Dr. Benjamin Whitall1

M, #1368, b. 8 April 1772, d. 24 October 1797
Last Edited: 18 Jan 2009

Parents:

Father: Benjamin Whitall1 b. 3 Dec 1747, d. 13 Sep 1797
Mother: Elizabeth Hopper1 b. 14 Sep 1747, d. 11 Dec 1808

Notes

  • Note*: New Jersey State Gazette, Trenton, Oct 1 1794: "New Jersey Brigade of Infantry and Artillery. The brigade consists of...1st Regiment...Surgeon, Benjamin Whitall Jr. ..."2
  • Note: New Jersey State Gazette, Trenton, Dec 30 1794: "...Officers of the New Jersey Brigade of Infantry and Artillery who marched on the Western Expedition to Pittsburgh...: ... 3D Regiment ... -Staff: Surgeon, Dr. Whitall ..."3
  • Note: 6 mo 13 1797 Benjamin Whitall, Jr. received into membership. Woodbury MM4
  • Note: 1796 Dec 28. Murdock, Sarah, of Glou. Co. Int. Adm'r - Benjamin Whitall, Jr....1797, Nov. 27. Dr. Benjamin Whitall, the Adm'r being dec'd. Adm'r D.B.N. - James Murdock. Fellowbondsmen - John S. Whitall and James B. Cooper...

    [Sarah (Whitall) Murdock was his aunt. Note that he is identified as "Jr" and "Dr."]5
  • Note: "Benjamin, died of yellow fever in 1797 aged 25"

    [See notes under his grandmother Ann Cooper regarding yellow fever.]6

Citations

  1. [S454] 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.
  2. [S544] Wilson, Thomas B. and Dorothy Agans Stratford, Notices from New Jersey Newspapers, 1791 - 1795. Records of New Jersey Vol III (Lambertville, N.J.: Hunterdon House, 2002), p. 365.
  3. [S544] Wilson, Thomas B. and Dorothy Agans Stratford, Notices 1791, p. 374-5.
  4. [S287] Meldrum, Charlotte D. and John Pitts Launey, Early Church Records of Gloucester County, New Jersey (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2002), p. 202.
  5. [S132] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 38:262.
  6. [S19] Asa Matlack, 'Miscellaneous Notes Collected by Asa Matlack', transcribed by Asa Matlack Stackhouse. FHL 441,459, Item 2. [Notes: Asa Matlack lived 1783-1851. Manuscript includes in part: Old Coles Church register of deaths, p. 12-72; St Mary's Church burials, p. 73-119; Book 1 - William Matlack descendants; Book 8 - William Matlack descendants; Book 9 - Various families, including Whitall.] Book 9, p. 865, children of Benjamin & Elizabeth Whitall.   Matlack-Asa--Notes--books-1-8-9--441459.pdf   Matlack-Asa--Notes--pp-366-371--441459.pdf   Matlack-Asa--Notes--Old-Cole-Church-index--441459.pdf