Daniel Whitehead (abt. 1646 - abt. 1704)

Born about 1646 in Heemstede, Lange Eylandt, Nieuw-Nederland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Stevenson) Whitehead — married about 1672 in New Town, Queens, New York

Descendants

Died about 1704 at about age 58 in Jamaica, Queens, Province of New York

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Biography

If Daniel Whitehead, son of Daniel, was born around 1646, then he was likely born in Heemstede, Nieuw-Nederland (now known as Hempstead, New York), where his father was among the original proprietors, and remained until late in 1656.^[1]

The following is sourced from Genealogies of Long Island Families, Vol. II, Daniel Whitehead and Some of His Descendants, Page 672

Major Daniel Whitehead was married to Abigail Stephenson. ^[2] and settled in Jamaica, of which town he was one of the patentees. According to local historians he was a man of enterprise and wealth. Politically he was a Jacobite. The ancient records show that he was a magistrate, a member of the committee of safety, a representative in the Colonial Assembly and a trustee of the parish church. His will, dated November 13, 1703, and proved October 30, 1704, disposes of land in Jamaica, Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Flushing, Orange County and Suffolk County, all in the Colony of New York.

In the list of grievances enumerated in the historic anonymous pamphlet published in New York and republished in London in 1700, attacking Leysler's administration, the following appears :

"On the 13th of January this usurper Leysler, sends under the command of Lieut. Churchill twenty soldiers over to Long Island, the next day they come to Jamaica, where they in a violent manner by force of arms broke open the house of Mr. Daniel Whitehead, one of his Majesties' Justices of the Peace appointed by our Governor Sir Edward Andros, and being entered into the house they in like manner aforesaid broke open several chests and boxes, but found not what they looked for and so returned the next day without doing any more mischief as we yet hear of."

On May 19th following, Stephen Van Cortlandt, Mayor of New York, in writing to Sir Edward Andres an account of the progress of the Leysler revolution mentions the fact that he, with Captain Jackson, Daniel Whitehead and several others had been obliged to "flye from their homes to escape imprisonment at the hands of Leisler."

Daniel was born in England, the eldest child.

On 30 May 1666 Thomas Stevens of Southhampton sold to Daniel Whitehead Jr. of Mashpeage Kells lands, houses, and upland, that formerly belonged to his father Thomas Stevens. The land lay in Mashpeage Kell, between Loras Peterson and Peter Forman. On 20 April 1667 Daniel Whitehead Jr. sold it to Loras Peterson.

On 10 November 1668 he was mentioned as son in the will of Daniel Whitehead of Newtown, to receive five shillings, in consideration of what he already had received. Major Daniel Whitehead was a patentee of Jamaica, Long Island.

In 1678 Daniel Whitehead Jr was an overseer of the will of John Skidmore (Thomas1) or Jamaica, and he maintained an interest in Skidmore's orphaned children until they reached adulthood. On 9 July 1679 Joseph Smith Sr. and Daniel Whitehead were made overseers of the will of John Skidmore of Jamaica, Long Island.

On 9 August 1679 Daniel Whitehead and William Creed, of Jamaica, sold to Thomas Morrell & John Haytor "meadow in front of a little island going on to a certain island called the Hawtrees." Witnesses: John Hart and Richard Eedes.

Daniel was the Captain of a military company, and acquired the title of Major by regular promotion. On 16 September 1685 he was commissioned to be ranger-general on Long Island.

On 9 March 1685/86 "John Scidmore" gave receipt to Mr. [Daniel] Whitehead, being then of Fresh Pond in Huntington and of age, for his interest in his father's estate. John, eldest son of John, apparently lived with Daniel Whitehead for a time, then with his grandfather Thomas in Fairfield. After his grandfather's death, he lived at Huntington with his brothers, who presumably lived with their uncle Thomas there.

On 15 February 1689 Jacob Leisler, the usurping governor of New York, issued a warrent to arrest Thomas Dougan, Col. Thomas Willett, Capt. Thomas Hicks, Daniel Whitehead and Edward Antill, Esq., and to bring them before the Council. Daniel represented Jamaica in the Colonial Assembly from 1691 until his death in 1704.

On 10 June 1691 Richard Cornell Sr. & Daniel Whitehead were executors of the estate of Henry Linington of Hempstead.

On 2 November 1691 Daniel Whitehead, Thomas Willett and Andrew Gibb Sr. witnessed the will of George Woolsey of Jamaica.

In 1694 Daniel Whitehead confirmed a deed made by his father Daniel, decd. Witnesses: John Harison & James Roscue.

