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Col William West Whitehead 1672–1711 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1672

Birth Location: Isle of Wight County, North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 1711

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

Father: Arthur Whitehead

Mother: MARY GODWIN

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Col William West Whitehead was born in 1672 in Isle of Wight County, North Carolina, United States, the child of Arthur Ii William Whitehead And Mary Polly Godwin. Col William West Whitehead passed away in 1711 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Col William West Whitehead was born in 1672 in Isle of Wight County, North Carolina, United States, the child of Arthur Ii William Whitehead And Mary Polly Godwin.
  • Col William West Whitehead passed away in 1711 in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States.

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Col Whitehead's Ancestors

Self
Col Whitehead
1672–1711
Birth Place: Isle of Wight County, North Carolina, United States
Parents
Arthur II William Whitehead
1643–1710
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
MARY (POLLY) GODWIN
1652–1710
Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia, United States
Grandparents
Arthur (Edmund Whitehead Quaker buried Pagencreek) Church
1623–1655
Lancaster, Lancashire, England (Immigrant; Colonist)
Katherine Ruffin
1632–1687
Gravesend, Kent, England
William Godwin
1626–1710
Suffolk, Nansemond, Virginia colony
Elizabeth Wright
1632–1727
Isle of Wight County, Virginia, USA
Great-Grandparents
Arthure Whitehead
1595–1686
Dorothy* Lightowlers
1598–1670
Sir Ruthven\Ruffin
1594–1670
Dorthea Stewart
1596–1673
Thomas Sr
1614–1676
Mary Bridger
1616–1676
John Wright
1577–1640
Grace Glascock
1579–1653
2nd-Great-Grandparents
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD
1574–1596
Isabell Burrow
1575–1596
Robert Lightowlers
1560–1619
Dorothy Walmaley
1571–1619
Sir Ruthven
1569–1634
Christian Elphinstone)
1557–1630
Jean Arnot
1575–1623
Rev. Bridger
1584–1650
Mary Webb
1601–1683
Thomas Wright
1548–1603
Roberdye Parke
1547–1617
Henry Glascock
1548–1606
Grace Eumio
1552–1594

Col Whitehead's Timeline

2 Records

1672
1672
Birth of Col William West Whitehead in Isle of Wight County, North Carolina, United States
Isle of Wight County, North Carolina, United States
1711
1711
Age 39
Death of Col William West Whitehead in Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States
Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1672
    Event Place: Isle of Wight County, North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1711
    Event Place: Edgecombe, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States

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