Elizabeth Whitaker

Elizabeth Jarvis, daughter of Thomas Jarvis and Millicent, was the wife to Eliphalet Jervis (Jarvis) of Huntington, NY where she held property. 2nd marriage - Wife to Jonathan Whitaker — married 1722 in Huntington, Suffolk, New York - Moved to Bernards Township NJ (Mine Brook section).”

Jonathan Whitaker was born in Wiltshire, England, about 1690, and came to America in 1720, settling first at Sharon, Mass., and removing soon thereafter to Huntington, L. I., where he married Elizabeth Jervis. Their children were called Elizabeth, Jonathan, Sarah, Isaac, Nathaniel, Eliphalet, Mary and Phebe, as may be seen by referring to the register of that church recently published. The dates of their respective births were not recorded.

Family

The oldest two children were the stepchildren of Jonathan Whitaker, daughter of wife Elizabeth Jervis by first husband Eliphalet Jarvis.

Children

• 1. Phoebe Whitaker, b. Abt 1717, d. 1773 (Age ~ 56 years). Married John Wood.
• 2. Mary Whitaker, b. Abt 1719, d. Somerset County, New Jersey. Married 1) Samuel Brown 2) Ebenezer White.

Married about 1724 at Huntington to Elizabeth Jarvis, b. Abt 1694, Long Island, New York d. Between 1763 and 1764, Mine Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey (Age ~ 69 years)

• 1. Elizabeth Whitaker, b. 9 Mar 1724, Huntington, Sussex County, Long Island, New York, USA d. 1786 (Age 61 years). Married Stephen Ogden.
• 2. Jonathan Whitaker, b. 4 Apr 1725, Huntington, Sussex County, Long Island, New York, USA d. 17 Jun 1786, Mine Brook, Somerset County, New Jersey (Age 61 years). Married Mary Miller.
• 3. Sarah Whitaker, b. 23 Oct 1726, Huntington, Sussex County, Long Island, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
• 4. Isaac Whitaker, b. 30 Jun 1728, Huntington, Sussex County, Long Island, New York, USA d. Yes, date unknown
• 5. Nathaniel Whitaker, b. 29 Nov 1730, Huntington, Sussex County, Long Island, New York, USA d. 21 Jan 1795 (Age 64 years). Married Abigail Smith.
• 6. Eliphalet Whitaker, b. 5 Mar 1731, Huntington, Sussex County, Long Island. removed to Georgia c. 1790 and his descendants again moved west to Taladega Co., Al.c.1840 and from there to Cherokee Co., Texas in 1871. Married Abigail Bailey.

Will

https://www.ourrelatives.davenportz.com/ps06/ps06_417.html

The Will of Elizabeth Whitaker

From photocopy of the original will of Elizabeth Whitaker written 13 Oct 1763 - Preparers archive. Prepared by Joan Whitaker Landrum.

• In the Name of God. Amen.
• Wheras I Elisabeth Whitaker widow of the late Jonathan Whitaker of Bernards Town in Somerset County & in the Province of New Jersey am possessed of Some worldly Estate; & calling to mind my mortality, & that I might shortly leave the World & all I enjoy in it, do look upon it my Duty to dispose of my worldly Estate (which Shall be left at my Decease belonging to me after my Funeral charges & Debts Shall be paid) in the manner & Form following; that is to Say.
• I will unto my Son Jonathan or to his Heir or Heirs of his ?- the Sum of five Shillings.
• I will & dispose of to my Daughter Elisabeth Ogden all my waring Apparrel;
• and then what Shall remain of Estate of any kind, it is my will that it be divided into three eequal Parts & one Part given to my Daughter Ogden, & one Part to my Son Nathaniel Whitaker & the other to my Son Eliphilet Whitaker, or to either of their Heirs.
• And as to my Funeral Charges, they are to be paid at the discretion of my Executors hereafter to be Named, only it it my will that no Spiritous Liquors sbe given at my Funeral as I esteem that practice inconsistant with the Solemnities of a Funeral.
• And I do appoint & ordain my Sons Eliphilet Whitaker & Stephen Ogden to be the Executors of this my last will & Testament and this I declare to be my last will & Testament this thirteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred & Sixty three.
• (signed by her mark) Elizabeth Whittaker
• Signed Sealed pronounced & declared in the Presence of us
• N.B.(about interlinations.) John Roy John Collyer John Lyon

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Family notes

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.

Mary removed to Long Island and after the death of her husband, returned to Basking Ridge and lived in the house where General Lee was taken prisoner in the Revolutionary War - Widow White's Tavern.
"Whitaker Family" a Manuscript from Dartmouth College Records gives her birth year as 1719 and the names of her spouses as Samuel Brown and Edwin Whitaker.

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 to the Lloyds. One in 1733 includes the signatures of Phoebe, 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 ded by then). Mary's signature was witnessed by John Wood and Jonathan Whitaker. A second quitclaim also identifies both Phoebe and Mary as daughters of Eliphalet Jarvis, and says Mary was 17 in 1737. Later Samuel Brown and Mary Brown "late Mary Jarvis" endorsed. (Additional Whitaker/Jervis information provided by Joan Whitaker Landrum.)

Origins

https://www.ourrelatives.davenportz.com/ps06/ps06_419.html

Page 387.--In the name of God, Amen. August 17, 1732, I, THOMAS JARVIS, of Huntington, in Suffolk County, brick layer, being very sick … . "I leave to my son-in-law, Jonathan Whitaker, 5 shillings. I leave to my wife Millisen, all movable estate. "And now that this my last will and testament may be duly performed, I appoint my brother, William Jarvis, and my well beloved friend and Pastor, Ebenezer Prime, clerk, my executors."

References

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 6 2022, 17:00:39 UTC
• Somerset County historical quarterly, by Honeyman, A. Van Doren (Abraham Van Doren), 1849-1936; Somerset County Historical Society. Page 99. <Archive.Org> names Elizabeth Jarvis as daughter of Eliphalet Jarvis. But she was his wife; Thomas Jarvis was Elizabeth’s father.