Notes:

1860; Census Place: Castleton, Richmond, New York; Roll: M653_850; Page: 26; Image: 26; Family History Library Film: 803850.
181/205 Charles H Steward 60 male lawyer $30,000/20,000 Ireland
Jane 52 fem Ireland
William D Whiting 37 male US Lieutenant $2000/1000 Mass
Jane 33 fem Ireland
Jennie 10 fem New York
Henry 06 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Eliza 05 fem Dis of Columbia attended school
William 04 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Mary 02 fem New York
Ann McDonald 28 fem Chamber Maid Ireland
Ann Driscoll 18 fem Waitress Ireland
John Wear 30 male Cook Ireland
Anna F Maidfield 19 fem Nurse Bremen
Elisa Maidfield 22 fem Nurse France
William Hays 18 male Gardener New York
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1870; Census Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: M593_99; Page: 169B; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 545598.
1494/1803 Whiting William 47 male white Comander of Navy /$1000 Massachusetts
Jane 43 fem white Keeping house Ireland
Jennie S 21 fem white New York
Henry 17 male white Washington Attended Sch
Eliza 16 fem white Washington Attended Sch
William 15 male white Washington
Mary 12 fem white New York Attended Sch
Florence 08 fem white New York Attended Sch
Eliza 75 fem white Michigan
Fay Margaret 21 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Conner, Anna 24 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Connely, Bridget 27 fem white Servant Ireland
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Notes:

(Brigadier General Henry, Captain John, Minute Man Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Reverand Samuel & Elizabeth St. John immigrants, John Whiting & Margaret Bonner)
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1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18, New York, New York; Roll: M432_557; Page: 123B; Image: 253.
765/1807 Henry Whiting 61 male Brig Gen US Army $2000 Massachusetts
Eliza Whiting 55 fem Michigan
Henry McCamb Whiting 28 male 1st Lieut US Army Massachusetts
Wm D Whiting 27 male Past Mid Shipman US Army Mass
Mary Gilbs 35 fem Ireland
Ann Miller 30 fem Ireland
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1860; Census Place: Castleton, Richmond, New York; Roll: M653_850; Page: 26; Image: 26; Family History Library Film: 803850.
181/205 Charles H Steward 60 male lawyer $30,000/20,000 Ireland
Jane 52 fem Ireland
William D Whiting 37 male US Lieutenant $2000/1000 Mass
Jane 33 fem Ireland
Jennie 10 fem New York
Henry 06 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Eliza 05 fem Dis of Columbia attended school
William 04 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Mary 02 fem New York
Ann McDonald 28 fem Chamber Maid Ireland
Ann Driscoll 18 fem Waitress Ireland
John Wear 30 male Cook Ireland
Anna F Maidfield 19 fem Nurse Bremen
Elisa Maidfield 22 fem Nurse France
William Hays 18 male Gardener New York
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Birth: May 26, 1823
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Death: Mar. 19, 1894
New York
New York County (Manhattan)
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Civil War Union Naval Officer. Entering the United States Navy on March 1, 1841 as a midshipman, he was serving on the sloop “Levant” on July 7, 1846 when the American flag was first raised on the Pacific Coast at the capture of Monterey, California. He then attended the United States Naval Academy from 1847 to 1848 and was graduated. He was promoted to Lieutenant on September 14, 1855, and was serving on the steam frigate "Niagara" when the first Atlantic cable was laid in 1857. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he served as the executive officer of the sloop "USS Vandalia" at the capture of Port Royal in 1861, and commanded the steamer "USS Wyandotte" on the South Atlantic blockade and in the Potomac flotilla. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July, 1862 and participated in the attacks on the defenses of Charleston while aboard the gunboat "USS Ottawa". From 1864 to 1865 he commanded the "USS Savannah," in the Eastern Gulf station. He held a succession of commander after the end of the war. On July 25, 1866, he received his commission as Commander and was aboard the steamer "USS Tioga", off the coast of Maine and in the Gulf. He was based at the New York Navy Yard, in Brooklyn, New York from 1867 to 1869 and from 1871 to 1872. In the North Atlantic, between 1869 and 1870, he commanded the sloop "USS Saratoga" and the monitor "USS Miantonomoh"(one of the last monitors built for the United States Navy). He was promoted to Captain, August 19, 1872, and commanded the steam sloop "USS Worcester," which was the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron from 1871 to 1875. During the first year of that cruise, he took out contributions of food and clothing from the American people for the relief of the French sufferers in the Franco-Prussian war. As there was no way to transport these contributions to the needed districts in the east of France, the stores were taken to Liverpool and London, where a favorable market realized a much larger sum of money than the actual cost of these stores in the United States. The American relief committee in France urged that the money was more needed than contributions in any other form. He was present at New Orleans during the political turmoil created by the overthrow of the Packard government. There he won the confidence of the citizens by the wise measures he initiated to stem the unrest. On June 11, 1878 he was appointed Chief of Bureau of Navigation with the rank of Commodore. Failing health and almost total blindness resulting from exposure incidental to his naval service compelled him to be relieved from this duty October 12, 1881. He was placed on the retired list, with the rank of Commodore, by special Act of Congress. (bio by: Shirley Stanton)

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Parents:
Henry Whiting (1788 - 1851)
Eliza Macomb Whiting (1795 - 1873)

Spouse:
Jane Stewart Whiting (1827 - 1899)*

Children:
Florence Whiting Bernadou (1861 - 1917)*

Sibling:
Henry Macomb Whiting (1821 - 1853)**
William Danforth Whiting (1823 - 1894)

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Christ Church Cemetery
Belleville
Essex County
New Jersey, USA

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New York City Deaths, 1892-1902 about William D. Whiting
Name: William D. Whiting
Birth Date: abt 1824
Age: 70
Death Date: 19 Mar 1894
Death Place: New York, New York
Certificate Number: 9481