In April 1699 a deed was recorded in Jamaica wherein Daniel Whitehead deeded a farm in the town of Hemptead to Jacob Doughty and his wife Amy. Jacob and Amy (Whitehead) Doughty were Quakers. They lived at Cowneck.

In 1703 Daniel Whitehead devised land "now in possession of my brother David" and devised to Catharine, daughter of brother David, "Two cows to be delivered two years after my decease, if she be then 18 years old."

Last Will & Testament

Date: 13 NOV 1703

Place: Jamaica, Queens, New York

Type: Will Proved

Date: 30 OCT 1704

Place: Jamaica, Queens, New York

In the name of God, Amen. I, Daniel Whitehead, of Jamaica, in Queens County on the Island of Nassau in the Province of New York in America, being sick and weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory...

I leave to my son, Jonathan Whitehead, besides what I have formerly given him by deed, all my lands, tenements, and appurtenances in Jamaica, between the mill and Wellins path, lying westward of the mill, to John Okeys (Oakley?) land, and southwest so far as my land runs. And also all my land on Cow neck in the Town of Hempstead. And all that my 1/4 part of the mill standing on Gildersleve Creek, in said neck. And also all my meadow on the Old Town neck, in Jamaica, except that meadow I purchased of Mr. Anthony Waters, deceased, with all the hereditaments, To him my son Jonathan and his heirs, and in default of issue, then to my son Thomas Whitehead and his heirs.

I also give to my son Jonathan, my negro man Joe.

I leave to my loving wife, Abigail, my dwelling house I now live in, with the land adjoining, bounded on the south by the road to the ferry, on the west by Thomas Smith, north by Anthony Waters, And so much of my meadow as she shall have occasion for, during her life, and after her decease to my son Thomas and his heirs, and in default of such, then to my son Jonathan. I leave to my wife, my negro woman Mary, for life, and then to my daughter Deborah, wife of Thomas Hicks.

I leave also to my son Thomas, all that my lot of land lying in the town of Jamaica, by the land of Colonel Henry Filkin; Also all my land on Stewards neck and Quarelsome neck, in Jamaica; Also the lot of land Thomas Chambers now lives on, and my other three lots of land lying by the same, within the bounds of the Township of Flushing; Also all that my lot of land lying as well within as without the Long neck fence in Jamaica; As also all my meadow in Long neck, And all my land and meadow in Hewtree neck, in the bounds of Jamaica, with all the privileges, etc., And also my Indian boy named Cupid.

I leave to my grand son, Whitehead Hicks, the second son of my son in law, Thomas Hicks, the husband of my daughter Deborah, all that my land and meadow lying and being within the bounds and Township of Flushing, except the four 20 acre lots given to my son Thomas, To him and his heirs, and in default of such heirs, then to my daughter Deborah and her heirs.

I leave to my son in law, Anthony Waters, the present husband of my daughter Elizabeth, all that land now in the possession of my Brother David^[3]

Whitehead, lying on the east side of the Plain run, joining to Hempstead bounds, That is to say, after the death of my said brother; And also all that my meadow lying in Old Town neck in Jamaica, which I bought of his father, Mr. Anthony Waters, Deceased; And also all that my lot of land on the Hills in Jamaica, which was formerly Joseph Thurston, deceased, To him and his heirs.

I leave to my daughter Mary, Widow of Thomas Burroughs, all my land at a place called Quaspack, in Orange County, up Hudson river, with all the privileges, during her life, and then to her daughter, Mary Burroughs, and to her heirs.

I leave to my son in law, Jacob Doughty, the husband of my daughter Amy, £50.

I leave to my wife Abigail, one third of all goods and chattels and the rest to my children above mentioned and to Mercy, wife of Thomas Betts.

I leave to my friend, John Hubbard, all that my 1/3 of meadow lying at Oldfields Island, which I bought with my brother, Thomas Oakley, and John Bayley, with all the rights thereto belonging, during the time of his continuance in the work of the ministry in this town of Jamaica, and if he continue in the ministry here till his death, then to his heirs, but if not then to my son Jonathan.

I give to the town of Jamaica the sum of £20, towards the maintenance of a Grammar School, for the education of youths within the said town; to be paid in three years after my decease, if there be such a school erected in said town. If not, then it is to be put at interest for three years longer, but if the school is not then established, then to go to my heirs.

I leave to my Brother David Whitehead, £20.

To Jonathan, son of Jonathan Stevenson, of Norwalk, Connecticut, deceased, £20.

