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Whiting, Colonel John

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  1. 1.  Whiting, Colonel John was born on 15 Dec 1693 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 24 Dec 1693 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (son of Whiting, John and Allun, Ann, son of Whiting, Captain Joseph and Allyn, Anna); died on 12 Sep 1766 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Sep 1766 in Connecticut, United States.

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    (Joseph, William and Susannah immigrants)

    745. Col. Whiting died February 12, 1766.

    A Genealogical Dictionary Of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 by James Sabage
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    History of Knox County, Illinois: Its Cities, Towns and People, Volume 2, Part 2
    By Albert James Perry
    Samuel Morse Whiting
    Samuel Morse Whiting, who engaged in mercantile pursuits in Altona, was born in that town on the 11th of August, 1857, and traces his ancestry back to William and Susannah Whiting, who settled in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1632, having come from Boxford, Suffolk, England. William Whiting was a very wealthy merchant who had received a patent for land at Sevanscot with Lord Say and Lord Brook. He served as treasurer of Connecticut colony from 1642 to 1647 and died in July of the latter year. His wife passed away July 8, 1673. Their son Joseph Whiting , who was born October 2, 1640 and died October 8, 1717, was married in 1676 to Anna Allyn, who was born August 18, 1652, and died March 3, 1735. She was a daughter of Colonel John and Ann (Smith) Allyn. Her father, who was secretary of the Connecticut colony for twenty-eight years, was born February 24, 1630, and died November 11, 1696. John Whiting, son of Joseph and Anna (Allyn) Whiting, was born December 15, 1693, and died February 12, 1766. He married Jerusha Lord, who was born in 1699 and died in 1776. Their son Allyn Whiting was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, being a private in Major Sheldon’s'Regiment of Light Horse and Colonel Enos’ Regiment on the Hudson. He was born June 23, ‘1740, and died February 9, 1818. He and his wife Elizabeth joined the church at West Hartford in 1758. Their son Joseph Whiting was born in August, 1763, and died February 16, 1842. He was ‘married in 1784 to Mary Goodwin, who was born in 1766 and died in 1835. Their son Allyn Whiting, who was the grandfather of our subject, was born July 4, 1788, and died in Aurora, Illinois, November 3, 1871. He married Amanda Alford, who was born June 6, 1796, and died May 3, 1849. Their son Samuel Phelps Whiting, the father of our subject, was born September 19, 1821, in Hartford, Connecticut, and was married, in Litchfield, that state, May 28, 1845, to Miss Lucretia Morse who was born in Litchfield, August 22, 1823, and died April 5, 1901. She was a daughter of Jacob and Harriet Morse, who were married March 14, 1821. Her mother was born March 17, 1800, and died February 28, 1882, in Litchfield. Her father was born in that city March 6, 1792, and was a son of Levi and Thalia (Sanford) Morse. Levi Morse was born in Litchfield, September 19, 1775, and died January 20, 1841. His wife was born October 26, 1776, and died July 16, 1854. Mrs. Lucretia (Morse) Whiting belonged to a very prominent old New England family and a monument has been erected which bears the following inscription: “To the memory of seven Puritans who emigrated from England to America in 1635-9. John Morse, born 1604, settled at New Haven and died at Wallingford, Connecticut, 1707, aged one hundred and three years. Samuel Morse, born 1585, settled at Dedham, 1636, died at Medfield, 1654. Joseph Morse, settled at Ipswich, where he died 1646. Anthony Morse, born at Marlboro, England, 1606, died at Newbury, 1686. William Morse, born 1608, died 1685. Robert and Peter, their brothers, settled and died in New Jersey.”
    Samuel Phelps Whiting, the father of our subject, conducted a meat market in his native city until coming to Victoria, Illinois, in 1851, with his brother Richard and family. They engaged in mercantile business for two years and at the end of that time Samuel P. Whiting removed to Altona, where he opened'a meat market. In addition to that business he also engaged in the raising and shipping of cattle, horses and hogs, becoming one of the leading men engaged in that enterprise in the locality. He disposed of his stock in Peoria, which was the nearest market. His was one of the first frame houses built in Altona and was situated on Main street, opposite the present place of business of Samuel M. Whiting. In 1878 he admitted his son Samuel as a business partner and subsequently purchased and edited for five years Altona’s only newspaper —the Altona Journal. He took an active interest in public affairs and was a supporter of the republican party. After a useful and well spent life he passed away in March, 1907. In his family were four children: Samuel M.- of this review; Della, the wife of A. H. Miles, a druggist of Des Moines, Iowa; Inez, the wife of A. G. Edwards, a druggist and ex city treasurer of Omaha, Nebraska; and Angie, the wife of Ernest R. Smith, of Palo Alto, California.
    Samuel M. Whiting has been engaged in the meat market business since he finished school at the age of fifteen years. In addition to conducting his market he has also bought and shipped cattle to the near-by markets. For one year he ran a restaurant and from 1892-to 1897 he conducted a meat market in Galesburg but then returned to Altona. In his dealings he has maintained the strictest business integrity, realizing that satisfied customers are the best advertisement. He keeps in touch with the trade, knows what the market offers and carries a good line of meats, while his prices are reasonable and his treatment of his patrons always courteous.
    Mr. Whiting was married to Miss Ella M. Pierce, of Walnut Grove township whose birth occurred January 5, 1860. She is a daughter of Mathew Pierce, who came to Altona from New York state when very young and is now living retired at Galesburg. To Mr. and Mrs. Whiting four children have been born: Claude N., an electrician, who married Jennie Nelson and is residing in Cairo, Illinois; Harry S., the assistant cashier of the State Bank at Victoria, Illinois, who married Lillian Wenstrom, of Altona, and they have a little daughter, Lucile, born January 11, 1912; Inez, who is engaged in teaching music and is residing at home; and Mathew Pierce, who since his graduation from school has assisted his father in the meat market.
    Mr. Whiting is an active and enthusiastic republican and has frequently been elected to ofiice. He has served as village clerk and has four times been elected supervisor, his first election being in 1889. For nine years he served as county committeeman and during that time did much active work in furthering the interests of the republican party. Practically his whole life has been spent in Altona, where he has the distinction of being one of the two oldest business men. He occupies a place of prominence as one of the energetic business men, succeeding in what he undertakes by reason of his forceful character and his strict conformity to modern business methods.
    http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA871&lpg=PA871&dq=John+Whiting+Jerusha+Lord&id=OU00AQAAMAAJ&ots=zibB_7Xqps&output=text
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    COLONEL JOHN WHITING, son of Joseph and Anna (Allyn) Whiting, was born in Hartford, December 15, 1693. He succeeded his father in 1717 as treasurer of the colony, holding the office for thirty-two years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of wealth and standing.

    He commanded a regiment in the French and Indian wars. He died February 12, 1766. He married Jerusha, daughter of Richard Lord of Hartford, grandson of Thomas Lord, one of the first settlers of the town of Hartford. She was born February 25,1699 and died October 21, 1776 in Windsor, Connecticut.

    Children of John and Jerusha born at Hartford are: (1) Joseph, born January 1715, died February 1715; (2) Abigail, born July 24, 1718, died December 21, 172; (3) Jerusha, born September 16,1720, married Daniel Skinner. She died July6, 1803. (4) Joseph, born February 14, 172, died November 1725; (5) Anna, born February 16, 1724, married Lieutenant Benjamin Colton, died May 31, 1762; (6) John, born June 17, 1727; (7) Mary, born August 25, 1729, married John Skinner; (8) Susan, born February 10, 1732; (9) Sarah, born April 6, 1734; (10) William, born October 12, 1736, died October 19, 1775; (11) Allyn, born June 23, 1740, died February 9, 1818.

    He was a soldier in the revolution in John Skinner's company, Major Sheldon's regiment of light horse, in Captain Ozias Bissell's company, Colonel Roger Enos' regiment in New York in 1778, resided at West Hartford, Married Elizabeth _________ with whom he joined the church at Hartford; (12) Elizabeth born June 25, 1743 and died August 14, 1750.

    Source: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut.

    Volume II, page 664
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    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Jerusha Lord Whiting (1699 - 1776)

    Children:
    Elizabeth Whiting (____ - 1750)*
    Abigail Whiting (____ - 1722)*
    Anna Whiting Colton*
    Joseph Whiting (1715 - 1715)*
    Jerusha Whiting Skinner (1720 - 1803)*
    Mary Whiting Skinner (1729 - 1772)*
    William Whiting (1736 - 1775)*
    Allyn Whiting (1740 - 1818)*
    Sarah Whiting Merry (1750 - 1822)*

    *Calculated relationship

    Inscription:
    In Memory
    of Colonel John
    Whiting Who
    Departed this
    Life February ye 12th
    1767 in ye 73rd
    Year of his Age

    Burial:
    Old Center Cemetery
    West Hartford
    Hartford County
    Connecticut, USA

    Maintained by: Rhonda
    Originally Created by: C Greer
    Record added: Oct 18, 2010
    Find A Grave Memorial# 60282882
    !Sealing to Parents: IGI 3Mar 1977 SW Bapt.,Mar.D.TIB.
    !BIRTH: TIB; Goodwin Notes GS Conn 28 p.346; Whiting Notes GS FConn10 pt.27;
    New England Regis v.5 p.463; Hartford Historical catalog p.201; Hartford Church Rec GS 1448 pt.5;

    !MARRIAGE: TIB for Jerusha Lord;

    !DEATH: TIB; Hale's Collection of Vit Rec (deaths); Hartford's Deeds GS 1761
    pt.8 v.11 p.120 & pt.9 v.12 p.182;

    BAP & END: TIB;

    !Margaret Neuffer: Colonel John Whiting, son of Joseph and Anna (Allyn) Whiting, was born in Hartford, Dec. 15, 1693. He succeeded his father in 1717 as treasurer of the colony, holding the office for 32 years. He was a
    merchant in Hartford and a man of wealth and standing. He commanded a regiment in the French and Indian wars. He died Feb. 12 1766. He married Jerusha, daughter of Richard Lord, of Hartford, grandson of Thomas Lord, one
    of the first settlers of the town of Hartford. She was born Feb 25, 1699 and died October 21, 1776 at Windsor, CT. Source - Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut Vol II p 664.

    Naoma Manwaring Harker FGS #121-122
    1. Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Goodwin, 1969, originally published 1856 (BYU Reference: 929.174/G 635g).
    974/D2g/1969 Old Ref: Goodwin Notes GS Conn 28 p.346;
    2. Geneaogical Notes of the Whiting Family, by A.F. Whiting, 1888. Listed as Genealogical Notes by A.F.W. (or A.F. Whitney -wrong should be Whiting), and Whiting Notes GS FConn10 pt.27; Call# Film 003,011Old Call # 1453 pt. 27
    Colonel John Whiting succeeded his father in 1717 as Teasurer of the Colony and retained his office 32 years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of property.
    3. New England Regis v.5 p.463;
    4. Historical Catalog of the First Church in Hartford, 1633-1885
    Listings: Historical catalogue of Hartford, Hist. Catalogue, Hartford Ch. p.201; Rec (old Call #; Conn H4a) Film# 004,600
    5. Vital Records of Connecticut, Congregational Churches, Hartford Second Church Records. Old Call #: Hartford Church Rec GS 1448 pt.5; Film #002,843
    6. Hale's Collection of Vit Rec (deaths)
    7. Hartford's Deeds GS pt.8 v.11 p.120:
    1761 John Whiting and Jerusha deed 1/8 part of land laid out to heirs of Richard Lord pt.9 v.12 p.182:
    1767 William Whiting deeds to his mother Jersusha and sister Sarah

    DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):

    !BIRTH: Source - Goodwin Notes GS Conn 28 p.346; GS FConn10 pt.27;
    New England Regis v.5 p.463; Hartford Historical catalog p.201; Hartford Church Rec, GS 1448 pt.5. Record of Services of Colonial Dames Ancestors by Susan A.E. Morse, page 179.
    !BAPTISM: Source - Barbour, Lucius Barnes, "Families of Early Hartford, Conn.", page 677.
    !MARRIAGE: Source - same as baptism, p. 678.
    !DEATH; Source - same as baptism, page 678, age 72. Hartford's Deeds GS 1761
    pt.8 v.11 p.120 & pt.9 v.12 p.182; Index of Obituaries, 1704-1800, in Boston Newspapers, Vol.I page 550.

