Dr. William Whitaker, son of Richard Thomas Whitaker and Elizabeth Nowell Whitaker, was born in the year 1548 in the family manor, The Holme, in Cliviger, Lancashire, England. He was provided the schooling afforded English boys of his station at that time and continued his studies at the university level where he received a doctorate degree and became an Anglican minister. He married Joan Taylor, of a prominate English family and they had three children, the youngest, a son, was born in 1595, the same year William died. This son, Jabez, entered military service and served as a Captain in the British Colony of Virginia in America. His descendants experienced the unrest among the colonists and the resulting Revolutionary War. They particated in the development of a new country and were among the pioneers pushing beyond the coastal land to the higher, dryer piedmont and then the mountains beyond,
Children:
1. Richard Whitaker
2. Frances Whitaker (female)
3. Capt. Jabez Whitaker 1595-1626 (colonist in America)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
Children:
1. Richard Whitaker
2. Frances Whitaker (female)
3. Capt. Jabez Whitaker 1595-1626 (colonist in America)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
Dr. William Whitaker, son of Richard Thomas Whitaker and Elizabeth Nowell Whitaker, was born in the year 1548 in the family manor, The Holme, in Cliviger, Lancashire, England. He was provided the schooling afforded English boys of his station at that time and continued his studies at the university level where he received a doctorate degree and became an Anglican minister. He married Joan Taylor, of a prominate English family and they had three children, the youngest, a son, was born in 1595, the same year William died. This son, Jabez, entered military service and served as a Captain in the British Colony of Virginia in America. His descendants experienced the unrest among the colonists and the resulting Revolutionary War. They particated in the development of a new country and were among the pioneers pushing beyond the coastal land to the higher, dryer piedmont and then the mountains beyond,
Children:
1. Richard Whitaker
2. Frances Whitaker (female)
3. Capt. Jabez Whitaker 1595-1626 (colonist in America)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
Children:
1. Richard Whitaker
2. Frances Whitaker (female)
3. Capt. Jabez Whitaker 1595-1626 (colonist in America)
- Blanche Keating Collie, descendant and family researcher
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