William Whitby (died March–October 1655) emigrated from England to the Virginia colony where he became politician and major landowner.
He owned land near the mouth of Waters Creek, but by March 1655 rented a rowhouse in Jamestown (which was a few miles upstream from Warwick County, as well as the seat of government).
[7] Following Virginia's acceptance of Parliament's authority during the English Civil War, Whitby and Samuel Mathews Jr. were elected and re-elected as burgesses for Warwick County.
[2] In 1675, the General Court ruled that Whitby's land could not be sold to pay his debts until his son reached legal age, and reviewed his father's accounts.
The younger William Whitby apparently fulfilled his own indenture as a servant to Robert Beverley, whom he named as an executor when he made his will in 1676 (which was accepted into probate in July 1677, so his role in Bacon's Rebellion is unclear).