 1616 - 1659 (43 years)
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| Name |
William Whittington [6] |
| Prefix |
Captain |
| Born |
1616 |
England  [6, 7] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Appears |
1640 |
Northampton County VA [6] |
| Appointed |
Captain [6] |
| Appointed |
Lieutenant of the Militia [6] |
| Appointed |
member of the Court [6] |
| Moved |
Aft 1650 |
Somerset County, MD [6] |
| Immigrated |
America |
| Died |
May 1659 |
Northampton County VA [8, 9] |
| Person ID |
I217 |
Main |
| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2009 |
| Family 3 |
Elizabeth Weston, d. 18 Sep 1688 |
| Married |
Bef 1648 [11, 12] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Colonel William Whittington, High Sheriff, Somerset Co., b. 1650, near Cherrystone, Northampton County VA , d. Bef 11 Apr 1720, Conventry Parish, Somereset Co., MD (Age 70 years) |
| | 2. Elizabeth Whittington, b. Oct 1659, d. Yes, date unknown |
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| Last Modified |
30 Sep 2009 |
| Family ID |
F129 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Much has been written about Captain Whittington, his life and contributions to the eastern shore of Maryland .
Important references are 1. Clayton Torrence, "Old Somerset"; 2. Meyer & Dorman, "Adventures of Purse and Person" and, Woodrow T. Wilson's "Thirty-four Families of Old Somerset"
William's parentage is unknown but he probably descends from the Whittington's of Gloucester County England, and he may be related in some way to the early settlers by that name in Talbot and Calvert Counties, MD. (Kelly Avant; Winona Pfander, "The Whittington-Brown Family History.")
The exact time of Captain William Whittington's move to Somerset County, Maryland is not known. It was probably after 1650 when his son William II was born in Northhampton County, Virginia.
It appears from his will that he was interested in the furtherance of education in his county as he provided funding for a school in his will ("unto ye use of a free school if it go forward the amount of 2000 pounds of tobacco.")
Captain William was probably related in some way to Andrew Whittington, also one of the first settlers of Somerset Co. MD. Andrew Whittington's daughters, Elizabeth & Ursula married into the Scarburgh and King families, and their descendants connected to the descendants of Captain William. [2, 4, 13, 14]
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| Sources |
- [S758] Meyer - Adventures of Purse and Person, Virginia M. Meyer and John F. Dorman.
- [S757] 34 Families of Old Somerset, Woodrow T. Wilson, (658 pages.).
- [S760] Whittington-Brown History, Kelly Avant and Winona Pfander.
- [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001), http://www.esva.net/ghotes/whittington/d0/i0001145.htm#s1 (Reliability: 3).
- [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com).
- [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001) (Reliability: 3).
- [S896] Jacque-Lynne Schulman, Jacque-Lynne Schulman, (schulmaj@mail.nlm.nih.gov), http://www.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Jacque-Schulman/TREE/0003tree.html?Welcome=1076533672 (Reliability: 0).
- [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001), Bef 1 Jan 1660 (Reliability: 3).
- [S896] Jacque-Lynne Schulman, Jacque-Lynne Schulman, (schulmaj@mail.nlm.nih.gov), May 1659 (Reliability: 0).
- [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001), http://www.esva.net/ghotes/whittington/d0/i0001145.htm#i1130b (Reliability: 3).
- [S715] Barbara Cox - GHOTES web site, Barbara Cox, (December 2001), says marriage Bef 1659 (Reliability: 3).
- [S896] Jacque-Lynne Schulman, Jacque-Lynne Schulman, (schulmaj@mail.nlm.nih.gov), Marriage bef 1648 (Reliability: 0).
- [S716] L. A. Lentz - Our Heritage, Loula Allen Lentz, (Privately published manuscript. March 1, 1959.
198 pp. 8.5 x 11 in 19 ring binder, green custom impritned cover with gold lettering.
Scanned into .PDF format.
Cpies of the PDF file may be obtained from John Howell, jhowell@jhowell.com), p. 45 -50 (Reliability: 1).
- [S712] Clayton Torrence - Old Somerset, Torrence, Clayton, (Richmond, VA
Whittet and Shepperson 1935).
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