I give the £30 which is due to me from the estate of my son in law, Daniel Denton, unto his children, and to Gabriel Lassee, "begotten upon the body of Deborah Lassee, the present wife of Gabriel Lassee;" viz., to Daniel Denton, Abigail Denton and Deborah Denton, and to Abigail and Mary Stebbins daughters of Benjamin and Abigail Stebbins, my son and daughter in law.

I leave to Catherine, daughter of my Brother David Whitehead, two cows.

All the rest of my lands, whether in Queens County or in Nissequogue [Smithtown] in Suffolk County, or elsewhere, are to be sold by my executors.

I appoint my wife and son Jonathan executors, and I leave to my loving friends, Thomas Stevenson and Lieutenant Thomas Smith, each £5, and make them overseers.

Dated November 13, 1703. Witnesses, Andrew Gibb, J. Lenoir, S. Clowes.

Codicil.

I also give to my daughter Mary, widow of Thomas Burroughs, all that my certain lot of land in Jamaica town, next to the house and lot of Colonel Filkin, containing 2 acres, to her and her heirs and assigns.

I also give to my daughter Amy, wife of Jacob Doughty, all that my certain house and lot in Jamaica now in tenure of Samuel Reisow. I leave to Mercy, wife of Thomas Betts, £50.

Dated December 9, 1703. Witnesses, John Freeman, S. Clowes, David Waters. Proved in Jamaica, October 30, 1704.

[NOTE.--The land at Quaspeck is now Rockland Lake in Rockland County. Mary Burroughs married Brinley Sylvester.--W. S. P.]^[4]

Marriage

Husband: Daniel Whitehead

Wife: Abigail Stevenson

Date: ABT 1672

Place: New Town, Queens, New York^[5]

Source

Page 119 The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 13-14 (1882)

Husband: Daniel Whitehead

Wife: Abigail Carman

Marriage:

Place: Jamaica, Queens, New York^[6]

Note: Abagail Carman was the widow of Benjamin Coe and the second wife of Daniel Whitehead. "Robert Coe, Puritan" reports a sale of land by Daniel Whitehead and his wife Abigail late in their lives; this land had previously passed to Benjamin Coe and his wife Abigail.^{[7] [8]}

Daniel Whitehead Jr was born about 1646, the son of Daniel Whitehead and his first wife in New Netherland.^{[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]}

About 1672, he married Abigail (Stevenson) Denton^[15]. She was the daughter of the daughter of Thomas Stevenson and Maria Bullock, or the daughter of Edward and Ann Stevenson. Some sources indicate she divorced Daniel Denton^{[13] [14]}, and other sources indicate Daniel Denton's first wife was another daughter^{[10] [16]}. The known children of Daniel and Abigail (Stevenson) Whitehead included:

1. jonathan^[12], born 1672, who married Sarah Field and died in 1739^{[10] [14] [17]}
2. Thomas^{[12] [14]}, who married Jane Creed, and who died in 1732^{[10] [17]}
3. Deborah^[14], born 1675 who married Thomas Hicks, and who died in 1712^{[12] [10] [17]}
4. Elizabeth^[14], who married Antony Waters Jr^{[12] [10] [17]}
5. Mary^[14], who married John Taylor, and then married Thomas Burroughs^{[12] [10] [17]}
6. Amy^[14], who married Jacob^[12] or Joseph Doughty^{[10] [17]}
7. Mercy^[14], who married Thomas Betts^[12] about 1683, and then married Capt Joseph Sackett in 1711^{[10] [17]}
8. Abigail^[14], who married Benjamin Stebbings^[10]

According to one source, Abigiail Stevenson died before 1701, when Daniel Whitead married Abigail (Carman) Coe, daughter of John and Florence Carman and widow of Benjamin Coe^{[18] [16]}. No other source noted here confirms this information. Either way, there is no record of further children.

Daniel Whitehead Jr was a member of the NY Assembly, a Major of the colonial troops, and Justice of the Peace^[14][12]

He died In Jamaica, NY on October 30, 1704^{[12] [10] [14]}

Will: 13 Nov 1703 -- Codicil: 9 Dec 1703 -- Probate: 30 Oct 1704, Jamaica, Queens Co., NY: “I, Daniel Whitehead, of Jamaica, in Queens County” Wife: Abigail. Names sons: Jonathan; Thomas; Daughters: Deborah, wife of Thomas Hicks; Elizabeth and her “present husband” Anthony Waters Jr.; Mary, widow of Thomas Burroughs; Amy, wife of Jacob Doughty; Mercy, wife of Thomas Betts; Abigail, wife of Benjamin Stebbins (“to Abigail and Mary Stebbins daughters of Benjamin and Abigail Stebbins, my son and daughter-in-law”) -- Brother: David whose daughter Catherine remembered in will -- Executors: wife Abigail and son Jonathan -- Witnesses: John Freeman, S. Clowes, David Waters.^[19]

