Arthur Whitehead, III

DNA confirmed w/matchers at AncestryDNA--Cynthia Hicks Curtis

Arthur, born c. 1680, married (1) by 21 Apr., 1717, Isle of Wight, VA, Isabella Purcell; (2) by 19 Nov 1750, Isle of Wight, VA, Ann Cook

QUAKER

Arthur Whitehead married as his first wife, Isabella Purcell, a descendant of European nobility.

In about 1723, he settled the estate of William West.
Six years later, in 1729, Arthur appraised the estate of Edward Powers, then in 1736, he appraised the estates of Robert Vick and John Vasser.
The next year, he appraised the estate of William Worrell.

Arthur Whitehead made his will out on March 12, 1744, but it was not recorded until January 1750.
In it he names his eldest son, Arthur, who received land adjoining William Turner; his grandson, Arthur Whitehead; son Lewis, who was left land on the Pottycassey Creek in North Carolina; son, Nathan, who received land on Fishing Creek; grandson, Benjamin Whitehead; daughter, Catrin Cobb; grandson Jacob Vick; daughter, Mary; and daughter, Ann, who was left a plantation and Negro Toney, and a feather bed.

Several, if not all, of his family were Quakers, and attended the Pagan Creek Monthly Meeting in Isle of Wright County, Virginia.

Born 1673 Isle of Wight, Virginia, Death: Jan 10 1750 [1]

Marriage: Isabella Purcell Apr 21 1717 Isle of Wight, Virginia,

Parents: Arthur Whitehead II Mary Whitehead (born Godwin)

Wife: Isabella Whitehead (born Purcell) 1690 - 1744

(Possible) Children:

Patience Vick (born Whitehead) 1715 - 1798
Arthur Whitehead IV 1715 - 1748
Lazarus Whitehead 1717 - 1775
Lewis Whitehead 1717 - 1759
Nathan Whitehead 1719 - 1779
Catherine Cobb (born Whitehead) 1724 - 1769
Mary Denson (born Whitehead) 1727 - ?
Ann Williams (born Whitehead) 1730 - 1773
Nancy Ann Chapman (born Whitehead) 1736 - 1798
Lazarus Whitehead 1736 - 1775
Death: 12 MAR 1744 Plantation, Southampton, Virginia, [2]
Death: 1750 Plantation, Southampton, Virginia, United States.

Event: Civil 27 MAY 1729 Isle of Wight[3]
Marriage

Husband: Arthur Whitehead
Wife: Isabella Purcell
Child: Lewis Whitehead
Marriage: 1717 VA
Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S00025 Page: Birth year: 1693; Birth city: Isle of Wigtoft; Birth state: VA.
2. ↑ Source: #S00025 Page: Birth year: 1693; Isle of Wigtoft; VA
3. ↑ Source: #S00029
4. Source: S00014 U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 es.
5. http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=spirit&id...
6. Source: S00025 Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.; Repository: #R00001 NOTEEdmund West, comp., Family Data Collection - Individual Records (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.).
7. Source: S00029 Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical.
8. Virginia Land, Marriage, and Probate Records, 1639-1850 (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.Original data - Chalkley, Lyman. Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County. Baltimore: Genealogical P).
9. https:/familysearch.org/search/tree/results#count=20&query=+subcollection_id:MM3K-VZR
10. The Whitehead Family Tree, Virginia Roots, 1600-1900: 2nd Edition. Bert "Tiger" Whitehead IV. September 6, 2015. pages 41-42
11. "Whitehead of Isle of Wight", CD191 Family History: Southern Genealogies #1, Historical Southern Families, Vol. I

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