Levi Whitteker (1786 - 1823)

Born 3 Oct 1786 in Princeton, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Died 1823 at about age 36 in Charleston, Kanawha, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Levi Whittaker, son of William Whittaker and Lydia Howe, was born in Princeton, Massachusetts on ct 3, 1786. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Princeton, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849 by Princeton, Mass.; Publisher Worcester, Mass., F. P. Rice; 1902. Page: 69

• History of Princeton Massachusetts

• Settlement of Will in 1826 and Sale of Property 1824

NOTE

Levi Whitteker somehow amassed many debts in his short life. He joined in the salt making business with his brother, William, and Isaac Noyes in about 1810. Whether these debts were from this business is doubtful as William does not seem to have been so affected.

There is a court case from 1816 where Levi sued one Bennett Crawford for assault and battery. Contained in these papers is an account of Crawford accosting Levi on the street with a large club, threatening him, and proceeding to beat him about the head and body with this club. Levi sued him for $5,000.00 and received $7.50 for his trouble. Whether this altercation was the result of some debt has been lost to the shadows of time.

Levi died about 1823; and his personal property was appraised and ordered to be auctioned, apparently to satisfy creditors. William Whitteker went to this auction with Levi's widow, Elizabeth, and helped her to buy back hers and her childrens' beds & bed clothing and kitchen utensils. One can only imagine how mortified she must have been at such a sad time, after loosing her husband at 37 years of age. It is not known what he died of.

William was later sued for his kindness, as they only paid about $15.00 to buy back articles which had been appraised at $55.00. Elizabeth and her two daughters, Maria and Salina, relied solely on her and Levi's son, William Wallace Whitteker, who was named after his uncle, for support. He too died on the 10th of July of 1843. His obituary from the Kanawha Republican Newspaper stated: "Died at Louisville, Kentucky Hotel on Saturday evening , Mr. William Wallace Whitteker, in the 28th year of his age. He was a native of this place, has left a widowed mother and two sisters, who has been almost entirely dependant upon him for support; to them the loss is irreparable. He was a young man of great industry, sterling and moral worth." What became of Elizabeth and Maria is not known.

LAND HOLDINGS:

Levi bought two lots in Charleston from his brother William, one in 1817; and, the other in 1818, probably to build houses on to sell, which seems to have been a side business for the Whittekers. He also bought in 1820, from William and his wife, Philena, 361 acres on the south side of the Elk River, Deed Book E, Page 459.