Unknown (Beck) Whitener (abt. 1710 - bef. 1787)

Wife of Michael (Weidner) Whitener — married about 1748 in Pennsylvania [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 1787 before about age 77 in Lincoln County, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Unknown (Beck) Whitener's birth year is unknown. She and Michael Weidner married circa 1748 presumably in Pennsylvania. She died before Michael Whitener's second marriage in 1787. Nothing is known about her except a statement by Colonel George Monroe Yoder: "Michael Whitener came to the South Fork Valley about the year 1766 or thereabouts. He came from Pennsylvania with his four children: Benja­min, Philip, Daniel, and Plantena. His wife’s maiden name was Beck." Colonel Yoder was born 23 August 1826, thirty-seven years after Miss Beck's proposed death.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Colonel George M. Yoder, "A Condensed History of the Early Settlers of Catawba County," undated manuscript at the Catawba County Public Library web site http://www.catawbacountync.gov/library/gen/Yoder--Condensed%20History%20of%20Cat%20Co.htm.

• Anne Williams McAllister, Heinrich Weidner 1717-1792 and Catherina Mull Weidner 1733-1804: Through Four Generations] With Important Contributions From Gracie Seitz Cook, Dr. Joy E. Whitner, and Kathy Gunter Sullivan (Privately printed, 1992), vol. I: 841, 878; citing Colonel George Monroe Yoder.
• Find A Grave proposed burial site for Miss Beck, maiden name unknown, wife of Michael Weidner.