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Robert Whitehead 1720 – 1755 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1720

Birth Location: Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA

Death Date: 1755

Death Location: Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, USA

Father: William Whitehead

Mother: Rachel McKinney

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Whitehead

Children(s): Thomas [Esq], Matthew Whitehead

According to available records, Robert Whitehead was born in 1720 in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA, the child of William West Whitehead and Rachel Lewis McKinney. Following those early years, Robert Whitehead married Elizabeth Whitehead, and their family grew to include Thomas Whitted, Sr. [Esq] and Matthew Whitehead. In the later years of life, Robert Whitehead died in 1755 in Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, USA.

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Parents

William Whitehead
1672 – 1750
Birth Location: Isle, Virginia, United States
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Rachel McKinney
1685 – 1734
Birth Location: Isle, Virginia, United States
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Whitehead
1702 –
Birth Location: Orange, North Carolina, United States
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Children(s)

Thomas [Esq]
1740 – 1820
Birth Location: Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA
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Matthew Whitehead
– 1765
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1720
    Event Place: Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1755
    Event Place: No Township Listed, Orange County, NC
    Record Source: North Carolina, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1755
    Event Place: Dobson, Surry, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P76/LUK/003/01

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: Nov 1755
    Event Place: Middlesex, England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P76/LUK/003/01

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