    Feb 2, 1743/44 Christopher Ripameer age chose Col John Whiting as his guardian. !Source - Barbour, Lucius Barnes, "Families of Early Hartford, Conn." page 475.

    Colonel John Whiting, son of Joseph and Anna (Allyn) Whiting, succeeded his father in 1717 as Treasurer of the colony, holding the office 32 years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of wealth and standing.
    He commanded a regiment in the French and Indian wars. He was Captain of the Troop of Horse in Hartford County in May 1730. He was made Colonel of the First Regiment in Oct., 1741, and a member of the Council of War in 1745.
    -- Record of Services of Colonial Dames Ancestors.

    Saturday morning, May 14,1994 we left Windsor Locks, Conn., to drive to Somersworth, New Hampshire to visit our daughter Linda. We stopped at Windsor and visited the Palisado Cemetery, an "old and new cemetery" behind the United Church of Christ (Congregational). This building was erected in 1794, but the organization is among the oldest gathered congregations in North America. The cemetery contains tombstones dating from the 1600s. The first stone we found was that of Jerusha Lord Whiting, (see notes on her for inscription). Beside this stone tablet was an all white stone for Col. John Whiting.
    John Whiting Col Hooker's Regiment 1777 Died

    We also visited the Windsor Historical Society, 96 Palisado Ave. It is the site of the Lt. Walter Fyler house, built in 1640, one of the oldest frame houses in Connecticut. We were surprised to find it open on Saturday morning. The gentleman who opened the door was very cordial, and assisted in helping us find records of 'cemetery inscription' of some of my ancestors. I also met a lady from Charleston, South Carolina who was working on Matthew Allyn's line.
    Matthew Allyn went to Windsor after the founding of Hartford. His name is on the Founders's Monument in the gold Street cemetery in Hartford.
    Margaret M. Neuffer.
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    Birth: Dec. 15, 1693
    Hartford
    Hartford County
    Connecticut, USA
    Death: Feb. 12, 1767
    Hartford
    Hartford County
    Connecticut, USA

    Died in the 73d year of his age
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    COLONEL JOHN WHITING

    Col. John Whiting was born on Dec. 15, 1693 in Hartford, Connecticut and died on Feb. 12, 1766 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was the son of Joseph and Anne Allyn Whiting. Col. John married Jerusha Lord who was born on Feb. 25, 1699 at Hartford, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Richard Lord III and Abigail Warren Lord. She died on Oct. 21, 1776 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut.

    Col. John succeeded his father in 1717 as treasurer of the colony, holding the office for thirty-two years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of wealth and standing. He commanded a regiment in the French and Indian Wars.

    1.) According to Cutter p.1665 " he was a man of wealth and standing, and that Col. John Whiting commanded a regiment in the French and Indian Wars(1754-1760)." Also in "The Journal of Constantine Hardy, in the Crown Point Expedition of 1759" there is mention of Col. Whiting's Regiment.

    2.) Re: American Genealogical Lending Library, Surname Collection (#SW 16- 14, v112 - 49) (pp.110-111) Col. John Whiting married Jerusha Lord,daughter of Richard Lord of Hartford. She was born February 25 1699, anddied October 21, 1776 at Windsor, Conn. Col. John Whiting succeeded his father in 1717 as Treasurer of the Colony of Connecticut, retaining the office thirty-two years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of property. Captain of the Troop of Horse in Hartford County, May 1730.Colonel of the First Regiment October 1741. Member of the Council of War 1745. Col. Whiting died February 12, 1766.

    A Genealogical Dictionary Of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692 by James Sabage
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    COLONEL JOHN WHITING, son of Joseph and Anna (Allyn) Whiting, was born in Hartford, December 15, 1693. He succeeded his father in 1717 as treasurer of the colony, holding the office for thirty-two years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of wealth and standing.

    He commanded a regiment in the French and Indian wars. He died February 12, 1766. He married Jerusha, daughter of Richard Lord of Hartford, grandson of Thomas Lord, one of the first settlers of the town of Hartford. She was born February 25,1699 and died October 21, 1776 in Windsor, Connecticut.

    Children of John and Jerusha born at Hartford are: (1) Joseph, born January 1715, died February 1715; (2) Abigail, born July 24, 1718, died December 21, 172; (3) Jerusha, born September 16,1720, married Daniel Skinner. She died July6, 1803. (4) Joseph, born February 14, 172, died November 1725; (5) Anna, born February 16, 1724, married Lieutenant Benjamin Colton, died May 31, 1762; (6) John, born June 17, 1727; (7) Mary, born August 25, 1729, married John Skinner; (8) Susan, born February 10, 1732; (9) Sarah, born April 6, 1734; (10) William, born October 12, 1736, died October 19, 1775; (11) Allyn, born June 23, 1740, died February 9, 1818.

    He was a soldier in the revolution in John Skinner's company, Major Sheldon's regiment of light horse, in Captain Ozias Bissell's company, Colonel Roger Enos' regiment in New York in 1778, resided at West Hartford, Married Elizabeth _________ with whom he joined the church at Hartford; (12) Elizabeth born June 25, 1743 and died August 14, 1750.

    Source: Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut.

    Volume II, page 664
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    Family links:
    Spouse:
    Jerusha Lord Whiting (1699 - 1776)

    Children:
    Elizabeth Whiting (____ - 1750)*
    Abigail Whiting (____ - 1722)*
    Joseph Whiting (1715 - 1715)*
    Jerusha Whiting Skinner (1720 - 1803)*
    Anna Whiting Colton (1724 - 1762)*
    Mary Whiting Skinner (1729 - 1772)*
    William Whiting (1736 - 1775)*
    Allyn Whiting (1740 - 1818)*
    Sarah Whiting Merry (1750 - 1822)*

    *Calculated relationship

    Inscription:
    In Memory
    of Colonel John
    Whiting Who
    Departed this
    Life February ye 12th
    1767 in ye 73rd
    Year of his Age

    Burial:
    Old Center Cemetery
    West Hartford
    Hartford County
    Connecticut, USA

    Maintained by: Rhonda
    Originally Created by: C Greer
    Record added: Oct 18, 2010
    Find A Grave Memorial# 60282882
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    John married Lord, Jerusha on 16 Sep 1720. Jerusha (daughter of Lord, Richard and Warren, Abigail) was born on 25 Feb 1699 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 26 Feb 1698 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 21 Oct 1776 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Oct 1776 in Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Whiting, Joseph was born in Jan 1714/1715 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 22 Jan 1715 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in Feb 1715 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Feb 1715 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    2. Whiting, Abigail was born on 24 Jul 1718 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 27 Jul 1718 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 21 Dec 1723 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Dec 1723 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    3. Whiting, Jerusha was born on 16 Sep 1720 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 18 Sep 1720 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 6 Jul 1802; was buried in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    4. Whiting, Joseph was born on 14 Feb 1723 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 17 Feb 1723 in Second Ch Rec, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died in Nov 1725 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Nov 1725 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.
    5. Whiting, Ann was born on 16 Feb 1724 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 21 Feb 1724 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 31 May 1762 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    6. Whiting, John was born on 17 Jun 1727 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 18 Jun 1727 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 21 Feb 1820 in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut.
    7. Whiting, Mary was born on 25 Aug 1729 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 31 Aug 1729 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 23 May 1772 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    8. Whiting, Susanna was born on 10 Feb 1732 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 19 Mar 1732 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 19 Mar 1732 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Mar 1732 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    9. Whiting, William was born on 12 Oct 1736 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 20 Oct 1775 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 20 Oct 1775 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    10. Whiting, Allyn was born on 23 Jun 1740 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 24 Jun 1740 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 9 Feb 1818.
    11. Whiting, Elizabeth was born on 25 Jun 1743 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 26 Jun 1743 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 14 Aug 1750 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Aug 1750 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    12. Whiting, Sarah was born on 6 Apr 1749 in of Simsbury, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 25 Jun 1749 in Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts; died on 12 Oct 1822 in Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Whiting, Captain Joseph was born on 2 Oct 1645 in Millford, New Haven, Connecticut; was christened on 23 Jul 1665 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts (son of Whiting, William and Mygatt, Susannah); died on 8 Oct 1717 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.; was buried in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

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    Joseph Whiting
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    Joseph Whiting
    BIRTH 2 Oct 1645
    Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
    DEATH 19 Oct 1717 (aged 72)
    New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
    BURIAL
    Center Church on the Green Churchyard
    New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
    PLOT In the Crypt Under the Center Church
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    The son of William & Susanna (Wiggins)(Mygatt) Whiting, he married (1) Mary Pynchon in 1669/70 and (2) Anna Allyn, daughter of Col. John Allyn in 1676. He was a merchant and Treasurer of the colony from 1678 - 1717 and died while he was attended the General Assembly of Hartford.


    Family Members
    Parents
    William Whiting
    1602–1647

    Susanna Wiggins Bryan
    1609–1673

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    Anna Allyn Whiting
    1652–1734 (m. 1676)

    Siblings
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    John Whiting
    1635–1689

    Sarah Whiting Mygatt
    1637–1704

    Children
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    Margaret Whiting Marsh
    1689–1747

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    John Whiting
    1693–1767

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    Memoir of the life and character of Mrs. Mary Anna Boardman: with a ...
    By John Frederick Schroeder
    6. JOSEPH. He " appears to have been born after the will of his father was made," (1619,) who " provided for him by a codicil."* He was for thirty-nine years, 1679-1718, Treasurer of the colony ; for twenty-one years, 1725-1746, a member of the General Assembly ; and for twelve years, 1732-1744, one of the Judges of the colony. When James II of England sncceeded to the British throne, in 1685, his lawless and cruel condnct toward the colonies led a Special Assembly of Connecticut to appoint (1680) Mr. Whiting their agent, to repair to England, and endeavor to preserve the colony's chartered rights. This he did, mnch to the satisfaction of his constituents ;t and, in the reign of William and Mary, he cooperated with Mr. Increase Mather, in effecting a renewal of the charter, to the colony's great joy.f [I thought this Mr. Whiting was the oldest brother William.]

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    Sources of Information:
    1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.


