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“And because you Gentiles have become His children, God has sent the Spirit of His son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father. And since you are His child, evcerything He has belongs to you.” (Galatians 4:6) Yesterday my sister, Ellen, who is visiting from Ohio, shared with me our genealogy, which she has been working on for years. This is what it looks like on my father’s side:
| Prince Johias Whitaker | 1042-1066 | Hastings Sussix England | ||
| Edwinus Whitaker | 1059-1087 | Fru Lnu | 1052- | Generation England |
| Sir Simon Whitaker | 1080-1135 | DeKayly Lnu | 1080 | Lancashire England |
| Alanus Whitaker | 1133-1227 | Lancashire England | ||
| Sir Jordan Whitaker | 1200-1275 | Phillippi Astleymil | 1197-1240 | Generation England |
| Sir John Whitaker | 1240-1278 | Donia Pediham | 1252-1326 | Symonstone Hall Lancashire |
| Sir Roger DeWhitaker | 1285-1346 | Lady Pediham | 1287-1346 | High Acre Lancashire |
| Sir Richard DeSimon Whitaker | 1326-1380 | Cornwallis Quitacre | 1340-1380 | Simon Stone Lancashire |
| Sir Richard Thomas Whitaker | 1380-1434 | Margaret Wallingstott | 1384-1434 | Simon Stone Lancashire |
| Sir Thomas Whitaker | 1405-1448 | Lady Elizabeth Noel | 1410-1455 | Simon Stone Lancashire |
| Esquire Robert Whitaker | 1427-1531 | Lady Mary Greenwood | 1440-1530 | Huntingdonshire England |
| Sir Thomas Cromwell Whitaker | 1447-1529 | Johanna Prichard | 1458-1518 | Cambridgeshire England |
| Sir Richard Thomas Whitaker | 1480-1540 | Margaret Wellascots | 1480-1545 | Burnley Lancashire England |
| Sir Thomas Laurence Whitaker | 1528-1582 | Lady Joan Wellascott | 1529-1549 | Lancashire England |
| Sir Henry Whitaker | 1550-1589 | Mary Northwood | 1553-1589 | Lancashire England |
| Abraham Whitaker | 1590-1674 | Mary Bridge | 1606-1683 | Haverhill Massachusetts |
| Abraham Whitaker | 1626-1701 | Elizabeth Simmons | 1635-1683 | Haverhill Massachusetts |
| Capt. Edward Whitaker | 1640-1695 | Johanna Wakeman | 1634-1695 | at sea/ Connecticut |
| Capt. Edward Whitaker | 1673-1745 | Hillitje Burhans | 1676-1745 | Kingston New York |
| Capt. Edward Whitaker | 1725-1780 | Jacoba Hardenbergh | 1704-1790 | Kingston New York |
| Abraham Whitaker | 1760-1819 | Catharina Bekker | 1780-1819 | Saugerties New York |
| Christian Whitaker | 1787-1881 | Partherina Boyd | 1789-1883 | Johnsburg New York |
| James Henry Whitaker | 1816-1909 | Sally Sheffield | 1824-1880 | Johnsburg New York |
| John Boyd Whitaker | 1850-1934 | Eliza Melissa Richardson 1857-1955 | North Creek New York | |
| James Henry Whitaker | 1884-1959 | Edna Luella Scudder | 1889-1986 | Coxsackie New York |
| Loren James Whitaker | 1916-1976 | Bessie Irene Marriott | 1917-1997 | Coxsackie New York |
While I am thrilled to see my heritage, it is far more important to me to know that I am God’s child. Let me share this good news with you readers. By your coming to Jesus as your Savior, you are a God’s kid, once and forever, and there is no better family than the family of God.
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