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• FamilySearch Id: K2QC-M3B

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1850; Census Place: Smith, Posey, Indiana; Roll M432_166; Page: 298; Image: 263.
660/678 William Whiting30 male Merchant $300 Indiana
Julia 25 fem Kentucky
Thurston P 08 male Indiana
John C 05 male Indiana
Charles W 2 male Indiana
Georgina 2/12 fem Indiana
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1860; Census Place: Smith, Posey, Indiana; Roll M653_290; Page: 619; Image: 94.
790/688 William Whiting 49 female [?male] Merchant $300/2500 Indiana
Julia 38 female Indiana
John E 15 male Indiana attended school
Charles W 13 male Indiana attended school
George 10 male Indiana attended school
Beverly 01 male Indiana
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1870; Census Place: Smith, Posey, Indiana; Roll M593_352; Page: 435; Image: 497.
188/188 Whiting William J 51 or 52 Dry Goods & Grocer Merchant $9400/5600 Indiana
Julia E 45 Keeping House Kentucky
John C 25 male white Dry Good & Grocery Merchant $500 Indiana
Charles W 23 male white Dry Good & Grocery Merchant $500 Indiana
Allen Avrey 67 male white farmer $4000 Kentucky
" John 21 male white physician Indiana
Knowle Lydia Fem white 26 Keeping House $6000/500 Indiana
Marvel A male white 04 Indiana
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1880; Census Place: Cynthiana, Posey, Indiana; Roll T9_305; Family History Film: 1254305; Page: 1.1000; Enumeration District: 92; Image: 0264.
Household Record 1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
William J. WHITING Self M Male W --- IN Dry Goods Merchant VA KY
Julia E. WHITING Wife M Female W 54 KY Keeping House VA NC
John C. WHITING Son S Male W 37 IN Clerk In Dry Goods Store IN KY
Charles W. WHITING Son S Male W 33 IN Clerk In Dry Goods Store IN KY
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Source Information:
Census Place Cynthiana, Posey, Indiana
Family History Library Film 1254305
NA Film Number T9-0305
Page Number 1A
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Descendants of Maxfield Whiting
Fourth Generation

17. William J. Whiting (Clement , Hanna Charles , Maxfield ) was born on 1 May 1819 in Cynthiana, Indiana. He died in 1881.

William married Mary Julia E. Pollard on 3 Apr 1841 in , Posey, Indiana. Mary was born in 1824 in ,,Kentucky. She died in 1890.

They had the following children:

67 M i Thurston P. Whiting was born about 1842 in .
68 F ii Georgina Whiting was born in 1850 in .
+ 69 M iii William Thornton Whiting
70 M iv John Clem Whiting was born in 1843 in ,,Indiana. He died in 1908 in Cynthiana, Indiana.
71 M v Charles Webb Whiting was born in 1847 in ,,Indiana. He died in 1916 in Cynthiana, Indiana.
Charles married Emily Kigh.
72 M vi George Ann Whiting was born in 1849 in .
73 M vii Claudius Whiting was born in 1851 in .
74 M viii Beverly Waugh Whiting was born in 1853 in .
75 F ix Susan Adelaide Whiting was born in 1855 in .


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bryajw/whiting/pafg04.htm#3441

William married Pollard, Mary Julia E on 3 Apr 1841 in Posey, Indiana, United States. Mary was born in 1825 in Kentucky, United States; died in 1890. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Whiting, Thursten P was born in 1842 in Indiana, United States.
2. Whiting, John Clem was born in 1845 in Indiana, United States; died in 1908 in Cynthiana, Posey, Indiana, United States.
3. Whiting, Charles Webb was born in 1848 in Smith Township, Posey, Indiana, United States; died in 1916 in Cynthiana, Posey, Indiana, United States.
4. Whiting, Georgina was born in 1850 in Smith Township, Posey, Indiana, United States.
5. Whiting, Claudius was born about 1851 in Cynthiana, Posey, Indiana, United States.

