George Whitaker

Notes:

Christened:
Source: Thornhill Registers: Yorkshire Parish Registers,
Edited by John Charlesworth,1907, Vol 1 Page 203.

"George the Sonne of Mr Thomas Whiteakers of Cown-hill"

Died:
National Burial Index 2nd edition, Federation of Family History Societies 2004.

12 Jan 1698 George Whiteakers Thornhill, St Michael and all Angels

Notes:

Mr Thomas Whitacres is listed in the 1672 Hearth Tax list for Thornhill as paying for 9 hearths. It is not certain if this refers to the father or the son. Most probably it is the father because in the baptism registers the son is referred to as "Junior".

Name:
Name is known from his son's baptism entry in the Thornhill Parish registers:
"Marke the sonne of Mr Thomas Whiteakers junior of Thornhill bapt 8 Nov 1677"

Buried:
Source: Thornhill Registers: Yorkshire Parish Registers,
Edited by John Charlesworth,1907, Vol 2 Page 311.

1684 March 11 Mr Thomas Whiteakers of Cowne-hill buryed

Died:
Probate granted May 21 1685 at Pontefract but the will not entered in registers.

Notes:

Notes from Christopher Richards (cmrichards@blueyonder.co.uk):

His son Thomas Whiteaker is described as "junior" in the baptism entry for his first two children.

He and his son are the only Thomas Whiteakers in the Thornhill registers. I think it likely that the Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Whiteakers who died in 1678 is his wife rather than his son's wife. The sequence of his son's children doesn't really leave room for a death and remarriage.

Mr Thos Whitacres is listed in the 1672 Hearth Tax list for Thornhill as paying for 9 hearths. Again it is not certain if this refers to the father or the son.

IN the Thornhill Parish Registers for 1653 there is a note that Thomas Webster of Dewsbury, George Allan of Chickerley and Thomas Whiteakers of Dewsbury agreed to pay for any bastard children of Mary Brooke of Thornhillees. I take this to be him.

And in the Thornhill burial registers for 25 November 1663 there is a record of the burial of Peter Alcock, Mr Whitteakers' man in Thornhill.

I deduce from this entries that Thomas Whiteaker was from Dewsbury. His marriage was in Thornhill but there are no baptism entries in the Thornhill registers for his children. So it is likely that his wife came from Thornhill and he took on her Thornhill property while continuing to live in Dewsbury. I think it is also likely that his son Thomas took on the Thornhill house when he got married.

This leaves the problem of which Thomas Whiteaker of Dewsbury he was. It is not certain that this Thomas is the brother of Mark. I'm basing it partly on the 2 year interval and partly that only one Thomas Whitakers is having children bapt at Dewsbury at this time.

I take it that he is the Thomas Whiteakers who was married at Thornhill on 26 July 1654 and therefore the grandfather of the Mark who was baptised in 1677 who is probably the same as Mark of Baltimore.

Naming patterns support this indentification. This Thomas comes after an Elizabeth and a Mark. His presumed son Thomas of Thornhill had a daughter called Elizabeth followed by a son called Mark. Mark of Baltimore had children Elizabeth, followed by Thomas, followed by Mark.

There are several records submitted by members of the LDS church giving his date of birth as 10 February 1634.

I remain unclear about his marriage. There are lots of Thomas Whittaker and variants marriages. I suspect that Elizabeth Thomas died before 1666 and that the Elizabeth Whiteaker in the Thornhill registers is the wife of Thomas the younger of Thornhill.

Source: FamilySearch.org

England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Thomas Whitakers
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 21 Feb 1635
Baptism/Christening Place: DEWSBURY,YORK,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Thomas Whitakers
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P00905-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 100089

Christened:
West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812

Name Thomas Whitaker
Father Thomas Whitaker
Baptism 21 Feb 1634 - Dewsbury, All Saints
Vital 21 Feb 1634 - Dewsbury, All Saints, Yorkshire, England

"Thomas Whitakers Christening 21 Feb 1634 Father Thomas Whitakers"

Thomas married Elizabeth Thomas 26 Jul 1654, Thornhill, Yorkshire, England. Elizabeth was born ca 1632; died 23 Apr 1678, Thornhill, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Source: Thornhill Registers: Yorkshire Parish Registers,
Edited by John Charlesworth,1907, Vol 1 Page 250.

"23 April 1678 Elizabeth the wife of Mr Thomas Whiteakers of Cowmehill"

Notes:

Married:
Source: Thornhill Registers, Edited by John Charlesworth,
Yorkshire Parish Registers Society, 1907, page 145.

"Thomas whittekers and elezsebeth thomas was marryed the 26th July 1654"

Notes:

Source: FamilySearch.org
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Thomas Whittakers
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 06 Feb 1607
Baptism/Christening Place: DEWSBURY,YORK,ENGLAND
Father's Name: Averie Whitakers
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: P00905-1
System Origin: England-ODM
Source Film Number: 100089


Christened:
Source: Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury, page: 1606

"6 Feb Thomas son of Averie Whittakers baptised"

Died:
Source: Dewsbury Parish Register Transcripts 1653-1699,
Microfilm
Page: April 1670

"Thomas Whiteakers of the Mooreside buried the 3rd Day"

Thomas married Mary Liversidge 30 Nov 1630, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Mary was born 1612, Yorkshire, England; died 01 Dec 1635, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Source: Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury, page: 1 Dec 1635

"Marye wife of Thomas Whitakers of this towne buryed"

Notes:

Married:
Sources: Dewsbury Parish Registers
Whitaker (& variant entries) Transcribed by Jennifer Pinner
Page: 30 Nov 1630 being Tuesday
Text: Thomas Whitakers and Mary Liversidge were married

Thornhill Registers: Yorkshire Parish Registers,
Edited by John Charlesworth,1907, Vol 1 Page 122.
"November 1630 Thomas Whitakers ands Marye Liversidge married the XXXth daye beinge Tuesdaye"