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ance, May 31, 1717). LOCAL OFFICES: deputy sur-
veyor, Somerset County, 1686/87; sheriff, Som-
erset County, 1689 (reappointed by the Protestant
Associators, but declined to serve and was dis-
charged), 1695-1698, 1704-1706; Lord Balti-
more's collector of the tax, Somerset County, 1691/
92; justice, Somerset County, 1694/95-by 1701
(quorum 1694/95-1695, chief justice by 1699/1700-
by 1701). MILITARY SERVICE, captain, by 1686;
major, by 1694; It. colonel, by 1699; colonel, by
1705. STANDS ON PUBLIC/PRI VATE ISSUES: Strongly
opposed Revolution of Protestant Associators in
1689 and refused to serve under the new govern-
ment; returned to appointive offices by Gov.
Francis Nicholson in 1694/95; charged in 1697 with
malfeasance in office of sheriff but was ultimately
vindicated; called a Jacobite in 1699; bequeathed
400 acres for the care of the poor children in
Somerset County and Northampton County, Vir-
ginia. WEALTH DURING LIFETIME. LAND AT FIRST
ELECTION: ca. 3,100 acres in Somerset (later be-
came Sussex County, Delaware, and Worcester
County) and Charles counties (1,924 acres pat-
ented in Charles and Somerset counties, and 1,200
acres purchased from Attalanta Osborne, whom
he later married). Whittington had inherited over
3,000 acres in Northampton County, Virginia, from
his father, part of a total of 14,000 acres in North-
ampton County to which he held the patents;
most of this land, however, was sold in the 1670s
and 1680s. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BE-
TWEEN FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: acquired by
purchase 3,241 acres, 1694-1713; patented at least
4,750 acres, 1694-1723, and sold 3,089 acres, 1697-
1715, including 924 acres which was deeded to a
son-in-law for 5 shillings; all of these tracts were
in what is now Worcester, Wicomico, and Som-
erset counties, and Sussex County, Delaware.
WEALTH AT DEATH. DIED: between March 13, 1719/
20, and April 11, 1720, in Somerset County. PER-
SONAL PROPERTY TEV, £1,340.9.1 current money
(including 21 slaves, 63 oz. plate, gold and silver
"in the house" worth £41.8.2, and a silver-headed
cane); FB, £154.15.7. LAND: ca. 8,100 acres in
Somerset County (now Worcester and Wicomico
counties and Sussex County, Delaware), plus 2
tracts of unspecified acreage, one of which he
patented with Charles Carroll on Cape Henlopen,
and a tract called "Askiminie" (Askquesonne,
Askecksy) on the Indian River (alias Baltimore
River), the rights to which he assigned to Wea-
comoconus. Queen of the Askecksy Indians in
1711/12. Apparently he regained possession of
some of the tract by the time of his death.
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WHITTINGTON, WILLIAM (ca. 1681-1756).
BORN. ca. 1681, probably in Accomack County,
Virginia. IMMIGRATED: ca. 1684, as an infant with
his family. RESIDED, in Somerset County until at
least March 1741/42; returned to Accomack
County, Virginia, by February 1742/43 to live on
a 400-acre tract at "Ockohonson." FAMILY BACK-
GROUND. FATHER: William Whittington (ca. 1650-
1720). MOTHER: Esther, daughter of Col. Southy
Littleton (1645-1679) of Accomack County, Vir-
ginia. BROTHER: Southy (?-Ca. 1773). HALF
BROTHER: Smart. SISTER: Esther. HALF SISTERS.
Tabitha; Hannah; and Attalanta. MARRIED Eliz-
abeth (by 1698-1762), daughter of Elias Taylor
(?-1717) and wife Comfort Anderson (?-1743)
of Accomack County, Virginia. Her brother was
Joshua (?-by 1743). Her sisters were Naomi (by
1698-?), who married first, Samuel Davis, and
second, Joseph Stockley; Mary (by 1698-?), who
married John Kendall; Hannah, who married
James Wishart; Ester, who married first, William
White, and second, John Williams; and Comfort
(by 1698-by 1743), who married first, Solomon
Ewell, and second, Charles Stockley. Her first
cousin was Anne Makemie, who married Robert
King (1689-1755). CHILDREN. SONS: Joshua (?-
ca. 1764), who married Elizabeth, daughter of
Robert Nairn (?-1764); William (by 1719-ca.
1740/41), who married Betty (Elizabeth) (?-1779),
daughter of Robert Martin (?-1725) and Mary
Downes (?-1774), stepdaughter of James Martin
(?-1747/48); Southy (?-1790), of Accomack
County, who married Ann; and John. DAUGH-
TERS. Elizabeth, who married (first name un-
known) Ardis. PRIVATE CAREER. EDUCATION: lit-
erate, by 1705; by 1748 was signing documents
with his mark. RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION. Anglican.
SOCIAL STATUS AND ACTIVITIES: Mr., by 1712;
Gent., by 1713. OCCUPATIONAL PROFILE: planter.
PUBLIC CAREER. LEGISLATIVE SERVICE: Lower
House, Somerset County, 1712-1714, 1716-1718,
1722-1724. LOCAL OFFICE: justice, Somerset
County, 1713-1724/25. WEALTH DURING LIFE-
TIME. LAND AT FIRST ELECTION: 1,200 acres in
Somerset (later became Worcester) County (400
acres inherited from his mother, which he had
sold; 900 acres by purchase and 300 acres by pat-
ent). SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN LAND BETWEEN
FIRST ELECTION AND DEATH: purchased 1,150 acres
between 1713-1723; patented 824 acres, 1734-
1736; inherited 575 acres from father, 1720; sold
3,465 acres, 1722-1748, which was probably all
of his land in Somerset (now Worcester) County;
acquired 400 acres in Accomack County, Vir-
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