Mark Whitaker, Sr.

Male Bef 1631 - Bef 1682  (~ 50 years)


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  • Name Mark Whitaker 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born Bef 02 May 1631  Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christened 02 May 1631  Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury, page: 123

      "Maye 1631 Marke son of Thomas Whitakers baptiised the second daye"
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 20 Apr 1682  Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: Dewsbury Parish Register Transcripts, 1653-1699,
      Microfilm
      Page: April 1682

      "Marcus Whiteakers sepultus 20 die"
    Buried 20 Apr 1682  Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: Dewsbury Memorial Inscriptions, Peter Whitaker
      He recorded the information on the tombstone

      "Here lyeth the Body of Marke Whiteakers of Osset, streetside who departed this life the seventeenth day of Aprill Anno Domini 1682 aged 51"
    Notes 
    • BIRTH RECORD
      FamilySearch.org

      England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
      Name: Marke Whitakers
      Gender: Male
      Baptism/Christening Date: 02 May 1631
      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

      LAND RECORDS
      In the Wakefield Manor court rolls for 1651 there is a record of a surrender of land in the Nethermoorecroft of the Northfield of Ossett for the use of Mark Whitteakers and his heirs

      In the 1672 Hearth tax returns he is paying for 4 hearths.

      WILL

      28 MAR 1682 Of Ossett The will of Mark Whittaker

      In the name of God amen I Mark Whittaker of Osset in the County of Yorks Yeoman doo make this my will in forme following.

      First I bequeath my soul to God and my body to decent buriall; and as touching my effects my will is that my oldest sonne Thomas shall have the revetion of the house wherein I now dwell & the buildings thereto belonging after my wive's death which I have surrendered accordingly, And also shall have after her death the farm thereto adjoining & all oth lodge farms which I now hold and have under the Right Honorable the Lord Brudnall and his lady; item I give the said Thomas the interest and Tomiant right of the farme wherein he now dwells which I hold under Mr James Oates in Ossett aforesaid, he paying the rent and and performing the covenants for the farme;

      I give my second sonne Marke the farme at Hanging Heaton wherein he now dwells and which I hold under the Right Honorable the Earl of Halifax he paying the rents and performing the services for the farme;

      And my will is that my wife take care of the further education of my sonne John now at Cambridge as shall be thought most fitt by my brother and other good friends;

      Item I give to my sonne Robert three gross pounds [3 gross pounds is £432] for his portion; And to Dorothy wife of George Chaytor fourty pounds having already given her some considerable portion before;

      Item I give to my daughter Mary three gross pounds [3 gross pounds is £432] for her portion;

      All the rest of my personal effects I give to Mary my loving wife whom I make executrix of this my will and desiring her endeavor towards the education of my grandchildren Willam and George Speight in [hope] she will get some assistance from their grandfather Speight and their mother in [illeg].

      In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eight and twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord 1682 Marke Whittakers sealed and published in the presence of us Tho Stowell & Tho: Whiteakers.


    Person ID I12269  Master File
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2012 

    Father Thomas Whitaker,   b. Bef 05 Feb 1607, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 03 Apr 1670, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Mary Liversidge,   b. 1612, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 01 Dec 1635, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, , England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years) 
    Married 30 Nov 1630  Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 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"
    Family ID F7194  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Richardson,   b. Bef 18 Dec 1632, Mirfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1685, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1649  Mirfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Source: Mirfield Parish Registers
      Page: 130 - 1649
      "November Marke Whitakers and Mary Richardson were marryed the 12th day"
    Children 
    +1. Elizabeth Whitaker,   b. Bef 08 Jun 1650, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1682  (Age ~ 31 years)
     2. Dorothy Whitaker,   b. Bef 14 Apr 1652, Dewsbury, Yorkshire England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Thomas Whitaker,   b. ca 1642, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +4. Mark Whitaker, Jr.,   b. Bef 06 Apr 1656, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1728, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 72 years)
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2012 
    Family ID F7195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart