ISSN:0835:6734 WHITLOCK FAMILY NEWSLETTER 47644 Forester Road Subscription $15 ($20/£9.75 International) Tel:604/824-7450 Vol.26 No.1 RR#2, Sardis, B.C. per annum renewable January 1st Email:[email protected] Mar 2007 CANADA V2R 4M6 Published Mar.Jun.Sep.& Dec. Email(2):[email protected] Page 1 Website:http://whitlock.castlewebs.net/wfa/index.htm There have been some interesting achievements this quarter!! I finally finished entering the 479 pages of 1900 US census extracts that were sent in by Chuck Rockett in the 1990's. Only a couple of states left to do including Pennsylvania as they were sent in earlier and were not part of the X624 item. I also worked my way through the Missouri death certificate list sent in by Lawrence Otis and Marilyn Finke. I downloaded copies into our certificate collection and then cross referenced and catalogued all 122 of them. This added a great deal of information to the Missouri families. I am currently working my way through the same type of list for Utah. I have downloaded the certificates but have not catalogued them yet. Just to keep things interesting I have started to download the British 1881 census entries into our British County census files. This will give us the most complete census files yet and make all this census information available for download through the website. The Whitlock Birth Register is now entered to 1862 and completed with maiden names of mothers (where known) and family codes to 1850. There have been some major additions to the WHITLOCK09 chart, The Whitlocks of Connecticut. Willard R. Carter sent in some great research done from 1930 to 1940 by G. Evans Hubbard into the families of Wilton, Connecticut (R2583). This material connected several of the families shown on the chart as “Also from Connecticut” and filled in many blanks. Willard has also donated a copy of Wilton Connecticut, Three Centuries of People, Places and Progress by Robert H. Russell 2004 (R2584). There are many references to the Whitlock family in this publication and I look forward to reviewing and cataloguing it. Still on the Connecticut families, I have received several large files from Cliff McKinstry (X6175-X6177) detailing his extensive research in to his part of the family. While I have listed these items, I have started cataloguing them and can already see there is a great deal of detail in them that is not currently in our files. One of the files Cliff sent in is all the census locations for his part of the Connecticut family. This will also add to our census data. Other highlights in this issue include the latest census copies sent in by Joan Whitelock (R2571-R2573) filling in more blanks for the Whitlocks and Whitelocks of Devon and Wales. I have done a short article for this issue based on the information that Norman Peters sent us on John Whitlock of Virginia who served in the 3rd Virginia regiment in the Revolutionary War. Mr. Peters is trying to determine if this John Whitlock is the one who married Christian Beasley in 1786 (R2574). I was interested to see that the theme from the movie “Top Gun” was written by Tom Whitlock. Anybody know how Tom fits into the Whitlock family? (R2576) The information from Marilyn Finke on the Whitlocks of South Dakota added additional information to that family (R2580-2). Patrick Lynch also found us a 1927 booklet on the Whitlock cars on eBay. A great addition to our files (R2585). Chris Geoghegan continues to plug away on the Essex and Hertfordshire Whitlocks (X6091-6). I have included a Main Line for Chris in this issue. After many revisions, I think we finally have it correct. Harry Lee Whitlock sent in an example of a family trivia quiz (X6125) that was put together based on his part of the family. An interesting concept if someone is planning a family event, such as a reunion or a large family thanksgiving event. Subscription renewals have been coming in well. Please note the last two numbers on the top line of your address label are your subscription paid to date. eg “07" means I have received your renewal for this year. Those that have not renewed for 2007 will receive a reminder with this issue of the Newsletter and I hope you will be willing to support our research for another year. One of the downsides of this research is you have to advise people from time to time that the family chart they are so proud of is incorrect. Over the years we have discovered that the printed versions of one of the Virginia families as well as one for the Connecticut family had errors. While the error in the Connecticut family is only that the John Whitlock who came to America in the 1640's did not marry Rose as is shown in many of the printed versions, the Virginia chart error is more serious and the line of descent is quite different Whitlock Family Newsletter Vol.26 No.1 Mar 2007 Page 2 from that published in the printed versions. In the latter case, Revolutionary War pension documents show that the line is incorrect but does not show which line of descent is correct. In this case we had three different Thomas Whitlocks the line could descend through and now we only have two. The Whitelockes of Jamaica