    !BIRTH: TIB; Goodwin Notes GS Conn 28 p.346; Whiting Notes GS FConn10 pt.27;
    New England Regis v.5 p.463; Hartford Historical catalog p.201; Hartford Church Rec GS 1448 pt.5;

    !BIRTH: A.F. Whitney Genealogical Notes GS 1453 pt.27; Hist. Catalog of
    Hartford, Conn p.162, 163, 172; Extraction record.
    !MARRIAGE: Source - NEHG Register, Vol 123, page 259, The ceremony was
    performed by Judge Pynchon (2) 6 Oct 1676 Anna ALLYN
    !DEATH: Source - "Inscription on Tombstones in New Haven, Connecticut" from
    Papers of the New Haven Colony, Historical Society, Vol. III, page 608.
    Hartford Deeds GS 1761 pt.4, v.1 p.153, v.2 p.63, v 3 p.140, 14;
    pt.5 v 4 p.309, pt.8, v.11 p.120;

    "Inventory 1849-06-08 (English Money") He was a merchant, first of Westfield, Mass., later of Hartford, Conn; whither he returned about the time of King Phillip's War.
    He was Captain of the Hartford County Troop in May 1692..He was treasurer of the colony of Connecticut from 1678 -1687, 1690-1701, 1705,1706 1708-1717 a period of thirty- nine years. He was a wealthy and distinquished citizen.
    The Joseph Whiting House in Hartford stood on the corner of Charter Oak Avenue and Main Street, it was built previous to 1650 and purchased in 1682 by Joseph Whiting. It probably never faced upon the street, but looked out upon the garden which lay between it and what was then the highway to the South Meadow. The Whiting house was a hospitable place. Many distinguished guests, prominent in colonial days, were the guests of Captain Joseph Whiting. He was a man of considerable importance in the public life of his day.
    In 1784, the Ecclesistical Society was organized in the Whiting house.
    After the organization, the Council marched in procession to the Second Church, which stood in the highway in front of the house, and installed the Reverend Benjamin Boardman as pastor of the Church.
    The Whiting House was demolished in 1914.
    He married first, Oct 5th 1669 Mary, daughter of Hon. John Pynchon and grand-daughter of Hon William Pynchon. Her mother was Anna, daughter of Hon. John Wyllis. His second marriage was in 1676 to Anna, daughter of Col. John Allyn, son of Matthew Allyn; her mother was daughter of Hon. Henry Smith of Springfield, Mass. She was born Aug 18 1652 and died Mar 3 1735 at New Haven, Conn. Joseph Whiting died Oct 8 1717. He died while attending a session of the General Assembly in New Haven. Date given is 19 Oct 1717. States he was 73 years old.

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    New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4 (Google eBook)
    (II) Joseph, son of Major William and Susanna Whiting, was born October 2, 1640, at Hartford and died there October 8, 1717. He was a merchant, first of Westfield, Massachusetts, later of Hartford, whither he returned about the time of King Philip's war. He was treasurer of th colony of Connecticut from 1678 until his death, a period of thirty-nine years. His son John succeeded him in this office and held it for thirty-two years. He was a wealthy and distinguished citizen. He married (first) October 5, 1669, Mary, daughter of Hon. John Pynchon and granddaughter of Hon. William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, Her mother was Ann (Wyllys) Pynchon. daughter of Hon. George Wyllvs (not John ). He married (second)1 in 1676, Anna, daughter of Mathew Allyn. Her mother was a daughter of Hon. William Smith, of Springfield, and granddaughter of William Pynchon. She was born August 18, 1652, and died March 3, 1735, at New Haven. Joseph Whiting died October 19. 1717. Children of first wife: Mary, born August 19, 1672, married (first) Joseph Sheldon and (second) John Ashley; Joseph, October 5, 1674, died young. Children of second wife: Anna, born August 28, 1677, died April 18, 1684; John, November 13, 1679, died young; Susanna, June 18, 1682, married (first) Samuel Thornton, (second) Thomas Warren; Wrilliam. March 14, 1685, died September 6, 1702; Anna, August 18, 1687; Margaret, January 5, 1690, married Rev. Jonathan Marsh; John, December 15, 1693, mentioned below.
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    Joseph was a wealthy and distinguished merchant. He lived first in Westfield, MA, where he married Mary Pynchon and had two children before her death. While in Westfield Joseph was made cornet of the Hampshire troops in 1672. He moved back to his family home in Hartford where he married Mary's first cousin, Anne. They lived at the corner of Main and Charter Oak streets. Joseph was also treasurer of the colony of Connecticut from 1678 until his death, a period of thirty-nine years.
    Their headstone inscriptions read:
    Here Lyes Ye Body Of Mr. Joseph Whiting Treus'r
    Who Dyed October Ye 19, 1717 Aged (73 Years)

    Here Lieth ye Body of Mrs. Anna, ye widow
    of Capt. Joseph Whiting, who died March ye 3d
    AD 1734/5 in ye 82nd year of her age.

    !MARRIAGE: TIB for Jerusha Lord;

    !DEATH: TIB; Hale's Collection of Vit Rec (deaths); Hartford's Deeds GS 1761
    pt.8 v.11 p.120 & pt.9 v.12 p.182;

    BAP & END: TIB;

    Naoma Manwaring Harker FGS #123-125
    1. Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, by Nathaniel Goodwin, 1969, originally published 1856 (BYU Reference: 929.174/G 635g).
    974/D2g/1969 Old Ref: Goodwin Notes GS Conn 28 p.344;
    2. Genealogical Notes of the Whiting Family, by A.F. Whiting, 1888. Listed as Genealogical Notes by A.F.W. (or A.F. Whitney -wrong should be Whiting), and Whiting Notes GS FConn10 pt.27; Call# Film 003,011 Old Call # 1453 pt. 27
    Colonel John Whiting succeeded his father in 1717 as Treasurer of the Colony and retained his office 32 years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of property.
    3. New England Regis v.5 p.463;
    4. Historical Catalog of the First Church in Hartford, 1633-1885
    Listings: Historical catalogue of Hartford, Hist. Catalogue, Hartford Ch. Rec (old Call #; Conn H4a) Film# 004,600 p.162, 163, 172
    5. Vital Records of Connecticut, Congregational Churches, Hartford Second Church Records. Old Call #: Hartford Church Rec GS 1448 pt.5; Film #002,843
    6. Hale's Collection of Vit Rec (deaths)
    7. Hartford's Deeds (GS ser #1761 pt.4 vol 1 p. 153
    Joseph Whiting deeds land belonging to his father William, deceased 6 Apr 1700 vol 2 p. 63
    Joseph Whiting deeds land which had belonged to John Allyn, deceased vol 3 p. 140
    Joseph Whiting deeds to his son John (Aug 1714) p. 14
    Joseph Whiting and Ann and William and Mary deed (1715) pt. 5 vol 4 p. 309
    Deed from Anna Whiting of Hartford to son John -- land of her father John Allyn, granted to him 1671
    Joseph Whiting was a merchant, first of Westfield, Massachusetts, but returned to Hartford 1675-6.Treasurer of Connecticut 1678 till death

    !Margaret Neuffer: Colonel John Whiting, son of Joseph and Anna (Allyn) Whiting, was born in Hartford, Dec. 15, 1693. He succeeded his father in 1717 as treasurer of the colony, holding the office for 32 years. He was a merchant in Hartford and a man of wealth and standing. He commanded a regiment in the French and Indian wars. He died Feb. 12 1766. He married Jerusha, daughter of Richard Lord, of Hartford, grandson of Thomas Lord, one of the first settlers of the town of Hartford. She was born Feb 25, 1699 and died October 21, 1776 at Windsor, Connecticut. Source - Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut Vol II p 664.

    :A.F. Whitney Genealogical Notes GS 1453 pt.27; Hist Catalog of Hartford, Conn p.162, 163, 172;

    MARRIAGE :(2) 6 Oct 1676 Anna ALLYN
    DEATH :Vit Rec Conn-Hale's Collect (deaths); Gen Notes GS Conn 28 p.344;
    Hartford Deeds GS 1761 pt.4, v.1 p.153, v.2 p.63, v 3 p.140, 14;
    pt.5 v 4 p.309, pt.8, v.11 p.120;

    !Margaret Neuffer: "Inventory 1849-06-08 (English Money": He was a merchant, first of Westfield, Mass., later of Hartford, Conn; whither he returned about the time of King Phillip's War. He was treasurer of the colony of Connecticut from 1678 until his death, a period of thirty-nine years. He was a wealthy and distinquished citizen. The Joseph Whilting House in Hartford stood on the corner of Charter Oak Avenue and Main Street until 1914 when it was demolished."

    !Item 2 - edited by Wm. Inglis Morse
    Joseph Whiting's residence was on Main Street, Hartford, near the corner of Charter Oak Avenue. The house was built previous so 1650 and purchased in 1682 by Joseph Whiting. It probably never faced upon the street, but looked out upon the garden which lay between it and what was then the highway to the South Meadow. The Whiting house was a hospitable place. Many distinguished guests, prominent in colonial days, were the guests of Captain Joseph Whiting.
    In the Whiting house was convened the Ecclesiastical Society in 1784. After it's organization the council marched in procession to the Second Church, which stood in the highway in front of the house, and installed the Rev Benjamin Boardman as pastor of the church.
    Captain Joseph Whiting was a man of considerable importance in the public life of his day.
    He married first, Oct 5th 1669 Mary, daughter of Hon. John Pynchon and grand-daughter of Hon William Pynchon. Her mother was Anna, daughter of Hon.
    John Wyllis. His second marriage was in 1676 to Anne, daughter of Col. John Allyn, son of Matthew Allyn; her mother was daughter of Hon. Henry Smith of Springfield, Mass. She was born Aug 18 1652 and died Mar 3 1735 at New Haven, Connectictu. Joseph Whiting died Oct 8 1717.

    DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):

    ref: "By Thier Markers Ye Shall Know Them; A Chronicle of the History and restoration of Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground"
    New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Vol IV (p g 1665)

    http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shopefamily/Tree/famf406.html
    Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early CT Probate Records ((Hartford, CT, R.S.Peck & CO, 1904-1906)), Vol. 2, p. 450.
    Quality: 0.
    Page 295. Whiting, Joseph, Hartford. Invt. £1849-06-08. Taken 26 February, 1717-18, by William Whiting, Aaron Cooke and Thomas Hosmer.
    Court Record, Page 47 — 5 December, 1717: Adms. granted to Mrs. Anne Whiting, widow of sd. decd.
    Page 84 — 7 October, 1718: Invt. exhibited by Mrs. Anne Whiting and John Whiting.
    Page 151 — 8 May, 1721 : Mrs. Anne Whiting, Adms., exhibits an additional invt. of £696-18.09. Accepted.
    Page 101 (Vol X) 23 September, 1725: Anna Whiting and John Whiting, Adms., exhibit an account of their Adms. And the Court order that £38-15-11 be set out for the widow's necessary support. Page 336 (Vol. X, Probate Side) : This writing witnesseth an agreement made and concluded this day (24 January, 1738-9) by us the subscribers relating to the estate of our honoured father, Joseph Whiting, Esq., deceased, and our honoured mother, Mrs. Anna Whiting, as followeth: First. We have fully agreed and settled both of sd. moveable estates. 2nd. That all the lands are divided and made even, Nathaniel Stanly's part in the house and homested that his hond. father dwelt in having been paid to Jonathan Marsh for his part thereof. And Mr. Thomas Warren's part is ye sd. house and homested that was formerly belonging to his predecessor, Mr. Thornton, he having paid his brother Marsh for his part of sd. house and homested. The rest of the land belonging to the aforesd. estate is all belonging and appertaining to John Whiting, and divided and set out to him by our agreement as his part of the aforesd. estate, except what is under mentioned, which remains and belongs to us all in proportion as thereafter mentioned, sd. Whiting having paid Thomas Warren for his fifth part. First, a right of land in the northwest township named Hartland, which descended to us by our father being a £75 list in the patent, belongs three-fifths parts to John Whiting and one-fifth part to Nathaniel Stanly, and one-fifth part to Jonathan Marsh, yet lying in that maner in common between us. Also a right of land at Salmon Brook, about 10 acres, 2-5 to John Whiting and 1-5 a piece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. A right of land descended to us by our mother in the five miles on the east side of the Great River, and another in the three-mile lots, which descended to our mother by Col. Allyn, 2-5 of these lots belong to John Whiting and 1-5 apiece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. A right at Keney's Point, about 7 acres and 1-2, the same proportions. Another right of land in the neck at Hartford, descended to us by our mother from Col. Allyn, 2-5 belong to John Whiting, and 1-5 apiece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. A right in the house Moses Cook lives in, descended to us by our mother from Col. Allyn, 2-5 belongs to John Whiting, and 1-5 apiece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. Signed : NATH : STANLY, JONATHAN MARSH, THOMAS WARREN, JOHN WHITING. Witness : Elnathan Whitman, John Austin.

