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Benjamin Whitehead 1701 – 1750 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1701

Birth Location: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States

Death Date: Aug 1750

Death Location: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Father: Arthur WHITEHEAD

Mother: Isabella Purcell

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The story of Benjamin Whitehead began in 1701 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States. Benjamin Whitehead passed away in 1750 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of Benjamin Whitehead began in 1701 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States.
  • Benjamin Whitehead passed away in 1750 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Benjamin Whitehead's Ancestors

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Benjamin Whitehead
1701 – 1750
Birth Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Parents
Arthur WHITEHEAD
1654 – 1710
Isle, Virginia, United States
Isabella Purcell
1670 – 1744
Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Arthur WHITEHEAD
1625 – 1655
Rochdale, Lancashire, England
Katherine Ruthven
1632 – 1687
Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Authure WHITEHEAD
1595 – 1686
Dorothy Lightowlers
1598 – 1670
Sir (Ruffin)
1594 – 1670
Dorothea Stewart
1596 – 1673
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Whithead
1572 – 1596
Isabella Burrow
1575 – 1596
Robert Lightowlers
1560 – 1619
Dorothy Walmsley
1571 – 1618
Sir Ruthven
1569 – 1634
Esther Ruthven
Jean Stewart
1575 – 1623

Benjamin Whitehead's Timeline

2 Records

1701
1701
Birth of Benjamin Whitehead in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
1750
Aug 1750
Age 49
Death of Benjamin Whitehead in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1701
    Event Place: Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Aug 1750
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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