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Whittington Family
of England,
Virginia, Maryland and Mississippi
+Captain William Whittington was born around 1616 in either England or
Virginia
and died around 1659. He was a planter in Northampton County, Virginia. He married 3 times and married
his third wife, Elizabeth Weston, before 1648.
In 1658, Captain Whittington gave 200 acres to
the inhabitants of Northampton County for the general good---for building a courthouse and a prison, or a house for a free
school.
May 4, 1659: Will of William Whittington leaves to his son, William (II), all
his
land in Virginia except 300 acres and all his land in Maryland to the child not yet born. He also gave the
300 acres to his daughter, Ursula.
+Major William Whittington II (b. abt. 1649/50) married 5 times. His second
wife
was Hester/Ester Littleton. Whittington was a membere of the House of Burgess of
Maryland. In 1677, Governor Burkeley gave him 3 servants for the time they have
to serve for bearing
arms under the rebel Bacon. Whittington lived in Somerset,
MD in 1684.
Historical note:
In 1707, three justices were summoned down from Accomac, VA to value 50 acres at Townfield belonging to Secretary Jennings
for a port. Mr. William Whittington of Somerset, MD agreed to come and lay the town out in lots for 1500 lbs.
of
tobacco. (This is either William Whittington II or III.)
+William Whittington III (b. abt. 1681 and d. 1756
in Accomac, VA) married Elizabeth
Taylor.
+Joshua Whittington married Elizabeth Nairn/Nairne
on June 20, 1723 in
Albemarle County, VA.
+John Whittington (b. 1724 in Albemarle
County, VA) married Sarah______.
+Cornelius Whittington (b. April 24, 1749 in Albermarle
County VA--now Essex
County) married Rebecca Gilliam (b. Nov. 23, 1750). Cornelius
was a
Revolutionary war soldier and lived in South Carolina in 1776. After
the war,
he resided in Richmond and Hancock Counties, Georgia before moving
to
Amite County, Mississippi in 1800.
+James Whittington (b. 1775 in South Carolina) married Sarah Jackson in
Amite
County, MS.
+Noah Whittington (b. 1813) married (1st) Nancy Steel (2)
Katie Parker.
+Dempsey Whittington (b. Dec. 8, 1838
d. April 27, 1928 in Amite County
and is buried in
Zion Hill Cemetary) married Sarah Anders around 1863.
+Willie F. Whittington (b. March 5, 1864 near Zion Hill in Amite County
and
died June 22, 1912) married Annie Lucretia Jackson on
Dec. 16, 1885.
+ Smylie Barney Whittington
(b. Oct. 13, 1886 d. June 22, 1937) married
Della Gertrude Branch on Sept. 10, 1914. Della was born June 29, 1886
and died Dec. 11, 1974. Both are buried at Zion Hill Cemetary.
+Willie Morris (Bill) Whittington (b. March 9, 1922 in Norwood, LA died
Jan. 16, 1973 in Orlando Florida. Married (1st) Mary Rebecca Maynor
on March 6, 1943 in Charleston, SC.
Mary Rebecca was born on Oct. 2, 1921 to Angus Edgar and Virginia Ella
O'Neal Maynor of North Carolina. Her grandparents were William
Judson and Mary Ann Phillips Maynor of Moore/Chatham County, NC and
John H. and Rebecca Ferrell O'Neal of Wake/Durham County, NC.
Bill and Mary Rebecca were divorced. He later married (2nd) Mary Daak
Bouchard
on Oct. 18, 1969 in Orlando, Florida.
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