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    Notes:
    1. Named in his father's codicil. Appears to have been born after the writing of the will in 1647 but before the recording of the will in 1649.
    2. Birth recorded in Hartford Second Church. No mother's name included on the birth entry.

    Joseph married Allyn, Anna on 6 Oct 1676 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Anna (daughter of Allyn, Colonel John and Smith, Anna) was born on 18 Aug 1652 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 3 Mar 1735 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Mar 1735 in Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Allyn, Anna was born on 18 Aug 1652 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States (daughter of Allyn, Colonel John and Smith, Anna); died on 3 Mar 1735 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Mar 1735 in Connecticut, United States.

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    DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):

    !BIRTH: The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Conn. Registers of Pedigrees and Services of Ancestors, Page 683.
    !Barbour, Lucius Barnes, Families of Early Hartford, Conn., page 676
    !MARRIAGE: Source - same as birth.
    !DEATH: Source - same as birth.

    Cemetery Stone:
    Here lieth ye Body of Mrs Anna, ye widow of CAPT JOSEPH WHITING, who died March ye 3d AD 1734/35 in ye 82d year of her age.

    !NOTE - She was the daughter of Col. John Allyn (No.387) Her husband was Treasurer from 1678 till his death which occured in New Haven in 1717.
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    Joseph Whiting and Anna Allyn
    Joseph Whiting was born on October 2, 1640 in Hartford, Connecticut and died on October 8, 1717 in Hartford, Connecticut. He was the son of Major William Whiting and Susanna Wiggin.
    Joseph married Anne Allyn. Anne was born on August 18, 1652 in Hartford, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Colonel John Allyn and Anna Smith. She died on March 3, 1735 in New Haven, Connecticut. Then Joseph married Mary Pynchon on October 5, 1669.
    Joseph was a merchant, first of Westfield, Massachusetts, later of Hartford whither he returned about the time of King Philip 's war. He was treasurer of th colony of Connecticut from 1678 until his death, a period of thirty-nine years. His son John succeeded him in this office and held it for thirty-two years. He was a wealthy and distinguished citizen.

    King Philip’s War

    William Bradford died in 1657. Massasoit died around 1660 and was succeeded by his son Wamsutta. With the passing of the first generation, the personal bonds which had maintained peace between the two very different groups were broken.
    Tensions had long existed due to the two cultures’ different ways of life. Colonists' livestock trampling Native cornfields was a continuing problem. Competition for resources created friction. Regional economic changes forced many Natives to sell their land.
    In 1662, in an arrogant attempt to exert control, colonial forces took Wampanoag leader Wamsutta at gunpoint to Plymouth. The Wampanoag were greatly angered when Wamsutta sickened and died shortly afterwards. Wamsutta's brother Metacom (King Philip) became leader and ultimately led his people into war to preserve their traditional way of life.
    Colonist' hunger for land and their heavy-handed treatment of Natives led to one of the most disastrous wars in American history. The mysterious murder of John Sassamon, a Native liaison between the two groups, resulted in a complete breakdown in relations.
    In 1675, the war, named for the Wampanoag leader Metacom (or King Philip), broke out in the town of Swansea. Hostilities spread north and west, soon threatening much of New England.
    King Philip's War lasted little more than a year. Beginning in Plymouth Colony in June of 1675, the war spread throughout New England. Boston itself was threatened. Colonial resources and manpower ultimately prevailed.
    King Philip's warriors attacked the town of Swansea in western Plymouth Colony in June of 1675. Encouraged by success, they carried the war to neighboring Plymouth Colony towns. In August of 1675, hostilities expanded to the Connecticut River Valley; many settlements were burned. In December, Philip's winter quarters in Rhode Island's Great Swamp were destroyed in a crucial colonial victory. In February of 1676, Native forces swept east; Boston seemed threatened. War returned to Plymouth Colony, with a raid in Plymouth itself. Colonists considered abandoning the frontier, but time was on their side. By June of 1676, the tide of war had turned. Native forces, lacking food, manpower and arms, retreated. King Philip's death at Mount Hope in August 1676 effectively ended the war.
    Not all Native Peoples sided with King Philip. Native soldiers joining with the colonists helped turned the tide of war. Those Natives who fought alongside the English or remained neutral were, however, not always trusted by the English. Many Native neutrals were interned on outlying islands under inhumane conditions.
    The war ended in 1676 when Philip was killed by a Wampanoag soldier in Captain Benjamin Church's force.
    King Philip’s War resulted in the destruction of families and communities, Native and colonist alike, throughout New England. It took decades for the colonists to recover from the loss of life, the property damage and the huge military expenditures.
    The war was devastating for Native Peoples. Entire families were sold into slavery abroad; others were forced to become servants locally. The Wampanoag had to adapt aspects of their culture to survive; their political independence ended. Nevertheless, Native Peoples continued to live in Plymouth Colony. Many maintained tribal ties and a strong sense of community.

    Source: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/philipwar.htm

    Submitted by Ruth H. Barker, 2010
    Uploaded by Emily Barker Farrer, 2010

    Children:
    1. Whiting, Anna was born on 28 Aug 1677 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 2 Sep 1677 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 14 Apr 1684 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 18 Apr 1684 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    2. Whiting, John was born on 13 Nov 1679 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 23 Nov 1679 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in CHILD; was buried before 1693.
    3. Whiting, Susanna was born on 18 Jun 1682 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 25 Jun 1682 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    4. Whiting, William was born on 14 Mar 1685 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 15 Mar 1683 in Second Church, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 6 Sep 1702; was buried in 1752.
    5. Whiting, Anna was born on 18 Aug 1687 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 28 Aug 1687 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 9 Aug 1752 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Apr 1684 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    6. Whiting, Margaret was born on 5 Jan 1690 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 8 Dec 1747 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in 1747 in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
    7. 1. Whiting, Colonel John was born on 15 Dec 1693 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 24 Dec 1693 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 12 Sep 1766 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Sep 1766 in Connecticut, United States.
    8. Whiting, William was born on 16 Feb 1694 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 15 Mar 1683 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in 1702; was buried in 1752.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Whiting, William was born about 1600 in England; was christened in in England; died on 24 Jul 1647 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Jul 1647 in Saint Germans, Cornwall, England.

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    • FamilySearch Id: KCJK-VJZ
    • FamilySearch Id: LZDD-KVD

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    Nearly a century later, the university was at the centre of a Protestant schism. Many nobles, intellectuals and even commoners saw the ways of the Church of England as being too similar to the Catholic Church and that it was used by the crown to usurp the rightful powers of the counties. East Anglia was the centre of what became the Puritan movement and at Cambridge, it was particularly strong at Emmanuel, St Catharine's Hall, Sidney Sussex and Christ's College.[25] They produced many "non-conformist" graduates who greatly influenced, by social position or pulpit, the approximately 20,000 Puritans who left for New England and especially the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Great Migration decade of the 1630s. Oliver Cromwell, Parliamentary commander during the English Civil War and head of the English Commonwealth (1649–1660), attended Sidney Sussex.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge
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    Ancestry
    William Whiting in the Hartford, Connecticut Probate Records, 1639-1700
    Name: William Whiting
    Location: Hartford
    Date of Will: 20 Apr 1643
    Page: 493-495
    Full Text: Invt. œ2854-00-00. Taken 20 April, 1643. I, William Whiting, doe intend a voyage presently unto sea. I give to my wife halfe my household stuffe of all kinds, and one fourth parte of my personal estate, and her widdowes estate in my now dwelling house and lands at Hartford untill my sonne William be 21 years of age; and after, if she continue a widow, I give her the halfe of my sd. howse and land for life. I give to my sonne William œ100 more than I give to either my sonne John or Samuel; I give to John & Samuel œ100 more to each than I give to my daughter Sarah or Mary. I give œ20 to Mr. Hooker, œ10 to Mr. Stone, œ5 to mending the Highway betwixt my howse and the meeting house, also œ5 to some godly poore of the towne. I desire Mr. John Haynes, Mr Edward Hopkins, Mr. John Webster, with Mr. Hooker & Mr. Stone, to be Overseers. I give to my father & mother œ20.William Whiting.2 April, 1646.Intending another voyage, my will is, my son Joseph shall have an equal portion with sonnes John & Samuel. I give William œ50 more; to Mary, œ10 more; to my sister Wiggin, œ5; and to each of her children, œ3; I give to Margery Parker œ10, my former will to remain in force.William Whiting.In presence of Edward Hopkins.William Whiting, upon his death bed: It is my minde that the children which God hath given me since the will was made wch I have in Mr. Hopkins hands, shall have an equal portion in all my estate together with the rest of my children as I have to these devised. Also I confirme œ10 given to Mr. Hopkins, œ10 to Mr. Webster, œ10 to Mr. Hooker's Children, œ10 to Mr. Stone's Children, œ10 to the poor, œ5 to Hartford, & œ5 to the other two towns, Wyndsor & Wethersfield, and œ5 to Mr. Smith's Children, of Wethersfield.William Whiting.In presence of Henry Smith. James Cole.24th July, 1647.Paper on file compared with original.Court Record, 24 April, 1649. Then the Court Ruled upon a Construction of the will.Page 157.2 September, 1647, Mrs. Whiting is admitted to Adms. according to the will.Page 262.3 October, 1654. Mr. Webster, Mr. Stone, Mr. Fitch, Mr. Will Whiting, John Whiting, presenting to this Court a distributiyon of Mr. Whitings estate agreed upon by them (signed & sealed), bearing date 30 Sept. 1654, this Court allowes to be recorded.Page 69--(Vol. III).29 October, 1667. Whereas, Mr. Alexander Briant and Mrs. Susannah Fitch have, by an Instrument of Resignation bearing date 27 June, 1662, resigned their Interest in and unto the estate of Mr. William Whiting, Decd, that hath bee in ye possession and Improvement of sd. Susannah in the time of her Widowhood, unto the Children of ye sd. Mr. Whiting, and they desire the favor of the Court to have Deacon Edward Stebbing & Thomas Bull as Adms, on the remayning part of ye Estate.
    Source: A DIGEST OF THE EARLY CONNECTICUT PROBATE RECORDS.1635 to 1650.
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    According to Wikipedia, The Rev. Hooker died during an "epidemical sickness" in 1647, at the age of 61. The location of his grave is unknown, although he is believed to be buried in Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground. Thomas died 7 July 1647. William Whiting died July 1647. Could it not be that they both died of the same "epidemical sickness"?
    ^ Hartford Courant, "Peters Is the Mayor to Lift City's Spirits", September 7, 1993, p. B.1; Hartford.com www.hartford.com/event-detail.php?id=341
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    1647: EPIDEMICAL SICKNESS

    In the early summer of 1647 “an epidemical sickness” swept through parts of New England. Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts reported that it seized the victims “like a cold and light fever with it”. On 7 July JAMES’ mentor, the Reverend Thomas Hooker, died at Hartford, Connecticut.
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jakratzner/fitch_james_rev.htm
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    Historical.
    The following extract is taken from the annual report of the Massachusetts State Board of Health: —
    In the early history of Massachusetts it appears that influenza occasionally prevailed. In 1647, according to Governor Winthrop,: "a malignant fever prevailed, and an epidemic influenza passed through the whole country and universally affected the colonists and natives; but it was not very mortal. Wherein a special providence of God appeared; for, not a family nor but few persons escaping it, our hay and corn had to be lost for want of help; but such was the mercy of God to his people as few died — not above forty or fifty in Massachusetts, and near as many at Connecticut."

