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William
Whitaker, D.D. (1548-1595), Master of St. John's College, Cambridge
University, England, in 1587, father of seven children, six by
his 1st wife, Miss Culverwell, including:
Alexander
Whitaker,
known as "the Apostle of Virginia," who came to Virginia
in 1611, had a parish in Henrico Co., converted Pocohantas and
performed her wedding. Drowned in the James River, 1615, unmarried,
no issue.
& one
son by his 2nd wife Joan (widow of Dudley Taylor), Jabez Whitaker,
born posthumously 6 Dec 1695, Lambeth, who came to James City,
VA, in 1619. Married Lady Mary Bourchier, daughter of Sir John
Bourchier of The Virginia Company of London.
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