William married Stewart, Jane. Jane (daughter of Stewart, Charles H and Jane) was born in 1827 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1860; Census Place: Castleton, Richmond, New York; Roll: M653_850; Page: 26; Image: 26; Family History Library Film: 803850.
181/205 Charles H Steward 60 male lawyer $30,000/20,000 Ireland
Jane 52 fem Ireland
William D Whiting 37 male US Lieutenant $2000/1000 Mass
Jane 33 fem Ireland
Jennie 10 fem New York
Henry 06 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Eliza 05 fem Dis of Columbia attended school
William 04 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Mary 02 fem New York
Ann McDonald 28 fem Chamber Maid Ireland
Ann Driscoll 18 fem Waitress Ireland
John Wear 30 male Cook Ireland
Anna F Maidfield 19 fem Nurse Bremen
Elisa Maidfield 22 fem Nurse France
William Hays 18 male Gardener New York
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1870; Census Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: M593_99; Page: 169B; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 545598.
1494/1803 Whiting William 47 male white Comander of Navy /$1000 Massachusetts
Jane 43 fem white Keeping house Ireland
Jennie S 21 fem white New York
Henry 17 male white Washington Attended Sch
Eliza 16 fem white Washington Attended Sch
William 15 male white Washington
Mary 12 fem white New York Attended Sch
Florence 08 fem white New York Attended Sch
Eliza 75 fem white Michigan
Fay Margaret 21 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Conner, Anna 24 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Connely, Bridget 27 fem white Servant Ireland
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(Brigadier General Henry Whiting, Captain John Whiting, Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth St.John [Immigrants], John Whiting and Margaret Bonner)

Served in Mexican War

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1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18, New York, New York; Roll: M432_557; Page: 123B; Image: 253.
765/1807 Henry Whiting 61 male Brig Gen US Army $2000 Massachusetts
Eliza Whiting 55 fem Michigan
Henry McCamb Whiting 28 male 1st Lieut US Army Massachusetts
Wm D Whiting 27 male Past Mid Shipman US Army Mass
Mary Gilbs 35 fem Ireland
Ann Miller 30 fem Ireland
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Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John ...
By William Whiting

(Of the children of Gen. Henry Whiting are Lieut. Henry Macomb W., U. S. A., and Lieut. William Danforth W., U. S. N.)
The other children of Gen. John Whiting, were, -
4. Sophia, d. 1853, s. p.
5. Fabius (Major U. S. A.), d. s. p., 1842.
6. Maria, b. 1794.
7. Solon, b. 1797.
8. Caroline Lee (Hentz), b. at Lancaster, 1800 (authoress), 1825, m. Professor N. M. Hentz, at Northampton.

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Washington, George; Whiting, John compiler: Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued During the Years 1778, '80, '81, and '82 Selected from the Mss. of John Whiting and edited by his son Henry Whiting, New York Wiley and Putnam 1844 Very Good
First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR GENERAL HENRY WHITING and by his son Henry M. Whiting, who served in the U.S. Mexican War. Rare ephemera announcing the death and mourning period of General Henry Whiting is tipped in. Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Whiting was commissioned a Cornet of Dragoons, October 20, 1808 and served on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812 with Great Britain. In the War with Mexico he served as Quartermaster General. His father, Col. John Whiting of the 5th U.S. Infantry was Adjutant of the 2d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Lieut.-Col. Commandant E. Sproat. He preserved most if not all of the Orders from General Washington. These fascinating Orders cover matters great and small: the discipline of the troops, health and sanitation, the organization of the army and its support services, and a uniform system of manoeuvres. Throughout the Orders, Washington evidences deep concern for his soliders as well as civilians, a deep spirituality, and his gratitude for the support from France. Rebacked with original decorated silk boards, new endpapers. Very good. Signed by Editor First Edition Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
[KW: VALLEY FORGE REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON BENEDICT ARNOLDUnited States History Americana United States Presidents]
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CHAP. CXXXIII. —— An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Whiting. May 2, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¥’¤¤i¤_tp terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Ehza Wl“°‘“g' roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza lVhiting, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier—General Henry Whiting, and pay her a pension, to commence from the passage of this act. Approved, May 2, 1872.
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Birth: Nov 28 1788
Death: Sep 16 1851 - Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA
Parents: John WHITING, Orpha WHITING (born DANFORTH)
Siblings: Timothy Danforth WHITING, Julia WHITING, Sophia WHITING, Fabius WHITING, Maria WHITING, Solon WHITING, Caroline Lee HENTZ (born WHITING)

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Birth: Nov. 28, 1788
Worcester County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Sep. 16, 1851
Saint Louis
St. Louis City
Missouri, USA

Brigadier General, 5th United States Infantry, Mexican War. (bio by: Sgt. Rock)

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Parents:
John Whiting (1760 - 1810)
Orpah Danforth Whiting (1758 - 1837)

