The Family of Joseph Whitsett, Rebecca Stewart and Mrs. Mary Lemasters of Kentucky and Indiana
The Family of Joseph Whitsett, Rebecca Stewart and Mrs. Mary Lemasters of Kentucky and Indiana |
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JOSEPH WHITSETT/WHITSITT |
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Joseph Whitsitt's surname in related documents is listed as Whitesides, Whitsides, Whitsett and Whitsitt typical of Whitsett and Whitsitt families of the pioneer period. Joseph married Rebecca Stewart in Kentucky and they had several children. Apparently, Rebecca was unfaithful to Joseph and bore two sons, both given the Whitsitt surname, by a man we cannot identify. This fact is substantiated by yDNA testing. Joseph and Rebecca were divorced and he left Kentucky for Indiana where he married a widow, Mrs. Mary Lemasters. Many of Joseph's descendants migrated to western Missouri. |
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| Name | 5. | WHITSITT, Joseph5 (Samuel4, Ralph3, William2, Samuel1) |
| Sex | Male | |
| Father: | 4. | WHITSETT, Samuel |
| Mother: | TITTLE, Margaret (Tuttle?) | |
| Spouses: |
1. STEWART, Rebecca, daughter of Ezekiel and Rachel Stewart, b. abt. 1775, d. 1825, Montgomery County, Kentucky. |
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| Birth: | Abt. 1773, probably in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania | |
| Death: | Feburary, 1824, Gibson County, Indiana | |
| Marriage: |
1. 1794 Dec 20, Clark Co., Kentucky, separated or divorced in 1803, Montgomery Co., KY |
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| Children: | Joseph Whitsitt and Rebecca Stewart probably had four children (because of the various spellings I have used Whitsitt for consistency) | |
| i. | WHITSITT, John W. b. abt. 1795 in Kentucky, d. 1849, Lafayette County, Missouri; married: (1) Unity Fielder, children, John, James S., Elizabeth J., Amos Horn, America Ann; (2) Martha Reed, 08 Sep 1835, Layfayette County, Mo., no children. | |
| ii. | WHITSITT, James Stewart, b. 1797 Oct 22, (Montgomery Co.), KY, d. 10 Nov 1860, Lafayette Co., Missouri; married Sidney Noland, 10 Nov 1814, Madison Co., Kentucky, 12 children: Nancy Anne (1820-?); Thomas N. (1823-?); Joseph Anderson (1826-1898); Martin D. ((1832-?); William H. (1834-?); Drucilla Candace (ca1836-ca1892); Fidilia Atlanta (ca1837-1869); Elizabeth (1839-ca1855); William (ca1841-?); Martha Jane (1842-?); Upton (1845-ca1866); James L. (1847-?). | |
| iii. | WHITSITT, Levi W., b. abt. 1800, (Montgomery Co.), KY, d. bef. 1860, Lafayette Co., Missour; married (1) Sally Strange, 05 Dec 1822, Montgomery Co., Ky., 13 children: James F. (1823-?); Eliza Ann (ca1827-1852 in Nevada); John Jackson (1827-?); Jeremiah (ca1830-?); Obediah (1834-1904); Angelina (1835-?); Marvin (1836-?); Frances (ca1837-?); Elizabeth A. (1839-?); Mary E. (1839-?); James Harvey (ca1840-?); Thomas J. (ca1848-1920); Isaac K. (dates of birth, death unknown). Married (2) Elizabeth Stone, 29 May 1850, Lafayette Co., Mo. one daughter Sarah (1852-1869). | |
| iv. | WHITSITT, Mary "Polly", b. 31 May 1802, Montgomery Co., KY, d. 12 Apr 1869, Lafayette Co., Mo., married Caleb Summers 05 July 1818 in Kentucky, 7 children: John (ca1823-?); Stewart (1827-after 1881); Cornelius (1834-1862); Isaac (ca1836-?); Juliann (ca1840-?); Louisa (ca1842-?); Dulcena Unity (1843-1844). | |
| Rebecca had two sons that were not the children of Joseph (confirmed by yDNA testing of descendants of Joseph and Isaac Whitsitt) | ||
| WHITSITT, Isaac, b. abt. 1804, Montgomery Co., KY; not a Whitsitt by blood (confirmed by yDNA testing), but, because this family carried the Whitsitt surname I think they should be included. | ||
| WHITSITT, Stewart, b. abt. 1805, Montgomery Co., KY (see the note above) | ||
| Joseph Whitsitt and Mary (Fielder) Lemasters had at least seven children | ||
| viii. | WHITSITT, Isaac Newton, b. 1803, Kentucky; d. 1842 Gibson County, Indiana; never married left no descendants | |
| ix. | WHITSITT, Samuel, b. 1806 Aug 31, Montgomery Co., KY; d. 1877 Jan 21, Gibson Co., IN | |
| x. | WHITSITT, Benjamin, b. abt. 1809, Montgomery Co., KY; d. 05 Dec 1858, Gibson Co., IN; m. Margaret Boswell 29 Sep 1831, Gibson Co., Indiana; at least three children: J.(Joseph?) F. Whitsitt (b. ca1832); Mary A. (b. ca1834); Cornelius (b. ca1836). | |
| xi. | WHITSITT, Joseph L., b abt. 1805, KY; d. April 1839, Gibson County, Indiana; left a widow, but apparently no children. |
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| xii. | WHITSITT, Margaret, b. abt. 1811, KY; mentioned in 1860 Sameul Whitsett letter to relatives in Missouri; on the 1860 Census Jefferson Co., IN | |