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    " In 1647 an epidemic sickness passed through the whole country, affecting the colonists and natives, English, French and Dutch. It began with a cold, and in many was accompanied with a light fever. Such as bled, or used cooling drinks, died. Such as made use of cordials, and more strengthening things, recovered for the most part. It extended through the plantations in America and in the West-Indies. There died in Barbadoes and St. Kitts, five or six thousand each. Whether it was a plague or pestilential fever, it prevailed in tlte islands, accompanied with a great drought, which cut short potatoes and fruits."
    Governor Winthrop, of Massachusetts, in a letter to his friend, Mr. Richard Vines, who had just before removed from New-England to Barbadoes, gave him some account of this epidemic in Massachusetts. • Fortunately Mr. Vines' answer, dated Barbadoes, April 20, 1648, is preserved and printed in Governor Hutchinson's Collection of Papers. In this the writer gives the following account of the epidemic in that island: " The sickness was an absolute plague, very infectious and destroying, insomuch that in our parish there were buried twenty hi a week, and many weeks together fifteen or sixteen. It first seized on the ablest men, both for account and ability of body. Many who had begun and almost finished great sugar-works, who dandled themselves in their hopes, were suddenly laid in the dust, and their estates left unto strangers. Our New-England men here had their shares and so had all nations, especially Dutchmen, of whom died a great company, even the wisest of them. The contagion is well-nigh over; the Lord make us truly thankful for it, and ever mindful of his mercy."
    Here we have a clear and sufficiently precise account of an influenza or epidemic disease w

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    Will of William Whiting died 24 July 1647
    William Whiting was at Hartford in 1636, a wealthy merchant who had been engaged in a patent for lands at Swamscot with Lord Say and Lord Brook. He had wife Susanna, son William and perhaps John before leaving England. Savage says that possibly he came with Thomas Wiggin in 1633, and probably he came from Cambridge MA, since other prominent persons removed thence that year. He was an early member of First Church, and his name is on the Founders Monument of Hartford. In 1637 Whiting was one of the first representatives; in 1641, Assistant; and he served as Treasurer of the Colony from 1643 to his death in 1647, when he was called Major.
    In 1646/1647, Magistrate William Whiting sued Thomas Ford for slander; Thomas was fined more than L4 and costs of court.
    William made several voyages, making his will 20 March 1643 in anticipation of one. A codicil drawn 2 April 1646 also mentioned a voyage, but it may have been only to the Delaware river, where he maintained a trading house, as also at Westfield. An addition to that will was declared 24 July 1647, and he died soon after, for his widow was granted adminisration on 2 September 1647.
    The probate record shows: "Whiting, William, Hartford.

    Inv. L2854-00-00 taken 20 April 1643. I, William Whiting, doe intend a voyage

    presently unto sea. I give to my wife halfe my household stuffe of all kinds,

    and one fourth parte of my personal estate, and her widdowes estate in my now

    dwelling house and lands at Hartford untill my sonne William be 21 years of age;

    and after, if she continue a widow, I give her the halfe of my sd howse and land

    for life. I give to my sonne William L100 more than I give to either my sonne

    John or Samuel; I give to John & Samuel L100 more to each than I give to my

    daughter Sarah or Mary. I give L20 to Mr. Hooker, L10 to Mr. Stone, L5 to

    mending the Highway betwixt my hwse and the meeting house, also L5 to some godly

    poore of the towne. I desire Mr. John Haynes, Mr. Edward Hopkins, Mr. John

    Webster, with Mr. Hooker & Mr. Stone, to be Overseers. Alls, I doe bequeath unto

    my father and mother L20. and if the bee dead my mind is it should be given unto

    my brother and his children.. William Whiting.

    "2 April 1646. Intending another voyage, my will is, my son Joseph shall have an

    equal portion with sonnes John & Samuel. I give William L50 more; to Mary, L10

    more; to my sister Wiggin, L5; and to each of her children L3; I give to Margery

    Parker L10, my former will to remain in force. William Whiting In presence of

    Edward Hopkins.

    "William Whiting, upon his death bed: It is my minde that the children which God

    hath given me since the will was made wch I have in Mr. Hopkins hands, shall

    have an equal portion in all my estate together with the rest of my children as

    I have to these devised. Also I confirme L10 given to Mr. Hopkins, L10 to Mr.

    Webster, L10 to Mr. Hooker's Children, L10 to Mr. Stone's Children, L10 to the

    poor, L5 to Hartford, & L5 to the other two towns, Wyndsor & Wethersfield, and

    L5 to Mr. Smith's Children, of Wethersfield. William Whiting In presence of

    Henry Smith, James Cole. 24th July 1647.

    Paper on file compared with original.
    "2 September 1647, Mrs. Whiting is admitted to Adms. according to the will.
    "3 October 1654. Mr. Webster, Mr. Stone, Mr. Fitch, Mr. Will Whiting, John Whiting, presenting to this court a distributiyon of Mr. Whitings estate agreed upon by them (signed & sealed), bearing date 30 Sep 1654, this Court allowes to be recorded.
    "29 October 1667. Whereas, Mr. Alexander Briant and Mrs. Susannah Fitch have, by an Instrument of Resignation bearing date 27 June 1662, resigned their Interest in and unto the estate of Mr. William Whiting, Decd, that hath bee in ye possession and Improvement of sd. Susannah, in the time of her Widowhood, unto the Children of ye sd. Mr. Whiting, and they desire the favor of the Court to have Deacon Edward Stebbing & Thomas Bull as Adms. on the remayning part of ye Estate."
    Further probate records pertaining to this family are found under Nathaniel Collins: "Court Rec. p. 92 - 4 Sep 1684: Mr. John Whiting, Mr. Joseph Whiting, Mr. John King in Right of Mrs. Sarah his wife, and Mr. Nathaniel Collins in Right of Mrs. Mary his wife, are plaintiffs; Corporall Thomas Bissell, Defendant; in an Action of the Case of unlawfull detaining from them their proportion of Land now in your possession, sometime the Land of their Father Mr. William Whiting, Decd, given them by the will of their Father.
    1:385 William Whiting. Court Record Page 92 - 4 Sep 1684: Mr. John Whiting, Joseph Whiting, John King in right of Sarah his wife, Mr. Nathaniel Collins in right of Mary his wife, Plaintiff; Capt. Thomas Bissell Defendent. For unlawful detention of Lands, their Proportion, sometime the land of their Father, Mr. William Whiting, Decd. Nonsuited."

    In the Granberry Family, the MARGERY PARKER mentioned in the 1646 will above is

    identified as the wife of William Parker; both were born in England. William

    died at Saybrook CT 21 December 1686, and Margery died at Saybrook 6 December

    1680. The authors comment on the L10 legacy: "This was a good-sized legacy to

    receive from a man, even though wealthy, who had a wife and children; and though

    no relationship is mentioned, it is likely that Margery was connected in some

    way with the Whitings or that they brought her to this country as a member of

    their household. The Parker children were all recorded at Saybrook, though the

    older ones must have been born at Hartford. The eldest was born in 1637, so the

    marriage of William and Margery probably occurred soon after they came to

    Hartford."

    The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire gives information about Capt. Thomas Wiggin, gentleman. Wiggins witnessed delivery of the Vines patent 25 June 1630, the Hilton patent 7 July 1631, and of Piscataqua 22 October 1631. He was in England 31 August 1632, and there on 19 November 1632 when he wrote to Sec. Cooke estimating the English in N.E. as about 2000. A week later a patent was granted by the Council of N.E. In March 1632/1633 he was called the chief agent (in England) of the honest men about to buy out the Bristol men's plantation at Piscataqua and plant 500 people before Michaelmas. Winthrop, on 10 November 1633, records his arrival at Salem in the James with about 30 men. He went directly to Piscataqua from where he wrote a letter in November 1633. As agent for Lords Say and Brooke and in his own interest, he was opposed to the Mason claims, and in time became a strong adherent of Massachusetts and a help in extending their power. His wife Katherine was willed L5, and each of her children L5 by her brother Mr. William Whiting.
    http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Public_Records_of_the_Colony_of_Conn.html?id=X8VSAAAAcAAJ http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Public_Records_of_the_Colony_of_Conn.html?id=X8VSAAAAcAAJ Page 493 [208]
    http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=sanford-shulsen&id=I6072

    A source of Will The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony by J. Hammond Trubull 974.6/N2c/Vol. 1 1635-65

    Digital Image of Will http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/whitingwilliam.htm

    Marriage 1 Susanna b: in England
    Married: BEF 1633 in England 9 10
    Children
    William WHITING b: in London, England
    John WHITING b: 1635
    Samuel WHITING
    Sarah WHITING b: 1637 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT
    Mary WHITING b: 1640/1643
    Joseph WHITING b: 2 OCT 1645 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT
    (son) WHITING b: AFT JUL 1647 in Hartford, Hartford County, CT

    Sources of Information:
    1. Notebook of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.
    2. Will found in Trumbull's "Colonial Records of Connecticut," vol. I, page 493.
    3. The New England historical and genealogical register - v. 106 (1952); coat of arms for William Whiting (FHL US/CAN book 974 B2ne v. 106 ).
    4. Diane C. Watts Heraldry - coats of arms : National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century; Whiting arms and crest (Washington, D.C. : National Society, Colonial Dames XVII Century, 2003) (FHL US/CAN book 973 D6w).


    Sources:
    Title: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England
    Author: James Savage
    Abbrev: James Savage
    Publication: Originally published 1860-1862. Reprint published Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994
    Abbrev: Genealogical Dictionary
    Page: 4:519-522
    Title: Browne, Foster & Related Families
    Author: Florence A. Browne
    Abbrev: Browne
    Publication: West Hartford, CT: 1967
    Abbrev: Browne/Foster
    Page: pp. 138-139
    Title: A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records
    Author: Charles William Manwaring
    Abbrev: Manwaring
    Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995
    Abbrev: Early Connecticut Probate
    Page: 1:40-42 Whiting, William, Hartford
    Title: The Granberry Family and Allied Families
    Author: Edgar Francis Waterman & Donald Lines Jacobus
    Abbrev: Waterman & Jacobus
    Publication: New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1945
    Abbrev: Granberry Family
    Page: p. 288
    Title: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
    Author: Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby & Walter Goodwin Davis
    Abbrev: Noyes, Libby & Davis
    Publication: Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., reprinted 1996
    Abbrev: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire
    Page: p. 752
    Title: A Digest of Early Connecticut Probate Records
    Author: Charles William Manwaring
    Abbrev: Manwaring
    Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1995
    Abbrev: Early Connecticut Probate
    Page: 1:292-293. Nathaniel Collins, Middletown
    Title: Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines. Volume I: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes. Dawes and Allied Families. Volume II: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. Gates and Allied Families
    Author: Mary Walton Ferris
    Abbrev: Ferris
    Publication: Privately printed, 1931 & 1943
    Abbrev: Dawes-Gates
    Page: 1:294-301
    Title: Ancestors of American Presidents
    Author: Gary Boyd Roberts
    Abbrev: Roberts
    Publication: Carl Boyer 3rd, Santa Clarita, CA, 1989
    Abbrev: Ancestors of American Presidents
    Page: pp. 32-37
    Title: New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    Author: Clarence Almon Torrey
    Abbrev: Torrey
    Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985 & 1992
    Abbrev: New England Marriages
    Page: p. 809
    Text: William Whiting (-1647) & Susanna (___) (-1673), m/2 Samuel Fitch 1650, m/3 Alexander Bryan 1662; b 1633; Hartford/Newport
    Title: Families of Early Milford Connecticut
    Author: Susan Woodruff Abbott
    Abbrev: Abbott
    Publication: Baltimore MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979
    Abbrev: Families of Early Milford
    Page: p. 124

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    Descendants of William Whiting


    Generation No. 1


    1. MAJOR WILLIAM2 WHITING (JOHN1)1,2,3 was born Abt. 1609 in Suffolk Cty, England, and died 24 Jul 1647 in Hartford, CT. He married SUSANNAH WIGGIN Abt. 1632 in England. She was born Abt. 1609 in England, and died 8 Jul 1673 in Middlesex, CT.