Spouse:
Eliza Macomb Whiting (1795 - 1873)*

Children:
William Danforth Whiting (1823 - 1894)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Elmwood Cemetery
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan, USA
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Birth: Nov 28 1788
Death: Sep 16 1851
Cemetery: Elmwood Cemetery, Michigan, USA
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Durbin, Elizabeth (ed.) / Wisconsin Academy review Volume 25, Number 4 (September 1979)
Goff, Charles D. Captain Whiting's journal, pp. 3-10
The current is so furious as often to s,weep a man off his feet . . . compatible with a still later demonstration of a Lake Nipissing stage of Lake Michigan some 50 feet above modern levels. Whiting's discussion of the feasibility of a canal at Portage preceded by a decade, the promo- tion of the same idea by Morgan L. Martin, organizer of the company that built the Fox River im- provements. Whiting's watercolored field sketches of Fox-Wisconsin valley landscapes and maps are probably the oldest landscape paintings and maps of Wisconsin sites done dur- ing Michigan Territorial days by an American citizen. If the title "First Wisconsin Scientist" is accorded to the person who first published a series of es- sentially scientific observations and conclusions about Wisconsin phenomena, and if the title "First Wisconsin Artist" is accorded to the white American who first painted a Wisconsin scene, it would seem that Captain Henry Whiting should have at least a share in both titles. Whiting's Journal was a report to the US War Department describing the movement of the Fifth Infantry Regiment from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. The American Army, after the War of 1812, had adopted a long-term policy of building and garrisoning a system of frontier forts extending from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. In Wisconsin and closely adjacent areas, for example, forts were built at Green Bay (Fort Howard) in 1816, Prairie du Chien (Fort Craw- ford) in 1817, Rock Island, Illinois (Fort Armstrong) in 1817, and St. Peters i.e. present day St. Paul, Minnesota (Fort Snelling) in 1819. A modest incident in the implemen- tation of this policy was the redeployment of the US Fifth In- fantry Regiment from Detroit to Green Bay to Prairie du Chien to St. Paul in the summer of 1819. Captain Whiting's Journal describing the route was illustrated by seven colored sketches and three maps; the report received commen- dation from the then Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun. Neither Journal sketches nor maps have ever been published. The sketches and maps are presented here for the first time together with extracts from the text. Captain Whiting was a career soldier in the United States Army. He was born into a military family on November 28, 1788, his father, John Whiting, having risen to the rank of brigadier general of the Massachusetts Militia in the American Revolution. At the time of his retirement at the end of the War of 1812 John Whiting was the lieutenant colonel of the US Fifth Infantry Regiment. We can surmise that young Henry Whiting was well educated for his day because of the percep- tive awareness of geology and physical geography expressed in his writing and also because of its scientific restraint. He apparently also had a detailed acquaintance with the physical geography of Europe from Spain to Sweden, which suggests that his education may have included travel in Europe. The fact that his sister, Carolyn Lee Whiting Hentz, was a noted 19th century author may also imply that Captain Whiting was at least as well-educated. In any case, Henry Whiting enlisted in the US Army on October 20, 1808, at the age of 20, as a coronet of light dragoons. Whiting's military history shows he was promoted to second lieuten- ant on September 15, 1809, and to first lieutenant on August 20, 1811. During the War of 1812 First Lieutenant Henry Whiting served on the Niagara frontier as an aid to General John F. Boyd and served with credit in the capture on May 27, 1813 of Fort George, a British- Canadian fort in the Canadian province of Ontario a short way down the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario. In 1815 Lieutenant Whiting was an aide to General Alexander Macomb at Detroit and was transferred on May 17, 1815 to the Fifth Infantry, his father's old regi- ment, then stationed at Detroit. Whiting was promoted to captain on March 3, 1817. In 1819 the Fifth Infantry was assigned the mission of traveling from Detroit to St. Peters, selecting a suitable site for a fort, then building and garrisoning what is known today as Fort Snell- ing at St. Paul, Minnesota. Pur- suent to these orders, Colonel Leavenworth and the Fifth Infan- try Regiment embarked on sailing vessel transports at Detroit in May 1819, sailed to Green Bay, reloaded their equipment and supplies into 4/Wisconsin Academy Review/September 1979




