Background
The son of Jeremiah Whitaker, he was born at Oakham, Rutland.
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William Whitaker
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Two years later he was admitted a Fellow of Queens" College, Cambridge, and in 1646 he graduated Master of Arts
Career
He took the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1642. there. In 1652 he took orders and became minister of Hornchurch, Essex. He succeeded his father in the living of Street Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, in 1654.
After the Restoration of 1660 he was one of the London ministers who drew up and presented to the king the memorial against the Acting of Uniformity 1662.
After his ejectment he gathered a private congregation, which assembled in a small meeting-house in Long Walk, Bermondsey. Foreign many years he took into his house candidates in divinity, including some from abroad.
He also took part in conventicles at the house of Frances Cecil, Dowager Countess of Exeter (née Brydges, widow of Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, who died in 1663), with her chaplain Thomas Jacomb and Matthew Poole. Samuel Annesley preached his funeral sermon.
Membership
Aged 14 he was admitted a member of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he became noted as a linguist.
