 72. 187. Vital Records of Bedford MA, Page 107. 188. Vital Records of Bedford MA. 189. Lexington BMD, Page 158. 190. Vital Records of Bedford MA, Page 140. 191. Vital Records of Bedford MA. 192. Settlement of the Estate of Nathaniel Whittaker 1794. 193. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 194. Settlement of the Estate of Nathaniel Whittaker 1794. 195. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 196. Settlement of the Estate of Nathaniel Whittaker 1794.

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197. Vital Records of Lexington MA to 1850, Baptism....actually born in Concord. 198. Concord Massachusetts Births, Marriages & Deaths 1635-1850, Page 78. 199. Vital Recods of Rutland MA to 1849, Page 109. 200. Vital Records of Rutland to 1849. 201. Vital Records of Rutland to 1849, Page 254. 202. Vital Records of Rutland to 1849, Page 205. 203. Vital Recods of Rutland MA to 1849, Page 109. 204. Vital Records of Rutland to 1849, Page 205. 205. Vital Records of Rutland MA to 1849, Page 101. 206. Vital Records of Rutland MA. 207. Vital Records of Oakham, MA to 1850, 132. 208. Vital Records of Rutland MA. 209. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 45. 210. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 211. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 396. 212. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 213. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 777. 214. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 45. 215. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 216. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 511 Marriage Intentions. 217. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 218. Will of Seth Whittaker, Washington County, NY, probated 11 Sep 1802. 219. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 511 Marriage Intentions. 220. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 221. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 778. 222. Will of Seth Whittaker, Washington County, NY, probated 11 Sep 1802. 223. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 778. 224. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 45. 225. Vital Records: Massachusetts 1600s-1800s. 226. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 396. 227. Vital Records of Rehoboth, Page 778. 228. The Chaffee Genealogy by William H. Chaffee, Page 45. 229. Will of Seth Whittaker, Washington County, NY, probated 11 Sep 1802. 230. William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Volume IV, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1908, 1695, Date is a baptismal date and place. 231. William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Volume IV, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1908, 1695. 232. Ellery Bicknell Crane, Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical Personal Memoirs of Worcester County Massachusetts, 242. 233. LDS - Ancestral File V4.19. 234. Vital Records of Bedford MA to 1850, 55. 235. Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849, 193. 236. Vital Records of Marlborough, MA to 1849, Page 103. 237. Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849, 142. 238. Vital Records of Marlborough, MA to 1849. 239. Vital Recods of Princeton MA to 1849, 193. 240. Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849, 142. 241. D.A.R. application of Edna C. Skinner. 242. William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Volume IV, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1908, 1695. 243. LDS - Ancestral File V4.19. 244. History of the Town of Princeton by Frances E. Blake, 290. 245. History of Kanawha County by George Atkinson, 277, In the fall of 1852 he visited his daughter at Burlington, Iowa, where he died March 12, 1853, as will be seen by the following obituary notice, taken from a Wheeling paper of that year: William Whitteker, a native of Princeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, for forty years a resident of Charleston, Kanawha County, Virginia. This venerable man was born Jan 14, 1775. In early life he followed the sea, his wanderings & ramblings, according to his own estimate, extending to 116,000 miles. In 1802-3-4 he made several trading excursions to Canada, and to Detroit and Chillicothe, and engaged in the fur trade in Kentucky. He was married to Mrs. Philena Cobb of Boston, September 6, 1806, and on the 28th of the follow- ing Decmeber, took up his residence in Charleston. Virginia. He was disting- uished for industrious habits, for enterprise, and for integrity of character. In all the relations of life he won the esteem and confidence of his fellow men. When a young man, Paine's "Age of Reason", then just published, fell into his hands, and led him to embrace infidel sentiments, which he cherished for twenty years. In 1816, to use his own language, he "was delivered from the hands of the powers of darkness", and in the following year professed the Christian Religion and joined the Presbyterian Church in Charleston, under the ministry of Henry Ruffner. He was a diligent student of the Bible,