had always thought they descended from General John Whitelocke (1758-1833) as he was sent there with his regiment in 1782 and married there. His wife was Mary, the daughter of William Lewis of Hardley, Jamaica. They were married at St.Catherine’s, Jamaica April 8, 1783. Unfortunately our research showed that General John Whitelocke and his wife Mary only had three daughters and a son William Spencer Whitelocke who married but had no children. Records in London show the family actually descends from Peter & Hanah Whitelock of London who were married in the 1720's. The only advise I can give to people is get copies of the original sources and look at the evidence and then come to your own conclusions. If you agree and have to make a change, do the work to get to know all you can about your new ancestors. You will soon be equally as proud of them as you were of the ones you now know were not your ancestors. Information continues to flow in and our knowledge of the family expands every year. For the first time in years I started a new chart. The WHITLOCK89 chart details the descendants of William John Whitelock and his wife Mary Ann Waters who were married at St.Marylebone, London January 23,1820. I have known about this family since the 1960's when I met Australian descendant Trafford Whitelock. I have still not been able to place them with any of the other families in the computer and it was time to set up a new chart. Amazingly this is the 93rd issue of the Whitlock Family Newsletter. I hope you continue to find them of interest. Good luck in your own area of research. MISCELLANEOUS X6087/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Nov.17,2006 Press Demo, Sebastopol, Ca re obit David Lee Whitlock, 80 X6088/2 Rootsweb & email from Barbara Dossett Dd Nov.17,2006 re Andy & Teressa (Whitlock) Jones (M1867) of Collin Co., Tx X6089/1 Email from Marlene Whitlock Dd Nov.20,2006 re Samuel Whitlock of Mo & Ar X6090/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Nov.20,2006 obit Ronald Whitlock, Bridgeman Downs Aus X6091/2 1841 census ESS re John Whitlock 30 Great Yeldham; 1841 census HRT re Joseph & Sarah Whitelock, Hitchin from Chris Geoghegan X6092/1 1851 censys ESS re William & Sarah Whitlock, Halstead from Chris Geoghegan X6093/1 1901 census results for Samuel Whitlock from Chris Geoghegan X6094/1 1891 census HRT Watford re Martha Whitlock, 37 from Chris Geoghegan X6095/1 1871 census HRT Barley re John & Eliza Whitlock from Chris Geoghegan X6096/1 Misc Whitlock marriages 1630-1795 from Chris Geoghegan X6097/2 Emails from Marlene Whitlock Dd Nov.26,2006 re Samuel Whitlock of Ks X6098/1 Mt. Vernon [Il] Register-News Dec.5,2006 re obit Marniece (Leonard) Whitlock, 98 died Dec.4,2006 from Jean Crowder-Gonzales X6099/1 Whitelocks to Australia 1853-1858 from Laura Taylor X6100/2 Email from Cheryl Wells Dahl Dd Nov.29,2006 re Hiram Higley & Abigail (Mapes) Whitlock (M1820's) of Meigs Co., Oh X6101/2 Emails from David Whitlock Dd Dec.1,2,2006 re William Prince Whitlock s John Riley & Mary Jane (McNeely) Whitlock (M1870's) of Hardin, Marshall Co., Ky X6102/2 Rootsweb from Jim Laird Dd Dec.3,2006 The Meriden Message Nov.31,1931 “Mrs. Whitlock Dead” re Elizabeth (Dauber) Whitlock,62 died Nov.9,1931 Topeka, Shawnee Co., Ks X6103/1 1860 census Boonville, Yadkin Co., NC re John & Libby (Paul) Whitlock (M1835) NC from Michael Jones X6104/1 1870 census Fall Creek, Yadkin Co., NC re Alexander & Charity Emiline (Childress) Whitlock (M1867) from Michael Jones Whitlock Family Newsletter Vol.26 No.1 Mar 2007 Page 3 X6105/2 Email from David Whitlock Dd Dec.4,2006 re Winifred & Dauphine (Slatter) Whitlock (M1949) Shelby Co., Tx X6106/5 Email from Harry Whitlock Dd Dec.4,2006 re Alexander & Mary Erine (Bowyer) Whitlock (M1865) Morgan Co., Il X6107/4 Email from Michael Jones Dd Dec.5,2006 re Misc NC extracts X6108/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Dec.6,2006 Tyler M-T Nov.28,2006, obit John Joseph Whitlock, 74 Tyler, Tx; Tyler M-T Nov.9,2006, obit Lester Whitlock, 60 Gladewater, Tx X6109/1 Email from Chuck Rockett Dd Dec.7,2006 Montreal Gazette, Dec.6,2006 obit William Whitlock X6110/1 Email from Simon Aley Dd Dec.12,2006 re Charles & Harriott (Whitlock) Wake (M1851) St.Georges, Hanover Sq., LND X6111/4 GenForums & email from Norman Peters & Jack Ott Dd Dec.9-11,2006 re John Whitlock 3rd Va regt of the Continental Line & Taylor’s Va Regt X6112/2 Rootsweb from Chuck Rockett Dd Dec.11,2006 obit Susan Mae (Perkins) Whitlock, 84 died Dec.8,1971 Taylor Co., Ky X6113/2 Rootsweb from Chuck Rockett Dd Dec.11,2006 obit Mitchell Whitlock, 69 died Sep.5,1971 Greenburg, Taylor Co., Ky X6114/2 Rootsweb from Chuck Rockett Dd Dec.11,2006 obit Carrie (Benningfield) Whitlock, 81 died Jul.8,1984 Taylor Co., Ky X6115/3 1881, 1901, 1911 census re John & Margaret Amelia (Whitelock) Cuthbertson, Toronto, Ont from Lawrence Otis X6116/1 1881 census Usborne, Huron Co., Ont re Thomas & Mary Jane Smale (M1860's) Eng from Lawrence Otis X6117/1 1911 census Toronto East, Ont re Isaac Franklin & Ellenor Caroline Oak (M1890s) from Lawrence Otis X6118/1 1911 census Melita, Souris, Mb re Archibald B.