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32 batteaux, which had been built for them at Green Bay, and movedout toward the Mississippi River on June 7, 1819.After the Fifth Regiment reached
the Mississippi, Colonel Leavenworth detached troops to
garrison both Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien and Fort Armstrong at Rock Island, Illinois,the remainder of the regiment proceeding upriver in their
batteaux to St. Peters. Captain Whiting did not accompany the
regiment up the Mississippi as he was ordered back to Detroit with
messages for the commanding general, and with Whiting's own
"survey" of the Fox-Wisconsin Rivers. Captain Whiting's Journal is a
chronological account of each day's activity of the regiment in his
march, and included meticulous observations concerning the depth
of the water, the direction of the river virtually every time it changed
from the principal points of the compass, and supplementary comments and speculations about the character and geographic origin of the terrain formations through which the regiment was passing. Whiting embellished his report to General Macomb with excellent field sketches which he water-
colored. The report was forwarded by General Macomb to the US Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun,who commented, in a letter to Major General A. Macomb on
September 20, 1819: Sir: Your letter . .. enclosing a copy of the survey of the Fox and Ouisconsin rivers including the portage by Capt. Henry Whiting . . . has been received. The accurate and able manner in which the sketch by Capt.
Green Bay ... now contains about fifty houses and two or three hundred in-
habitants, who are mostly French married to Indians. Whiting has been executed affords the Department much satisfaction....J.C.C.
An outline of Whiting's subsequent career may help the reader to see him in better perspective. After completing his report on the Fifth Infantry's march from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien, Captain Whiting served on the staff of Ma-
jor General Macomb at Detroit. He was transferred to the First Artillery on June 1, 1821, promoted to major in 1824, transferred to the quartermaster department in 1835,and promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 7, 1838, and to colonel on April 21, 1846.
In the Mexican War Colonel Whiting was assigned to the army of General Zachary Taylor on July 6, 1846, as chief quartermaster. Colonel Whiting
was a participant in the Battle of Buena Vista, was brevetted as brigadier general for his "gallant and meritorious conduct," and subsequently retired on February 23, 1847.
On retirement from the army, Colonel Whiting returned to Detroit where he was elected a regent of the University of Michigan in 1848. In retirement he
continued his lifelong interest in a wide variety of military, scientific
and literary matters until his sudden death at St. Louis on
September 16, 1851. As a tribute of . .beautiful banks, sloping to the water
from a height of 20 or 30 feet and
crowned with thrifty oaks.
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respect to Whiting's memory, the staff of the quartermaster department to which he had belonged were ordered by Major General Scott to wear the prescribed badge of mourning for 30 days.
The publication record of Henry Whiting indicates that he possessed wide interests and impressive talents. His bibliography includes a book, The Age of Steam; a Biography of Zebulon Pike, which appeared in Sparks' American
Biography; the editing of a volume, George Washington's Military Orders; and the joint authorship of a book, Historical and Scientific Sketches of Michigan. Whiting was a periodic contributor to the North American Review and seems to have been fascinated with American Indians. He published three narrative poems and his Sannillac, which had notes by
Michigan governor Lewis Cass and the famous Indian agent/anthropologist/writer, Henry R. Schoolcraft.
Captain Whiting's Journal was written when present day Wisconsin was part of Michigan Territory. The Fox-Wisconsin Rivers along which the Fifth Regiment voyaged had been fur trading country fortwo centuries. Hundreds of French
and British explorers, fur traders,priests and soldiers had passed this
way. Yet Whiting was an observer of these two valleys before more than a very few settlers had begun to live there permanently and before there were any significant works of man to change the wilderness face of the land.
When the Fifth Infantry Regiment arrived at Green Bay in Michigan Territory in 'the last week of May 1819, they made preparations at Fort Howard to
proceed westward via the Fox- September 1979/Wisconsin Academy Review/5
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Henry married Macomb, Eliza on 25 Dec 1820 in Belleville, New Jersey, United States. Eliza (daughter of Macomb, William and Dring, Sarah) was born on 5 Jan 1795 in Michigan, United States; died on 2 Dec 1873 in Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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December 25, 1820 - Married, by Rev. J M Montieth, Cap-
tain Henry Whiting, 5th United States Infantry, To Miss Eliza
Macomb.
NOTE-Captain Henry Whiting was the United States Quar-
termaster, stationed at Detroit. He continued on duty here until the breaking out of the Mexican war, when he was ordered into the field. His wife was the sister of General Alexander Macomb. UnitedStates Army ( Alexander Macomb and Mary Catherine Navarre, parents of Alexander)
On the same day and by the same minister, Lieutenant Aeneas
Mackay, corps of United States Artillery, to Miss Ann Macomb.. NOTE-Miss Macomb was a sister of Mrs. Whiting
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1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18, New York, New York; Roll: M432_557; Page: 123B; Image: 253.
765/1807 Henry Whiting 61 male Brig Gen US Army $2000 Massachusetts
Eliza Whiting 55 fem Michigan
Henry McCamb Whiting 28 male 1st Lieut US Army Massachusetts
Wm D Whiting 27 male Past Mid Shipman US Army Mass
Mary Gilbs 35 fem Ireland
Ann Miller 30 fem Ireland
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1870; Census Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: M593_99; Page: 169B; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 545598.
1494/1803 Whiting William 47 male white Comander of Navy /$1000 Massachusetts
Jane 43 fem white Keeping house Ireland
Jennie S 21 fem white New York
Henry 17 male white Washington Attended Sch
Eliza 16 fem white Washington Attended Sch
William 15 male white Washington
Mary 12 fem white New York Attended Sch
Florence 08 fem white New York Attended Sch
Eliza 75 fem white Michigan
Fay Margaret 21 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Conner, Anna 24 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Connely, Bridget 27 fem white Servant Ireland
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CHAP. CXXXIII. -- An Act granting a Pension to Eliza PVhiting. May 2, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¥’¤¤i¤_tp terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Ehza Wl“°‘“g' roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza Whiting, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier-General Henry Whiting, and pay her a pension, to commence from the passage of this act. Approved, May 2, 1872.
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BURTON HISTORICAL
COLLECTION LEAFLET
VOL X NOVEMBER, 1931 No. 1
page 6
Eliza, William Macomb's youngest daughter, likewise followed the family custom of marrying into the army, her husband being Captain Henry Whiting of the First Artillery. For gallant service in the battle of Buena Vista he was brevetted a brigadier general. One of their sons spent his life in the navy, entering as a midshipman in 1841 and retiring forty years later with the rank of commodore. The summary here set forth suffices to suggest, although it is far from exhausting, the story of the contribution made by William Macomb's descendants to the cause of their country.
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Eliza Whiting (Macomb)
Birthdate: 1795
Birthplace: Detroit Wayne County Michigan
Death: Died 1873
Place of Burial: Elmwood Cemetery Detroit Wayne County Michigan
Immediate Family:
Daughter of William Macomb and Sarah Jane Macomb
Wife of General Henry WHITING
Sister of Catherine Macomb

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Eliza Macomb Whiting
Birth: Jan. 25, 1795
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan, USA
Death: Dec. 2, 1873
Grosse Ile
Wayne County
Michigan, USA

She married Henry Whiting Dec 25,1820 at the home of her mother, Sarah Dring Macomb, in Belleville, NJ. They had 4 children: John, Eliza, Henry Macomb and William Danforth.

She may have been living with her sister,Sarah Macomb Rucker, on Grosse Ile, MI when she died.