73 Ancestors and Descendants of Alfred T. Whitteker and devotedly attached to Christian institutions. Having served God and his generation, he felf in his last sickness, that he had nothing to do, but to die and go home. May a double portion of his spirit rest upon his descendants. 246. Registry Division, City of Boston Marriage Record No. 010474, Married by Rev. Thomas Baldwin. 247. Diary of William Whitteker. 248. West Virginia History Magazine - Oct 1939 Vol 1 No 1, 287. Article entitled "The Memorandum of William Whitteker" which includes a transcription of parts of his diary. 249. Registry Division, City of Boston Marriage Record No. 010474, Married by Rev. Thomas Baldwin. 250. Letter of William Whitteker 21 Nov 1814 to Eliakim Richards of Boston. 251. A.T. Norton, History of the Presbyterian Church of the State of Illinois, W.S. Bryan, St. Louis, MO, 1879, 327. 252. A.T. Norton, History of the Presbyterian Church of the State of Illinois, W.S. Bryan, St. Louis, MO, 1879, 326. 253. Franklin County Ohio Probate Court Certified Marriage Abstract. 254. Vital Records of Massachusetts 1841-1910, Vol 506, Page 443. 255. A.T. Norton, History of the Presbyterian Church of the State of Illinois, W.S. Bryan, St. Louis, MO, 1879, 326. 256. Franklin County Ohio Probate Court Certified Marriage Abstract. 257. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 290. 258. Application for Membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Eileen M. Watson Friedrich, descendant of Lydia Whitteker & Jacob Watson. 259. Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849, 142. 260. Application for Membership to the Daughters of the American Revolution of Eileen M. Watson Friedrich, descendant of Lydia Whitteker & Jacob Watson. 261. Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849, 142. 262. History of Princeton Massachusetts. 263. 1860 US Census Ellsworth, Hancock, ME, Page 87. 264. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press), Page 99. 265. LDS - Family Group Record - Ancestral File (AFN:1CPB-PKG). 266. Jordan Memorial by Tristram F. Jordan, 1882. 267. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press), Page 99. 268. LDS - Family Group Record - Ancestral File (AFN:1CPB-PKG). 269. Doug Gage, Gage Genealogy, [email protected]. 270. 1860 US Census Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. 271. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press), Page 99. 272. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 290. 273. Family Group Record of the International Genealogical Index. 274. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 290. 275. Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849, 69. 276. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 290. 277. Vital Records of Princeton to 1849, 142. 278. Vital Recods of Princeton MA to 1849, 142. 279. Vital Records of Princeton to 1849, 142. 280. 1850 U. S. Census Princeton, Worcester, MA, Roll M432-341 Page 341. 281. Vital Records of Princeton to 1849, 142. 282. 1850 U. S. Census Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 341. 283. Vital Records of Princeton to 1849, 142. 284. History of Princeton Massachusetts. 285. Settlement of Will in 1826 and Sale of Property 1824. 286. Auction of Personal Property of 1824 Kanawha County Court Records. 287. History of Princeton Massachusetts. 288. Tombstone in Old Burial Ground of Princeton, Massachusetts. 289. Massachusetts Vital Records 1600-1800's. 290. Marriage Index, Massachusetts 1633-1850. 291. Massachusetts Vital Records 1600-1800's. 292. Marriage Index, Massachusetts 1633-1850. 293. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 290. 294. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston WV. 295. Family Group Record of the International Genealogical Index. 296. Marriage Record of Kanawha County Virginia for 1816. 297. Family Group Record of the International Genealogical Index. 298. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston WV. 299. Marriage Record of Kanawha County Virginia for 1816. 300. Early Kanawha County Marriage Records Part III, Page 6. 301. Obituary of Aaron Whitteker, father. 302. Wheeling Register 19 Apr 1894. 303. Early Kanawha County Marriage Records Part III, Page 6. 304. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 5274.

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305. History of Princeton Massachusetts. 306. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston WV. 307. 1850 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia. 308. Kanawha County Marriage Records 1826, 19. 309. 1850 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia. 310. Generations Network, Inc., Edmund West (comp.), Family Data Collection - Births, Database on Line. 311. 1870 US Census Charleston Kanawha WV. 312. Kanawha County Marriage Records 1826, 19. 313. 1850 US Census Kanawha County, VA, Page 9. 314. Spring Hill Cemetery Records. 315. 1850 US Census Kanawha County, VA, Page 9. 316. William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Volume IV, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1908, 1695. 317. William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts Volume IV, Lewis Historical Publishing Co. 1908, 1696. 318. LDS - Ancestral File V4.19. 319. Our Pioneer Heritage Vol 1, Brigham Young His Wives and Family. 320. History of Kanawha County by George Atkinson, 278. 321. Kanawha County VA Death Register, Book #1, 125, Killed by train. The death register shows the date of death as being in 1890 rather than 1889; but, the death was reported in the newspaper (Clarksburg Telegram of 07 Sep 1889) as 04 Sep 1889. I believe the death register is in error. 322. Clarksburg Telegram of 07 Sep 1889, Reported Death, WV Newspaper Obituaries 1884-1894 Vol. 2 Page 94, Charleston, WV, September 4: Norris S. Whitaker, aged eighty three years, who was the first white child born in the city limits of Charleston, was killed by the shifting engine at the Kanawha and Ohio yard this afternoon about 4 o'clock. All the wheels passed over the middle of his body. 323. Wheeling Register 05 Sep 1889. 324. 1860 US Census, Charleston Kanawha VA, 161. 325. 1850 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia. 326. History of Kanawha County by George Atkinson, 279 &280. 327. Kanawha County VA Marriage Records, 22. 328. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, 61, 369. 329. 1860 US Census Charleston Kanawha County Virginia, 161. 330. History of Kanawha County by George Atkinson, 280. 331. History of Kanawha County by George Atkinson, 279 &280. 332. Kanawha County VA Marriage Records, 22. 333. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, 61, 369. 334. Letter from Sylvia Whittaker, 14 Feb 2009. 335. 1850 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, Page 3. 336. Information provided by Sylvia Whittaker of Fairview WV. 337. 1850 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, Page 3. 338. 1900 U.S. Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, 4 Ward Page 232A. 339. Letter from Sylvia Whittaker, 14 Feb 2009. 340. West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970. 341. Information provided by Sylvia Whittaker of Fairview WV. 342. 1860 US Census Charleston Kanawha County Virginia, Page 146. 343. Headstone in Spring Hill Cemetery. 344. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery. 345. 1870 US Census Charleston Kanawha WV. 346. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery. 347. Kanawha County Register of Deaths, Vol. 1, Page 304, Died April 8, 1912 of pneumonia at the age of 78; death reported by W. S. Garcelon. 348. 1870 US Census Charleston Kanawha WV. 349. 1860 US Census, Charleston Kanawha VA, 161. 350. 1860 US Census Charleston Kanawha County Virginia, 161. 351. Declaration for Orginal Pension of a Widow (Civil War). 352. 1850 US Census, Putnam VA , Dist. 46, Page 290, Household of John & Ellen High Virginia High aged 5 yrs. 353. State of Ohio, Galia County Probate Court Certified Copy of Marriage Record. 354. 1850 US Census, Putnam VA, 290. 355. Kanawha County Death Certificate # 1896, #9 - Birthplace - Ohio. 356. Spring Hill Cemetery Records. 357. State of Ohio, Galia County Probate Court Certified Copy of Marriage Record. 358. 1860 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, Page 146. 359. 1860 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV. 360. 1870 US Census Charleston Kanawha WV, Page 48A.