| xiii. | WHITSITT, Rachel, b. abt. 1814, KY; d. aft. 1850; m. Absolem Porter, 1827 Mar 22, Gibson Co., IN | |
| xiv. | WHITSITT, Melissa, b. abt. 1818, IN; m. Thomas Finney abt. 1835, Gibson Co., IN | |
| Notes: | 1791 | Tax list Burbon Co., KY (this is probably the Joseph Whitsett who married Mary Clifford in PA) |
| 1794 20 Dec |
Clark County, Kentucky marriage - Jos. Whiteside and Rebecca Stewart [1] | |
| 1800 22 Aug |
Montgomery Co., KY, tax list, Joseph Whitesides [2] | |
| 1803 April |
Joseph Whitesitt placed a notice in the Kentucky Gazette that his wife Rebecca had left him and he would not pay her bills.[3] | |
| 1803 06 May |
Montgomery Co., KY, Joseph Whitsitt apprenticed his sons James Whitsitt and Levi Whitsitt to Samuel Whitsitt until age 21 (in year 1818); Samuel to teach art of farming, lodge, feed and teach boys to "read and right", indenture recorded 10 Sept. 1803 in Montgomery County.[4] | |
| 1810 Aug |
Third U.S. Census, Harrison Co., KY lists Joseph Whiteside and household of seven males and six females; (I cannot be certain if this is Joseph Whitsitt of Montgomery Co., KY and Gibson Co., IN) Joseph Whiteside - males: 3 under 10; 3 age 26-44; 1 age 45 and above || females: 1 under 10; 2 age 10-15 (no adult females) [5] |
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| 1815 04 Sep |
Montgomery County, Kentucky, Indenture, heirs and legal representatives of Samuel Whitsett sell to Samuel Whitsett of the County of Montgomery and state of Kentucky, for $10.00, the land sold to Samuel Whitsett now dec'd, being the land deeded by John Treadway to Samuel Whitsett on 27 Aug. 1804, consisting of 22 1/2 acres; and the tract beginning at a stake corner of Henry Robson, adjacent John Summers, containing 32 acres that was deeded by Samuel Haden on 6 July 1810 to Samuel Whitsett.[6] The family of Samuel Whitsett, deceased: Samuel Whitsett (sold his father's land by the other heirs). John Whitsett and Lucy his wife William Whitsett and Patsey his wife Joseph Whitsett and Polly his wife James Whitsett and Betsy his wife Ralph Whitsett Joseph Bell and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Whitsett John Ramsey and Peggy his wife, the late Peggy Whitsett William Ramsey and Rachel his wife, the late Rachel Whitsett Patrick Wilson and Sally his wife, the late Sally Whitsett |
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| 1817 03 May |
Gibson County, Indiana, Joseph Whitesetts is issued a U.S. Bureau of Land certificate for land in Township 2 South, Range 10 West, Section 4.[7] | |
| 1820 07 Aug |
Forth U.S. Census, 1820, Gibson County, Indiana.[9] Pg. 233, Joseph Whitsitt - males: 3 under 10; 1 age 10 thru 15; 1 45 and over Pg. 234 Simeon Lemasters - males: 1 age 10 thru 15; 2 age 18-25 || females: 1 under 10; 1 age 16-25 James Whitsids - males: 1 age 18-25 || females: 1 age 10-16 Pg. 235 John Whitsett - males: 1 under 10; 1 16-25 || females: 1 under 10; 1 16-25 |
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| 1824 09 Feb |
Gibson County, Indiana, Joseph Whitsitt makes his will; he names his wife Mary, sons Samuel, Benjamin, Joseph, and Isaac Newton Whitsitt, and daughters Rachel Whitsitt, Margaret Whitsitt and Malissa Whitsitt as heirs.[8] | |
| 1824 14 Feb |
Gibson County, Indiana, Joseph Whitsitt's will is entered in probate court for administration.[8] | |
| 1825 28 Mar |
Gibson County, Indiana, the property granted Joseph Whiteside by the BLM in 1817 is relinquished by his heirs.[8] | |
| 1830 June |
1830 U.S. Census, Gibson County, Indiana, (pg. 144) lists the household of Mary Whitsitts, three males between 5-29, three females between 15-59 | |
| 1838 19 Oct |
Mary Whitsitt, widow of Joseph, bequeaths son Isaac Newton Whitsitt a bed and house, witnessed by Benjamin and Samuel Whitsitt. She dies that same evening.[10] | |
| 1839 16 Mar |
Estate of Joseph L. Whitsett, son of Joseph Whitsitt and Mary Lemasters, inventoried; rent paid on his house by his estate up to this date, indicating he had died about this time; his account with merchant A. Poland for groceries, etc. end on Mar. 6th 1839.[10] | |
| Sources: | 1. | Dodd, Jordan. Kentucky Marriages, 1802-1850, Ancestry.com [database on-line], Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1997. Original data: Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Kentucky. |
