'Whitaker3'
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Families covered: Whitaker of Motcombe, Whitaker of Westbury
| 'Wilts' reports that the following family "came from Holme in Lancashire, temp. Elizabeth" (who r. 1558-1603). [There are Whitakers of Holme shown here.] Visitation identifies their arms as "Sable, a fesse between three mascles argent". | |||||||||||||||
| Stephen Whitaker of Westbury, Wiltshire (d 09.11.1576, clothier) | |||||||||||||||
| m. _ Nash (dau of Henry Nash of Tinhead) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Henry Whitaker (b c1549, d 11.1589, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Judith Hawkins (dau of William Hawkins of Plymouth, niece of Sir John Hawkins) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | William Whitaker of Westbury & Shaston (Dorset) (b c1580, d 03.10.1646, Bencher of the Middle Temple, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| 'Wilts' shows William as father of Henry, Sheriff of Dorset (a 1736). Visitation (1677) shows as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m. (30.03.1619) Honora Hooper (d before 03.11.1671, dau of Edward Hooper of Boveridge) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Henry Whitaker of Motcombe, Dorset (b c1622, d 06.04.1695, Recorder of Shaftesbury, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation (1677) identifies Henry's wife Mary as dau of Anthony Mapowder of Holdsworthy. 'HoP ("Henry Whitaker (d 1695)") identifies her as ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Mapowder (dau/coheir of Narcissus Mapowder of Holdsworthy, sister/coheir of Anthony) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | William Whitaker of Motcombe, Sheriff of Dorset (b c1651?, a 1697, d 1726) | ||||||||||||||
| HoP ("Henry Whitaker (d 1746)") identifies Henry's mother as Susanna Erle. It appears that she was ... | |||||||||||||||
| m. (14.09.1685) Susan Erneley (bpt 24.11.1665, dau of Sir Walter Erneley of Etchilhampton, 1st Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Henry Whitaker of Motcombe, Sheriff of Dorset (b c1686, d unm 1746, MP) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Walter Whitaker, later of Motcombe (a 1746) | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Honora Whitaker | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Still of Shaston St. James | |||||||||||||||
| c.+ | other issue - Jane (b 1c1652, d 31.01.1683), Elizabeth, Judith | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - William of Shaftesbury (d before 08.07.1653), Edward, Mary | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Anthony Whitaker (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| C. | Henry Whitaker | ||||||||||||||
| 'Wilts' shows that Henry had 2 sons, William & Henry. Visitation (1623) shows that he had the following family. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Hester Crisp (dau of Nicholas Crisp of London) | |||||||||||||||
| i.+ | issue (a 1623) - Nicholas (b c1621), Henry (b c1622) | ||||||||||||||
| D. | Elizabeth Whitaker | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Smith of Stoke Climsland | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Geffry (Geoffrey or Jeffery) Whitaker | ||||||||||||||
| m. Catharine Grant of Wiltshire | |||||||||||||||
| 'Wilts' shows that Geffry & Catharine had a son, Stephen. Visitation (1623) shows their children as ... | |||||||||||||||
| A+ | issue - Nash, Jefery, Mary, Bridget, Penelope | ||||||||||||||
| 3. | Stephen Whitaker | ||||||||||||||
| m. Winifred Ernley of Bremridg | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Thomas Whitaker | ||||||||||||||
| 4. | daughter | ||||||||||||||
| m. William Bennet of Norton (d 1598) | |||||||||||||||
Main source(s): 'Wilts' (vol 3 (1830), 'Family of Whitaker', p42/59+), Visitation (Dorset, 1623, 'Whitaker'), Visitation (Dorset, 1677 (with additions), 'Whitaker') with input from HoP (various)
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