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361. Kanawha County Marriage Records 1869, Page 66. 362. Kanawha County WV Index to Marriages, Page 829. 363. Kanawha County Marriage Records 1869, Page 66. 364. 1870 US Census Charleston Kanawha WV. 365. Kanawha County Marriage Records 1869, Page 66, States age of bride in 1869 as 29 yrs old. 366. Letter from Kathy Lynch, 01 Jun 2009. 367. Kanawha County WV Index to Marriages, Page 829. 368. Kanawha County Marriage Records 1869, Page 66. 369. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Page 279. 370. D.A.R. application of Edna C. Skinner. 371. D.A.R. application of Edna C. Skinner, 08 Jan 1848 given as date of death. 372. New Hampshire Sentinel 03 Feb 1848, Death notice of William F. Whitteker. 373. 1850 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, Page 9 B. 374. Town of Keene New Hampshire Marriages 1826-1841, Page 9. 375. New Hampshire Sentinel 11Jun 1835, Married by P. Handerson, Esq. In Keene, New Hampshire. 376. D.A.R. application of Edna C. Skinner. 377. Letters of Anna Howe Whitteker. 378. Town of Keene New Hampshire Marriages 1826-1841, Page 9. 379. New Hampshire Sentinel 11Jun 1835, Married by P. Handerson, Esq. In Keene, New Hampshire. 380. 1870 US Census Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 213 A. 381. 1870 US Census Princeton, Worcester, MA. 382. D.A.R. application of Edna C. Skinner. 383. Information provided by Sylvia Whittaker of Fairview WV. 384. 1870 US Census Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 213 A. 385. 1870 US Census Princeton, Worcester, MA. 386. Information provided by Sylvia Whittaker of Fairview WV. 387. Early Kanawha County Marriages Part 1 - KVGS, Page 4. 388. 1860 US Census Flint River, Des Moines, Iowa, Page 240. 389. Wolfe's Omaha Directory 1889-1891. 390. 1860 US Census Flint River, Des Moines, Iowa, Page 240. 391. Early Kanawha County Marriages Part 1 - KVGS, Page 4. 392. 1860 US Census Flint River, Des Moines, Iowa, Page 240. 393. Wolfe's Omaha Directory 1870-1872. 394. Early Kanawha County Marriages Part 1 - KVGS, Page 4. 395. 1850 US Census Burlington, Des Moines, IO, Page 517. 396. 1860 US Census Flint River, Des Moines, Iowa, Page 240. 397. 1850 US Census Burlington, Des Moines, IO, Page 517. 398. 1900 US Census, Omaha, Douglas, NE. 399. 1910 US Census, Omaha, Douglas, NE. 400. Linden Grove Cemetery Records, Covington, Kentucky. 401. Kenton County KY Court Records - Marriages Book 1, page 179, packet no. 1377, Bond by A. T. Whittaker and S. G. Norvell also dated 11 Dec 1850. 402. Cincinnati Enquirer. 403. City of Covington KY Death Certificate No. 238. 404. Linden Grove Cemetery Records, Covington, Kentucky. 405. Cincinnati Enquirer, 8, 27 Mar 1899 Mother of Bart Whitaker died. 406. City of Covington KY Death Certificate No. 238. 407. Kenton County KY Court Records - Marriages Book 1, page 179, packet no. 1377, Bond by A. T. Whittaker and S. G. Norvell also dated 11 Dec 1850. 408. Covington Journal 26 May 1860 Death Notice. 409. Kenton County KY Birth Records 1852-1859. 410. Kenton County KY Birth Register 1852. 411. Covington Journal 26 May 1860 Death Notice. 412. 1860 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY. 413. Kenton County KY Birth Records 1852-1859. 414. Kentucky Post, 01 Oct 1907, 2. 415. 1860 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY. 416. 1900 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY. 417. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 30969. 418. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 35654. 419. 1900 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY. 420. City of Covington KY Birth Certificate No. 31, Report of the birth of daughter Lucy. 421. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 35654. 422. 1870 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY.