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Parents:
Sarah Jane Dring Macomb (1765 - 1849)

Spouse:
Henry Whiting (1788 - 1851)

Children:
Henry Macomb Whiting (1821 - 1853)*
William Danforth Whiting (1823 - 1894)*

Siblings:
Catherine Macomb Macomb (1786 - 1822)*
Sarah Macomb Rucker (1789 - 1873)*
Eliza Macomb Whiting (1795 - 1873)

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Father of General Henry WHITING; Julia Whiting; Sophia Whiting; Fabius Whiting; Caroline Lee Hentz, Author and 1 other
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Judge Whiting was greatly respected, not only for his personal character, but also as a fine scholar and an accomplished gentleman. Fortunately, he was able to give his children the advantage of liberal culture. He sent his eldest son, Thomas, to Harvard College.* Intending that his son William should become a member of the same profession to which his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had devoted their lives, he also carefully fitted him to enter College. He devoted much time to the instruction of his daughters, not only in polite literature, but in solid learning. The extent of their education, and the refinement of their manners, were not unfrequently the subject of remark. Of Judge Whiting's daughters, the eldest was married to Capt. Barron of the UnitedStates army, and, after his decease, to Judge Strong of Northampton, father of the late Judge Strong.t His daughter Lydia was married to John Mullekin, Esq., of Lexington, father of the late Dr. Mullekin of Dorchester, M.D.; and his daughter Lucy married Dr. Joseph Hunt, M.D., youngest son of Dea. Simon Hunt of Concord. Dr. Hunt was born 1 March, 1749, graduated at Harvard College 1770, died 27 May, 1812, aged 63. He was a physician at Concord and at Dracut, and for several years was secretary of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and was considered an eminent practitioner. It was to him that his nephew, Col. William Whiting of Concord, was principally indebted for his education. * See Catalogue of Graduates, H.C., 1775. t See IV. Savage, Gen. Die., 224. The children of Judge Whiting were all settled in Massachusetts. FIFTH GENERATION. Children of Judge Thomas Whiting of Concord, and Mary Lake: — I. Thomas of Boston, b. 3 October, 1748; graduated at Harvard College, 1775. For several years he taught the grammar school in Concord. He married Martha Jones. Late in life, he became a merchant in Boston, retaining his summer residence in Concord, where he died 28 September, 1820, aged 72. 2. Mary, who was married twice: 1st, to Capt. Barron of the U. S. army; 2d, to Judge Simeon Strong of Northampton, father of the late Judge Strong. 3. Lydia, who married John Mullekin of Lexington, Mass., father of Dr. Mullekin of Dorchester. 4. John Lake, married Olive, daughter of Ross Wyman of Shrewsbury, 1782. She was born 1762. They removed to Lancaster, where he died. Olive returned to Shrewsbury, and died 14 April, 1842, aged 80: issue seven children (see Hist. of Shrewsbury). 5. Lucy, married Dr. Joseph Hunt, M.D., of Concord, Mass., above named. 6. William of Lancaster, b. at Concord, 30 Sept., 1760; d. at Lancaster, 1832. m. June, 1783, Rebecca, dau. of Rev. Josiah Brown of Sterling.* She was b. 17 Jan., 1762; d. 20 Aug., 1848. * Dr. Brown was born in Lexington, Mass., was graduated at Harvard College. His wife was Mary, daughter of Rev. John Prentiss, minister of Lancaster. Sec Willard's Lancaster, pa^c 320. William received his early education in Greek, Latin, and mathematics, in Concord, where, under the eye of his father, Judge Thomas Whiting, and by the instruction of his elder brother, Thomas, who kept the grammar school there, he was fitted for college; but the troubles which grew out of the Revolution, and his father's death, caused him to give up his intention of completing his education at college and of entering one of the learned professions. He had eight children, — four sons and four daughters. Children of Deacon Samuel Whiting of Billerica: — 1. Samuel Esq., b., 8 May, 1730.* 2. Timothy, b. 24 February, 1732; d. 12 July, 1799; lived in Lancaster. He served in the French War of 1755, and on the 19th April, 1775, marched side by side with two of his sons, Timothy and John, in the battle of Concord and Lexington, pursuing the British troops on their retreat to Boston. * Dr. John Samuel Whiting, M.D., of Charlestown, Mass., is a son of the late Dr. Augustus W. (M.D.), who was a son of Deacon Samuel W., who was a son of this Samuel, Esq. 3. Henry (officer in the Revolutionary army). 4. Sabine (officer in the Revolutionary army). SIXTH GENERATION. Children of Timothy Whiting of Lancaster :— 1. Timothy, b. 17 June, 1758; was a captain in the Revolutionary army; lived in Lancaster. He accompanied his father and brother John in the battle of Concord and Lexington, on the 19th April, 1775; d. 13 January, 1826. Had ten children. 2. John, b. 24 February, 1760; was a general in the Revolutionary army; lived in Lancaster; d. 3 September, 1810, at Washington. Had eight children. In a volume edited and published by his son, General Henry Whiting, entitled " Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, preserved by him [General John Whiting, his father], while acting as Adjutant," we extract the following: "Col. John Whiting, of the 5th U. S. Infantry (who died in Washington, Sept. 3, 1810), was adjutant of the second regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Lieut.-Col, commandant E. Sproat. He had preserved most, perhaps all, of the orders which his duty obliged him to record; but only a portion of them were found, some ten years after his death, when the editor first determined to take possession of them, and make a selection for publication at some convenient time."
"Col. Whiting," he says, " in 1775, belonged to a ' minute company,' in the town of Billerica, a few miles north of Lexington, and, on the morning of the 19th of April (being then in his 16th year), marched side by side with his father (who had served in the French war of '55), and an elder brother, to the latter place, and shared in the running fight which the British had to maintain in their retreat from Concord. Immediately joining the army at Cambridge, he was under Arnold, on Lake Champlain, in '76, and with Gates's army throughout '77, receiving a commission during the latter year. The remainder of the war, he was with the main army until Washington took the immediate command against Cornwallis in Virginia. He retired to private life at the peace, re-entering the service on the increase of the army, in 1808, as lieut.-colonel of the 4th Infantry."
In " Gardner's Dictionary of Officers of the Army of the United States," published in 1860, at New York, (p. 483), we find the following extract from the army registers, showing the various grades of office in the United States army, — he having held the rank of general in the Revolutionary army, and, having afterwards retired, re-entered the same in 1808.
"John Whiting (Mass.) Lt.-Col. 4 Infantry, 8 July, 1808; Adjutant and Inspector of the army, 17 July, 1809; Colonel 5 Infantry, 31 December, 1809; .died 3 September, 1810, at Washington."
3. Christopher, b. 27 November, 1761 ; d. s.p.
Children of Thomas Whiting of Boston and Concord, and Martha Jones, were,—
1. Lydia, d. s.p.
2. Martha, d. s.p.
3. Samuel, who left two children, Thomas and Mary.
4. Joseph, d. s.p.
Children of Capt. Barron and Mary Whiting : —
1. Mary Barron, who lived at Northampton.
2. Stephen Barron,"
Children of John Mullekin and Lydia Whiting : —
1. Dea. Nathaniel Mullekin of Lexington.
2. John.
3. Isaac.
4. Dr. Samuel Mullekin, M.D., Dorchester.
Children of Dr. Joseph Hunt of Concord, Mass., M.D., and Lucy Whiting: —
1. Henry, who d. s.p.
2. Joseph, who had one daughter, Lucy Ann, who married Melancthon Smith, a Boston merchant.
3. Thomas, who d. s.p.
Children of John Lake Whiting and Olive Wyman: —
1. Relief, b. at Shrewsbury, n July, 1783; married two husbands. No issue by her first husband are given, if there were any. For her second husband she m. Reuben F. Blood of Carlisle, 24 February, 1805, and had six children. He was a deputy-sheriff at Mason, N.H., and a school-teacher. One of his ancestors was brother of the famous " Col. John Blood," one of Cromwell's colonels, known in English history for his designs on King Charles II. (See Hist. of Cromwell; Scott's novel " Peveril of the Peak," which refers to his times ; and Shattuck's "Hist. of Concord," p. 364, which gives the genealogy of the Bloods from 1639, when James Blood, brother of John, came to Concord, Mass.)
2. Lucy, b. 1785, unmarried, lived at Hope, Me., near Camden.
