I1 : ISSN:0835:6734 WHITLOCK FAMILY NEWSLETTER 47644 Forester Road Subscription $10.00(£4) per annum Tel:604/824-7450 Vol.17 No. 4 RR#2, Sardis, B.C. Renewable January 1st Published: Fax: 604/824-4303 Dee 1998 CANADA, V2R 1B1 Mar Jun. Sep. & Dec. Email: [email protected] Page 1 Web site http://home.pix.za/dw/dw000002/whitass/index.htm December is past half gone and I am just writing the last of the Newsletter!! Seems to have been the story all year this year. I managed to take some holidays in September and Patrick and I spent three weeks in England and Ireland. As usual I did not get to see half the people I had hoped to but did try to talk to quite a few people on the telephone. Did manage to do a bit of research while having a wonderful holiday. I was able to acquire several items of interest while in England and Ireland. I did find some elusive Guinan ancestors in Ireland which I was very pleased to find. In England I made copies of some of the Guildhall wills which added to that collection. I found a couple of Ralph Whitlock's books and was able to get copies of the portraits of Sir Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605-1675) and his father Sir James Whitlock (1570-1632) from the National Portrait gallery. I also brought back the forms for people to request copies of these through the mail if they wish to. I met with Robert Whitelocke Fountaine in Hertfordshire regarding the chart (R1926) showing his descent from Roger De la Beche circa 1200AD. Mr. Fountaine has had quite a bit of correspondence resulting from his letter in the Saga magazine. He made a copy of the chart for us and promised to pass on any queries for additional information. One thing I was not able to do while in England was to view the restoration work being done on the Whitlock Memorial at Fawley in Buckinghamshire. For new subscribers this is the tomb of Sir lames Whitlock & his wife Elizabeth Bulstrode who died in the 1630's. The Whitlock Family Association raised several hundred pounds towards the £10,000+ cost of restoring the tomb. We actually went to Fawley on our way back from Windsor Castle but we had not been able to pre- plan the visit and the Church was locked. I will be following up with the Fawley Parish Council to get an update on the repairs. Needless to say I have not been able to catch-up yet with the stack of mail that built up while we were away. Spare time seems to be at an ever increasing premium these days. On a personal note, for the next while I am going to serve as Interim General Manager for the company I work for and it is going to mean I will be back to doing quite a bit of travel again. This is going to mean a further cut in family history time. This is on top of the changes I made following the separation from my wife in 1996 and the increase in volume due to the Web Site. Hopefully it will just mean more delay in response time and I that I will be able to keep up with the enquiries and requests for information. As many of you know I am only 49 so retirement is a few years off yet so can't count on that either. Please take this into account if the reply to your email or letter is not as timely as you are used to. Patience is a virtue. For this issue of the Newsletter I have had to cut the mail off in mid November so quite a bit of information has been delayed until the March 1999 issue. One of the highlights of this issue is the collection of Hampshire wills (R1911-R1925) sent in by Frederick J. Whitlock. The wills are modern but many filled in several blanks. Most relate to the Pitton, Wiltshire families. I was interested to see the advertisement by the Whitlock Realty Co. (R1929) sent in by Andrew Whitlock. The details about the Whitlocks of Wokingham, Berkshire coat of arms from 1592 (R1935) sent in by Marianne Whitlock, indicates the arms were issued to the Richard Whitlock who left for Prussia in 1580 as he is the only Richard son of Richard at this time period. The unreleased birth and marriage information (X2698-X2699) sent in by Valerie Anderson added quite a bit of new information to our files and enabled me to connect quite a few families together. The letter from John R. Whitlock (X2700) about the Cracker and Heaman families added great new detail to the collateral lines of the Langtree, Devon families. I was very interested to see the detail from Lawrence Otis regarding the Witlox families of