John Whitefield

Male 1712 -


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  • Name John Whitefield 
    • Hypothetical parentage.
    Born ca 1712  Bideford(?), Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation mariner. 
    Occupation 1752-1763  Bideford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    merchant 
    Person ID I5328  Victoria Boutilier's Genealogy Pages
    Last Modified 10 Nov 2023 

    Father John Whitefield,   b. Abt 1675, Bideford(?) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1743, Northam, Devon, England, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Mother Patience Vernam,   b. 1676, Bideford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1759, Northam(?), Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 30 Mar 1704  Bideford St. Mary, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Patience Pincomb,   b. ca 1712 
    Married 16 Feb 1734  Bideford St. Mary, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • aka 1735
    Children 
     1. Patience Whitefield
     2. Mary Pincomb Whitefield,   b. 1754, Bideford, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 13 Aug 2023 
    Family ID F2041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Catalogue description North Devon Record Office: Account book
      This record is held by North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage Trust)

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      Reference: 1843A/PO 2
      Title: North Devon Record Office: Account book
      Description:

      Including list of apprentices and masters 1720-47; nominations of overseers 1720-60; account of annuities and rents belonging to parish poor c.1742; rates and disbursements
       

      List of Apprentices
      Thomas Hartnoll apprenticed to John Whitefield 1741
      [possibly this John; note there was a Rev. John Whitfield (no relation) rector of Bideford 1742-1783]

      Bideford Merchants trading with Newfoundland 1758 includes "Jno. Wheifield" Board of Trade Correspondence CO/194/8/14/16 GENUKI Devon citing National Archives

      "1754- Mary Pincomb, daughter of John Whitefield and Patience his wife ofBideford mariner, baptism 20 Dec
      RG4, piece -0515 Bideford Great Meeting Hall

      Keith Matthews Surname Files Memorial University of Newfoundland
      Wheitfield 1749 jun adm 7/86 John "DIANA" 70/1 gun bideford at barn - ?
      Whitfield 1749 dec lloydlist news diana viana from nfld
      Whitefield 1749 8 dec lloyd list diana appledore fm viana
      Whitfield 1750 jul lloyd list news diana nfld fm appledore
      Whitfield 1750 nov lloyd list news diana viana fm nfld

      Co-owner of "Diana" = Alexander Ley ?


      Reference: BBT/A1/b/Bundle 13
      Description: Joseph Pincombe, shipwright; counterpart, 1721/2
      John Wheitfield, merchant; counterpart, 1752
      John Wheitfield, merchant; counterpart, 1763
      Joseph Tucker, reversion of Wheitfield; counterpart, 1778
      Joseph Tucker, in reversion of Wheitfield; counterpart, 1785
      Joseph Tucker in reversion of Wheitfield; counterpart, 1795
      Related material:
      See also BBT/A1/b/Bundle 115
      Held by: North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage T


      Joseph Tucker of Northam shipwright m. 15 Apr 1771, Patience Wheitfeild spinster of Bideford at Northam. by license. wits Joseph Tucker and Jno. Wheitfeild. all parties sign.

      Apr 24 1773 Barnstaple Devon
      Joseph Tucker, mariner, of Northam and Elizabeth Wheitfeild 24 Apr 1773

      (some online family trees have Patience dying in 1772 and Joseph Tucker marrying his deceased wife's sister. This would have been illegal "voidable" marriage by the way.
      Patience Tucker bap 18 Mar 1776 Appledore Independent Chapel, parents Joseph and Elizabeth.

      Joseph Tucker admon Northam 1802 Archdeaconry of Barnstaple