Joseph Whitall1

M, #1367, b. 17 March 1770, d. 12 February 1847
Last Edited: 21 Feb 2009
Charts:
Pedigree of Josephine Bailey
Descendants of James Whitall

Parents:

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

Family:

Hannah Mickle b. 13 Feb 1773, d. 14 Dec 1852

Children:

David Whitall+8 b. 1 Jan 1794, d. 28 Sep 1865
Joseph Whitall Jr.+ 8 b. 15 Dec 1795, d. 12 Sep 1866
Benjamin Whitall8 b. 16 Dec 1797, d. 23 Jun 1853
Joshua Whitall+8 b. 2 Nov 1799
Ebenezer Whitall8 b. 20 Oct 1801, d. 15 Mar 1835
Elizabeth Whitall8 b. 11 Oct 1803, d. 5 Feb 1858

Notes

  • Note: "Joshua, 2 of 11 mo. 1799 - his father then in N. England on truth's account"3
  • Note*: "Ann [his sister], died in autumn 1789 while bro. Joseph was at Trenton student for law"4
  • Note: Marriage certificate: "Joseph Whitall of the township of Deptford, of County of Gloucester...son of Benjamin Whitall of the same place. And Hannah Mickle daughter of John Mickle deceased of the town...aforesaid...."5
  • Note: Minutes -Woodbury Monthly Meeting
    1) 2 mo 9 1796 Joseph Whitall released of service of preparing certificates of recommendation at his request. (p. 201)
    2) 5 mo 10 1796. Joseph Whitall, appointed as a minister. (p. 201)
    3) 6 mo 13 1809 appointed as elder. (p. 216)
    4) 9 mo 11 1811 Joseph Whitall, granted a certificate to Concord Monthly Meeting for himself and his wife, Hannah. (p. 219) [Concord MM is in Delaware Co. Pa, about 20 m. west of Phil.]
    5) 12 mo 10 1818 cert from Concord MM. (p. 228)6
  • Note: Woodbury Meeting minutes:
    1) 1822 Jos Whitall to attend yearly meeting in New York. (p. 450)
    2) 1827-28 Numerous instances where Joseph notified members that they were disowned.7
  • Note: A schism occurred in the Society of Friends around 1827 resulting in a split between Orthodox and Hicksite meetings. Our Joseph Whitall of Woodbury may have been the Joseph Whitehall who had a part in the schism as it developed:

    In the ninth month 1822 some elders of the Philadelphia meeting met regarding the impending visit of preacher Elias Hicks. "Richard Jordan and Joseph Whitehall, are present, and can state to you what they heard from himself. Then, the above named persons, one after the other, rose and stated what they said were the doctrines held by Elias Hicks." The Philadelphia elders wrote Hicks in the twelfth month 1822 of their concerns.

    Hicks responded "Having been charged by you of unsoundness of principle and doctrine, founded on reports spread among the people in an unfriendly manner, and contrary to the order of our discipline, by Joseph Whitehall, as stated in the letter from you dated the 19th instant; and as these are charges not literally true, being founded on his own forced and improper construction of my words, I deny them..."

    Sources: (google "Joseph Whitehall" 1822 Hicks):
    1) "The Cabinet, or Works of Darkness Brought to Light", by an anonymous 1824 compiler. Online at Quaker Heritage Press, url: http://www.qhpress.org/texts/h-o/cabinet.html.
    2) The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, VOL CCXXVII, Nov 1824, pp. 657-659, viewed on Google books.

    It is likely that Joseph Whitall of Deptford and Joseph Whitehall of the schism were one and the same: Given the phonetic spelling of the names in the era, given Joseph Whitall's frequent visits to other meetings including New York, given his role as elder and preacher at Woodbury, given his proximity to Philadelphia.
  • Note: Woodbury Meeting minutes:
    1) 6th mo 29th 1847...The subject of preparing a memorial of our friend Joseph Whitall, deceased, being opened. Geo. Mickle, Joseph Tatum, Wm R Tatum & Samul. Webster were appointed to take it under consideration. (p. 664)
    2) 9th mo 28th 1847...The committee...to prepare a testimony for our friend Joseph Whitall, who departed this life in the 2nd mo. last now produced one, which...was united with... (p. 664)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.
  2. [S472] Woodbury MM, II Marriages 1786 - 1927, p. 19, marr. cert. of Joseph Whitall & Hannah Mickle.
  3. [S277] Matlack, Asa, '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. 867, children of Joseph & Hannah.   Matlack-Asa--Notes--books-1-8-9--441459.pdf   Matlack-Asa--Notes--Old-Cole-Church-index--441459.pdf   Matlack-Asa--Notes--pp-366-371--441459.pdf
  4. [S277] Matlack, Asa, '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.
  5. [S472] Woodbury MM, II Marriages 1786 - 1927, p. 19.
  6. [S286] Meldrum, Charlotte D. and John Pitts Launey, Early Church Records of Gloucester County, New Jersey (Westminster, Maryland: Willow Bend Books, 2002).
  7. [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.'
  8. [S472] Woodbury MM, I Record of Births & Deaths 1702-1887, p. 6, children of Joseph & Hannah Whitall.