Ralph & Sarah (Wilson) Whitsett of Pennsylvania - grandson of Samuel Whitsett of Ireland

Descendant of Samuel Whitsett of Ireland

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Ralph Whitsett of Lancaster and Cumberland Counties, Pennsylvania
Individual:  5. WHITSETT, Ralph3 "Ralph Whiteside" [1, 2, 3, 4]
Sex:   Male
Father:  2. WHITSETT, William2
Mother:   Unknown 
Wife:   WHITSETT, Sarah WILSON (no other information)
Facts
     
Birth:  Abt. 1713
in County Antrim, Ireland
Death: Aft. 1767 
in Pennsylvania 
Marriage: Abt. 1740
WILSON, Sarah probably Pennsylvania
Also Known As:  
Ralph Whiteside, Ralph Whitsitt, etc.
Notes
    
Survey: 1739 June 26, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Penn. survey for George Stoitz whose land is shown in later surveys to be adjacent Ralph Whiteside; in this 1739 survey Ralph Whiteside's tract is shown as vacant. [16]
Land Warrant: 1742
April 23, Pennsylvania Warrant issued to Ralph Whiteside, 125 acres, (returned 216 acres in 1760 survey) [2, 5]
Survey: 1742
December 3, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. for George Stoitz adjoining his own land and that of Ralph Whiteside (George Stoitz was the founder of Lebanon, Pennsylvania which he laid out on portions of his land) [16]
Petition:  1744
August 07, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Ralph Whitsitt signs petition for road [6]
Survey: 1745 April 20, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.  for Casper Stoever on Quittapahilla and Mill Creek on warrants dated 6 Mar. 1743 and 2 Oct. 1745; adjacent John Welsh, John Whiteside, Ralph Whiteside and others. [16]
Survey: 1746 April 05, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., Ralph Whiteside on warrant dated 23 Apr. 1742, on the waters of Quittapahilla Creek, adjoining William Allen, James Gibson, John Whiteside, Robert Verner and George Stoitz [16]
Will: 1747 December 11, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa., date of will of William Allen, mentions wife Margaret M. Allen; executors Ralph Whiteside and Thomas Hammersley [4]
Will: 1748 January 29,  Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.,  will of William Allen proven in court, Ralph Whiteside and Thomas Hammersley executors [4]
Fact: 1750
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; formed from Lancaster County
Tax List: 1750
in Lebanon Township., Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; nearly 130 taxable's in the township, from the tax duplicate list, includes Ralph Whiteside and Thomas Hammersly [9, 10]
Tax List: 1751 Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.,  Ralph Whiteside taxed 4 shillings 6 pence [10]
Will: 1754
February 02, will of James Whiteside in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; James Whiteside, "Weaver being sick and weak in body.." wife Ann and seven children; son John; executors Ralph Whiteside, James McNees, Thomas Hammersley; witnesses Jno. Allen, Mary A. Wyland, Isabel Hamersley; signed Jas. Whiteside, his mark, Ann Whiteside, her mark.[7, 8]
Survey: 1754 December 3, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.,  survey for Robert Verner (warrant register gives name as Robert Varner); 272 acres on Mill Creek, adjacent Ralph Whiteside [16]
Assessment List: 1755
in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Penn. Ralph Whiteside [10]
Church Records: 1756
June 05, in Lebanon, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Ralph Whiteside and wife Sarah Wilson sponsors for bapt. of Susanna Gambill   [11] [This is the only reference we have found that names Ralph's spouse]
Tax List: 1758 Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.,  Ralph Whiteside, tax assessment list for Lebanon Twp.
  Abt. 1760 Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pete Tittle, Jr., married Sarah Whitesides; Research papers sent by M. A. "Buddy" Taylor, Thomaston, GA in January 1999 to Bill Whiteside. His work is authenticated by sources - MATayL@@accessunited.com  [17]
Survey: 1760 May 16, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa.  for George Reynolds in right of Ralph Whiteside's 1742 warrant, returned 216 acres; adjacent John Whiteside, Robert Verner, Casper Stoever, George Stoitz, and others (names on adjoining tracts are original warrantees, not current owners. This probably indicates that Ralph has left Lebanon Twp.) [16]
Court Record: 1761 January Session,  Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania; County Court Quarter Sessions; "The King vs. Ralph Whitesides - for keeping a Publick House with [out] license.  Defendant being solemnly called appeared not."   [13]
Court Record: 1761 January 20,  Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions at Carlisle; Sheriff Ezekeil Smith returned (selected) grand jury members including Ralph Whitesides, Peter Tittle   [13]
Will:
 1761
April 21, in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; Will of James Whiteside, letters of testamentary issued to Ralph Whiteside, James McNees and Thomas Hamersley ; proven in Cumberland County, accompts signed by Ralph Whiteside [8, 12]
Will: 1761 December 01, in Cumberland Co., Pa.  Will of James Whiteside, exhibited in Registers Office at Carlisle; signatures of Ralph Whitsett [may be Whitside, hard to read], Thomas Hammersley
Tax List: 1762 in Allen Twp., Cumberland Co., Pa., list includes John Giles [married Ann Whiteside widow of James],  Thomas McGee [married Alice Whiteside, dau. of James], Peter Tittle, Ralph Whiteside 
Court Record: 1762 April 20, Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions at Carlisle; Sheriff returns list of grand jurors, includes Ralph Whitsides, Peter Tittle [13]
Court Record:
 1763 January 08, Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions; "The following gentlemen appearing sworn on the grand jury inquest ... Ralph Whitesides [13]
Court Record: 1763 Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions; "Tobias Hendrick ... appointed by [court] to layout a road from near Ralph Whitesides Mill on Yellow Britches Creek to Harris' Ferry or to County Road leading to Tobias Hendricks."  [13]
Court Record: 1763 Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions; "... petition laying out the gread [greed?] and damage to petitioner by road being laid out from Ralph Whitesides' mill near Yellow Britches Creek to Tobias Hendrix ..."  [13]
Court Record: 1763 April Session, Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions; "Account of roads confirmed ... Beginning at Ralph Whitesides' Mill to Harris' Ferry [13]
Court Record: 1763 July Session, Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions; "Account of roads confirmed ... Beginning at Ralph Whitesides' Mill to Harris' Ferry [13]
Court Record: 1764 January 24, Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions;  Sheriff returns list of gentlemen summoned to serve on the Grand Inquest - Ralph Whitesides [13]
History:
 1765 "History of Cumberland County," [deed] from Ralph Whitsett to William Bennett for a lot where Jacob Flickemell has built his brick house." [14]
Court Records: 1765  April 23, in Cumberland County Court Quarter Sessions at Carlisle; Sheriff Ezekiel Dunning returns list of grand Jurors - Ralph Whitesids - Carns Sterett
Land Records: 1765 June 21, Cumberland County Land Office; Ralph Whiteside enters a Caveat against the acceptance of a survey or a patent being granted to Thomas Stuart. [15]
Court Record: 1767 January 23, in Lisburn, Cumberland Co.; James Galbraith forecloses on his mortgage to Ralph Whitesides for his mill at Lisburn; in 1797 Galbraith sells the mill and 20 acres to Daniel Herr and Adam Brenezier;  eventually the mill became a forge and was described as adjoining the public burying grounds in Lisburn.
Speculation: 1770 William Wirt and probably others of the Ralph Whitsett family remove from Cumberland Co. and settle in Westmoreland County about this time.
     
