Ambrose Whitaker

1730 - 1796  (65 years)

• Name	Ambrose Whitaker  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	15 Dec 1730	New Jersey   [4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Alternate birth	1734  [6]
  Death	5 Nov 1796	Gloucester County, New Jersey   [7, 8, 9]
  Burial	Old Pittsgrove Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Daretown, Salem, New Jersey   [10]
  Person ID	I39304	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023

  
  

  Father	Richard Whitaker
  Mother	Mary
  Family ID	F23080	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Leake,   b. 3 Oct 1743   d. 30 Jan 1823 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	3 Oct 1772	Salem, Salem, New Jersey   [11, 12, 13]
  Notes	Also recorded on 3 Oct 1772 at Monmouth County, New Jersey (New Jersey, County Marriages, 1682-1956, on familysearch.org).
  Children	+ 1. Oliver Whitaker,   b. 10 Sep 1775, New Jersey d. 11 Dec 1831, Gloucester County, New Jersey (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F23077	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2023

  
  

• Notes

  Sometimes spelled Whitacar. Mildred Boddy Reed's memoir of her grandmother Lucinda Biggs Sarvis says that he was a son of Nathaniel Whitaker, son of Richard Whitaker, but the New Jersey record of his birth pretty unambiguously names Ambrose's parents as Richard and Mary Whitaker. The abstract of his will in New Jersey records calls him "of Upper Alloways Creek Township, Salem County."

  
  

• Sources

  [S6996] Find a Grave page for Oliver S. Whitaker. [S6954] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXXII: Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Administrations, Etc., Vol. III, 1751-1760 by A. Van Doren Honeyman. Somerville, New Jersey: The Unionist-Gazette Association, 1924. [S7005] Walter Lee Sheppard, "Origin of the Bowers, Leeks and Crosthwaits of South Jersey." The American Genealogist 26:211, 1950. [S6997] Find a Grave page for Ambrose Whitacar., year only. [S6993] New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980, on familysearch.org. [S7000] Lucinda, a memoir of Lucinda Biggs Sarvis by her granddaughter Mildred Boddy Reed. 1978. [S6997] Find a Grave page for Ambrose Whitacar., date only. [S7000] Lucinda, a memoir of Lucinda Biggs Sarvis by her granddaughter Mildred Boddy Reed. 1978., year only. [S7002] New Jersey, Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988, on familysearch.org. [S6997] Find a Grave page for Ambrose Whitacar. [S7001] New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985, on familysearch.org. [S3212] Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey, Volume XXII: Marriage Records, 1665-1800 by William Nelson. Paterson, New Jersey: Press Printing and Publishing Company, 1900. [S7004] New Jersey, U.S., United Methodist Church Records, 1800-1970, on ancestry.com.