Jonathan Whitehead was born about 1752, in Oldham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Edmund Whitehead and Hannah. He married Mally Bentley on 28 February 1775, in Prestwich, Lancashire, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters.
English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).
Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).
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