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Ezekiel Whittington

Birth
Tuckahoe Springs, Caroline County, Maryland, USA
Death
1885 (aged 95–96)
Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina, USA
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Pilot Mountain, Surry County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Ezekiel was a son of Joseph Whittington (1757-1822), one of the early settlers of Guilford County, as described in GUILFORD'S SCOTCH-IRISH by William C. Rankin (1979). Joseph moved to North Carolina from the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the late 1790s and he settled a few miles east of Greensboro. Joseph was married twice and had eight children by each marriage. Ezekiel was one of three sons from his first marriage.

Ezekiel married Elizabeth Grissom (whose family also moved from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Guilford) about 1816 in Guilford County. Between 1840 and 1850 they moved their family from Guilford and settled near Pilot Mountain in Surry County. They had the following children:

Irvin Green Whittington (1817–1890)
Thomas H. Whittington (1820–1902)
Smiley Whittington (1823– )
Nancy A. Whittington (1824– )
James Wesley "Jim" Whittington (1828–1903)
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Whittington (1834–1916)
Sarah "Sallie" Whittington (1834–1901)
William Rankin Whittington (1834–1885)
John A. Whittington (1840–1863*)
*killed in Civil War
Ezekiel was a son of Joseph Whittington (1757-1822), one of the early settlers of Guilford County, as described in GUILFORD'S SCOTCH-IRISH by William C. Rankin (1979). Joseph moved to North Carolina from the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the late 1790s and he settled a few miles east of Greensboro. Joseph was married twice and had eight children by each marriage. Ezekiel was one of three sons from his first marriage.

Ezekiel married Elizabeth Grissom (whose family also moved from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to Guilford) about 1816 in Guilford County. Between 1840 and 1850 they moved their family from Guilford and settled near Pilot Mountain in Surry County. They had the following children:

Irvin Green Whittington (1817–1890)
Thomas H. Whittington (1820–1902)
Smiley Whittington (1823– )
Nancy A. Whittington (1824– )
James Wesley "Jim" Whittington (1828–1903)
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Whittington (1834–1916)
Sarah "Sallie" Whittington (1834–1901)
William Rankin Whittington (1834–1885)
John A. Whittington (1840–1863*)
*killed in Civil War

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