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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John Whittington (son of William Whittington, III and Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor); died Y.

    John married Elizabeth Wishart. Elizabeth died Y. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Whittington, III was born 1681, Accomack county, Virginia, USA (son of Col. William Whittington, II and Esther Littleton); died 1756, Accomack county, Virginia, USA.

    William married Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor circa 1701, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Elias Taylor and Comfort Anderson) was born 1681, Somerset county, Maryland or Somersetshire, England ?; died Bef Nov 30, 1762, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor was born 1681, Somerset county, Maryland or Somersetshire, England ? (daughter of Elias Taylor and Comfort Anderson); died Bef Nov 30, 1762, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    The daughter of Elias Taylor and Comfort Anderson, Elizabeth died in 1762 at 70 years of age.

    Notes:

    William Whittington's estate was administered to his widow Betty Whittington on March 25, 1740.  James Wishart and William Beavens were securities (Accomack county Orders 1737-44, p. 240)

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Whittington was born circa 1703, Virginia, USA; died , Albemarle county, Virginia, USA.
    2. 1. John Whittington died Y.
    3. Southy Littleton Whittington was born circa 1713, Accomack county, Virginia, USA; died 1789.
    4. William Whittington, IV was born Between 1711 and 1720, Accomack county, Virginia, USA; died 1750.
    5. Joshua Whittington was born Between 1711 and 1722, Somerset county, Maryland, USA; died circa 1764.
    6. Esther Whittington was born circa 1719; died Y.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Col. William Whittington, II was born circa 1649, Northampton county, Virginia, USA (son of Captain William Whittington and Susan \ Sarah (__)); died 1720, below Pocomoke River, Somerset county, Maryland, USA.

    Notes:

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        Major of militia, Accomack CO, VA 1693  and Lt. Col. 1711. Somerset County, Maryland September, 1684 Merchant; 1689 High Sheriff 1691 Collector of tobacco export tax; 1692 Representative to first General Assembly.
    (below from "Old Somerset on the Eastern Shore of Maryland" by Clayton Torrence)
        William Whittington's father, Captain William Whittington, first appeared in Northampton County in 1640-41, where he was lieutenant and captain of militia and a member of the court.
        William is first mentioned in Somerset county in a September, 1684 document as a merchant and, by 1689, was High Sheriff there.  After becoming involved in a conflict between the Provisional Government of the Associators (Lord Baltimore) and their Majesties William and Mary, he was removed from office.  But, by 1691, he was appointed collector of the tobacco export tax on behalf of Lord Baltimore.
        William Whittington's sympathy with Lord Baltimore's cause was no doubt the reason for his appointment in 1691 as collector, on behalf of his Lordship, of the tobacco export tax in Somerset County.
        With the establishment of the royal government in Maryland, he was elected a representative from Somerset county to the first General Assembly in May of 1692.  He continued as a member of the Lower House of Assembly until 1695, when he again became High Sheriff and also the treasurer for the Eastern Shore of the province.  In 1692 and 1693, he was a member of the course of Somerset county.
        In 1699 William Whittington was again returned from Somerset as member of the Lower House of Assembly, continuing there for several years -- certainly until May 31, 1717, when the Governor informed the body that he had received a letter from Colonel Whittington telling of his "indisposition and desiring to be excused from his attendance this Assembly." The Council minutes do not record Whittington as again in attendance between this date and the time of his death in the early Spring of 1720.
        In addition to the various civil offices of responsibility and honor held by him we find Whittington from time to time occupying the militia offices of captain, major, and colonel.
        William Whittington lived in the southern section of Somerset County below the Pocomoke River. He became an extensive landholder and owner of a large and valuable personal estate. His will, dated February 28, 1719, is an interesting document. Among its many items are two which show the charitable disposition of the man: (1) he gave part of his Cedar Neck and Sandy Wharf tracts of land to certain trustees for maintenance and teaching of six poor children at a time "to reade and learn the fundamentals of the Christian Religion"; (2) he directed his sons and daughters "to make a payment to the Justices for the use of the poor."

    William married Esther Littleton Bef 1681, Northampton county, Virginia, USA. Esther (daughter of Colonel Southey Littleton and Sarah Bowman) was born circa 1665, Virginia, USA; died Bef 1688, Northampton county, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Esther Littleton was born circa 1665, Virginia, USA (daughter of Colonel Southey Littleton and Sarah Bowman); died Bef 1688, Northampton county, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 2. William Whittington, III was born 1681, Accomack county, Virginia, USA; died 1756, Accomack county, Virginia, USA.
    2. Esther Whittington was born circa 1682, Accomack county, Virginia, USA; died Bef Nov 1743.
    3. Hannah Whittington was born circa 1684, Accomack county, Virginia, USA; died Y.
    4. Southey Whittington was born circa 1686, Accomack county, Virginia or Somerset county, Maryland, USA; died 1769, Maryland, USA.

  3. 6.  Elias Taylor was born circa 1670 (son of William Taylor); died 1717.

