Or, Subtitled: “[T]he said Richard showed suche the last will indented of the said William Whitlok his father”
As the previous posting indicates, we know that Richard Whitlock (died 1556) of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, was the son of William Whitlock (died about 1510), because Liber Famelicus, the family history written by Richard’s grandson Sir James Whitlocke, states,[1]
Or, Subtitled: “Observe the moderation of this family, that hathe continued thear patrimony for almost 400 yeares without encrease or diminution”
Regarding Richard Whitlock (died 1556), father of the John Whitlock (1509-1589) to whom the manor of Beches at Wokingham in Berkshire came from his brother William (died 1584), Richard’s grandson Sir James Whitlocke states in his book Liber Famelicus,[1]
Or, Subtitled: “A pidle of land lieing at beare lane nowe in the teanure of the same John”
John Whitlock, father of Richard Whitlock (abt. 1583 – 1642) of Wokingham, Berkshire, England, and London, was born around 1509. We can estimate his birth year as around 1509 on the basis of information provided by his nephew Sir James Whitlocke (1570-1632) in James’s history of the Whitlock family entitled Liber Famelicus.[1] In his opening statement in this book, James Whitlocke states that he began writing Liber Famelicus 18 April 1609.[2] About his uncle John Whitlock, James writes that John was a son of James’s grandfather Richard Whitelock (d. 1556): he states,[3]
Or, Subtitled: “I Richard Whitlock Citizen and Merchant of London”
Richard Whitlock (abt. 1583 – 1642), father of Richard Whitlock (1616-1666), was born prior to 12 December 1586, when his father John Whitlock made his will at the Holt estate, the dower house of Beches manor, at Wokingham in Wiltshire.[1] Though most of Wokingham is in Berkshire, at this point, the Holt house was in a detached part of Wiltshire that comprised part of Wokingham. John Whitlock’s will states that his son Richard was the youngest of John’s sons, and was, along with brothers Clement, De la Beche, and Thomas, under 24 years of age. Richard’s birth year has been conventionally estimated as “about” 1583. A brass memorial plaque for Richard’s wife Katherine Burchett/Brechette Whitlock on the north chancel wall of All Saints church at Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England, states that Katherine died 2 April 1649, aged 54, which would give Katherine a birth year of 1595.[2] That birth year is confirmed by the baptismal register of the church of St. Gregory and St. Martin at Wye, County Kent, which shows Katherine Byrchet, daughter of David, being baptized in that parish on 18 May 1595.[3]
Or, Subtitled: “This Mr. Whitlock was a man of wit & learning”
Richard Whitlock (1616-1666), son of Richard Whitlock and Katherine Burchett and father of James Whitlock (1651-1516) the Virginia immigrant, was baptized 17 November 1616 at St. Peter le Poer church in London.[1] St. Peter le Poer, which no longer stands, was on the west side of Broad Street in the city of London. The church was of medieval origin and was rebuilt from its medieval foundations in 1540 and 1792, in the latter instance according to a design by Jesse Gibson. The church was demolished in 1907.
In a previous posting discussing the English roots of James Whitlock (1651-1716), the Virginia immigrant, I talked about the power of attorney that James’s cousin Anthony Whitlock of Lambeth, Surrey, England, gave in London on 12 July 1680 to empower James to settle the Virginia estate of Anthony’s uncle Thomas Whitlock (1615-1659), who died in (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia, in 1659. I noted that this power of attorney was accompanied by supporting affidavits given in London on the same date by Anthony’s aunt Johanna Whitlock Harris of Finchley, Co. Middlesex, and James’s uncle Reverend John Whitlock of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.
Or, Subtitled: Glimpsing Tidewater Virginia Immigrants in the 17th Century and Their English Roots
As the previous posting states, we first catch sight of the immigrant James Whitlock (1651-1716) in Virginia records in a 12 July 1680 power of attorney filed in an (Old) Rappahannock County will book, a power of attorney given by James’s cousin in England, Anthony Whitlock (born 1657), to empower James to act on behalf of the estate of Anthony’s uncle Thomas Whitlock (1615-1659), who had died in (Old) Rappahannock County in 1659.[1] Anthony Whitlock’s power of attorney, given in London with affidavits supporting it from James’s uncle John Whitlock (1625-1708) and Anthony’s aunt Johanna Whitlock Harris (1617-1684), states (as do the supporting affidavits) that James Whitlock was Anthony’s kinsman and was a Virginia planter.
Or, Subtitled: In Which We Connect James Whitlock, Virginia Immigrant, to His English Roots
My American ancestral roots run largely back to colonial Virginia and are largely English. I have a sprinkling of colonial immigrant ancestors who came to Maryland, the middle colonies, and the Carolinas. But the bulk of my colonial ancestors were English folks who came to Virginia in the 1600s. And the Whitlock line is one of my rare ancestral lines in which I can pinpoint this family’s place of origin in England — and trace it back with confidence into the 1400s (and, in the case of families married into the Whitlock line such as the de la Beches, to the 1100s).
Or, Subtitled: “My two Mares Called Snip & Jude”
This posting is a continuation of two previous ones (here and here) discussing the first six children of Charles and Esther Whitlock of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Stokes County, North Carolina, who were Agnes (Dodson), Alexander, William, James, Thomas, and Mary (Pruett). This posting discusses the last two children in the family, Charles and John Whitlock.
Or, Subtitled: “A plain English education such as reading, writing, and arithmetic”
This posting is a continuation of a previous one that provided information about the first three children of Charles and Esther Whitlock of Albemarle County, Virginia, and Stokes County, North Carolina — Agnes (Dodson), Alexander, and William Whitlock. This post focuses on the next three children in Charles and Esther’s family — James, Thomas, and Mary Whitlock.
Begats and Bequeathals 