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423. City of Covington KY Death Certificate No. 493. 424. Kentucky Post, 14 May 1904, 3. 425. City of Covington KY Death Certificate No. 493. 426. 1870 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY. 427. California Voter Registrations 1920 Alameda Co., California. 428. State of California Dept. of Health Services, California Death Index 1940-1997. 429. 1870 US Census, Walton, Boone Co., KY. 430. State of California Dept. of Health Services, California Death Index 1940-1997. 431. 1870 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY. 432. 1900 US Census, Covington, Kenton Co., KY. 433. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press), Page 99. 434. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press). 435. Tombstone in Woodbine Cemetery, Ellsworth, Hancock Co., ME. 436. Woodbine Cemetery Records, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. 437. 1850 U.S. Cenus, Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME, Page 14. 438. Hancock County, ME Marriage License. 439. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press), 271. 440. Woodbine Cemetery Records, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. 441. Hancock County, ME Marriage License. 442. 1850 U.S. Cenus, Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME, Page 16. 443. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press), 271. 444. 1850 U.S. Cenus, Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME, Page 16. 445. The Family Jordan by Adelbert Jean Annonson (Penobscot Press). 446. Woodbine Cemetery Records, Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. 447. 1850 U.S. Cenus, Ellsworth, Hancock County, ME, Page 16. 448. Hancock County, ME Marriage License. 449. Hancock County, ME Death Certificate. 450. Hancock County, ME Marriage License. 451. Hancock County, ME Death Certificate. 452. Hancock County, ME Marriage License. 453. 1860 US Census Ellsworth, Hancock, ME. 454. LDS Film #0873748, Item 3., Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850. 455. 1860 US Census Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 647. 456. LDS Film #0873748, Item 3., Massachusetts Marriages, 1633-1850. 457. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 291. 458. 1860 US Census Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 647. 459. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 291. 460. 1860 US Census Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 647. 461. 1900 US Census, Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 10B. 462. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 291. 463. 1900 US Census, Princeton, Worcester, MA, Page 10B. 464. History of Princeton Massachusetts, 291. 465. Vital Records of Princeton MA to 1849, 69. 466. Vital Records of Leominster MA to 1849, Vol 158, Page 233. 467. Vital Records of West Boylston MA to 1849, 48. 468. Vital Records of Princeton to 1849, 142. 469. 1860 US Census, Leominster, Worcester, MA. 470. Vital Records of Leominster MA to 1849, Vol 185, Page 222. 471. 1850 US Census Burlington, Des Moines, IO, Page 513. 472. 1860 US Census of Charleston, Kanawha, VA, Page 141. 473. 1860 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, Page 141. 474. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Page 715. 475. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston WV. 476. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Page 752-753. 477. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston WV. 478. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Pages 752-753. 479. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Page 752. 480. West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970. 481. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Page 752. 482. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Page 753. 483. Wheeling Register 14 Jul 1889. 484. "Wheeling WV Marriages & Deaths, Vol 2." 485. History of Charleston and Kanawha County by W. S. Laidley, Page 753. 486. 1850 US Census Marshall County, VA.

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487. Spring Hill Cemetery Records. 488. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston WV. 489. Death Notice of Henry Whitaker Wheeling Register 11 Jul 1889. 490. Tombstone in Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston WV. 491. 1900 U.S. Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV. 492. West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970. 493. Spring Hill Cemetery Records. 494. West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970. 495. 1860 US Census Taylor County, VA, Page 321. 496. "Wheeling WV Marriages & Deaths, Vol 1." 497. Carol A. Scott, Marriage & Death Notices of Wheeling, Western Virginia and the Tri-State Area 1818-1857, Closson Press, January 1987, 78. 498. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of self. 499. Military Records of Individual Civil War Soldiers (database). 500. Cincinnati Daily Times, 21 Oct 1867. 501. Cincinnati Commercial, 5, 22 Oct 1867. 502. 1860 US Census of Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 503. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of son Wm. A. Whitteker, Jr.. 504. 1860 US Census of Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 505. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of self. 506. 1860 US Census of Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 507. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of Lelia Z. Whitteker. 508. 1880 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 509. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of Lelia Z. Whitteker. 510. 1860 US Census of Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 511. 1900 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 512. 1860 US Census of Charleston, Kanawha, VA. 513. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of self. 514. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 68509. 515. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of self. 516. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 68509. 517. 1900 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 518. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of Wm. A. Whitteker, Jr. 519. 1900 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 520. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of self. 521. 1900 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 522. 1880 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 523. Kanawha County Births by WV GenWeb. 524. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 55943. 525. 1880 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 526. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of self. 527. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 17845. 528. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of James E. Whitteker. 529. Spring Grove Cem. Interment Card of self. 530. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 45172. 531. 1880 US Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton, OH. 532. Marshall County, VA Property Tax Records for the Year 1850. 533. 1850 US Census Marshall County, VA. 534. Marshall County Death Certificate No. 16370, death certificate of Jesse Whitteker. 535. 1900 US Census, Franklin, Marshall Co., WV, Page 7 B. 536. Marshall County, WV Death Register, 252. 537. 1860 US Census, Woodland, Marshall Co., VA, Page 6. 538. Marshall County Death Certificate No. 16370, death certificate of Jesse Whitteker. 539. Carol A. Scott, Marriage & Death Notices of Wheeling, Western Virginia and the Tri-State Area 1818-1857, Closson Press, January 1987, 30, Married by Rev. Wm. Armstrong at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. 540. 1860 US Census, Woodland, Marshall Co., VA, Page 6. 541. Marshall County, WV Death Register, 252. 542. Carol A. Scott, Marriage & Death Notices of Wheeling, Western Virginia and the Tri-State Area 1818-1857, Closson Press, January 1987, 30, Married by Rev. Wm. Armstrong at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church. 543. 1860 US Census, Woodland, Marshall Co., VA, Page 6. 544. "Wheeling WV Marriages & Deaths, Vol 3." 545. 1860 US Census, Woodland, Marshall Co., VA, Page 6. 546. Marshall County Death Certificate No. 16370. 547. 1900 US Census, Franklin, Marshall Co., WV, Page 7B.

