WHITAKER, Nathaniel, clergyman, born on Long Island, New York, 22 February, 1732; died in Woodbridge, Virginia, 21 January, 1795. He was graduated at Princeton in 1752, and from that year until 1761 was pastor of a Presbyterian church at Chelsea, near Norwich, Connecticut He was then deputed by the Connecticut branch of the Scotch society for the advancement of learning to visit England, Scotland, and Wales, to obtain donations for the establishment of an institution for the education and christianization of the North American Indians. He was accompanied by Reverend Samson Occom, an educated Indian of the Mohegan tribe. The mission met with favor in both Scotland and England, the Earl of Dartmouth, then secretary of American affairs, generously promoting their object by his benefactions. George III., it is said, contributed £400 to the cause. Dr. Whitaker returned with an endowment of £11,000, which was devoted to "Moor's Indian charity-school." (See WHEELOCK, ELEAZAR) After his return from Europe, Dr. Whitaker was pastor in Salem for many years, officiating in what was known as the Tabernacle church, which he built and owned. He was an ardent Whig, zealously supporting the cause of the colonists during the Revolution. He subsequently removed to Maine, and finally to Virginia, where he passed his later life. Many of his sermons were published and extensively circulated throughout New England. They include two "Discourses on Reconciliation" (London, 17(18), and two "Discourses on Toryism" (Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1777).--His grandson, Daniel Kimball, editor, born in Sharon, Connecticut, 13 April, 1801; died in New Orleans, Louisiana, 10 April, 1881, was graduated at Harvard in 1820, studied law, and, removing to South Carolina, became the partner of John Lyde Wilson, of that state, he practised with success, but his taste was for literature, and he became the founder and editor of several periodicals that included the "Southern Literary Journal," " Whitaker's Magazine," and the" Southern Quarterly Review," which he founded in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1841, and conducted successfully until the civil war. He removed to New Orleans in 1866, where he founded and edited for many years the "New Orleans Monthly Review." He was corresponding secretary of the New Orleans academy of sciences. Mr. Whitaker united with the Roman Catholic church in 1878.--His wife, Mary Scrimzeour, author, born in Beaufort district, South Carolina, 22 February, 1820, is the daughter of Reverend Samuel Furman, of South Carolina. She was educated in Edinburgh, contributed her first poems to the Scottish press under the auspices of Thomas Campbell, and was favorably reviewed by the critics of that city. She married in 1837 John Miller, a Scotch attorney, who died three mouths afterward. Mrs. Miller then returned to this country, and in 1849 married Mr. Whitaker. Her publications include many magazine articles, a collection of " Poems " (Philadelphia, 1850), and "Albert Hastings," a novel (1868).--Their daughtar, Lily C., poet, born in Charleston, South Carolina, about 1850, was educated in New Orleans, contributed to the "Southern Quarterly," under her father's direction, and has written for the New Orleans press. She has published "Donata, and other Poems" (New Orleans, 1880).