3. Seth Whiting, b. 4 April, 1787; married Susan Harding, d. of Elias Harding of Medfield, by whom he had three children, who d. in infancy. He married for his second wife Mary Kendall, dau. of Calvin Kendall of Athol, farmer, by whom he had seven children.
4. Olive, b. 1789 or 1790; m. Calvin Maynard of Sterling; d. s.p,
5. Sarah, married Dr. Moses Daken, M.D., Hope, Me.; no issue.
6. Henry, b. June 28, 1796; married Mary Safford of Hope, Me.; lived and died in Charlestown, Mass.; s.p.
7. Mary, died at 20, unmarried.
Children of William Whiting of Lancaster, and Rebecca Brown of Sterling : —
1. Mary B., b. 30 March, 1784; m. Frederic White of Utica and Sacket's Harbor, N.Y. They had one son, Alexander F. of Buffalo.
2. Rebecca, b. Oct. 21, 1786; m. Mr. Colburn, and lived at Sacket's Harbor. They had two daughters.
3. Col. William Whiting* of Concord, b. 20 October, 1788, at Sterling, Mass. He was married 11 Nov., 1811, to Hannah, daughter of Lot Conant, Esq., of Concord, who was brother of Rev. Ezra Conant of Winchester, N.H. (Har
* In 1802 he went to Concord, where he was educated by his uncle, Dr. Hunt, M.D., and finally settled. The homestead in which he passed the last filty years of his life was erected by him in 1812.
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Children of Gen. John Whiting of Lancaster:—
1. Timothy D., b. 1785, d. s. p., 1851. (Captain.)
2. Julia, b. 1787; d. s.p. 1817.
3. Henry, b. 1788. General in the U. S. A.; a brave officer and elegant scholar; d. 1851.
Brig-Gen. A. B. Eaton, U. S. A., under date of May 29, 1871, writes as follows: —
"I send with this the copy of Revolutionary orders of Gen. Washington, collected by the late Gen. Henry Whiting of the U. S. army, to which I invited your attention when I last had the pleasure of seeing you in Washington. Please do me the favor of accepting it. I also enclose the etat de service of Gen, Whiting, also that of his cousin, Lieut.-Col. Levi Whiting, and of his brother, Maj. Fabius Whiting. "I was personally well acquainted with Gen. Henry Whiting, from the year 1832 to the date of his death in 1851. He was a most lovable Christian gentleman, a pure and good man; was pleasant, highly intelligent, interesting and versatile in conversation; was a lover of natural and philosophical science, and had a good degree of accurate special knowledge thereof. He was a brave soldier, with never a word of self-laudation, or any approach to boasting. He performed every duty, in all departments of personal obligation, however unimportant, with exactness, and an undeviating fidelity to an enlightened conscience. He thoroughly guarded the avenues by which temptations to evil might assail, and avoided all practices that might mar the sweet affections of his charming home. As an instance of forethoughtful care in this respect, he would never play any game, not even backgammon, with his wife as an opponent, lest the usually evanescent opposition and strife for victory between them might, by possibility, result in marring the sacred relations, the harmonious oneness, of husband and wife, always beautifully evident in his home. I have written but a short note concerning this honored relative of yours. Please excuse its brevity, as I necessarily write hurriedly, and in the midst of pressing office duties."
This letter, by one of the distinguished officers now in service in the regular army, was accompanied by a volume published at New York and London, in 1844, entitled, "Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, issued during the years 1778 to 1782 inclusive , selected from the MSS. of John Whiting, Lieut. and Adjutant of the 2d Regiment, Massachusetts Line, and edited by his son, Henry Whiting, Lieut-Col. U.S.A."
The following extract from the army records will show the dates and the causes of promotion of this gallant soldier: —
"Henry Whiting, Mass., Cornet Light Dragoons, 20 Oct., 1808; Sec. Lieut. Light Dragoons, 1st Sept. 1809; First Lt. Lt. Dragoons, 1 Jan. 1811; Aid-de-Camp to B.-Gen. Boyd, and distinguished in the capture of Fort George, Upper Canada, 27 May, 1813 (appointed Capt. 4 Regt. of Rifles, March, 1814, declined); Capt. 23 Regt. U. S. Infantry, 14 July, 1814; Capt. 2 Reg. U. S. Infantry, 1 Sept. 1814; brevetted Captain for 'meritorious services, 17 March, 1814,' Sept. 1815; retained May, 1815, in 5th Reg. of Infantry; Capt. 2 Infantry, Aid-de-Camp to Maj.-General Macomb, 1 May, 1815; Captain in March, 1817; Capt. the 1st Reg. Artillery, 3 March, 1821; brevetted Major 'for ten years faithful service' 17 March, 1824 (June, 1830); brevetted Lieut.-Colonel for faithful and meritorious services, 30 June, 1834 (July, 1834); Quartermaster (rank Major), 23 Feb., 1835; Deputy-Quartermaster-General (K. K. Lieut. Col.), 7 July, 1838; Assistant Quartermaster (K. K. Colonel), 21 Apl. 1846; joined
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the army of General Taylor as Chief Quartermaster, 6 July, 1846;, brevetted Brigadier-General 'for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista', 23 Feb. 1847 (July, 1848); died 16 Sept. 1851, at St. Louis, Missouri."
The dates of some of the foregoing appointments, as obtained from the records of the War Department, are as follows, and differ slightly from the above. According to these, he was appointed: —
Cornet, Light Dragoons, 20 October, 1808. Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, 1 Sep- tember, 1809. First Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, 1 January,
1811.
First Lieutenant, Aid to Br.-Gen. Boyd, and distinguished in the capture of Fort George, Upper Canada, 27 May, 1813. Captain, 23d Regt. U. S. Infantry, 14 July,
1814.
Captain, 2d Regt. U. S. Infantry, 1 September, 1814.
Captain, 2d Infantry, Aid to Major-Gen. Macomb, 1 May, 1815.
Captain, 1st Regt. Artillery, 3 March, 1821. Captain, 1st Regt. Artillery, Brevet-Major, 3
March, 1824. Captain, Assistant-Quartermaster, U. S. A.,
24 March, 1830. Major, Quartermaster, U. S. A., 25 September,
1835
Lieutenant - Colonel, Deputy - Quartermaster- General, 7 July, 1838. Lieutenant-Colonel, Chief-Quartermaster to
Gen. Z. Taylor, 1 January, 1846. Colonel, Assistant - Quartermaster - General,
U. S. A., 21 April, 1846.
Colonel, Assistant - Quartermaster - General, U. S. A., Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. A, 23 February, 1847.
The following notice of his death appeared in a contemporary newspaper: —
"Quartermaster-Gen. Henry Whiting, who died at St. Louis on the 16th, and was taken to Detroit for burial, entered the army in 1808, as cornet of dragoons. He was brevetted to a captaincy in 1814, was in the artillery for some years, but for about twenty years has been in the staff, and was brevetted brigadier-general in '48 for his services in Mexico and elsewhere. In addition to his high standing as a citizen and soldier, Gen. Whiting was a man of fine literary tastes, fond of historical research, and, by study and application, had become an excellent scholar."
(Of the children of Gen. Henry Whiting are Lieut. Henry Macomb W., U. S. A., and Lieut. William Danforth W., U. S. N.)
The other children of Gen. John Whiting, were, —
4. Sophia, d. 1853, s. p.
5. Fabius (Major U. S. A.), d. s. p., 1842.
6. Maria, b. 1794.
7. Solon, b. 1797.
8. Caroline Lee (Hentz), b. at Lancaster, 1800 (authoress), 1825, m. Professor N. M. Hentz, at Northampton.
The Annals of Lynn (p. 275) say, "Caroline Lee Hentz, one of the most esteemed of American prose writers, descended from this venerable minister of the Lynn Church (Rev. Samuel Whiting). She was a daughter of Gen. John Whiting, who did good service in the Revolution, and died at Washington in 1810; and Gen. Henry Whiting, quite distinguished also for his literary attainments, was a brother of hers. She was born at Lancaster, Mass., in 1800, and was married in 1825, at Northampton, to Mr. N. M. Hentz, a French gentleman of education and talents, who was at that time, in connection with George Bancroft the historian, conducting a seminary at Northampton. Soon after marriage they moved to North Carolina, when Mr. Hentz became a professor in the college at Chapel Hill. They afterwards lived at Covington, Ky., then at Cincinnati, and then at Florence, Ala., where they established a flourishing seminary. In 1843 they removed their school to Tuscaloosa, Fla., and afterwards they resided at Columbus. Ga. Mrs. Hentz died at the residence of her son, Dr. Charles A. Hentz, at Mariana, Fla., in 1856; and within a year afterwards her accomplished husband died at the same place.
Among the most popular works of Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz are the following, of