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• FamilySearch Id: MLN7-14B

Notes:

1850; Census Place: Smith, Posey, Indiana; Roll M432_166; Page: 298; Image: 262.
668/666 William Whiting 58 male farmer Virginia
Margaret 49 fem Kentucky
Clement E 29 male farmer Kentucky
Benjamin 24 male farmer Kentucky
Sarah E 21 fem Kentucky
Nancy M 18 fem Kentucky
Henry C 18 male Kentucky attended school
Matilda J 15 fem Kentucky attended school
William P 12 male Kentucky attended school
Mary E 09 fem Indiana attended school
John L 06 male Indiana attended school
Lydia A 03 fem Indiana
649/667 Clement Whiting 60 male farmer $5940 Virginia
Sarah 46 fem Pennsylvania
Charles 18 male farmer Indiana attended school
Sarah E 16 fem Indiana attended school
Mary A 13 fem Indiana attended school
Jesse T. M 11 male Indiana attended school
Margaret 09 fem Indiana attended school
Lydia 07 fem Indiana attended school
James P 04 male Indiana
Dorcus Roberts 17 fem Illinois
Alexander Malone 20 male laborer Indiana

Clement married Endicott, Sarah on 25 Dec 1811 in Scranton, Menifee, Kentucky, United States. Sarah (daughter of Endicott, Aaron and Harman, Phoebe) was born on 25 Dec 1790 in Woodford, Kentucky, United States; died on 10 May 1829 in Posey, Indiana, United States; was buried in May 1829 in Posey, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: K2QH-1VX

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• FamilySearch Id: L9PQ-WWQ

Hanna married Montague, Sallie on 8 Dec 1773 in Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. Sallie (daughter of Montague, John and Bartlett, Ann ( Hannah )) was born in 1757 in Of Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States; died in Aug 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: L9PQ-W3Y

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• FamilySearch Id: KJPV-S4G

Aaron married Harman, Phoebe. Phoebe was born in 1767 in Kentucky, United States; died in in Posey, Indiana, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: K8R7-1Y5

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• FamilySearch Id: K2FQ-G6T
• FamilySearch Id: KCPD-3ZD

Notes:

Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of His Wife, Elizabeth St. John ...
By William Whiting
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Step # 1:
We start off with a focused goal. In this case study, the question, or focused goal, was to identify the parents of Maxfield Whiting who married Lettice Johnson in 1753.

Step # 2:
Conduct a broad search of time, location, and associates. In this case study, Maxfield and Martha Whiting were witnesses of a will of an associate. According to Tom, two witnesses with the same last name are almost always related; however I’m not sure I agree with that 110%. In this case, it turned out to be a correct assumption.

Step # 3:
Understand the documents and the motivation behind why they were created; follow their creation process through to the finish, especially when dealing with probate, court, and land records; In this case study, we examined 7 distinct documents and wrote our analysis and findings down in our research journals:
1779 court document of Mr Fitzhugh, Maxfield Whiting’s landlord which included a deposition of Maxfield Whiting himself in which he said he was 50 years of age, putting his date of birth around late 1720s, early 1730s
Church record stating marriage of Maxfield Whiting to Lettice Johnson, Feb 3, 1753 – Tom Jones said that most males in VA at this time married in their early 20s, making Maxfield’s date of birth about 1730
An associate’s will written 1757 which Maxfield Whiting and Martha Whiting both witnessed – Tom Jones says they are probably related
1731 Petition of Martha Whiting to use property given her by her father, Maxfield Brown; says she has small children and her husband William Whiting left her – Maxfield Whiting could fit in easily as one of these small children
The will of Maxfield Brown listing daughter by the name of Martha Whiting
Marriage record of Martha Whiting to Daniel Fendleston, 1755
Letter from Maxfield Whiting naming his daughter Martha Whiting – indicates similar naming pattern after his mother, Martha Whiting

Step 4:
After all the documents are understood and analyzed, they must then be correlated. The will of Maxfield Brown above correlates the 1731 petition of Martha Whiting to the court in which she said her father was Maxfield Brown.

In the same token, conflicting documents must also be resolved. Can you see what is conflicting in the documents above?

The 1757 will lists Martha Whiting as the witness along with her son Maxfield Whiting. However Martha Whiting had already remarried to Daniel Fendleston in 1755. How do we resolve this?

Tom Jones suggests that the clerk made an error in the will because he knew both Martha and Maxfield Whiting and probably knew of their relationship and simply wrote both their names as Whiting. Neither of them could probably read or write their own names, so they just placed their marks. It is possible the clerk was not even aware Martha had remarried. I am not sure how I feel about this conclusion, but the rest of the evidence seems to correlate. That leaves us to the next step.
http://genealogybyginger.blogspot.com/2011/06/inferential-genealogy-course-in-second.html
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Maxfield married Johnson, Letitia on 3 Feb 1753 in St. Paul's Parish, Stafford, Virginia, United States. Letitia (daughter of Johnson, John and Powel, Frances) was born on 6 Apr 1732 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: K2FQ-Y5L

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• FamilySearch Id: L448-SLM

John married Bartlett, Ann ( Hannah ). Ann was born on 6 Sep 1737 in Spotsylvania, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States; died in 1783 in Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: L41L-GBR