Avery Whitaker

Male 1568 - 1618  (~ 50 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Avery Whitaker was born ca 1568, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England (son of Thomas Whitaker, Sr. and Margaret Aycrode); died 07 Aug 1618, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was buried 08 Aug 1618, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.

    Notes:

    He was church warden of Dewsbury in 1618 - so he died in office.

    The Yorkshire Archaelogical Society Recorde Series vol VIII for 1889 includes reference to:

    Page 133 for Michaelmas term 1599
    Alvered Birkbye, gent and Christopher Mitchell as plaintiffs with Alvared Whittakers as Defociant ref a Messuage with lands in Chickynley

    and Page 172 Michaelmas term 1601
    Henry Foxcrofte as plaintiff with Thomas Whitakers and Mary his wife, Alvared Whitakers and Mary his wife as Defociant ref a Cottage with lands in Chickynley

    Vol 43 for 1915 has on page 16: (Easter Term 1604)
    Henry Foxcroft quer: Thos Whittakers, Alvery Whittakers and Mary his wife, (others). Messuage and lands in Chickinley, Sothill, Churwell and Morley.

    Administration was granted on 1 Oct 1618 to Mary Whititkers, his relict.

    Buried:
    Source: Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury, page 1618.
    Text: Aug Averie Whittekers buried ye viiith day Setterday after Lamas day.

    Note: Lammas Day is August 1, the festival of the wheat harvest. It was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop, and the loaf was blessed.

    Avery married Mary Greenwood 18 Aug 1588, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Mary (daughter of Thomas Greenwood and Unknown) was born 1569, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; died 06 May 1622, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Source: Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury, page 45.
    Text: 1589 August 19 Averye Whitakers and Mary Greenwood married

    Children:
    1. Margaret Whitaker was born Bef 14 Jun 1590, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 14 Jun 1590, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England; died 29 Dec 1609, Yorkshire, England; was buried 09 Jan 1610, Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
    2. Mary Whitaker was born Bef 11 Oct 1592, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 11 Oct 1592, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    3. Rachel Whitaker was born Bef 26 Jan 1595, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 26 Jan 1595, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    4. Elizabeth Whitaker was born Bef 25 Jun 1598, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 25 Jun 1598, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    5. Edward Whitaker was born Bef 05 Nov 1600, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 05 Nov 1600, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; died 16 Nov 1600, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    6. Grace Whitaker was born Bef 06 Nov 1601, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 06 Nov 1601, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    7. Martha Whitaker was born Bef 21 Aug 1603, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 21 Aug 1603, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; died Bef 02 Jun 1627, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was buried 02 Jun 1627, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    8. Thomas Whitaker was born Bef 05 Feb 1607, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England ; was christened 05 Feb 1607, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; died 03 Apr 1670, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England .
    9. Alice Whitaker was born Bef 25 Mar 1610, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 25 Mar 1610, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thomas Whitaker, Sr. was born 1548, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England (son of Robert Whitaker and Janete Alene); died Bef 26 Jun 1617, Ecclesfeld, Bradford Parish, Yorkshire England; was buried 26 Jun 1617, Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, England.

    Notes:

    Peter David Whitaker records that in the Yorkshire Fines Rolls Thomas Whittikers and Margaret his wife hold lands at Chyckynley in 1578.

    By 1595 there is an action recorded against Thomas Whittacres and Agnes his wife and Alvered Whittacres his on and heir apparent. They are repeatedly mentioned in connection with lands and a cottage at Chickinley.

    Buried:
    Source: Dewsbury Parish Registers
    Whitaker (& variant entries) Transcribed by Jennifer Pinner

    Text: Thomas Whittakers of Chickenlay dyinge at Ecclesfeldein Bradford Parishe was buried there 26 Jun 1617 being Thursdaye after Midsomer daye.

    Died:
    West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812
    Name Thomas Whittakers
    Vital: Burial, 26 Jun 1617 - Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, England

    Thomas married Margaret Aycrode 04 Feb 1566, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Margaret was born 1545, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; died 04 Apr 1583, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was buried 06 Apr 1583, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Margaret Aycrode was born 1545, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; died 04 Apr 1583, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was buried 06 Apr 1583, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.

    Notes:

    Alternate family tree for Robert Whitaker.

    Name:
    Alternate spelling Ackroyd

    Buried:
    Source: Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury, page: 6 April 1583
    Text: Thomas Whytakeres buried his wife

    Notes:

    Married:
    Source: Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury, page: 04 Feb 1565
    Text: Thomas Whyttacars and Margaret Aycrode were married

    Children:
    1. 1. Avery Whitaker was born ca 1568, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; died 07 Aug 1618, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was buried 08 Aug 1618, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.
    2. Thomas Whitaker, Jr. was born ca 1566, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    3. Unknown Whitaker was born Bef 20 Nov 1566, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was christened 20 Nov 1566, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England.
    4. Robert Whitaker was born Bef 14 Jan 1572, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 14 Jan 1572, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.
    5. Edward Whitaker was born Bef 03 Aug 1574, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 03 Aug 1574, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England; died Bef 04 Nov 1580, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was buried 04 Nov 1580, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.
    6. Agnes Whitaker was born Bef 29 Jun 1579, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was christened 29 Jun 1579, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England.
    7. Elizabeth Whitaker was born Bef 11 Jan 1581, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 11 Jan 1581, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Robert Whitaker was born 1517, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England (son of Unknown Whitaker).

    Notes:

    Unconfirmed father of Thomas Whitaker, Sr.

    Source: Whitaker of Hesley Hall, Grayshott Hall, Pylewell Park, and Palermo, Whitaker, Robert Sanderson, London :: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke,, 1907, p.1.

    The author quotes from the Ossett Almamack for 1893 that the listing for Robert Whitaker's son John being christened on the 15th April 1542 was the beginning of a long list of entried for the Whitakers in the Dewsbury Parish Registers. "The family has been seated at Ossett for something like 400 years."

    Robert married Janete Alene 28 Apr 1548, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Janete Alene

    Notes:

    Unconfirmed mother of Thomas Whitaker, Sr.

    Children:
    1. John Whitaker was born Bef 15 Apr 1541, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 15 Apr 1541, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.
    2. Anna Whitaker was born Bef 11 Jan 1543, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was christened 11 Jan 1543, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England.
    3. Elizabeth Whitaker was born Bef 19 Jul 1545, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; was christened 19 Jul 1545, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England.
    4. 2. Thomas Whitaker, Sr. was born 1548, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England; died Bef 26 Jun 1617, Ecclesfeld, Bradford Parish, Yorkshire England; was buried 26 Jun 1617, Bradford, St Peter (Bradford Cathedral), Yorkshire, England.
    5. Dorothy Whitaker was born Bef 23 Apr 1549, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 23 Apr 1549, Dewsbury Parish Church, Yorkshire, England.
    6. Margaret Whitaker was born Bef 07 Aug 1551, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England; was christened 07 Aug 1551, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Unknown Whitaker was born , Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England.
    Children:
    1. 4. Robert Whitaker was born 1517, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England.
    2. William Whitaker was born , Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England.