See also
Husband:
Mark WHITAKER (1631-1682)
Wife:
Mary RICHARDSON (1632-bef1685)
Children:
Marriage:
12 Nov 1649
Mirfield, Yorkshire, England1
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
2 May 16315
Baptism:
2 May 1631 (age 0)
Will:
28 Mar 1682 (age 50)
Of Ossett
Death:
17 Apr 1682 (age 50)
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Burial:
20 Apr 1682
Name:
Thomas WHITAKER2
Sex:
Male
Birth:
c. 1654
Ossett, Yorkshire
Name:
Sussex WHITAKER11
Sex:
Male
Birth:
1667
Death:
1681 (age 13-14)
he age stated on his MI is consistent with him being the Mark who was baptised in 1631. The will of Mark Whittakers In the name of God amen I Mark Whittaker of Osset in the County of Yorks Yeoman doo make this my will in forme following. First I bequeath my soul to God and my body to decent buriall; and as touching my effects my will is that my oldest sonne Thomas shall have the revetion of the house wherein I now dwell & the buildings thereto belonging after my wive's death which I have surrendered accordingly, And also shall have after her death the farm thereto adjoining & all oth lodge farms which I now hold and have under the Right Honorable the Lord Brudnall and his lady; item I give the said Thomas the interest and Tomiant right of the farme wherein he now dwells which I hold under Mr James Oates in Ossett aforesaid, he paying the rent and and performing the covenants for the farme; I give my second sonne Marke the farme at Hanging Heaton wherein he now dwells and which I hold under the Right Honorable the Earl of Halifax he paying the rents and performing the services for the farme; And my will is that my wife take care of the further education of my sonne John now at Cambridge as shall be thought most fitt by my brother and other good friends; Item I give to my sonne Robert three gross pounds for his portion; And to Dorothy wife of George Chaytor fourty pounds having already given her some considerable portion before; Item I give to my daughter Mary three gross pounds for her portion; All the rest of my personal effects I give to Mary my loving wife whom I make executrix of this my will and desiring her endeavor towards the education of my grandchildren Willam and George Speight in [hope] she will get some assistance from their grandfather Speight and their mother in [illeg]. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eight and twentieth day of March in the year of our Lord 1682 Marke Whittakers sealed and published in the presence of us Tho Stowell & Tho: Whiteakers. 3 gross pounds is £432 In the Wakefield Manor court rolls for 1651 there is a record of a surrender of land in the Nethermoorecroft of the Northfield of Ossett for the use of Mark Whitteakers and his heirs In the 1672 Hearth tax returns he is paying for 4 hearths. His gravestone is still in graveyard of Dewsbury Parish Church - it covers three generations of the family. "Here lyeth the Body of Marke Whiteakers of Osset streetside who departed this life the seventeenth day of Aprill Anno Domi 1682 aged 51."
Mirfield Parish Registers. 130 - 1649.
Will of Mark Whitaker 1682.
Ancestry.com, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Ancestry.com, http://www.Ancestry.com.
Ancestry.com, Yorkshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2001;). Ancestry.com.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Name: Name: Name: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of January 5, 2003;;;). Film no 1239603. NAME NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONTSalt La CONC ke City, Utah 84150 USA ADDR EMAIL PHON.
Ibid. Batch P009051. NAME NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONTSalt La CONC ke City, Utah 84150 USA ADDR EMAIL PHON.
Samuel Joseph Chadwick, Dewsbury Parish Registers publ 1898, (Name: Name: Name: Printed Joseph Ward 1898 Dewsbury;;;). 123. NAME Leeds City Library ADDR EMAIL PHON.
Dewsbury Parish Register Transcripts, (Name: Name: Name: Transcripts of Parish Register 1653-1699;;;). April 1682. NAME Microfilm of manuscript in Yorkshire Records Office ADDR EMAIL PHON. Call Number: 0561426.
Peter Whitaker, Dewsbury Memorial Inscriptions.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, International Genealogical Index (R), (Name: Name: Name: Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of January 5, 2003;;;). Batch P010051; printout 0472491. NAME NAME Family History Library ADDR 35 N West Temple Street CONTSalt La CONC ke City, Utah 84150 USA ADDR EMAIL PHON.
Peter David Whitaker.
Ancestry.com, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1873, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT. USA; Date: 2047;). Yorkshire Parish Register Section; Leeds, England, United Kingdom; Kildwick-in-Craven 1678-1743. Ancestry.com.
Dewsbury Parish Register Transcripts, (Name: Name: Name: Transcripts of Parish Register 1653-1699;;;). NAME Microfilm of manuscript in Yorkshire Records Office ADDR EMAIL PHON. Call Number: 0561426.
Ibid. May 1658. NAME Microfilm of manuscript in Yorkshire Records Office ADDR EMAIL PHON. Call Number: 0561426.
Alumni Cantabrigienses. Emmanuel. NAME Ancestry.com CD version of original ADDR EMAIL PHON.
Dewsbury Parish Register Transcripts, (Name: Name: Name: Transcripts of Parish Register 1653-1699;;;). April 1660. NAME Microfilm of manuscript in Yorkshire Records Office ADDR EMAIL PHON. Call Number: 0561426.
Alumni Cantabrigienses. NAME Ancestry.com CD version of original ADDR EMAIL PHON.
Dewsbury Parish Register Transcripts, (Name: Name: Name: Transcripts of Parish Register 1653-1699;;;). November 1663. NAME Microfilm of manuscript in Yorkshire Records Office ADDR EMAIL PHON. Call Number: 0561426.