    Elias married Comfort Anderson circa 1700. Comfort (daughter of William Anderson and Mary Wise) was born circa 1670; died 1742, Accomack county, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Comfort Anderson was born circa 1670 (daughter of William Anderson and Mary Wise); died 1742, Accomack county, Virginia, USA.
    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth "Betty" Taylor was born 1681, Somerset county, Maryland or Somersetshire, England ?; died Bef Nov 30, 1762, Virginia, USA.
    2. Naomi Taylor died Y.
    3. Comfort Taylor died Y.
    4. Joshua Taylor died Y.
    5. Hannah Taylor died Y.
    6. Esther Taylor died Y.
    7. Mary Taylor died Y.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Captain William Whittington was born 1616, Crewkerne, Somersetshire, England (son of John Whittington and Bridget Higford); died Jan 30, 1659, Northampton county, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    Emigrated to Northampton Va. 1640    He first appeared  in Northampton County, Virginia about 1640-1641, and was lieutenant and captain of the militia.  He moved to Somerset Co. MD after 1650.  In 1654, he was a member of the Board of County Commissioners in Northampton County and captain of the militia.  He was judge of the orphans court of Northampton in 1655, serving as one of the justices from September 28 1652 until 1655.  In 1654, he "bequeathed two thousand pounds of tobacco for use of a free school under contemplation in Northampton County ...".
        He was a leader in defense of Berkeley's cause along with Captain Daniel Jenifer, Major John West, Major Edmund Bowman, Colonel Southey Littleton and Colonel Edmund Scarburgh, all of whom were leading men in Accomac and some of them among the most prominent men in the Colony.  Probably the most important event in the history of the Colony of Virginia prior to the American Revolution was the rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon, Jr., against Sir William Berkeley, the Royal Governor of the Colony. It was the first armed resistance offered by Americans to the constituted authorities of the mother country and it occurred just one hundred years before the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
    .... (see  http://www.ls.net/~newriver/va/bacon1.htm )
        He married three times. He married SUSAN before 1647. He married MARY before 1654. He married ELIZABETH WESTON before 1659.  His unborn child was Elizabeth. His third wife, Elizabeth Weston, married Capt. William Spencer after his death. Much has been written of Captain Whittington, his life and contributions to the eastern shore (ref: Clayton Torrence, Old Somerset; Meyer & Dorman, Adventures of Purse and Person, Woodrow T. Wilson, 34 Families of Old Somerset). William was probably related in some way to Andrew Whittington, also one of the first settlers of Somerset Co. MD. William's parentage is unknown but probably descends from the Whittingtons of County Gloucester and related in some way to the early settlers by that name in Talbot Co. MD and Calvert Co. MD. (Kelly Avant; Winona Pfander, "The Whittington-Brown Family History."

    William married Susan \ Sarah (__) circa 1640, Accomack county, Virginia, USA. Susan was born , England; died Y. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Susan \ Sarah (__) was born , England; died Y.
    Children:
    1. 4. Col. William Whittington, II was born circa 1649, Northampton county, Virginia, USA; died 1720, below Pocomoke River, Somerset county, Maryland, USA.

  3. 10.  Colonel Southey Littleton (son of Nathaniel Littleton and Ann Southey); died circa 1663, Accomac, North Carolina, USA.

    Southey married Sarah Bowman. Sarah (daughter of Edmund Bowman and Margaret (__)) died Y. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Sarah Bowman (daughter of Edmund Bowman and Margaret (__)); died Y.
    Children:
    1. Nathanial Littleton died 1703.
    2. Bowman Littleton died 1696.
    3. Southey Littleton died Y.
    4. Gertrude Littleton died Y.
    5. Sarah Littleton died Y.
    6. Elizabeth Littleton died Bef Apr 20, 1754.
    7. 5. Esther Littleton was born circa 1665, Virginia, USA; died Bef 1688, Northampton county, Virginia, USA.

  5. 12.  William Taylor died 1687.
    Children:
    1. 6. Elias Taylor was born circa 1670; died 1717.
    2. William Taylor died Y.
    3. Winefred Taylor died Y.

  6. 14.  William Anderson was born circa 1645, Accomack county, Virginia, USA (son of Garret Andrews Anderson and Amy (__)); died 1698, Pocomoke Sound, Virginia, USA.

    Notes:

    He was a wealthy tradesman and landowner and lived on Occoconson on Pocomoke Sound - 1681 built a house in Onancock.  Neighbor of Col. Wise.
        In his will, written 23 Jul 1698, William Anderson named a wife Mary; daughters Naomi, w/o Francis Makemie, and Comfort, w/o Elias Taylor; granddaughters Elizabeth, Naomi and Comfort Taylor, daughters of Comfort and Elias Taylor; sisters (-----) Barns, (-----) Hope, (-----) Nock and Comfort Scott; nephews Anderson Parker, Thomas Parker, Matthew Parker and William Parker; nephew William Hope s/o George and Temperance Hope (assumed to be the (-----) Hope sister); and brother(in-law) George Hope (Acc Co Wills &c. 1692-1715(xi), p. 209). The full text of his will is in "The Life Story of Rev. Francis Makemie," pp. 109-115. It is not clear if the sisters were his full or half sisters, as they were not named in the will of his father, Garrett Anderson, in 1648, nor in his mother's will (then Amy Fowkes) in 1678.
    Lived on Occoconson on Pocomoke Sound - 1681 built a house in Onancock.  Neighbor of Col. Wise.

    William married Mary Wise circa 1668. Mary (daughter of Col. John Wise and Hannah Scarburgh) was born circa 1648, Accomack county, Virginia, USA; died 1703. [Group Sheet]


  7. 15.  Mary Wise was born circa 1648, Accomack county, Virginia, USA (daughter of Col. John Wise and Hannah Scarburgh); died 1703.
    Children:
    1. Naomi Anderson was born 1669, Accomack county, Virginia, USA; died Y.
    2. 7. Comfort Anderson was born circa 1670; died 1742, Accomack county, Virginia, USA.