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Benjamin Whitehead 1750 – 1835 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1750

Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA

Death Date: 15 Oct 1835

Death Location: Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA

Father: Nathan WHITEHEAD

Mother: Mary Davis

Spouse(s): Sarah Walker

Children(s): Richard Whitehead, Joseph Whitehead

Benjamin Whitehead was born in 1750 in Brunswick County, Virginia, USA, the child of Nathan WHITEHEAD and Mary Ann Davis. Benjamin Whitehead later married Sarah Walker, and together they raised children including Richard William Whitehead and Joseph Burrell Whitehead. In 1835, Benjamin Whitehead passed away in Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA.

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Parents

Nathan WHITEHEAD
1719 – 1778
Birth Location: Isle of Wright, Virginia, USA
NW
Mary Davis
1718 – 1760
Birth Location: London, England, United Kingdom
MD

Spouses(s)

Sarah Walker
Birth Location: –
SW

Children(s)

Richard Whitehead
1777 – 1851
Birth Location: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
RW
Joseph Whitehead
1785 – 1845
Birth Location: North Carolina, United States
JW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1750
    Event Place: Brunswick County, Virginia, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 1765
    Event Place: Virginia
    Record Source: U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, Place: Virginia; Year: 1765; Page Number: 83

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1786
    Event Place: District #3, Halifax County, NC
    Record Source: North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1790
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Edgecombe, Halifax, North Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 7; Page: 467; Image: 272; Family History Library Film: 0568147

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 7 Aug 1820
    Event Place: Montgomery, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 15 Oct 1835
    Event Place: Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
    Record Source: North Carolina, Will Abstracts, 1760-1800, North Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998, Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Wills, 1663-1978; Estate Papers, 1770-1909 (Nash County); Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History; Probate Place: Nash, North Carolina

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