The Whitaker Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina and Genealogies of the Reed, Harper, and Wright FamiliesWard Publishing Company, 1989 - 522 pages Joshua Whitaker (ca.1676-ca.1715/19), a Quaker, married Jane Parker about 1696 and after his death, she and the family immigrated to Ireland. Two sons, William Whitaker (b.1701) and Peter Whitaker (1703-1758), immigrated by 1721 to Chester County, Pennsylvania, and the rest of the family followed about three years later. Descendants and relatives lived in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Texas and elsewhere. Some descendants became Mormons and lived in Utah and elsewhere. Includes some generations of probable ancestors in England, the Isle of Man and elsewhere. |
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