    Notes for MAJOR WILLIAM WHITING:
    We've elected to begin the Whiting journey with Major William Whiting, our immigrant ancestor. We believe William was born in Suffolk County, England sometime around 1609 and is believed to be the son of John and Isobel Whiting. As one of the founding fathers of Hartford Connecticut, it is unknown when William arrived in the colonies. According to Joseph Hunter in "Suffolk Emigrants" William's connection with the American colonies is recorded as early as 1632 when he and several other prominent men in England bought land here, a large land holding he would retain until his death. (Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England). It is entirely possible he came to the colonies with his sister Katherine/Catherine and her husband Thomas Wiggin, on the "James" that arrived in Salem, Massachusetts on 10 November 1633, but no records or other publications have been found to verify this.

    William's early life in Hartford was pretty well documented and he held many enviable positions among the early settlers of Hartford. According to the noted genealogist, Joseph Hunter, he was "one of the most respectable of the settlers (of Hartford) in 1636, one of the civil and religious Fathers of Connecticut, a man of wealth and education, styled in the records, William Whiting, gentleman." (Suffolk Emigrants)

    For more information on William and Susannah see "Our Whiting Heritage" book located on Randys' Web Page.

    The following information is on William's sister Katherine/Catherine Whiting and excerpts were taken from The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 pages 1982 - 1985.

    Thomas Wiggin's connection with the Whiting family is through his wife Katherine/Catherine Whiting, our immigrant ancestor's sister. Their marriage certificate gives her name as Catherine, but Thomas Wiggin's will spells her name as Katherine. It is believed Thomas Wiggin first arrived in the Colonies in Piscataqua sometime in 1630. He returned to England in early 1632 and married our immigrant ancestor sister, Katherine/Catherine Whiting, in London on 11 Jul 1633. Records show that Katherine and Thomas arrived at Salem, Massachusetts on the "James" 10 November 1633 and settled in what would become New Hampshire.

    Thomas Wiggin, besides being a man of wealth, also was a great friend of John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Sir John Cooke of England. In a letter he wrote to Sir John, dated 19 Nov 1631, he described the rich resources found in New England and gave tremendous credit to the colonist, both young and old, who accomplished more in three years than others have done in seven times with ten times less expense. He is often called the founder of New Hampshire and has been mentioned in various records and journals as William's agent. Some of the public positions Thomas held were, Governor of Piscataqua (Dover), Magistrate (1650, 1657, 1660, 1661 and again in 1663), and Commissioner at Piscataqua in 1641.

    Children of WILLIAM WHITING and SUSANNAH WIGGIN are:
    i. WILLIAM3 WHITING4, b. Abt. 1632, England; d. 1699, London, Eng.
    Notes for WILLIAM WHITING:
    William was probably born in England before William & Susannah immigrated. It is unclear when he went back to England, but he went back presumably as a business partner in his father’s trading business, and became an influential merchant in London. In 1686 he was appointed by the Assembly of Connecticut as their agent to present their petition to the King. "He exerted himself in behalf of the colony and received the thanks of the Assembly for his services, and was requested to continue them." (Goodwin pg. 330).

    No concrete information has been discovered on whom William married. In a letter written by Thomas Fairchild, dated December 1662, to John Winthrop of Hartford (who was in London at the time) a Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting, of the city of London, was mentioned. Some genealogist, such as Nathaniel Goodwin, believes this Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting was the wife of William. We do know that William's son Joseph, was appointed administrator of his estate when William died in London in 1699. (Goodwin pg. 143).

    ii. SAMUEL WHITING5, b. Abt. 1633, England; d. Unknown, Prob Hartford, CT.
    2. iii. REV. JOHN WHITING, b. Oct 1635, Hartford, CT; d. 8 Sep 1689, Hadley, MA.
    3. iv. SARAH WHITING, b. 1637, Hartford, CT; d. 17 May 1704, Northampton, Mass.
    4. v. MARY WHITING, b. 1643, Hartford, CT; d. 25 Oct 1709, Middletown, CT.
    5. vi. CPT. JOSEPH WHITING, b. 2 Oct 1645, Hartford, CT; d. 8 Oct 1717, Hartford, CT.
    http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/w/h/i/Randy-Whiting/GENE2-0001.html

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    The signers of the Mayflower compact and their descendants - Page 19 - Google
    1. Elizabeth Adams, born Feb. 23, 1681; married 1st. Rev. Samuel Whiting of Windham, Sep. 4,1696, when she was but sixteen years of age, and her children were distinguished; 1st Col. William Whiting engaged in the French war; 2nd. Rev. John Whiting of the second church in Windham (Scotland parish) and resigning his office he was judge of probate and also colonel; 3d, Col. Nathan Whiting; 4th, Mary, born 1712; married Nov. 23, 1727, Rev. Thomas Clap, her father's successor in Windham and afterward President of Yale College; her daughter Mary Clap, who married Daniel Wooster of New Haven; and Temperance Clap, who married Timothy Pitkin, of Farmington.
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    Hon. Wm. Whiting, the American ancestor of the Connecticut branch of the Whiting family, came to New England in 1633, and resided for three years in Newtown (now Cambridge), removing thence with Rev. Thomas Hooker and others to Hartford, Conn., of which he was an original proprietor. Frequent mention is made of him as "one of the fathers of the colony." He was referred to in the town records as "William Whiting, Gentleman." He was several times representative to the General Court; was one of the Magistrates in 1642, was chosen Treasurer of the Colony in 1641, and continued in that office till his death. By his wife Susanna, he had issue, John.
    Rev. John Whiting, son of Hon. William and Susanna ( -) Whiting, was born in
    1625, graduated at Harvard College in 1653; preached several years at Salem, Mass., was ordained over the First Church in Hartford, Conn., 1660. He married Sybil Collins, daughter of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, and had a son, Samuel.
    Rev. Samdel Whiting, son of Rev. John and Sybil (Collins) Whiting, was born at Hartford, Conn., in 1670 ; died at Enfield, Conn., in 1725. He married Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass.
    Rev. William Adams, (son of William (2) son of William Adams (1) of Cambridge, in 1635, or earlier, was born at Ipswich, Mass., May 27, 1650, died Nov. 17, 1685 ; married 1st, Mary, daughter of William Manning ; married 2nd, Alice, daughter of Major William Bradford, son of Governor William Bradford. (See page 19.)
    They had issue, Elizabeth Adams, born Feb. 23, 1680, who was married Sept. 4, 1696, to Rev. Samuel Whiting.
    Rev. Samuel W7hiting, by his wife Elizabeth (Adams) Whiting, had several children, among whom was Mary.
    Mary Whiting, daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting was born in 1712, married Nov. 23, 1727, Rev. Thomas Clap.
    Rev. Thomas Clap, by his wife Mary (Whiting) Clap had issue, Temperance and Anne.
    Temperance Clap, eldest child of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Whiting) Clap, was born April 29, 1732 ; she married Rev.

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    MEMOIR
    OF
    MRS. MARY ANNA B0ARDMAN.
    I. HER FOREFATHERS.
    " The blessings of my progenitors."
    " It is indeed a blessing, when the virtues
    Of nohle races are hereditary ;
    And do derive themselves from th' imitation
    Of virtuons ancestors." Nass.

    Mrs. Mary Anna Boardman was the descendant of a worthy ancestry, whose names arc conspicuous in our country's annals.
    The Honorable William Whiting, her father's remote progenitor, and Major General John Mason, to whom her mother's lineage is traced, are both named among " some of the principal characters who undertook," in the year 1036, "the great work of settling Connecticut, and were the civil and religious fathers of the colony."* These, we are told, were " the first class of settlers," and all, except the ministers, were chosen Magistrates, or Governors of the colony.
    Mr. Whiting came to America from England, and set
    •Trumbull's Hist, of Conntcticnt, B. I, ch- IV, A. D. 1636.
    tied at Newtown, (now Cambridge,) in Massachusetts. He was a devoted friend and disciple of that patriarch of the Puritans, the Rev. Thomas Hooker, called "The light of the Western Churches."* When Mr. Hooker, after his arrival (1633) in America, having for three years resided at Newtown, removed (1636) to Connecticut, with about a hundred of his company, Mr. Whiting was one of his cooperators, in founding the colony at Hartford. In a list of the original land-holders in that colony, in February, 1639, his namef is found; and, in various existing manuscript and printed documents and books that relate to the foundation of this settlement, frequent mention is made of him, as one of the " fathers of the colony."
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    !Naoma Manwaring Harker FGS #126-128
    1. Goodwin Notes Conn 28 p.342;
    2. Colonial Rec of Conn-Trumbull v.1 p.495;
    3. Whiting Notes F Conn 10 pt.27;
    4. Gen of Samuel Smith A18A77 p.315;
    5. American Families A9C34 p.329;
    6. Gen notes by A.F. Whiting 1453 pt.27;
    7. American Genealogist Conn N2b v.8 p.1971;
    8. Heraldic Journal (Am. AC vol 1 p. 61)
    9. Hartford Probate vol 1 p.41
    10. Hartford deeds
    11. Committee on Heraldry (Correspondence)
    12. PC. C. wills in England
    13. Correspondence: Searches in London parish registers and Boston, Lincolnshire
    14. Connecticut State Library: copies of letters of William Whiting Jr. from London
    15. Memorial History of Hartford, vol 1 p.269
    William Whiting was one of the civil and religious fathers of Connecticut, a man of wealth and education, styled in the records as William Whiting, gentleman. In 1642 he was one of the magistrates, in 1641 treasurer of the colony, which he retained until his death. He used a somewhat similar coat of arms as Samuel Whiting of Lyn Massachusetts.
    New England register vol 106 p. 259; Third part of a roll of arms registered by the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society; #210; WHITING, Major William, an original proprietor of Hartford, living 1687; arms: Azure a leopard's face gold between two flaunches ermine, in chief three bezants.
    Attempt was made in 1967 at the Herald's College in London to establish these arms with Whitings on file there, but nothing was found.

    !QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO BE OUR WILLIAM WHITING ON THE ENGLISH SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC: From information in Conn., it is known that William Whiting was a man of wealth, and distinction. He had a coat of arms registered among those of early emigrants, and to be so registered they had to prove they were entitled to it. Naoma Manwaring Harker has contacted the officials there,but they have no information at this late date as to what proof or records William offered at his registration. The picture shows it was similar to that of John Whiting, whom we know came from Lincolnshire, England. A researcher from the Genealogical Society went to England and was empowered to go th the Herald's College in London to see if arms of William could be established with the Whitings on file there, but no connection was made.
    It is documented that William had a wife Susannah, whom he had married in England and that he came to America with two children, William and Samuel who were both born in England, the next son John being born 1635 in Hartford, Conn. This son later returned to and lived in London, and died in 1699 there. Copies of some of his letters to his father William (the letters are not addressed to his father William) are in the Conn. State Library (The Edwin Whiting Org has copies of them), but they give no indication as to the exact "Parish" or locality in London, nor to any relatives of the family there. (?Coleman Street Ward)
    It is also documented that William had a sister (called Sister Wiggins in his will) Catherine, who married 11 July 1633 in London. This marriage has been found and parish registers searched. While Whitings abound, no connection has been made.
    Thomas Wiggins and William Whiting, his brother-in-law were proprietors of the Squamscot Patent (See Pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, page 233).
    Thomas Wiggin had been in America but returned to England in 1633 where he married Catherine Whiting.

    POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN DOING RESEARCH IN ENGLAND ON WILLIAM WHITING:
    1. He would be born around 1600-1605. (Could vary)
    2. You must establish that he had a sister Catherine with her birth date and place.
    3. You must consider that the sister Catherine was married in London in 1633 she would not, as a very young girl be living there alone. So either her parents or some relatives were in the vicinity with her.
    4. You should find the marriage of William to Susannah, date and place before accepting any christening of a William.
    5. You must find the christenings for William and Susannah's two sons, William, no doubt the oldest, and Samuel, both said to be born in England.
    6. Naoma Harker has seen a statement that William, son of William and Susannah was born in London. He came to America with his parents but returned to London where he became a merchant (my source for this is not at hand).
    7. The usual references on the former home of William, Sr., (as used for all early New England emigrants) give nothing of his birth place. I have seen the following reference: "William Whiting, known as Major, came from Boxford Sussex to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1633, one of the original settlers of Hartford in 1636, died 1647. (No reference as to the origin of this information was given).

    The English Gazetteer shows no parish Boxford in Sussex. There is one in Suffolk and one in Berkshire. Suffolk would be most likely.

    8. When William made his will in 1643, he mentioned his parents "if they were living". He had apparently been out of touch with them for a long time. This might suggest he had left home and gone to London in his early youth, but they might also have been in London.
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    ***Great care should be excercised in accepting a connection in this line. The name Whiting is common, and William's may be found with birth dates near the proper one, but the above mentioned factors must be considered, especially that of a sister Catherine, and his own marriage to a Susannah.
    -Notes on William Whiting: By Naoma Harker, 1977 (Above from Mark Whiting);
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    Memorial History of Hartford County "The Original Proprietors":
    The value of property inventoried 20 April 1643. 2,854 lbs.
    Final codicil to will made upon his deathbed 24 July 1647 in the presence of Henry Smith and James Cole.
    His Father and Mother (were evidently alive at this time -1643-) as they are mentioned in his will, each to receive 20 lbs.
    2 April 1646--- an addition to the will was made and son Joseph was given an equal portion with sons John and Samuel. (Joseph was born 2 October 1645.)
    Upon his deathbed, William Whiting said "It is my minde that the children which God has given, since the will was made, which I have in Mr Edward Hopkins hands, shall have an equal portion in all my estate, together with the rest of my children as I have to these devised."
    24 July 1647 - Early Connecticut Probate Records - Vol. I 40 -41.
    Court Record date 24 April 1649. On this date in the Court Record we read "The Courte taking into serious consideration Mr Whitings will, and judging it necessary for preventing of future differences to express their judgments therevpon, do conceiue that it was according to his true meaning and intent that the last sonne born after his death should have an equall portion with the rest of his sonnes, except the eldest."
    He also gave 5 lbs to his sister Wiggin, and 3 lbs. apeece to her children. -edited by Margaret M. Neuffer

    James Savage states in "A Genealogical Dictionary of New England"
    "William Whiting's sister was (probably) Thomas Wiggins Wife. (Catherine)"

    Major William was an original proprietor of Hartford; his home lot in 1639 was on the east side of the street, now Governor Street.
    In 1633 "the Bristol men had sold their interest in Piscatuqua to the Lords Say and Brook, George Wyllys, and William Whiting, who continued Thomas Wiggins their Agent." Mr Whiting retained his interest in Piscataqua until his death, and was one of the most efficient promoters of the trade and of the commerce of Hartford. He was also engaged in a patent for land for Swampscott with Lords Say and Brook.
    He was one of the committee, who for the first time sat with the Court of Magistrates in 1637; freeman Feb 1640; Treasurer of the Colony 1641- 1647; Chosen Magistrate 1642- 1647.

    In 1638, he was allowed to trade ------) with the Indians; and he was appointed with Major ( ------) Mason and others to erect fortifications in 1642, and the same year he was appointed with Mason to collect tribute of the Indians on Long Island and on the Main.
    He was a merchant of wealth and had dealings with Virginia and Piscataqua; had a trading house at the Delaware River and also at Westfield.
    He probably died soon after an addition to his last will was made, July 24, 1647.
    His widow Susanna - married (2) in 1650 - Samuel Fitch of Hartford.
    (3) Alexander Bryan of Milford. She died at Middletown July 8, 1673.
    (Memorial History of Hartford County "The Original Proprietors")

    BIRTH: Goodwin Notes Conn 28 p.342; Colonial Rec of Conn-Trumbull v.1 p.495;
    Whiting Notes F Conn 10 pt.27; Gen of Samuel Smith A18A77 p.315;
    American Families A9C34 p.329; Gen notes by A.F. Whiting 1453 pt.27;
    American Genealogist Conn N2b v.8 p.1971;

    !Steven Whiting Hatch swhatch@flash.net (4-2000):
    In Suffolk Emigrants, Joseph Hunter writes that the Whiting family came from Suffolk County, England in the vicinity of Basford. Mormon ancestral records list William Whiting, son of John, as being born around 1600. William Whiting's connection with the American colonies is recorded as early as 1632 when he and others in England bought land there. He immigrated by 1636 and was one of the first settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. Frequently mentioned in Goodwin's Genealogical Notes,2 he is called one of the "civil and religious Fathers of Connecticut" and is styled in the records as "William Whiting, Gentleman." William Whiting served as Treasurer of the Colony from 1641 to 1647, and was chosen as Magistrate in 16422.
    Several sources report that William Whiting bore the title of Major when he died in July of 1647. In his will, he mentions his wife Susannah, sons William, John, Samuel, and Joseph and daughters Sarah and Mary. Refer to Attachment 1. William Whiting died as a man of means; his estate inventory was taken on 20 April, 1647 and was worth ££2854.00, a great sum at that time. He showed his generosity by leaving twenty pounds to the church, five pounds towards the mending of the highways between his home and the Meeting House, and five more to "some godly poore in the Town."
    References
    1. "Suffolk Emigrants," by Joseph Hunter, Massachusetts Historical Collections, Series 111, Volume X, p. 171.
    2. Genealogical Notes - First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts by Nathaniel Goodwin, Hartford, CT, 1987.
    3. Maternal Ancestry of Charles Whiting McNair, Library of Congress.
    4. A Memorial Volume of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Town of Windham, Connecticut, Hartford, CT, 1893.
    5. Stamford's Soldiers - Genealogical Biographies of Revolutionary War Patriots from Stamford, Connecticut, compiled by Wicks and Olson.
    6. Genealogies of the Town of Stratford, Connecticut, by Orcutt.
    7. The Raleigh Register, Wednesday, January 17, 1855.
    8. The Daily Sentinel, Raleigh, NC, February 24, 1870.
    9. The New York Times, Friday, September 4, 1925.

    Families of Early Hartford Conn. Lucious BARNES Barbour Reprinted by
    Genealogical Pub co. of Baltimore in 1977. Page 675 bottom for William Whiting
    says wife was called Mrs. Mary in HTR=- Hartford Town Records, Susanna Wiggin
    in Soc C Wars = Society of Colonial Wars papers. Trowbridge. (Francis Bacon
    Trowbridge) Trowbirdge Gen Libr Cong #cs71.t863 to a 1908 supplement.
    Trowbridge himself = Ashley Gen 1896, LCMicrofilme 68659 or 39, next the
    Champion genealogy 1891 M#12173, hoadley genealogy 1894 M#84\7916

    WHITINGE Robert, of Beddington co. Surrey, gent, bachelor, 36, and Jane COLE, Sevenoaks, Kent, widow of one COLE, late of said parish, innkeeper, aged about 42, alleged by Robert CHRISTMAS, of London, gent
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    Letter from William Whiting to Fitz-John Winthrop, 4 March 1703/4 [1704]


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    In this detailed account written only a few days after the events described in it, William Whiting of the Connecticut colonial forces informs Governor John (commonly known as "Fitz-John") Winthrop of Connecticut of the devastating attack by French and Indian forces on the Massachusetts frontier settlement of Deerfield on the night of 29 February 1703/4.

    In the hours before dawn, traveling across a winter landscape covered by deep snow, a large and diverse force of French and Canadian soldiers, together with Native American allies drawn from many tribes, fell upon sleeping Deerfield. The attackers managed to enter the stockade that protected the settlement (here referred to as "the garrison") by the aid of snow drifted up against the wall and a wild and confused house-to-house battle followed. As Whiting informs Winthrop, reinforcements from Massachusetts settlements further south were ambushed when they came to the aid of the beleaguered town, and without snowshoes they were unable to pursue the retreating attackers through three feet of snow.

    Although often referred to by later generations as the "Deerfield Massacre," this term is not used in Whiting's account and apparently was not used to describe the raid until the 19th century. Of most concern to contemporaries who described the assault as "the destruction of Deerfield" or here as "the mischeif at Deerefield" was the very large number of captives taken--more than 100 men, women and children--of whom only about half ever returned to New England.

    In a postscript, Major Whiting notes: "Mr. Williams his wife and Sev[e]n children Carryd away." Here he refers to the Reverend John Williams, who after his return from captivity would write the most famous account of the attack, The Redeemed Captive Returned to Zion, published in 1707.