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548. 1870 US Census - Franklin, Marshall Co., WV, Page 10. 549. Letter from Paula Davidson 22 Jul 2008. 550. Wheeling Register 19 Dec 1889, Wedding Announcement. 551. 1870 US Census - Franklin, Marshall Co., WV, Page 10. 552. Spring Hill Cemetery Records. 553. Letter from Mary Sias Ruffner, 20 Mar 2009. 554. 1850 US Census Kanawha County, VA, Page 9. 555. Spring Hill Cemetery Records. 556. Early Kanawha County Marriage Records Part III, Page 5. 557. Spring Hill Cemetery Records. 558. Early Kanawha County Marriage Records Part III, Page 5. 559. State of Ohio Death Certificate No. 11059. 560. 1850 US Census Kanawha County, VA, Page 9. 561. 1870 US Census - Winfield, Putnam, WV, Page 304. 562. Page 123, 1880 US Census, Union District, Putnam County, WV. 563. Page 123, 1880 US Census, Union District, Putnam County, WV, Page 123. 564. Kanawha County Marriage Records 1892, Page 254. 565. 1850 US Census Kanawha County, VA, Page 9. 566. Letter from Olivia Bowles Lockett dated 09 Oct 2007. 567. 1870 US Census Charleston Kanawha WV, 473. 568. Letter from Olivia Bowles Lockett dated 09 Oct 2007. 569. 1880 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, 473. 570. Letter from Olivia Bowles Lockett dated 09 Oct 2007. 571. 1920 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, 109A. 572. Letter from Olivia Bowles Lockett dated 09 Oct 2007. 573. 1880 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, 473. 574. 1880 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, 162. 575. Letter from Olivia Bowles Lockett dated 09 Oct 2007. 576. Kanawha County Marriages Vol 2, Page 89. 577. Kanawha County, West Virginia Court, Marriage License and Return of Kanawha County, West Virginia. 578. 1880 US Census, Charleston, Kanawha, WV, 162. 579. West Virginia Deaths 1853-1970. 580. Letter from Olivia Bowles Lockett dated 09 Oct 2007. 581. Kanawha County Marriages Vol 2, Page 89. 582. Kanawha County, West Virginia Court, Marriage License and Return of Kanawha County, West Virginia.

79 Index of Individuals

(?) - Rachel: 8 Lydia: 13 Bradfute - Adams - Lelia Ann: 59 Augusta: 37, 43 Brigham - Fanny: 37 Abner: 30 Alley - Betsy: 30 George: 38 Brown - Margaret M.: 38, 46, 49 Mercy (Mary): 13 Anderson - Thomas: 13 Anne: 18 Burge - Eliza: 59 John: 7 Emma: 59 Burgess - Henry C.: 59 Eliza: 38, 47, 49 Lydia: 59 Burtt - Salina: 59 Betsy: 38 Theodore: 59 Campbell - Virginia: 59 Edna Anna: 55, 58 Wallace: 59 James: 55 William Henry: 59 Carpenter - Angel - Amey: 19, 20 James: 37 Elisha: 12 Mary Ann: 37, 42, 43, 48 Stephen: 12 Anne - Carper - Elizabeth: 31, 32 Alice: 69 Atkins - Carter - Hannah: 38 Billings: 38 Baker - Elizabeth: 69 (?): 18 Naamah Kendel Jenkins: 38, 45, 46 Zina: 38 Catherine - Ball - Unnamed: 9 Hannah: 7 Chaddock - Barney - Reverend Calvin: 36 Harriet: 38, 47, 49 Nancy: 36, 37 Royal: 38 Chaffee - Barrett - Mary: 11, 12 Joseph: 7 Chaffin - Bartlett - Hannah: 30 Mary: 1 Chandler - Mary Alice: 62 James: 10 Beaman - Childs - Alva: 38 Elizabeth: 30 Louisa: 38, 45, 49 Churchill - Beckman - Eliza: 38 Margaret: 67 Clark - Bedinger - Theophilus Flagg: 37 Bradbury Cilley: 61, 62 Zerviah: 38 Bigelow - Clisbee - Lucy: 38, 46, 49 Lydia: 37 Nahum: 38 Cobb - Blake - Philena (aka: Lucy Cobb Whitteker): 23, 25, 26 Unknown: 37 Coningham - Blood - Jane: 18 Zechariah: 10 Cook - Borden - Archibald: 37 Rachel: 19 Harriet Elizabeth: 37, 43, 48 Bowker - Cooman - Martha: 38, 45 Joseph: 12 Samuel: 38 Cotton - Bowles - John: 13 James Franklin: 69 Susannah: 13 Brackett -

