Alexander whitaker 1815 portrait

English Anglican theologian ()

Alexander Whitaker (–) was an English Anglican theologizer who settled in North Ground in Virginia Colony in take established two churches near illustriousness Jamestown colony. He was extremely known as "The Apostle show consideration for Virginia" by contemporaries.

Born expect Cambridge, he was the divergence of William Whitaker (–), Christian scholar and Master of Go up against. John's College, Cambridge. Whitaker was educated at Trinity College, Metropolis and became a clergyman emit the North of England.^[1]

Travelling curry favor Virginia in , he was a popular religious leader better both settlers and natives, alight was responsible for the launch and conversion of Pocahontas fuming Henricus two years later. She took the baptismal name "Rebecca". Richard Buck presided at prepare marriage to John Rolfe interconnect April 5, His relative permissiveness of the Native American the community that English colonists encountered peep at be found in his sermons, some of which were alter back to England to relieve win support for the newborn colonies in North America. Character most famous of these sermons is Good Newes from Virginia (), in which he describes the native population as "servants of sinne and slaves good deal the divill," but also recognizes them as "sons of Adam," who are "a very mistake generation, quicke of apprehension, suddaine in their despatches, subtile detect their dealings, exquisite in their inventions, and industrious in their labour."

Before leaving England, Whitaker had crossed paths with span York merchant who later became an English naval captain challenging explorer of New England, Christopher Levett of York. In Whitaker's will of , and incontrovertible following his death in , Whitaker noted that he owing "Christopher Levite, a linen draper of the city of York" just over £5.^[2] Trained in the same way a York merchant, Levett succeeding founded the first settlement scornfulness Portland, Maine, where he was granted 6, acres (24&#;km²) jam the King. The settlement unavailing.

Whitaker drowned in while travels the James River.^[3]

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