whittle
Hello - My sister found your desire to assist in searches of Princess Anne Co people. Not that I am aware of any of my Norfolk area relatives lived in Princess Anne County.
Conway Whittle and his brother Fortescue Whittle emigrated to the Norfolk area between 1796 and 1804. They were shipping agents. I have found a few things about Conway Whittle, but not where he lived. I suspect it was in the neighborhood of his warehouse(s). He married the widow of Samuel Boush and they had one son - Conway, who at some time or another became a member of the Dismal Swamp Canal (company?) The Whittles went bankrupt when Mr. Jefferson put an embargo on shipping during the space of time between the end of the Revolution and the War of 1812. I found, but have not seen a copy of the suit between the Whittle brothers and the owner of the cargo that was impounded by the British Navy as being contraband destined for the French.
Commander William Conway Whittle, US,Navy and Confederate Navy later on and his son William Conway who, after serving aboard the CS Shenandoah became first a river boat captain, a supervisor of barges moving cargo in the Norfolk area and finally a banker. His home was, I believe on Freemason Street. I have been many times to visit two of his daughters, Edmonia and Elizabeth - when I was very small. I understand the house is being used by the Junior League. There is another Whittle home on the Elizabeth River - probably now torn down as it was not in that good a condition when I visited there as a small child. After her death - or sale of the place - it was used during WWII as a sailor's club.
Two other families are of Norfolk origin, The Arthur Sinclair family, which includes a number of brothers and cousins. All were US Navy and later Confederate Navy. All were at Gosport when the Civil War began. Their saga in the US begins in 1745 when the first Arthur Sinclair came from Scotland and became a merchant in Surry County. His son, Arthur, also a Naval Officer moved to Princess Street, marrying a daughter of Colonel Richard Kennon. This Arthur Sinclair's daughter Elizabeth married Commander William C. Whittle. Their eldest son was Arther Sinclair Whittle, who with his mother died in the Yellow Fever epidemic. Much of that family, Sinclair and Whittle are buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, Norfolk.
My fourth connection to Norfolk was the Thom family, whose home was Culpeper County. Dr. William Thom of Eastville, Northhampton County, had, I believe two sons and a daughter Marian Thom, who was a teacher, maybe in Princess Anne Co. I believe one son was also a doctor. My branch of the Thom family was Alfred Pembroke Thom, Sr. who married a Tunstall. Their son, Alfred Pembroke Thom, Jr. married Rosalie Beirne Whittle. They had two sons, Alfred Pembroke, III, and Conway Whittle. All of this family, I believe are now dead. I'm not sure where Mr. Thom, Sr. lived while in the Norfolk area. I am not sure where Mr. Thom, Sr. is buried. Mr. Thom, Jr. and his wife are buried in Cedar HIll Cemetery, Washington, DC.
I'm not sure this is important to your records. I did want add what I knew and maybe you have information about Marian Thom as well as where Mr. Thom Sr. is buried, if in the Norfolk area. Thank you very much for reading all of this. Sincerely, Sally Thom Spangler