ARMS: Sable, three lozenges argent. LOZENGES: Represents Honesty and Constancy - also held to be token of Noble Birth CREST: A cubit arm in armour the hand grasping a flaming sword all proper. MOTTO: EPES ET FIDES - HOPE and FAITH VARIANT SPELLINGS : WHITAKER                                             WHITEAKER                                             WHITACRE                                             WHITTICARE This name is recorded in ENGLAND as being orignally classed as a habitation name from any of various places named from Pld English "hwit" meaning white or 'hwaete' meaning wheat, and 'aecer' meaning cultivated land, as for example WHITAKER in Lancashire and WHITACRE in Warwickshire. (both 'white field') or Whitacre in Kent was derived from the place where the man once lived. etc. These local surnames were usually preceded by a preposition such as: at, by, in, de, de la, du, etc. The preposition later was dropped. Simon De Withacre, Co. Leiceister Alan Witacur, Co. Oxford, 1273 Jordan De Whitacre, Co. Northampton Rogerus Whitteacres, 1379 1618 married - John Whitaker and Mary Storey It was not until the middle ages that surnames were first used to distinguish between numbers of people bearing the same personal, or Christian name. With the growth of documentation in the later middle ages, such names became essential, and a person whose distinguishing name described his trade, his place of residence, his father's name, or some personal characteristic, passed that name on to its children, and the surname became hereditary. It was first recorded under the spelling of Richard De Wetacra in 1177. John De Wheteacre in 1327 Robert De Witacra in 1336 Four of the various Whitaker spellings were officers in the Revolutionary War. Rev. Alexander Whitaker baptized Pocahantas and brother, Captain Jabez Whitaker built the first fort in America at the Jamestown Colony. The brothers arrived in the Virginia Colony in 1611. To date I have only researched my Whitaker family back to Felix Bell Whitaker (b) ca 1852 Alabama, married Phoebia Parolu Harris (b) ca 1851 Mississippi, they had 8 known children.                                       ******************************   LANCASHIRE Lancashire is the English designation of the County of Lancaster in  Northern England. The shire or county lies to the northwest of London some 180 miles at its nearest point. The eastern boundary of Lancashire is the Pennines Mountain Chain. The rich plains of Lancashire lie west of these mountains and those of Yorkshire are to the east. Lancashire's western boundary is the Irish sea. There are four counties lying to the north, separating Lancashire from Scotland. The 2 large cities of Manchester and Liverpool, the seaport, are located in Lancashire. Cliviger and the Holme, the ancestral Whitaker home, is located on the eastern side adjoining the Pennines. Cliviger is about 24 miles from Manchester and "some" 240 miles N.N.W of London. WHITAKER  ANCESTORS The following list of Whitaker's have been printed as our Ancestral lineage. Since I have not researched back to England, I have no proof of this, but they are listed here for the benefit of those who research in the future. (27 Generations) 1. Johias Whitaker (1042 - 1066) 2. Edwinus Whitaker (1060 - 1087) 3. Sir Simon Whitaker (1080 - 1135) Knighted in 1100 4. Alanus Whitaker (1133 - 1200\1227) 5. Sir Jordan Whitaker (1200 - 1275) Knighted; married Phillipa Astleymil 6. Sir John Whitaker (1240 - 1278\1331) Knighted in 1262; was a confirmer of the               MAGNA CARTA 7. Sir John Whitaker (1275 - 1330) married in 1316 to Amica Marmion 8. Sir Richard Whitaker (1300 - 1375) Knighted by Edward III in 1327; married               Joan Culi 9. Sir Simon Whitaker (1345 - 1379) married Amabil 10. Sir John Whitaker (1363 - 1434) married Alice Fitz-Raphe 11. Thomas Whitaker (1410 - aft 1445) 12. Robert Whitaker (1440 - 1461\1531) 13. Thomas Whitaker (1458 - 1529) married Joanna 14. Richard Whitaker (abt 1480 - aft 1545) 15. Thomas Whitaker (1504 - Aug 22, 1598) married Elizabeth Nowell 16. William Whitaker (1548 - Dec 4, 1595 (m) 1. Miss Culverwell                                                                    (m) 2. Joan (Taylor) Fenner 17. Jabez Whitaker (1595 - abt 1626) married Lady Mary Bourchier 18. William Whitaker (1618 England - 1662 James City, VA) married                                                                                                          Mary Elizabeth Camm 19. Richard Whitaker (1) (1645 Warwick Co., VA - 1696 VA) married Elizabeth Pyland 20. John Whitaker (1694 Warwick Co. VA - 1750 VA) married Martha Gough 21. Robert Whitaker (1718 Warwick Co., VA - 1765 Halifax Co., VA) married Sarah Burton 22. Col. John Whitaker (May 21, 1745 Yorktown, VA - Nov 22, 1823 Wake Co., NC                                married 1. Elizabeth Hardy                                             2. Ferebee Pearson 23. Robert Whitaker (abt 1774 Wake Co., NC - abt 1849 Anderson Co.,SC)                                 married Elizabeth Rhodes ** The generations of Whitakers in the following sections begin with the first verifiable lineal ancestor of the writer and many descendants in England, the United States and other parts of the world. 24. Robert Munroe (b) May 4, 1817 N.C. (d) May 3, 1899 Lamar Co., Tx (m) 1. Unknown (m) 2. Catherine M. Morris - Jul 28, 1851 (son) Felix Bell & Thomas J. Whitaker (m) 3. Ruth Ann Gotcher - Jul 31, 1864 Itawamba, MS 25. Felix Bell (b) Nov 1852 AL (d) Aug 31, 1912 (m) Phoebia Parolu Harris                  Son - Thomas Redellian "Dellie Whitaker (My Grandfather) 26. Thomas Redellian "Dellie" (b) May 7, 1880 MS (d) Jun 9, 1953 Tx         (m) 1. Maudie Perryman - Mar. 31, 1900 Tx         (m) 2. Mary Jane Burnett Stringfellow - Dec. 1, 1903 - Tx                    (daughter - Flora Lee Whitaker)         (m) 3. Georgia Frances Newsom Benningfield - Feb. 19, 1914 - Tx 27. Flora Lee Whitaker (b) Jan. 12, 1913 Tx (d) Aug 30, 1997 N.J.          (unmarried) 1. Ara Mae Vaughn (adopted out) 2. Glenda Joice (me) Flora married Leon Kenjorski in July 15, 1943 Tx Sons: Louis Edward & Clem Thomas