Children:
    
13.
i
WHITSITT, Samuel4 (b. abt. 1745, probably Penn.; d. 1815, Ky., m. Margaret)
14.
ii
TITTLE, Sarah WHITSETT  (b. 1738, probably Penn., d.1812, Penn.; m. Peter Tittle)
15.
iii
WHITSETT, William Wirt (b.1752 prob. Penn., d. 1842, Penn., m. Hadessa Crawford)
16.
iv
WHITSETT, Joseph (b. abt. 1750, Penn., d. abt. 1814, Ky., m. Mary Clifford)
  v WHITSETT, John
  vi WHITSETT, James
Notes
    
   

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. XXIV, Lancaster County, pp 553-565; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Warrantees of Land:
John Whitesides Jr., Oct. 31, 1738, 200 acres
Ralph Whiteside, April 23, 1742, 125 acres
James Whiteside, August 15, 1746, 100 acres  [2]

Egle. Notes and Queries, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, p. 356 (Note from William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007) 1743 PA Lancaster Co. We the subscribers....(Regarding building of road,) 7 Aug 1744 Ralph Whitsitt (sic) [3]

Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wills 1732-1785, Willowbend Books (2006), pg 1.  29 Jan. 1747 - 11 Dec 1747; ALLEN, WILLIAM wife. Margaret M. Allen; Ex. Ralph Whiteside and Thomas Hamersly. Lebanon Twp. Ralph and Thomas Hamersly were also executors of will of James Whiteside. (Note from William R. Whitesides, Cottage Hills, IL, Aug. 2007) [4]

Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XXIV, 3rd Series, "Histories of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon," pg. 307. 1750 Tax Duplicate, Lebanon Twp, ...lists Ralph Whiteside and Thomas Hammersly. [9]

History of Dauphin & Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania, William Henry Egle; 1750 PA Lancaster Co. Lebanon Twp, (Now Lebanon Co.); Assessment List - Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Whiteside, Ralph [10]

History of Dauphin & Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania, William Henry Egle (1898), pg. 20; 1751 PA Lancaster Co. Lebanon Twp; tax assessment for Ralph Whiteside 4s 6p. [10]
   

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WILLS 1750-1769; James Whiteside will, Cumberland Co., Pa. (photocopy);   1754 - James Whiteside (also spelled as Whitsite) of Lebanon Township, Lancaster County, weaver; wife Ann and seven children now living; equal shares except son John to receive 5 pounds over. Executors: Ralph Whiteside, James McNees, Thomas Hammersley; Witnesses: John Allen, Mary Wyland, Isabel Hammersley. (1754); will was recorded in Carlisle, Cumberland County, Dec. 1, 1761 [8]
   

