Whittenberg Ancestors: Frederick Whittenberg, 1737?-1804


Benson Ancestors: Margrette Benson, ?-1829


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			     Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Frederick Whittenberg
born: about 1737 in Germany
marr: 19 February 1764 in Rowan County, North Carolina
died: 25 October 1804 in Greene County, Tennessee
buried: unknown
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Wife: Margrette Benson
born: unknown
died: 1829
buried: unknown
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CHILDREN
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#1 Susanna Whittenberg
born: 1768 in Washington County, North Carolina
marr: 19 February 1824 in Greene County, Tennessee
died: unknown
buried:  unknown
spouse: Christopher Brooks (previously married to her sister Sarah)
note: death date is given as marriage day; I'm skeptical, especially since no
stories about it seem to have been handed down, and dying on one's wedding 
day ought to generate a story, I'd think.
children: none known
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#2 Rachel Whittenberg
born: 1769 in Washington County, North Carolina
marr: 20 January 1817 in Greene County, Tennessee
died: unknown
buried:  unknown
spouse: Matthew Whittenberg 1787-1856
note: *another* case in which death date is supposedly wedding day. Unlikely,
especially since they apparently produced five children between the wedding 
and her death.
children: 2 sons, 3 daughters
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#3 Elizabeth Whittenberg
born: 10 December 1770 in Washington County, North Carolina
marr: unknown
died: 1838 in Greene County, Tennessee
buried:  unknown in Greene County, Tennessee
spouse: Isaiah Harrison, 1762-1848
known children: 7 sons, 5 daughters
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#4 Margrette Whittenberg
born: 10 December 1771 in Washington County, North Carolina
marr: 6 January 1800 in Greene County, Tennessee
died: 20 January 1854 in Greene County, Tennessee
buried:  Mt. Pisgah Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee
spouse: Stephen Brooks, 1764-1855
known children: 5 sons, 5 daughters
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#5 Mary  Whittenberg
born: 1772 in Washington County, North Carolina
marr: 3 February 1808 in  Greene County, Tennessee
died: unknown
buried:  unknown
spouse: Thomas Brooks, 1784?-?
known children: one son, one daughter
note: and this one supposedly died five days after wedding, producing two 
children in the interim.  Very unlikely.
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#6 Sarah D. Whittenberg
born: 1774 in North Carolina
marr: 25 September 1806 in Greene County, Tennessee
died: bef 1824
buried:  unknown
spouse: Christopher Brooks (yes, same as later married her sister Susanna)
children: none known
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#7 William Whittenberg
born: 1773 in Rowan County, North Carolina
marr: unknown
died: After 1840, possibly in Greene County, Tennessee
buried:  unknown
spouse: Nancy Hopkins, ?-before 1840
known children: one daughter
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#8 John Alden Whittenberg
born: 7 April 1775 in Rowan County, North Carolina
marr: 3 March 1803 in Greene County, Tennessee
died: 4 October 1850 in Rhea County, Tennessee
buried:  unknown
spouse: Sarah Lotspeich 1784-aft 1850
known children: 8 sons
note: Sarah is a daughter of Johann Christopher Lotspeich.
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#9 Peter Whittenberg
born: 18 April 1785 in Greene County, Tennessee
marr: 24 January 1809 in Greene County, Tennessee
died: 2 April 1866 in Greene County, Tennessee
buried: (Whittenberg) Coble Cemetery, Greene County, Missouri
spouse: Mary Earnest, 1793-1861
known children: 3 sons, 7 daughters
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#10 James Whittenberg
born: 1794 in Rowan County, North Carolina
marr: unknown
died: 1859
buried:  unknown
spouse: unknown
children: none known
note: listed as idiot on 1850 census
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#11 Jacob Benson Whittenberg
born: 12 December 1796
marr: unknown
died: 5 August 1873 in Greene County, Tennessee
buried:  Whittenberg Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee
spouse: Sarah Burkhartt
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