I have a copy of Whitakers 1086-1990 by Bill Whitaker copyrighted in 1990. In this book
the author lists William Whitaker and Elizabeth's Carleton Whitaker's children
as:
Lydia b 1724,
Marcus (Mark) born 1727,
Susannah b 1728,
Samuel born 1731,
Peter born 1733,
William Jr. b 1734,
Joshua b 1735,
Sarah b 1737 and
Jane b 1738
The book mentions no children of William Jr. but instead focuses more on his brother
Peters descendants.
It goes on to say that in 1753 William and his family left Pennsylvania for North
Carolina, staying foe a while in Augusta County Virginia before settling in Rowan County
North Carolina on the banks of Abbott's and Swearing Creeks, tributaries of the Yadkin
River.
Further the book states that William Jr. first married Abigail Donahue and that his
second wife was Abigail Baker and that he was the founder of Whitaker's Methodist
Meeting House
Further it comments that Peter, b1733, lived in Rowan County until about 1803 when he
moved to Buncombe County and lived on Cane Creek near his brothers Joshua, James and
William who had moved there 2 or three years earlier and that they were all members of
Cane Creek Baptist Church in Fairview.
greg
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From: Donald Chesnut[SMTP:drches01@pop.uky.edu]
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 1998 2:15 PM
To: ZachariahWells-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: Zachariah's spouse
At 07:21 AM 11/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
Hello, Beverly,
Unfortunately, I have not done any original research on Zachariah or the
earlier Wells ancestors. The only information I have pertinent to your
question came from the IGI at my nearby LDS family history center. The IGI
records have Zachariah marrying Abagail Osborne in 1770 in Grayson Co, VA.
She was born in 1753 in Russell Co, VA, to James Osborn (b. 1735 in Russell
Co) and Mary Whitaker (b. 1737 in Russell Co)....
I have Mary Whitaker's father as William Whitaker (b. 20 Feb 1731/1732) and
mother as Abigail Donahue (no dates) who were married 1757 Lexington, Rowan
Co., NC. If this is correct, then Mary could not have been the mother of
Abigail, the dates don't work. Instead, I have Abigail as a daughter of
Caleb Osborne and Hannah Howard.
I could have the father of Mary confused. William Whitaker's will was
probated 17 Jul 1799 in Rowan Co., NC but I don't have a copy. William's
parents were William Whitaker (b. 10 Feb 1700/1701 Timaho, England) and
Elizabeth Carlton (b. 18 Apr 1701 Ireland). Mary could be a daughter of
William Sr. and Elizabeth instead of William Jr.; then the dates would
likely work out. Can enybody verify any of this?
Don
Don Chesnut drches01(a)pop.uky.edu
or chesnut(a)kgs.mm.uky.edu
See my genealogy webpage at
http://www.users.mis.net/~chesnut/gendef.htm
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