80 Couch - Emmeline: 38, 45, 48 George Staige , Jr.: 68 Frost - Cresap - Aaron: 38 James M.: 67 Olive Gray: 38, 44, 45 Crosby - Fry - Benjamin: 9 Mary L.: 66, 67 James: 9 Fuller - Nathaniel: 9 Hannah: 14 Phineas: 9 Josiah: 13, 14 Rachel: 9 Gallion - Sarah: 9 Emius D.: 64 Simon: 8 R. M.: 64 Simon: 8, 9 Garcelon - Solomon: 9 John Winchester: 53 Cummings - Gates - Isaac: 7 Frank: 37 Sarah: 7 Gibbs - Dane - Mary: 38 Mary: 12 Gleason - Dannenberry - Abbie S.: 63 Elizabeth: 32 Goddard - Davis - Susannah: 22 Stephen: 16 Goodnow - Tabitha: 16-18 Moses C.: 63 Decker - Grey - Clara: 37, 43, 44, 48 Susan: 38 Isaac: 37 Groves - Lucy: 37, 43, 48 George W. Murry: 52 Densmore - Hanly - (?): 8 Gastin: 67 Dodd - Hannah - Betsy: 30 Unnamed: 7 Tilly: 30 Unnamed: 7 Dutton - Harrington - David: 18 Luther: 37 E. - Harrison - Laura: 69 Captain George W.: 64 Eastabrook - Hartwell - Sarah: 38 Isaac: 32 Elizabeth - Jonas: 32 Unnamed: 7 Jonas Hervey: 32 Eoff - Julia Amanda: 32 Margaret A.: 64 Lydia Maria: 32 Farnsworth - Mary A.: 32 Ebenezer: 37 Mary Augusta: 32 Hannah: 37 William Whitaker: 32 Farrar - Harvey - Lucinda M.: 31 Hannah: 38 Fletcher - Haven - Elizabeth: 16 Nancy: 38 Folsom - Havener - Harriet Amelia: 38, 47 Mary: 38 William H.: 38 Hayden - Fontaine - Elizabeth: 21 Betsy Quarrier: 68 John: 21 James Morris: 68 Hearl - Keith Niles: 68 Sarah: 13 Peter: 68 Heywood - Frances - Sarah: 18 (name: Philena Frances Whittaker): 52, 53 High - Free - Virginia F.: 53, 54 Absalom: 38 Hopkinson - Hannah: 13

81 Houghton - Lucy: 21 Mary: 20 McMorphee - Howe - Peter: 13 Abigail Nabby: 22 Meloney - Abraham: 21 (?): 18 Anna: 26, 28, 29 Meriam - Lydia: 21 Mary: 6 Phineas: 22 Merriam - Hubbell - Amos: 22 Wakeman: 36 Mirick - Hulit - Eunice: 32 John: 8 Morris - John: 8 Carroll: 49 Mary: 8 Letitia: 49, 52 Hunt - Morton - Mercy: 10 Phoebe: 37 Nehemiah: 10 Mosher - Huntington - Elizabeth: 37 William: 38 Niles - Zina Diantha: 38, 46, 49 Stephen R.: 36 Jane - Norvell - Unnamed: 10 Lucy A.: 59, 60 Jerusha - Samuel G. (name: Samuel Gustavus Norvell): 59 Unnamed: 37 Samuel Gustavus (aka: Samuel G. Norvell): 59 Jordan - Nye - Christiana: 29, 30 Meletiah: 36 Lucy Elizabeth: 62 Ogden - Solomon I.: 29 Phoebe: 38 Kennedy - Paige - Thomas Rutherford: 68 Emily: 37 Kent - Parker - Mary: 19 Benjamin: 8 Kerley - John: 8, 9 Hannah: 10, 11 John: 9 William: 10 Partridge - Kinder - Edward: 37 Sarah Ann: 55 Emily Dow: 37, 44, 48 Laidley - Payne - Dorcas Blaine: 68 James: 65 Emma L.: 64, 65 Lelia Z.: 65, 66 Percy Whitteker: 68 Pellet - Richard Quarrier S.: 68 Thomas: 12 Law - Pellett - Betsy: 38 Sarah: 12 Lawrence - Perren - Edward: 38 Rachal: 20 Maria: 38, 45 Perry - Lee - Ruth: 63 Mary: 19 Pettibone - Linfield - Rosella Lenore: 38 Elizabeth: 1, 5, 6 Pierce - Jonathan: 1 Edward B.: 64 Lohmeyer - Ezekiel: 63 William: 68 Hannah: 10, 11 Lund - John QuincyAdams: 63, 64 Thomas: 7 Margaret: 38, 44, 48 Margaret - Robert: 38 Unnamed: 38 W. G.: 64 Martin - Poulter - Bridget: 20 Rachel: 13 Matteson - Quarrier - Joanna: 11 Col. Alexander: 32 Maynard - Betsy Dannenberry: 32, 35, 36

82 Margaret Alexander: 67 Ebenezer: 20 Reynolds - Edmund: 20, 22, 37 Henry William: 68 Elizabeth: 7 Nannie: 68 Elnathan: 21 Van Bibber: 68 Gilford D.: 37 Rockwood - Hester Ann: 37 Albert P.: 38 James Harvey: 37 Ellen: 38, 45 Jane: 37 Ross - John: 7 Clarissa: 38, 44, 48 John: 12 William: 38 Jonathan: 7 Sackett - Lemira: 37 Levi: 22, 37 Lucy: 38 Mary: 7 Sarah - Mary Ann: 37 Unnamed: 14, 16 Nathan: 12 Unnamed: 8 Nathaniel: 7 Unnamed: 12, 13 Nathaniel: 20 Unnamed: 9 Samuel: 7 Unnamed: 8 Sarah: 12 Scarborough - Sarah: 7 Hannah: 19 Sarah: 13 See - Timothy: 7 Frances: 49 Timothy: 12 Simonton - Wilder: 22 Christina: 29 William: 6 Skinner - Toothaker - Thomas: 58 Sarah: 8 Slader - Towle - Desire: 55 Mary: 10 Smoot - Unknown - D. C.: 64 Unnamed: 22 Snively - Unnamed: 37 Henry: 38 Deborah: 12 Susan: 38, 44 Elizabeth: 68 Snow - Mary: 12 Eliza R.: 38, 46, 47 Van Cott - Oliver: 38 John: 38 Stark - Mary: 38, 47, 49 Fielding: 52, 53 Watson - Stewart - Jacob Wheeler: 29 (?): 7 William Warren: 29 Stone - Webb - Nancy: 61 Ann Eliza: 38, 47 Stow - Chauncey W.: 38 Lydia: 21 Wheeler - Strait - Harriet Page: 37 Betsy: 38 Whetstone - Symonds - Unknown: 66 Mary: 38 Whittaker - Taylor - Abigail: 19 Abraham: 7 Abigail: 6, 8, 9 Abraham: 12 Alse: 19 Abraham: 6, 7 Anna: 19 Abraham: 7, 12, 20, 22, 37 Anne: 12 Abraham: 12 Bettey: 18 Alice: 12 Cynthia Ann: 53 Amos: 12, 20, 22, 37 Daniel: 19 Amos: 20 Daniel: 6, 11, 12, 19, 20 Benjamin: 7, 12, 13 Daniel: 12, 19 Charles Wesley: 37 Daniell: 19 Daniel: 7 David: 6, 10, 13, 14 David: 7 David: 10, 13 Ebenezer: 7, 12, 20 Dorothy: 12 Ebenezer: 12, 20 Ebenezer: 12, 19, 20