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[Concluded from Chronicle, October 3.] Fourth Regiment Of Infantry.
John P. Boyd, Colonel, Oct. 7, 1808.
John Whiting, Lt. CoL, July 8, 1808.
James Millor.t Major, do.
William C. Bacn, Captain, May 3, 1808.
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Washington, George; Whiting, John compiler: Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued During the Years 1778, '80, '81, and '82 Selected from the Mss. of John Whiting and edited by his son Henry Whiting, New York Wiley and Putnam 1844 Very Good
First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR GENERAL HENRY WHITING and by his son Henry M. Whiting, who served in the U.S. Mexican War. Rare ephemera announcing the death and mourning period of General Henry Whiting is tipped in. Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Whiting was commissioned a Cornet of Dragoons, October 20, 1808 and served on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812 with Great Britain. In the War with Mexico he served as Quartermaster General. His father, Col. John Whiting of the 5th U.S. Infantry was Adjutant of the 2d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Lieut.-Col. Commandant E. Sproat. He preserved most if not all of the Orders from General Washington. These fascinating Orders cover matters great and small: the discipline of the troops, health and sanitation, the organization of the army and its support services, and a uniform system of manoeuvres. Throughout the Orders, Washington evidences deep concern for his soliders as well as civilians, a deep spirituality, and his gratitude for the support from France. Rebacked with original decorated silk boards, new endpapers. Very good. Signed by Editor First Edition Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Brigadier-general Henry Whiting, of the Quartermaster's Department, died at St. Louis, Mo., on the 16th of September. He arrived at St Louis, as we learn from the Republican of the 17th, on Sunday, the 14th, from a tour of official duty in Texas, being in bis usual health. On Tuesday afternoon, while in his room at the Planter's House, he was, without any premonition whatever, striken dead instantaneously. The cause of his death, in all probability, was an affection of the heart His remains were taken to Jefferson Barracks on the 17th, for interment
Gen. Whiting, who was among the oldest officers of the army, was a native of Lancaster, in Massachusetts, a son of Gen. John Whiting, also a native of that place. He was not only an accomplished officer in the department in which he has spent a large portion of his life, but he made extensive scientific and liternry attainments, and was a gentleman of great private worth. In hours stolen from official duties, he was for many years a large contributor to the literature of the country. His articles which from time to time appeared in the North-American Review, were of an eminently practical and useful character, and highly creditable to his scholarship and sound judgment The biographical sketch of the late President Taylor, in a recent number, confined chiefly to his military life, and embracing a graphic description of the extraordinary successes in Mexico, was from Gea Whiting's pen. He published a few years ago an important collection of the General Ordert of Wathington, He was deserving of praise also as a poet and as a dramatic author.
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Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued During the Years 1778, '80, '81, and '82 Selected from the Mss. of John Whiting and edited by his son Henry Whiting
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John married Danforth, Orpha on 23 May 1785 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Orpha (daughter of Danforth, Doctor Timothy and Patten, Sarah) was born on 7 Jun 1758 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 10 Mar 1837 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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To these sons, Alexander, born, July 27, 1748, and William, born, November 14, 1751, the reader may now be introduced. Both were born in Ireland at the parental seat of Dunturky, which lies in County Antrim, a few miles north of Belfast. Both spent the years of their youth in Albany and were in the dawn of their early manhood when they came to Detroit. The misfortune which had attended their father in the old home was quickly reversed by them in the new one. They engaged in business and despite their youth and want of experience throve so amazingly that by the opening of the Revolution they were numbered among the leading merchants of Detroit. The war that began on the seaboard in 1775 worked to their individual advantage, for Detroit was the center of British governmental authority and military activity in the West, and enormous sums of money were soon being spent upon activities incidental to the prosecution of the war. Alexander and William Macomb became the fiscal agents of the government in Detroit, and from this employment and their private business enormous profits were reaped. By the close of the war, when they were still in their early thirties, no one stood higher than they in the official and commercial life of Detroit. In the Burton Historical Collection are five large books of record of the firm of Macomb, Edgar and Macomb (William Edgar was admitted as a partner during the war, and before its close had

