From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
John, born December 1, 1729, married, August 13, 1755, Nancy Sanderson;
Birth year may be 1729 or 1730. Gravestone gives date of birth as 1730. Buried at Pequea Pres. CY, Whitehorse, PA.
Was a lawyer & congressman, and soldier of the Revolution.
From the Wikipedia:
John Whitehill (December 11, 1729 – September 16, 1815) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. John Whitehill (father of James Whitehill and brother of Robert Whitehill) was born in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Lancaster County. He was appointed justice of the peace and justice of the orphans’ court of Lancaster County in 1777. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1780-1782 and 1793. He served as a member of the council of censors in 1783, and was a delegate to the supreme executive council in 1784. He was a member of the State ratification convention in 1787. He served as associate judge of Lancaster County in 1791. Whitehill was elected as a Republican to the Eighth and Ninth Congresses. He died in Salisbury Township. Interment in Pequea Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
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