History of Dauphin & Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania, William Henry Egle (1898); 1755 PA Lancaster Co. Lebanon Twp, Assessment List: Whiteside, Ralph [10]

 William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries (1896), p. 69, Baptismal Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever Surnames A - H; 1756 PA Lancaster Co., Lebanon Townshp. JOHN GAMBILL, (Lebanon) Gambill-Susanna, b. June 5, 1756: bap. June 14, 1756. Sponsors, Ralph Whiteside and wife Sarah Wilson. [11]

History of Dauphin & Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania, William Henry Egle (1898); 1758 PA Lancaster Co. Lebanon Twp. Assessment List, WHITESIDE, Ralph [10]
   

Index, Will Book A and B, Plus Cumberland, Book A-83;  1761 PA Cumberland Co.; WHITESIDE, James, Lebanon Township, Lancaster Co., 21 April 1761; See Accompts [accounts of the estate] signed by Ralph Whitsett [12]

Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Quarter Session Dockets 1750-1785, Diane E. Greene, Cleafield, Baltimore, MD (2001); 1763 PA Cumberland Co. Carlisle; (p.55) At Carlisle, 8 Jan 1763, Grand juryman, Ralph Whitesides; (p. 56) January Sessions 1763 "The following gentlemen appearing sworn on the grand jury inquest : Ralph Whitesides [13]
   

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, vol 2, p 310, Caveat Book #2
1765 PA Lancaster/Cumberland
"Land Office, 21st June, 1765
Ralph Whiteside enters a Caveat against the Acceptance of a Survey or a patent being granted to Thomas Stuart for a Tract of 100 As. part of 200 As. granted by Warrant of the 18 day of ......, 1744, then in Lancaster, now Cumberland County, to ( the Father of s'd Thomas) Arthur Stuart the said Whiteside Alleging that he has a Right to the same 100 As. Tract by divers Deed of Bargain & Sale until they have a hearing.
W. M. PETERS, Sec'ry.
To John Lukens, Surveyor General. [15]
   
Cumberland County History, Lisburn or Yellow Britches, pg. 300 (research notes of William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007); 1765 PA Cumberland Co. "Ralph b. ca. 1713 Whitsett (Whiteside) to Wm. Bennett, lot on which was erected the first brick house in the township (1765)" Cumberland Co. History. p. 300 Lisburn or Yellow Britches." Don Whiteside PA Charts, Whiteside Family Association. [1] [14]
Sources
    
1.  

William R. Whiteside Research Notes, WHITESETT-WHITESIDE POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS PA-NC PROVE OR DISPROVE (August 2007).
2.  

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Vol. XXIV, Lancaster County, pp. 553-565.
3.  
William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pg. 356. (Research notes of William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007).
4.  
Abstracts of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Wills 1732-1785 (Willowbend Books (2006), Note from William R. Whitesides, Cottage Hills, IL, Aug. 2007).
5.  
Records of the Land Office, WARRANT REGISTERS, 1733-1957 (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17 [series #17.88]), Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pg. 230, warrant no. 275, 15 Aug. 1746.
6.  
William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pg. 356.
7.  
Extracted from book by Jane Gray Buchanan, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA WILLS 1750-1769 (handwritten notes, April 1986).
8.  
James Whiteside Will Dated Feb. 2, 1754, Book A-83; Written in Lebanon Township, Lancaster County and recorded in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Dec. 1, 1761 (photocopy).
9.  
Pennsylvania Archives, Vol. XXIV, 3rd Series "Histories of the Counties of Berks and Lebanon", pg. 307.
10.  
William Henry Egle, History of Dauphin & Lebanon Counties, Pennsylvania (1898). (from research notes by William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007).
11.  
William Henry Egle, Notes and Queries; Baptismal Records of Rev. John Casper Stoever, (1896), p. 69, Lancaster Co., Lebanon Townshp, Pa. Notes of William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007
12.  
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Index, Will Book A & B, A-83. (research notes of William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007).
13.  
Diane E. Greene, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Quarter Session Dockets 1750-1785 (Cleafield, Baltimore, MD (2001)), pp. 55, 56. (from research notes of William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007).
14.  
Cumberland County History, Lisburn or Yellow Britches ((from research notes of William R. Whiteside, Aug. 2007)), pg. 300.
15.   Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, vol 2, p 310, Caveat Book #2; 1765 PA Lancaster / Cumberland, "Land Office, 21st June, 1765
 16.    Records of the Land Office, COPIED SURVEYS,1681-1912 (Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Bureau of Archives and History, Pennsylvania State Archives; RG-17 [series #17.88]
17.   M. A. "Buddy" Taylor, Thomaston, GA Research Papers, sent in January 1999 to Bill Whiteside; His work is authenticated by listed sources - MATayL@@accessunited.com  
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GENERATION 4

Samuel Whitsett/Whitsitt of Montgomery Co., Kentucky

Sarah Whiteside & Peter Tittle of Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania

William Wirt Whitsett of Westmoreland and Fayette Co's, Pennsylvania

Joseph Whitsett and Mary Clifford of Clark County, Kentucky

 
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