Born in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island
Ancestors 
Daughter of Samuel Whitman
and Margaret (Gorton) Whitman
Sister of
Samuel Wightman, Benjamin (Whitman) Wightman, Penelope (Whitman) Spencer, George (Whitman) Wightman, Freelove (Whitman) Andrews, Diana (Whitman) Arnold and Asa (Whitman) Wightman
Wife of
Benoni Andrews Jr.
— married
14 Jun 1758 in Kent County, Rhode Island
Descendants 
Died after
after age 61
in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island
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Biography
Margaret Whitman was born August 22, 1738. She was the daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Gorton) Whitman. [1] [2] [3]
Margaret married Benoni Andrews on June 14, 1758.
- Andrews, Benoni, Jr., of East Greenwich, and Margaret Whitman, of Warwick; m. by Thomas Shippee, June 14, 1758. [4]
They settled in East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island. Their children were Samuel Andrews who married Waity Briggs; Sarah who married Joseph Card; Silas Andrews who married Anna Gorton; and Eleanor Andrews who married James Jerrauld. [5]
Benoni and his wife were in Warwick, Rhode Island in 1800. [6]
The date of Margaret's death is unknown. She is buried in the Joseph Card Lot, East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, previously known as the John J. Spencer farm. [7]
Sources
- ↑ Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899; Vol 01: Kent County; Births, Marriages, Deaths; page 216; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
- ↑ Gorton, Adelos, The life and times of Samuel Gorton : the founders and the founding of the Republic : a section of early United States history and a history of the colony of Providence and Rhode Island plantations in the Narragansett Indian country now the state of Rhode Island, 1592-1636-1677-1687 : with a genealogy of Samuel Gorton's descendants to the present time. Philadelphia: unknown, 1907.
- ↑ George Wightman of Quidnessett, R I , 1632-1721/2, and descendants : Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, [Third Generation, page 39; Birth given: 27 Aug 1738]; online source: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
- ↑ Rhode Island, Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 for Margaret Whitman; Vol. 01: Kent County: Births, Marriages, Deaths; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
- ↑ George Wightman of Quidnessett, R I , 1632-1721/2, and descendants : Waitman, Weightman, Whiteman, [Third Generation, page 39.]; online source: Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000; online database, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT.
- ↑ U. S. Federal Census: 1800, Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island.
- ↑ Find A Grave Memorial# 67544976; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=67544976
- Arnold, James. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850 (Narragansett Historical Pub. Co., Providence, R.I., 1891) Vol. I Kent County, Page 216.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret:
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~0.78%
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~0.39%
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~0.39%
~6.25%
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~0.39%
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