Thomas Whitaker

Male 1712 - 1787  (74 years)


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  • Name Thomas Whitaker 
    Born 13 Jun 1712  Baltimore Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1787  Surry Co. NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Petitioners Seeking Creation of All Saints' Parish, 1742
      (Through Division of Prince George's Parish)
      list of about 50 names includes:
      Flower Swift (married Elizabeth Whitaker daughter of Mark & Eliz. Empson Whitaker)
      Mark Whiteacar
      Thos Whiteacar
      John Wilcoxon, Sen
      John Wilcoxon, Jun

      LAND AND COURT RECORDS

      In Baltimore County Court Procedures, Book HWS#6, p, 151 is: Thomas Whitaker, orphan aged 17, in June 1729 petitioned the Court that he had left his step-mother [Elizabeth Empson] and wanted to live with his uncle Thomas Mitchell. [Thomas Mitchell was Thomas' uncle, the husband of his mother Catherine Teague's sister Ann]

      The reason for this petition is explained by futher court action a few months later. Elizabeth Empson/Emson, widow of Mark Whitaker married Francis Taylor 6 Oct 1729 in Baltimore County, Maryland (I.S. No. K, p. 109). A record at St. George's Parish, Maryland, June 1733, reads: "Francis Taylor is indicted for not taking care of Mark Whitaker's orphans.

      Thomas Whitaker was listed in the 1733 list of "taxables" in Prince George County, MD.

      Thomas Whiteacre, on Feb. 25, 1739, sold the 100 acre Westwood tract given to him by his father Mark Whitaker, to Robert West for 2500 pounds of tobacco

      Thomas Whitaker and his brother,Mark Whitaker, Jr., owned land bordering Kittoctin Creek in Prince George County, MD.

      The two brothers were listed as the overseers of the road from Catoctin to South Mountain in 1741. (When Frederick County was created in 1748 their holdings on Kittoctin Creek were in Frederick County.)

      In 1750 in Frederick County MD, Thomas Whitaker sold "Goose Bill" to Nicholas & Charlotte Fink.

      In 1755, Thomas Whitaker was a juror in Frederick County. In 1762, both Mark and Thomas were involved in the signing and disposition of Edward Johnson's will.

      Cecil County, Md. Land Records, Vol. I 1674-1810:
      Thomas Whitaker from Nicholas White et ux, Vol. 8, p. 107 (A Nicholas White is named in the 1764 road order through Reedy Creek NC settlement)

      Mark Whitaker as a co-administrator of the Edward Johnson will's provisions filed an accounting in 1765.

      In 1770, according to the March Court Minute Book for Frederick County, MD, Mark Whitaker, Jr., and Thomas Whitaker, served as Grand Jurors. The Frederick County, MD, paper trail fades at this point in time.


      WILL
      In the name of God amen; this (none written) day of March in the year of our Lord Christ one thousand and seven hundred and eighty seven

      I Thomas Whitticar of the County of Surry and State of North Carolina being in perfect mind abd memory though in weak lingering state of health and knowing that it is alotted for all men to once to die, do make and ordain this to be my last Will & Testament.

      And first I recommend my soul into the hands of almighty God that gave me, and my body to be buried in a Christian like manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named. And as to my worldly goods wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me with I dispose of in Manner and form following.

      Imprimis. I lend unto my beloved wife Mary all the land and plantation thereon, on the East side of the Creek, from *Harvey's line up to the mouth of; thence up the meanders od said **Spoons branch to my back line, meaning all the land to the East and North of said Creek and branch within my living during her natural life.

      Item, I also lend to my beloved wife Mary all my stock of (illegible) and all my household furniture and all my moveable estate of what nature and kind soever during her natural life.

      Item, I give and bequeath to my son Mark Whitticar all the land and plantation theron on the East side of Creek from **Harvey's line up to Spoons branch to my back line meaning all the land I now lend to my beloved wife which land & plantation he is not to take any possession of until my beloved the death of his mother, at which time he his heirs & soforth is to have possession to him & his heirs forever.

      Item, I give and bequeath to said son Mark, the one half of my stock, household furniture and moveable estate after his mother's decease to him and his heirs forever.

      Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Margaret the one half of my stock, household furniture and moveable estate to take possession thereof after her mother's decease to her & her heirs forever; mind the stock household furniture and moveable estate of what nature or kind soever there is at my wifes decease is to be equally divided between my sd. son Mark & my daughter Peggy.

      Item. I give and bequeath to my son Jonathan Whitticar all the rest of my tract of land not to heretofor given my son Mark meaning all the land West & South of the Creek & Spoons branch to take full possession thereof at my decease to him and his heirs forever.

      Item. As to the rest of my children namely Elizabeth, Mary, Nancy, and Jane I conceive have had as much of my estate as I am able to give them. However my will and desire is that each of them have five shillings each in money over and above what has been given them heretofore to them and their heirs forever.

      Lastly I do hereby appoint my beloved wife Mary & my sons Mark and Johnson executors of this my last Will & Testament,

      In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day & date above written

      his
      THomas T Whitticar (seal)
      mark
      Signed, sealed acknowledged &
      pronounced in the presence of

      John Harvey

      his
      Mark M Whitticor the elder
      mark

      J. Williams Jurat
    Person ID I10352  Master File
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2012 

    Father Mark Whitaker,   b. Bef 8 Nov 1677, Thornhill, West Riding, Yorkshire Englalnd Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 May 1729, St. George Parish, Baltimore Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years) 
    Mother Catherine Teague,   b. Between 1690-1695, Teggs Delight, Cecil Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1717, St. George Parish, Baltimore Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 22 years) 
    Married 13 May 1705  Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6641  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Wilson,   b. ca 1715, Prince George Co. MD Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1795, Surry Co. NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Rev. Mark M. Whitaker,   b. ca 1760, Surry Co. NC Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Feb 1815, Castle's Woods, Russell Co. VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 55 years)
     2. Margaret Whitaker
     3. Johnson Whitaker
     4. Elizabeth Whitaker
     5. Mary Whitaker
     6. Nancy Whitaker
     7. Jane Whitaker
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2012 
    Family ID F7226  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart