Benjamin Whitall1

M, #1472, b. 16 December 1797, d. 23 June 1853
  • Birth*: 16 December 1797; Deptford Twp., Gloucester Co., New Jersey1
  • Death*: 23 June 1853; Deptford Twp., Gloucester Co., New Jersey; "[Died], on Fifth-day morning, the 23d of Sixth month, after a lingering illness, Benjamin Whitall, a member of Woodbury Monthly Meeting, in the 56th year of his age." The Freind XXVI (1853), p. 3441
  • Burial*: buried Woodbury Friends Burial Ground: age 56 d 6/23/1853, member Woodbury MM Orthodox2
Last Edited: 11 Sep 2009
Charts:
Descendants of James Whitall

Parents:

Father: Joseph Whitall1 b. 17 Mar 1770, d. 12 Feb 1847
Mother: Hannah Mickle1 b. 13 Feb 1773, d. 14 Dec 1852

Notes

  • Note*: The 1806 will of Sarah Hopkins Jr. of Haddonfield bequests "To Benjamin Whitall (son of Joseph) my gold watch and chain."3
  • Note: 11 mo 29 1824 Benjamin Whitall, appointed as assistant clerk, Woodbury MM4
  • Note: 1836 active in church affairs5
  • Note: "Deaths; From Woodbury Constitution; of July 5, 1853. Whitall, Benjamin; Died: on the 23rd ult., at Friends' Asylum near Philadelphia; interred at Friends' Burying Ground at Woodbury; Remarks: he was a native of Woodbury"6
  • Note: Inventory of goods of Benjamin Whitall, Gloucester Co. N.J.
    Appraised 27 July 1853, probated 29 Nov 1853.
    Appraisers: William R. Tatum, George Mickle & George M. Paul.
    Total $3,227. Included $2,500 in notes, book accounts & uncollected vendue [auction] accounts.
    File 5009H, Gloucester Co., New Jersey. Viewed on FHL microfilm 534,092.
  • Note: 1850 US Census - Deptford, Gloucester, NJ:
    Benjamin Whitall 52 [1798], b. N.J., farmer
    Edith 30 [1820], b. N.J.
    Hannah 11 [1839], b. N.J.
    Samuel 6 [1844], b. N.J.
    Hannah Whitall 77 [1773], b. N.J.

    Compiler's notes:
    Benjamin would be Benjamin (1797-1853), no known marriage.
    Hannah would be Benjamin's mother Hannah (Mickle) Whitall (1773-1852).
    Edith is probably the daughter of Benjamin's brother David.7

Citations

  1. [S472] Society of Friends, Woodbury Monthly Meeting, NJ. Filmed at Dept of Friends Records, 302 Arch St, Phila. FHL microfilm 20,486. I Record of Births & Deaths 1702-1887, p. 6, children of Joseph & Hannah Whitall.
  2. [S30] Boedker, Mrs William F, Mrs William F Boedker, compiler, 'Woodbury Friends Burial Ground, Alphabetic Index'. FHL microfilm 1,005,020 Item 4.    Boedker--WoodburyFriendsBurialGround-1005020-Whitalls.pdf
  3. [S127] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 40:178.
  4. [S286] Meldrum, Charlotte D. and John Pitts Launey, Early Church Records of Gloucester County, New Jersey (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2002), p. 235.
  5. [S471] Society of Friends, Woodbury Monthly Meeting, New Jersey. Church Records 1702-1927. FHL microfilm 441,464. 'Copied by Miss Emily C Moore from the original in the Friends Library at 16th & Race Sts.' p. 589.
  6. [S118] 'Deaths; From Woodbury Constitution; of July 5, 1853'; card file, for Benjamin Whitall. Copy obtained from Gloucester Co. Hist. Soc. 1/25/07.
  7. [S514] US Census, viewed on Ancestry.com.