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Phebe (Willis) Whitson (1745 - 1801)

Phebe Whitson [uncertain] formerly Willis
Born in Westbury, Queens County, New Yorkmap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 5 Mar 1766 in Westbury, Long Islandmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , , , and
Died at age 56 in Union County, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Phebe was a Friend (Quaker)

Phoebe Willis was born on May 25, 1745 in Westbury, Queens County, New York to Silas Willis and Ann (Pearsall) Willis.[1][2] On March 5, 1766 in Westbury, Queens County, Phebe Willis, daughter of Silas Willis, married Solomon Whitson.[3] Around 1761 they moved from Bethpage [New York] to Buckingham, Pennsylvania.[4] Phebe Whitson and her family moved to Union County, South Carolina, by 1789, joining the new Cane Creek Monthly Meeting of Quaker Friends.[5] Husband Solomon died in 1798 in Union County, and Phebe was appointed a co-executor in his will.[6] Phebe (Willis) Whitson died on June 13, 1801 in Union County, South Carolina.[7] She is buried with husband Solomon and son David in Lick Branch Cemetery, Hendricks County, Indiana.

Solomon named Phebe and their following children as legatees in his will:[6]

  1. Ann
  2. David
  3. Mary
  4. Willis
  5. Jordan
  6. Samuel
  7. Solomon
  8. John

Sources

  1. ↑ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (quarterly-1886) - Extracts. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society; 1886, p 218.
  2. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991, Vol. III, p 474.
  3. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991, Vol. III, p 466.
  4. ↑ Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. Long Island, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1895, p 321. online: https://archive.org/stream/longislandgeneal00bunk#page/321/mode/1up
  5. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994, Vol. I with supplement, p. 1053.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 South Carolina Will Transcripts, 1782 - 1868. Columbia, SC: South Carolina Dept of Archives and History, 1978, p 85, SC Archives Microcopy Number 9.
  7. ↑ Haverford, Quaker Meeting Records. Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania: From The Records of Cane Creek Monthly Meeting, Union County, South Carolina, From 1789 to 1806. p 53.




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