| 2 | G. Glenn Clift, "Second Census" of Kentucky, 1800, A privately compiled and published enumeration of tax payers appearing in the 79 manuscript volumes extant of tax ... 42 counties of Kentucky in existence in 1800, Paperback – January 1, 1966 (available through Amazon Books); pg. 317, Whiteside, Samuel, Montgomery County, Tax List Date 8/22/1800 (two listings); Whitesides, Joseph, Montgomery County, Date 8/22/1800. | |
| 3 | Karen Mauer Green, THE KENTUCKY GAZETTE 1801-1820, Genealogical and Historical Abstracts, In April, 1803 Joseph Whitesitt (sic) placed a notice in the Kentucky Gazette (published in Lexington) that his wife Rebecca had left him and he would not pay her bills. | |
| 4 | Montgomery Co., Ky. Deeds, film 252348, Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, Ky. (sent to me as handwritten note by Jane Buchanan, 114 Berwick Dr., Oak Ridge, TN, June 5, 1985); DB 2-529. | |
| 5 | Third Census of the U.S., 1810, Harrison County, Kentucky, Ancestry.com, [database on-line] Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., Roll: 6, pg 311 (stamped 312), 06 Aug 1810, Joseph Whiteside- males: 3-0-3-0-1 || females: 1-2-0-0-0 (no adult female; may be Joseph who was separated from Rebecca in 1803) | |
| 6 | Montgomery Co., Ky. Deeds, film 252348, Kentucky State Archives, Frankfort, Ky. DB 7-422, 4 Sept. 1815, Indenture, (sent to me as handwritten extract by Jane Buchanan, 114 Berwick Dr., Oak Ridge, TN, June 5, 1985). Indenture, between John Whitsett and Lucy his wife William Whitsett and Patsey his wife Joseph Whitsett and Polly his wife James Whitsett and Betsy his wife Ralph Whitsett Joseph Bell and Nancy his wife (late Nancy Whitsett) John Ramsey and Peggy his wife (late Peggy Whitsett) William Ramsey and Rachel his wife (late Rachel Whitsett) Patrick Wilson and Sally his wife (late Sally Whitsett) "Heirs and legal representatives of Samuel Whitsett of the one part and Samuel Whitsett of the County of Montgomery and state of Kentucky of the other part the above to sell Samuel Whitsett for $10.00 the land sold to Samuel Whitsett now dec'd being land deeded by John Treadway to Samuel Whitsett 27 Aug. 1804, 22 1/2 acres also another tract beginning at a stake corner of Henry Robson, adjacent John Summers, containing 32 acres; land deeded by Samuel Haden 6 July 1810 to Samuel Whitsett. |
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| 7 | Margaret R. Waters, Indiana Land Entries, Vincennes Dist., Part I, Vol. 2 (1807-1877), Gibson County, Indiana. |
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| 8 | Ancestry.com, Indiana, US, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999, Gibson Co, Probate Records, Box 94, File 7, 1821-1845; "February the 9th, 1824 I Joseph Whitsitt do make this my last will and testament me being in my perfect mind and sences I Joseph Whitsitt do will and bequeath unto my four Boys they being lawfull ayers [heirs] of mine they being Samuel Whitsitt also Benjamin Whitsitt and Joseph Whitsitt and Isaac N Whitsitt one quarter section of land it being the quarter section I now live on it is my will that my wife Marry Whitsitt is to have her third of land her lifetime also my further will is that the balance of the property shall be divided in this way that is my wife Marry Whitsitt shall have one third of all the personable property and my three girls Rachel Whitsitt and Margaret Whitsitt and Malissa Whitsitt shall have the balance of the personal property shall be equally divided among them I Joseph Whitsitt do acknowledge this to be my will [signed] Joseph Whitsitt Simeon Lemasters David S.[?] King" |
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| 9 | Fourth Census of the U.S., 1820, Gibson County, Indiana, Ancestry.com, [database on-line] Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc. Pg. 233, Joseph Whitsitt - males: 3 under 10; 1 age 10 thru 15; 1 45 and over Pg. 234 Simeon Lemasters - males: 1 age 10 thru 15; 2 age 18-25 || females: 1 under 10; 1 age 16-25 James Whitsids - males: 1 age 18-25 || females: 1 age 10-16 Pg. 235 John Whitsett - males: 1 under 10; 1 16-25 || females: 1 under 10; 1 16-25 |
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| 10 | Ancestry.com, Indiana, US, Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999, Gibson County, Probate Records, Box 94, File 7, 1821-1845 Mary Whitsett estate probate,verbal will, died evening of 19 Oct 1838; only mentions son Isaac Newton Whitsitt, but witnessed by Samuel and Benjamin Whitsitt. Joseph L. Whitsett estate probate, (died about Mar 16, 1839 according to inventory and receipts; estate was insufficent to pay all debts). |
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Ronald N. WallModified: 11 August 2022 |