Jonathan Whitaker, Sr - Conflated!

http://longislandgenealogy.com/Surname_Pages/jarvis.htm

Of the eight children attributed to Jonathan and Elizabeth Whitaker by several sources probably only six were their children together. In the will of Mary Whitaker White, she gives her parents' names as Elizabeth Phoebe Whitaker and Eliphalet Jervis. Phoebe Whitaker, her sister was probably also the child of Eliphalet Jervis. It is not known if Jonathan Whitaker adopted these two children, but they are shown by some sources as Mary and Phoebe Whitaker. Both the wills of Jonathan Whitaker and Elizabeth Whitaker mention only Elizabeth, Jonathan, Jr., Nathaniel, and Eliphalet as heirs. It is possible that Sarah and Isaac Whitaker died young.. I have been unable to find information to prove that Phoebe Whitaker was the daughter of Jonathan Whitaker, I.

   In "Colonial Families of Long Island and Connecticut" by Herbert F. Seversmith, he states that Phoebe Wood and Mary Brown were children of Eliphalet Jarvis, but does not name a wife. 

"The Lloyd Family Papers", published by the New-York Historical Society, show that Mary who married Samuel Brown, was the youngest daughter of Eliphalet Jarvis. The papers include several quitclaims from Huntington inhabitants tothe Lloyds. One in 1733 includes signatures of Phebe, wife of John Wood, and

   Mary Jarvis, a minor, and both are specifically named as the two daughters of Eliphalet Jarvis (who must have been dead by then). Mary's signature was witnessed by John Wood and Jonathan Whitaker. A second quitclaim also identifies both Phebe and Mary as daughters of Eliphalet Jarvis, and says Mary was 17 in 1737. Later Samuel Brown and Mary Brown "late Mary Jarvis" endorsed it. 

Mary Whitaker White in her will states that she is the daughter of Eliphalet Jervis and Elizabeth Phebe Whitaker. Mary Whitaker was actually Mary Jervis or Jarvis, stepdaughter of Jonathan Whitaker and was probably the natural daughter of Elizabeth Jervis wife of Jonathan Whitaker.

The notes in message https://www.geni.com/discussions/251797?msg=1572663 refer to Jonathan Whitaker

Children do not seem to be mixed up.

The GEDCOM note section of message https://www.geni.com/discussions/251797?msg=1572663

Refers to John Richard Whitaker, Sr.

Again, families do not seem to be mixed up.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/237558465/eilzabeth-phoebe-jarv... Does not look entirely accurate to me. Please see the biographies and references in Elizabeth & Jonathan.

I can tell you what’s wrong with the FindAGrave - it’s the name.

“Elizabeth Phoebe Jarvis Whitaker Wood” is not right.

She was born as Elizabeth Jarvis.

One of the references called her born as Elizabeth Phoebe Jarvis. But it is unlikely that she has a middle name, so I think we disregard the Phoebe.

Jonathan Whitaker is named son in law in Thomas Jarvis’s will. She calls herself Elizabeth Whitaker in her own Will.

Her daughter married a Wood.

As mentioned on the other discussion, the source you quoted has some flaws.

Elizabeth Whitaker was the daughter of Thomas Kenton Jarvis and Millicent Ann Jarvis

She married 1st to Eliphalet Jervis and 2nd to Jonathan Whitaker, Sr. Her daughters by Eliphalet, Phoebe & Mary, were frequently seen with their step father’s Whitaker name,

I’m reposting this because otherwise with otherwise with two discussions, “the best we know” may get confused. It’s correct in profile overviews.