Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Whitlock
Variants: Whitelock, Whitelocke
Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.
Guild hosted website: whitlock.one-name.net
Contact: Mr Peter Whitlock
Notable Family Members
Source Index Our sources include digital copies of the thousands of original documents that have been contributed to our files since 1968 to assist Whitlock descendants in documenting their research. Where possible images of original documents have been included due to the many errors in transcriptions in the past, particularly in Census records. Most source types have a register (in Excel) listing each item and these can be searched using our "key word" option or by downloading a register and using your computer search functions. Please select where you would like to start:
Certificates Includes copies of actual Birth, Marriage & Death certificates as well as photocopies of actual parish register entries, Also many images of vital record ledgers listing Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Newspapers Digital copies of extracts from Newspapers as far back as the 1700's. Many obituaries and stories about important and some less important events in the lives of Whitlocks.
Questionnaires Prior to the current computer age questionnaires were sent out to Whitlock descendants all over the world. This collection of family information formed the beginnings of our current huge database. Many extracts from Family Bibles are included.
Miscellaneous All source material that consisted of letters, emails and handwritten notes compile this huge collection of source material.
References These are digital copies of printed sources or original documents that do not fall into one of the other categories.
Peter's Reference Notes These include copies of original research notes done by Peter Whitlock in the 1960's & 1970's in libraries and record offices around the world. Most include original notes and a typed transcript.
Other Research Files Included here are files that have been compiled to assist researchers. eg: the VALAND file which includes every reference in our files to the Whitlock family in Virginia (379 pages 2024) pre 1800 and the PITTON file which includes all references to the Whitlocks of Wiltshire, Hampshire and Dorset. These files are not accessible through the Website but are available at peter.whitlock@one-name.org
Census Records This is a short description of our census records page
The Whitlock DNA project was started in 2006 and has yielded some exciting results. The connection of so many of our charts to the WHITLOCK02H chart has been very interesting. Most of the Virginia families are close matches to this chart, including WHITLOCK23,25.33,68,84,85 & 87. We know the parents of the immigrant in the 1670's and All the paper trail confirms what DNA testing indicates. In 2023 a large BigY project for this family was launched. So far (2024) we have been able to confirm this line back to the 1590's. All the sibling matches on our charts tested were confirmed in the correct time frames by the BigY results. Testing continues.
Results also show a connection between the Pitton, Wiltshire families and the Whitlocks of New Jersey. We knew that Thomas Whitlock (1623?-1703) who heads the WHITLOCK16 chart was from Wiltshire and the colonial records for both the W16 and W09 all have links to Wiltshire. The W09 family of Connecticut also shares the same YDNA and we are confident that the John Whitlock who heads the W09 family is the one shown on the 1641 Protestation Return for Pitton. In 2024 we expanded the BigY project to include these families and determine if we can prove the connection to the Pitton Whitlocks, While the BigY project confirmed the two families are related the Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) was estimated to have been born in 1150 which is before most families chose a surname. The connection to Pitton is still likely but additional YDNA tests will need to done to to prove or disprove it.
So far (2024) there have been 81 YDNA tests done, 36 (including 16 BigY) of which are Group 02 that connects to the W02H chart. Group 09 that connects to the W09 & W16 families has done 11 (including 3 BigY).
An interesting project and we encourage anyone wishing to join to find a male Whitlock relation willing take a YDNA test and share their confidential results. There is considerable interest in this project and the Whitlock Family Association has funds available to assist in the cost of the YDNA tests by volunteers. Check out the Whitlock DNA project on the Family Tree DNA website. Donations to support this research can be made directly to Whitlock Group Fund at Family Tree DNA.