1See Calendar of the Sir William Johnson Papers (Albany, 1909), inedex entries.



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amassed a comfortable fortune), whose contents disclose many interesting, and frequently quaint, pictures of the life of Revolutionary Detroit. For example, we learn that Justice Philip Dejean, Detroit's notorious hanging magistrate, "rented" a stove at one time; or we follow the articles of daily food and apparel of many a famous "father" of Detroit; or, again, we may learn the names and the daily wage of the Detroit citizens who in 1780 marched under Captain Henry Bird against the settlements of infant Kentucky, and returned to Detroit conveying several hundred despairing, woebegone captives.
The prosperity which attended the business career of Alexander and William Macomb found reflection, of course, in their social and other activities. Their trade, for government purposes alone, says Mr. Burton, exceeded, in some years, half a million dollars. "They were Indian traders, general merchants, real estate dealers, and bankers, and probably carried on many more pursuits that were required in the village."2 Among other activities, they became large holders of real estate. They obtained Grosse Ile from the Indians in July, 1776; and William, many years later, became the owner of Belle Isle. He also purchased the St. Martin farm with its mansion, which became his home until his death in 1796. Unlike Alexander (in the career of whose famous son we are chiefly interested), who removed to New York City at the close of the war, William continued a resident and foremost citizen of Detroit to the end of his life. Illustrative of his status in British Detroit is the fact of his election in 1792 to the Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, in the first popular electoral contest ever held in Detroit. Belle Isle, Grosse Ile , and the St. Martin farm (better known today as the Cass farm) were all included in the extensive estate which, at death, he left to his heirs. To the present moment his descendants have been numerously represented on Grosse Ile and in Detroit, and before returning to the narrative of Alexander's career and family, we may summarize briefly the story of William's descendants.
On July 18, 1780, he married Jane Dring, a woman of French Huguenot antecedents. They had eleven children, three of whom died in early childhood, two of them victims of the distressing epidemic which afflicted Detroit in the autumn of 1785. Three sons and five daughters grew up, married, and in their turn reared families. With astonishing regularity these descendants of William Macomb followed military careers, or (if women) became the wives and mothers of soldiers. In our limited sketch, only a few of the more noteworthy among them can be noticed. William Macomb II married Monique Navarre and lived on Grosse Ile. She perished untimely in 1813 from exposure and fright resulting from an Indian

2Michigan Pioneer Collections. XXXV. 568

William married Dring, Sarah in 1778 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Sarah was born in 1753 in Ireland; died on 20 May 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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