83 Ebenezer: 20 Sarah: 8 Elizabeth: 19 Sarah: 13 Elizabeth: 10 Sarah: 19 Elizabeth: 18 Seth: 19 Elizabeth: 19 Seth: 12, 19 Elizabeth: 18 Seth: 19 Ephraim: 12 Sibbell: 19 Ephraim: 10 Sirrel: 20 Ephraim: 20 Stephen: 20 Hannah: 8 Tabitha: 18 Hannah: 6, 8 True William: 19 Hannah: 12 William: 11, 18 Hannah: 18 William: 20 Hannah: 13 William: 18 Hannah: 19 William: 13 Henry B.: 55 William: 18, 21, 23, 29-32, 36, 49, 55, 59, 62-65, 67-69 Huldah: 19 William (name: William Whitteker): 21, 23, 26, 49, 55, Huldah: 20 59 Huldah: 19 William Smith: 16 Huldah: 19 William Wallace: 53, 54 Huldah: 18 Zachariah: 20 Jeremiah: 18 Whitteker - John: 1, 6-8, 10-14, 16, 18-23, 29-32, 36, 37, 49, 55, 59, Aaron: 22 62-65, 67-69 Aaron: 22, 32, 36, 64, 65, 67, 68 John: 6, 7, 13 Aaron D.: 31 John: 8, 13 Alexander Q.: 36, 67 John: 13 Alexander W.: 68 John: 13 Alfred T.: 29, 59, 60 John: 16 Alfred T.: 62 Jonas: 11 Arvilla W.: 62 Jonathan: 6, 8 Bartlett: 61 Joseph: 20 Bradfute: 61 Joseph: 12, 20 Caroline T.: 65 Joseph: 19 Caroline W.: 67 Lidea: 7 Catherine: 21 Lidia: 20 Catherine: 22 Lucy: 18 Charles: 22 Lucy: 13 Charles: 62 Lydia: 13 Charles A.: 30, 63 Lydia: 18 Charles Luther: 30 Marcy: 10, 13, 14 Charles Southgate: 36, 64 Marcy: 13 Dora: 62 Mary: 7 Elizabeth C.: 31, 63, 64 Mary: 6, 7, 12, 20, 22, 37 Elizabeth D.: 67 Mary: 12 Emily: 64 Mary: 10 Francis C.: 37 Matthew: 18 Gaston C.: 67 Mildred Elizabeth: 52 Hallie C.: 68 Nathaniel: 16 Harriet Minerva: 30 Nathaniel: 6, 10, 11, 16, 18, 21, 23, 29-32, 36, 49, 55, Helen: 37, 68 59, 62-65, 67-69 Helen Dannenberry: 64 Nathaniel: 11 Rev. Henry Brigham: 26, 29 Nathaniel: 10, 14, 16 Henry Tallant: 64 Noah: 19 Imogene: 61 Olive: 19 James E.: 67 Oliver: 13 James W.: 69 Philena Frances (aka: Frances): 52, 53 Jesse H.: 67, 68 Rachall: 19 Capt. John: 22, 29, 30, 62 Robert: 1, 6-8, 10-14, 16, 18-23, 29-32, 36, 37, 49, 55, John: 30, 62 59, 62-65, 67-69 John C.: 37, 68, 69 Roxalena Jane: 53 John Maynard: 62 Rufus: 19 Julia A.: 30 Samuel: 11, 16, 18, 21, 23, 29-32, 36, 49, 55, 59, 62-65, Julia A.: 36 67-69 Kanawha Laidley: 64 Samuel: 18 Lelia: 62 Sarah: 6, 8, 13, 21, 22, 37 Levi: 22, 31, 32, 64

84 Lidia A.: 36, 68 Alva: 49 Lillie: 67 Ardelle: 49 Lucy: 61 Arta de Christa: 48 Lucy Cobb (name: Philena Cobb): 23, 25, 26 Brigham: 22, 37, 38, 42-49 Lucy T.: 67 Brigham (aka: Brigham Young, Jr.): 48 Luther: 22, 30, 63 Brigham Heber: 48 Luther: 30 Brigham Morris: 48 Lydia: 21, 29 Brigham (name: Brigham Young): 48 Lydia: 30 Caroline: 48 Marcus Morton: 62 Charlotte Talula: 48 Margaret A.: 67 Clarissa H.: 48 Margaret K.: 36 Clarissa Maria: 48 Maria L.: 32 Daniel Wells: 49 Marie: 36 Dora M.: 49 Mary: 22, 32 Edward P.: 48 Mary Augustus: 30 Elizabeth: 47 Mary R.: 69 Ella Elizabeth: 48 Minie: 36 Emily Augusta: 48 Minnie C.: 66 Emmeline: 48 Minnie L.: 68 Ernest I.: 48 Nellie S.: 63 Evelyn Louisa: 49 Norris Stanley: 26, 49, 52 Fanny: 22 Norval William: 60 Fanny: 48 Philena Cobb: 30 Fanny: 49 Philena V.: 26, 59 Feramorz: 48 Salina: 32, 64 Hyrum: 49 Sarah Elizabeth: 69 Hyrum S.: 48 Sarah F. Corrina: 36 Jeanette R.: 48 Sophia L.: 31 Jedediah Grant: 48 Thomas: 22, 36, 37, 68, 69 John: 8 Thomas C.: 37, 69 John: 21, 22, 37 Thomas C.: 69 John Willard: 48 Virginia C.: 64 Joseph: 22 William (aka: William Whittaker): 21, 23, 26, 49, 55, 59 Joseph: 13, 21, 22, 37 William: 37 Joseph: 49 William A.: 36, 65, 66 Joseph Angel: 48 William A.: 66, 67 Joseph Don Carlos: 48 William Augustine: 63 Josephine: 48 William Brigham: 30 Lorenzo D.: 48 William Frederick: 26, 55, 58 Louisa: 48 William Wallace: 32 Luna: 48 Willianna F.: 58 Lura: 48 Willifred: 61, 62 Mahonri M.: 49 Williams - Marinda Hyde: 48 (?): 18 Mary Ann: 48 Warren: 30 Mary Eliza: 48 Wilson - Miriam: 48 William: 14 Nabbie Howe: 48 Winslow - Oscar Brigham: 48 Harriet: 37 Phineas: 22 Woods - Phineas Howe: 49 Phoebe Louise: 48 Mary C.: 67 Rhoda Mabel: 49 Esq. Robert Caldwell: 67 Ruth: 49 Woodward - Shemira: 48 Mary Ann: 62 Susa: 49 Stephen Gage: 62 Vilate: 47 Works - Willard: 48 Asa: 37 William: 8 Miriam: 37, 42, 47 William: 8, 13, 21, 22, 37 Young - Zina: 49 Albert Jeddie: 48 Alfales: 49 Alice: 48 Alma: 49 Alonzo: 48

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