He was buried in Grave Episcopal Churchyard, Jamaica, Queens, New York.^[20]

Sources

1. ↑ Macy, Harry, Jr. "The Family Of Daniel Whitehead: A Century And A Half Of Fact And Fiction." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 2000; FindMyPast, 131:4:264; citing George D. A. Combes, "Fifty Original Proprietors of Hempstead," The Nassau County Historical Society Journal 29:2 (Summer-Fall 1969) 24-37, at 32, 34; Documents Relative to the Colonial the State York, vol. 14, ed. Berthold Femow [1883], pp. 363.
2. ↑ There is considerable doubt as to whether Abigail was the daughter of Thomas or Edward Stevenson.
3. ↑ Some online transcriptions of this will erroneously give replace "brother David" with "brother Daniel," which obviously makes no sense. The copy in modern will book 7 gives "brother David.
4. ↑ Last will and testament of Daniel Whitehead, ex. 13 9ber, 1703, cod. 9 December 1703, pr. 30 October 1704. New York County Wills, 7:176-80. "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (28 May 2014), New York > Wills 1702-1704 vol 7 > images 146-51 of 374; county courthouses, New York.
5. ↑ Source: #S951 Page: p. 808
6. ↑ Source: #S951 Page: p. 808
7. ↑ Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett, 1911. Page 83.Archive.org
8. ↑ Bartlett, J. Gardner. Robert Coe, Puritan, his ancestors and descendants, 1340-1910 : with notices of other Coe families. Boston: Bartlett, 1911. Page 83.Robert Coe, Puritan
9. ↑ The Early History of Hempstead, LI by Charles B. Moore, published in Volume 10, page 14 of The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, January, 1879 (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
10. ↑ ^{10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10} Daniel Whitehead and Some of His Descendants, by CB Curtis, published in Volume 33, page 101 of the The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, April, 1092. (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.)
11. ↑ One Branch of the Miner Family: With Extensive Notes on the Wood, Lounsberry, Rogers, and Fifty Other Allied Families of Conn., and Long Island by Selleck, Lillian Lounsberry, (New Haven: Donald Lines Jacobus, 1928), see page 189 for Daniel Whitehead
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9} Ancestors of Henry Rogers Winthrop and His Wife Alice Woodward Babcock, by Frost, Josephine C., ([New York?], 1927) , see page 467 for Abigail Stevenson, and page 551 for Daniel Whitehead
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Clues to the Origins of Washbourne, Willets Whitehead, Williams Families of Hempstead, LI and Nicholls Family of Stratford Connecticut, by John G Hunt, published in Volume 36, pages 62-64 of The American Genealogist. New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-. (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 - .)
14. ↑ ^{14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11} Genealogy of the Cornell Family, by Cornell, Rev. John, (New York: T. A. Wright, 1902), page 377
15. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 3, page 1654 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states: WHITEHEAD, Daniel (1647-1704) & 1/wf? Abigail (STEVENSON) [DENTON], former wf Daniel; 1672?; Jamaica, LI/Newtown, LI {Hale (1952) 681; NYGBR 13:119, 33:102; TAG 36:64; Austin: GDRI 398; Winthrop-Babcock 467, 501; Barton (1920) 187, 190; Cornell 571; Stevenson 14, 72, 132, Coe 89, Sackett 21, Strong 146, Skidmore 266, Fulton Anc 285-6
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Robert Coe, Puritan: His Ancestors and Descendants, 1340 to 1910, with Notices of Other Coe Families by Bartlett, J. Gardner, (Boston: privately printed, 1911), see page 83
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6} Thomas Stevenson of London, England, and His Descendants, by Stevenson, John R., (Flemington, N.J.: H. E. Deats, [1902]), see page 14 for Elizabeth, page 70 for Jonathan, and page 132 for Abigail, Daniel and their children
18. ↑ Torrey's New England Marriages to 1700 Volume 3, page 1654 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008.) Originally published as: New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2015, which states: WHITEHEAD, Daniel (?1647-) & 2/wf? Abigail (CARMAN) [COE] (-1717?), w Benjamin; by 1701; Jamaica, LI {Winthrop-Babcock; Coe 83}
19. ↑ NY Will Abstracts
20. ↑ Find A Grave, Find A Grave Memorial for Daniel Whitehead # 109668589. Created by g c. Record added April 28, 2013. Find A Grave: Memorial #109668589

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