London, Ontario. The family was apparently Dutch so will be interesting to see if we can Whitlock Family Newsletter 11 Vo1.17 No. 4 Dee 1998 Page 2 I was very interested to see.the detail from Lawrence Otis regarding the Witlox families of London Ontario. .The family was apparently Dutch so will be interesting to see if we can deterrmne the ongm of the name and If there ISa connectron to the Whitlocks of Prussia Poland and Sweden. ' Mary Maxfield's data on the Whitlocks of St.Martinsville, Louisiana who were involved in the early settlement of Texas (X2740-X2741) added interesting new detail to that part of the family. There were several proud grandparents and great-grandparents keeping us up to date on the latest additions to their families. Thanks to Maisie Whitelock of Hornchurch, Essex plus Sara Smith of Oxford, Mississippi for information on new grandchildren. Also to my sister, Necia for the first great-grandchild in our part of the family!! Not sure how happy I am a being a great-great- Uncle!! Welcome to new subscribers and our thanks to everyone who contributed material to our files this year. It is your information that builds our collection and is shared with others. The amount of information that continues flow in is huge and hopefully we have been able to help many on the trail to finding their ancestors. Louise Birchfield continues to work on entering all the pre-1800 references to the Whitlocks of Virginia in a file. As I get a chance I forward the next section to be added. The file has been sent to several working on the Virginia families and it is already a primary resource tool. Our census collection continues to grow and be a very useful tool for researchers. Our goal for 1999 is to add the complete 1881 census extracts that have been released by the Latter Day Saints Church. This will give us the same type of source for Britain that the 1900 US census is for America. These records are available at most Family History centres but we are going to require some volunteers to collect copies together. If anyone is wilhng to take on a county please let me know and I will let you know which counties are still to be done. Updates to the Marriage Register have been accumulated since the last page was attached to the Newsletter. I will publish them from time to time. The Birth Register WIllcontinue with the 1999 Newsletters. The aim is to eventually print these collections separately as sources for researchers. For the time being they will attached to the back to each issue of the Newsletter. Enclosed with this issue of the Newsletter is a financial statement for 1998 and a renewal form for 1999. The cost is held at $10 (£4) per year and I hope you will be able to continue your support for the coming year. There has been some confusion regarding paying with British stamps. I can still use stamps if it is more convenient for you but were we getting too many so I am asking as many as possible to .ray by personal cheques in sterling. Please remember to make cheques payable to Peter WJutlock. Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year. REFERENCES R1909/6 What God Hath Joined Together A history of the Holmdel Baptist Church 1668-1968 re Thomas Whitlock of NJ from William K. Whitlock R1910/4 Old Dominion Gardener, Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Fall 1998 No.3, Vo1.29 re Macon Tavern 1875 Giles Bridge Road home of Richard N. Whitlock from Shirley Brendle R1911l2 A Celebration of the Life for John Stanley Wenzel d. Jun.16,1998 plus obit from the Whig-Standard [Kingston, Ont] Jun. 15,1998 from Helen Wuerth R191212 Will of Emily Ann Whitlock of Southhampton [Hants] Dd May 18,1920 Pr.Ju1.27,1921 at Winchester from Fredenck J. Whitlock R1913/2 Will of George Whitlock of Shirley [Hants] Dd.Apr.ll,1919 Pr.Aug.27,1924 at Winchester from Frederick J. Whitlock R191412 Will of Albert William Whitlock of Freemantle [Hants] Dd Jan.30,1926 Pr.May 8,1928 at Winchester from Frederick J. Whitlock Whitlock Family Newsletter 11 i Vo1.17 No. 4 Dee 1998 Page 3 R191S/1 Will of Ernest Alfred Whitlock of Southampton [Hants] Dd Jun. 19,1931 Pr.Nov.3,1938 at Winchester from Frederick J. Whitlock R1916/1 Will of Agnes Whitlock of Northam [Hants] Dd Feb.18,1930 Pr.Jan.23,1933 at Winchester from Frederick J. Whitlock R1917/1 Will of Uriah James Whitlock of Pitton [Wilts] Dd Oct.30,1920 Pr.Apr.8 1935 at Winchester from Frederick J.