Family D:
Samuel Whitenack sailed from Amsterdam to New Amsterdam, New York in 1736. There were no records of him in Adelshofen, Baden. He is reported to have had a son Benjamin and a daughter. They lived in Virginia. From Wingfield's Works - Marriage Bonds of Franklin County, Virginia 1786-1858: Benjamin Whitenight and Martha Wimmer married July 17, 1794. Benjamin had a son John who moved to Mt. Vernon, Indiana when he was 21 and he married Lucy Kindrey. Their issue: John, Will, Martin (Reverend) who moved to Illinois and Okla. and had a son John who had 10 boys and 4 girls. Rev. John Whitenack who has a church at Beaverton, 10 miles from Portland, Oregon is descended from this line.
Another marriage record of Virginia: Wm. Whitneck and Bidzy Lambeth on Nov. 3, 1828.
There were no Whitenacks listed in Revolutionary War Soldiers of Virginia or in the census of 1790. However, Maryland listed:
John Whiteneck of Frederick Co. (3 males over 16, 1 male under 16, 2 females and 1 slave.) John Whiteneck voted in presidential election of 1796 (D-R) Frederick Co., Md. In studying Frederick Co., Md. I noted the following:
John Whiteneck (senior) will proved in 1776)
In a re-survey of property in Frederick county, Md. John Whiteneck, Jr. owned 22 1/2 acres called "Pardner's Alley" in 1786, in 1785 he had 16 acres at "Stoney Point". In 1798 he owned 177 1/2 acres called "Hard Climbing" and also had 4 3/4 acres called "Road in the Middle" and 14 1/2 acres at "Whiteneck's Alley".
Since the boundary lines of Virginia, Pennsylvania and Maryland were not settled for some years. Parts of Frederick Co., Maryland were settled in 1733 by Germans from Pennsylvania. Parts of southern Pennsylvania (Greene, Washington and Fayette) were supposed to be within the boundary of Virginia. Part of Maryland was in what is now York county, Pa. but settlers paid taxes to Maryland.The John Whiteneck who settled in Frederick county, Md. before 1776 could be the son of Johannas Weidknecht Somerset Co., N.J., deceased; the son of Martin Weidknecht of Pennsylvania; or the son of Samuel Whitenack above mentioned. One thing should be noted - the John Whiteneck of Maryland family spelled the name: Whiteneck instead of Whitenack.
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