Jonathan Whilden (abt. 1689 - bef. 1736)

Born about 1689 in Danvers, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Dubose) Whilden — married about 1721 in Province of South Carolina

Descendants

Died before 21 Mar 1736 before about age 47 in Christ Church Parish, Province of South Carolina

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Biography

Jonathan was born about 1687 (probably in Falmouth [Why?]), based on his age of 7 when he was baptized in Salem, Massachusetts 27 Jan 1694/5.^[1]

Jonathan Whilden with his brother, John, and father, John, were among a group of approximately 52 New England Congregationalists who arrived at See Wee Bay, South Carolina after being rescued from a shipwreck at Cape Fear, North Carolina by Governor Archibald of South Carolina. They settled Christ Church Parish and founded the Wappetaw Congregational Church near Awendaw, South Carollina. His estate in the will was valued at 3,337 pounds.

He married about 1720 Elizabeth DuBose, b in St. James Santee Parish, Craven Co., South Carolina, 1691, d. Christ Church Parish 1736, dau of Isaac and Suzanne (Coullindeau) Dubose.

He died in Christ Church Parish, South Carolina between 26 July 1736 (when he wrote his will) and 24 Jan 1736/7 (when it was probated).^[2]

He is said by some to be buried in See Wee, SC in an unmarked grave at Old Wappetaw Independent Congregational Church Cemetery in Awendaw, Charleston County, South Carolina.^[3]

Children

All born Christ Church Parish, South Carolina.^[4]

1. Joseph, b 20 Dec 1724
2. Elizabeth, 20 Mar 1726
3. Elisha, b 30 Dec 1729
4. Susannah, b 21 Dec 1733
5. Mary, b. 5 Oct 1736

His will names an additional son Jonathan.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Capers W. McDonald, "Whelden/Whilden Family from Falmouth, Maine, to Salem, Massachusetts, to Sewee Bay, South Carolina, 1690-1696," in NEHGR 168(2014):191
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Will of Jonathan Whelden "South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-J69R-FF?cc=1919417&wc=M6N4-8WL%3A210905601%2C211382401 : 21 May 2014), Charleston > Wills, 1731-1740, Vol. 004 > image 18 of 347; citing Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #83309917 Coordinates are: 32.92764929894385, -79.71639289599341 There is no proof he is buried in this cemetery other than based on the knowledge his family was involved in its founding and some of his descendants are buried in it.
4. ↑ “The Register of Christ Church Parish (Continued).” The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine 18, no. 3 (1917): 127. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27569430.

See also:

• Dorothy Kelly MacDowell, DuBose Genealogy, (Columbia, SC: RL Bryan Co., 1972), 2:403.
• Leola W. Konopa, "The Isaac DuBose Family of South Carolina," Transactions of the Hugeunot Society of South Carolina, 77 (1972):46-47