James Whitall1

M, #1524, d. between 8 December 1728 and 15 January 1728/29
  • Marriage*: February 1717/18; Haddonfield Meeting, Declarations of Intentions: "James Whitall and Sarah Rackstraw, dau. of William, 12th mo., 1717"; Spouse: Sarah Rakestraw1
  • Death*: between 8 December 1728 and 15 January 1728/29; Gloucester Co., New Jersey; Between dates will written and inventory taken.
Last Edited: 18 May 2010

Family:

Sarah Rakestraw
  • Marriage*: February 1717/18; Haddonfield Meeting, Declarations of Intentions: "James Whitall and Sarah Rackstraw, dau. of William, 12th mo., 1717"; Spouse: Sarah Rakestraw1

Notes

  • Note*: "1728 Dec. 8. Whitall, Whiteall, James, of Coopers Creek, Newton Township, Gloucester Co., yeoman; will of. Wife Sarah, heiress and with brother-in-law Robert Zane executrix of real and personal estate. Children mentioned, but names not given. ... Proved March 24, 1728-9."
    1728-9 Jan. 15. Inventory...£94.18.2
  • Note: Meldrum asserts that James Whitall, husband of Sarah Rakestraw, was the son of John and Hannah (Thackara) Whitall.3
  • Note: In his will James Whiteall appoints executors "well beloved Wife Sarah and my brother in Law Robert Zanes", and when the will is proved, Robert Zanes duly appears before the Register. Who was this Robert Zanes?

    James Whiteall's wife Sarah Rakestraw had a sister Grace Rakestraw who married Nathaniel Zane. Nathaniel Zane, who had died about a year before James Whiteall wrote his will, had a brother Robert, as named in their father's will.

    The compiler speculates that executor Robert Zane was this brother of Nathaniel, and that the term 'brother in law' was used in a broader sense.

    [Whiteall: N.J Wills, Glou. co. 120H, FHL 533145; Zanes: NJA 23:530; Rakestraws: McCracken TAG 51:3]

Citations

  1. [S159] Frank H. Stewart, 'Records of Newton and Haddonfield Monthly Meetings', The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey. series vol 3 (1929) to vol 5. 3:24.   Stewart--Haddonfield-Mtg.pdf
  2. [S132] Documents relating to the colonial, revolutionary and post-revolutionary history of the state of New Jersey. aka New Jersey Archives. 23:503.
  3. [S287] Meldrum, Charlotte D. and John Pitts Launey, Early Church Records of Gloucester County, New Jersey (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2002), p. 66, Haddonfield Meeting, intentions.