    Notes:
    1. William migrated from England to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1633 with Thomas Wiggins. Wiggins had been in America before. Another source says that William first came to Cambridge in 1631 and later was an original settler of Hartford (New England Register vol. 103 pg 35).
    2. An original settler at Hartford in 1636. He came to Hartford with Thomas Hooker, a reverend with the Puritans. Both William Whiting and Thomas Hooker were nonconformists. William was a wealthy merchant dealing with grain from America to England. He had a trading house on the Delaware River and at Westfield and had dealings with Virginia. He owned land in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
    3. Dep. from Hartford to Connecticut General Court, 1637; a member of the General Court in 1637.
    4. In 1638 he was allowed to trade with the Indians and in 1642 appointed to collect tribute of the Indians on Long Island and on the mainlands.
    5. In 1640 William was admitted as a freeman. In 1644 he was listed as a merchant. In 1645 he became the constable in Hartford.
    6. William served as the second colonial treasurer of Connecticut 1641-1647.
    7. William was a Major in the colonial forces.
    8. William served as commissioner of the United Colonies for Connecticut 1646-7.
    9. William was a leading man in the Connecticut colony and was of a gentleman's status. He was a man of wealth and prominence. His estate at his decease was worth 9000 pounds sterling. He made several trips to England.
    10. William made his will on 20 March 1643. Codicils were added on 2 April 1646 and on 24 July 1647. (William amended his wills before his voyages at sea to England.) The codicils indicate he had other children since the making of his original will. The will was recorded on 24 April 1649. William named his children as William, John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary, and Joseph. Joseph was likely born after the initial will was made as he was not mentioned in it; he was provided for in a codicil. William had a "sister Wiggins" who had children. He also gave money to Margery Parker, Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Webster, to the children of Mr. Hooker, to the children of Mr. Stone, to the poor of Hartford, to the town of Hartford, to the poor of Windsor, to the poor of Wethersfield. Mrs. Whiting had the will probated on 2 September 1647. William left money to his father and mother (in his 1643 will) if they were still living, and if not, the money was to go to his brother. The parents and brother were not named. On 29 October 1647 Mrs. Susanna (Whiting) Fitch by an instrument of resignation dated 27 June 1662 resigned her interest in the estate of Mr. William Whiting, deceased. On 5 October 1654, Mr. Webster, Mr. Stone, Mr. Fitch, Mr. William Whiting, Mr. John Whiting, presented to the court a distribution of Mr. Whiting's estate agreed upon by them.
    11. William was a man of weath and education, one of the most respectable settlers in 1636 and one of the civil and religious fathers of Connecticut.
    12. He was closely associated with George Wyllys and Thomas Wiggin.
    13. Searches made by James Cunningham in England in 1949 - Deptford St. Nicholas, Kent 1592 to 1600 - produced no trace of William Whiting. He did find the marriage of John Whiting and Margaret Bonner on 22 December 1586 in Boston, Lincolnshire. According to the will of this John Whiting, he did not have a son William. The researcher stated that it is possible that the Whiting family was in Boston, Lincoln before the registers began.
    14. A researcher located in the Bishop of Lincoln probate court a will dated 21 October 1617 (1617, i, folio 239) for John Whiting the elder of Boston, woollendraper. John named a daughter Margarett, wife of Richard Carter; wife Isabell who receives his house in Boston; son James; son Samuel who was at Cambridge; son John; daughter Awdree, wife of Robert Wright. John is the eldest son. His son James is not yet 23. John marked, not signed, the will. Proved on 31 Oct 1617. Witnessed by William Whiting. No son William or daughter Catherine.
    15. A William Whiting of Boston also left a will dated 1618. He christened a son William at Boston in 1602. The child christened in 1602 cannot be the emigrant because he would have known that his father was dead when he wrote his own will in 1643. However, he could be related. William's 1618 will stated that he was a woollen draper of Boston, had a wife Margaret, youngest son Isaac (minor), son Robert, son William, brother Francis Whiting, and cousins John Whiting and Richard Carter. The researcher assumed that the John Whiting who died in 1617 (the father of the emigrant Samuel Whiting) and the William Whiting who died in 1618/9 were brothers. However, William's 1618 will says that John is his cousin. "There was another brother Francis who may have had children and no doubt there were many other Whitings nearly related. The name occurs frequently in Lincolnshire probate courts." (Letter dated 18 June 1958)
    16. William Whiting was using a similar coat of arms as John Whiting from Boston, Lincolnshire and John's son, the Reverend Samuel Whiting who migrated to New England and lived at Lynn, Massachusetts. Therefore, there is likely a connection between the ancestral William and these Whiting men of Boston, Lincolnshire. Several letters written by Willliam Jr., his son, are sealed with a coat of arms which are a variation of those used by the family of Whitings of Boston, Lincoln. The coat of arms is described in "Roll of Arms" registered by Committee of Heraldry, New England Historical and Genealogical Society. Major William Whiting, original proprietor of Hartford, liv. 1687 - azure a leopard face gold between two flaunches ermine in chief 3 bezants; crest a demi-eagle displayed with two heads proper (New England Register vol. 106 pg. 258). The family's coat or arms were quartered at a Chantry of St. Lawrence at Leake, which is not far from Boston, Lincolnshire. Gordon C. Whiting's book includes a graphic of the coat of arms for Thomas Whiting (1400s) and his descendants in Leicestershire and Essex (page 35). It is very similar to the coat of arms claimed by William Whiting (page 55). See Heraldic Journal, volume 1, pages 61, 160.
    17. William was possibly living near his sister Catherine in London at the time she married in 1633 and returned to America with her and her husband in 1633.
    18. Researcher in England found the Whiting surname popular in St. Magnus the Martyr parish in London. But no Catherine Whiting was listed.
    19. A marriage found for a William and Susan Whiting. "William Whiting of St. Mary Magdalene Canterbury, woolendraper, bachelor, 23, son of William Whiting, Alderman of Canterbury, who consents, and Susan Sabin, virgin, 17, dau of Alvert Sabin, Alderman of Canterbury, who also consents. To marry at St. Mary Bredman's Canterbury." William was christened on 2 April 1615 at St. Mary Magdalene, son of William. He had a sister Katherine christened on 19 Sep 1619. But the William and Susan Whiting who married in Canterbury also christened children in Canterbury down to 1653 and cannot, therefore, be the ancestors who were in America by 1633. (Letter dated 18 June 1958)
    20. The 1648 will of James Whiting of Boston, woollen draper was examined. He named his wife Mary, son John (minor), son Samuel (minor), brother Samuel Whiting now in New England, sister Wright, brother John Whiting. So he was the son of the John Whiting who wrote the 1617 will.
    21. A researcher stated he checked subsidy and assessment lists for London and found a William Whiting living on Thames Street in St. Michael Queenhithe parish in 1638 [but the ancestral William was in New England then]. The researcher thought this could be the ancestor. Another person of interest was Samuel Whiteing of St. Magnus parish which adjoined and was later absorbed with St. Margaret New Fish Street. The registers of St. Michael Queenhithe do not start until October 1653. (Letter dated 27 June 1958) Samuel Whiting of St. Magnus parish was a freeman of the Fishmongers' Company and was a member of the City of London Livery Companies in 1641. A William Whiting was a freeman of the Blacksmiths' Company. A Joseph, son of Samuel Whiting, attained freeman status in the Fishmonger's Company in 1651. This Samuel Whiting could be the same man who christened 11 childeren in St. Magnus the Martye parish. The researcher searched the records of the Fishmongers' Company. He thought that the William Whiting admitted to the Freedom in 1621 was likely the emigrant and that William was a brother of Samuel (whose family was in St. Magnus parish). The lead led to a search in Stroud, Gloucester. The "Register of Apprenticeship Bindings & Admissions to the Freedom, 1614-1668" for the Fishmongers' Company of London included: 18 June 1621 William Whitinge, late apprentice to John Whitinge, claiming his freedom by service, is admitted and sworne; 15 November 1619 Samuel Whitynge, late apprentice to John Cole, claiming his freedom by service, is admitted and sworne; 29 November 1624 Thomas Whiteinge, son of Thomas Whiting of the Stroude Water in Gloucester, yeoman, put himself apprentice to Thomas Roberts fishmonger for nine years from michaelmas last 1624. The researcher searched Stroud parish (which is incomplete before 1640) and Painswick in Gloucester. He found a William christened in 1622; no Catherine. He studied wills for Whiting testators of the Stroud and Painswick area. Nothing.
    22. A John Dumbleton may have been a servant of William Whiting for two years before coming to New England and then for another 4 or 5 years in New England (History of Windsor, CT pg. 49, 155).
    23. Longden's "Northamptonshire and Rutland Clergy" include information about Samuel, son of the John Whiting of Boston, Lincolnshire, who left the 1617 will. The bio for Samuel stated he was the son of John Whiting, merchant of Boston, Lincoln and was christened there on 21 November 1597. Graduated from Emmanuel College at Cambridge. Ordained a priest in 1621 at Peterborough. Served as a minister at Lynn, Norfolk and rector of Skirbeck, Lincoln, in 1625. Went to Boston, New England in April 1636 and then to Lynn, Massachusetts where he was a minister from 1638 to 1679. He died there on 11 December 1679. His eldest son John Whiting was a rector at Leverton, Nottingham.
    24.Steven Whiting Hatch stated that "Suffolk Emigrants" declares that the Whiting family came from Suffolk County, England in the vicinity of Basford. (There isn't a parish named Basford in Suffolk, but there is a parish named Boxford. A christening for a William, son of William and Elizabeth Whiting, was found in Aldringham parish dated 9 September 1600.). Holmes' "Dictionary of Ancestral Heads of New England Families" states he came from Boxford, Sussex. (There isn't a parish named Boxford in Sussex but there is a parish named Boxgrove.)
    25. Two old undated, unsigned pieces of paper located by Evelyn W. Baird in 1998 while at the Connecticut Historical Society stated that William's wife Susanna was Susanna Wiggins. The researcher did not know the origin of this information.
    26. "Whitings in England Before 1650" by Gordon C. Whiting (1978) poses that the most likely place of origin (due to William's nonconformity) is East Anglia (which can include Lincolnshire).
    27. Gordon C. Whiting states that Miss M. Packman located the administration of William Whiting's estate in England (1648) and that he left "any and all English property" to his wife. Miss Packman also believes that William could be closely connected to the Whitings of Boxford and Hadleigh in Suffolk or to the Whitings of Boston (and Deptford, Kent) in Lincolnshire. Gordon Whiting states that the Whitings of Boston, Lincolnshire loaned money to the colony of Massachusetts. In Gordon's book are listings of Whitings by county that Miss Packman collected. Many are from Lincolnshire and London--two prime areas for William Whiting.
    28. A family tree found on FamilyTreeMaker concerning the Descendants of John Whiting states that William Whiting was born in Boxford "Sussex" and died in 1647 in Hartford, Connecticut. His wife Susannah Wiggin was born in 1609 in Milford, Connecticut and married William in 1635 in Hartford. Also claims that William's son William was born in 1631 in Milford, Connecticut and his daughter Sarah was born in 1632 in the same place. This pedigree seems to contain multiple errors and speculation.
    29. The coat of arms used by William Whiting Jr. matches perfectly with the description of the coat of arms used by the Giles Whiting family of Etton, Northamptonshire. Giles was the rector of Etton and died there in 1627. According to the burial entry for Giles' wife Margerie, the couple had 41 grandchildren by that year. Only 11 of these children were listed in the 1619 heraldic visitation for Leicester. Giles' sons John and Timothy and one of Timothy's sons were also clergymen with the Church of England. One of Giles' grandsons, Nathaniel Whiting, emigrated to Massachusetts about the same time as did William Whiting. Giles Whiting left a will in 1627 (Church of England. Consistory Court of the Diocese of Peterborough Probate records, 1541-1858 (Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1958) (FHL British film 174844)). The will did not mention William, but it also did not name all of Giles' grandchildren. Giles Whiting's pedigree was also found in the 1634 visitation of Essex. Giles and his two sons who became clergymen are found in Henry Isham Longden's Northamptonshire and Rutland clergy from 1500 (Northampton, England : Archer & Goodman, 1938-1943) (FHL British book 942.5 D3L v. 15).

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.
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    Margery, m. bef. 1637 William Parker; lived Hartford and Saybrook
    Posted by: Duane Boggs (ID *****6286)Date: February 20, 2011 at 11:50:26
    of 1716

    On or about April 2, 1646, William Whiting of Hartford, in what would later become Connecticut, wrote a Will. He made a bequest of 10 pounds to a Margery Parker. I believe this was likely the same woman as the Margery who had married William Parker before 1637, resided for a time in Hartford, but then had moved to Saybrook before 1646. Many, if not most, Parker researchers suggest that Margery's maiden name was Pritchard (a/k/a Prichard).

    I have recently found an abstract of the William Whiting Will at the following source:

    http://books.google.com/books?id=2rOoX4UHRxAC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=saybrook+%22Margery+Parker%22&source=bl&ots=xqJwJPXncC&sig=I4DjLOULlQ9JqSk9aAKpqHqNFdA&hl=en&ei=XlRhTamDHYqr8Abj1ZCxDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=saybrook%20%22Margery%20Parker%22&f=false

    "A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of ...", by Royal Ralph Hinman, at p. 97:

    “Whiting, William, Hartford - was a member of the General Court in 1637. The Court ordered him to supply 100 pounds of beef (for Hartford) to carry on the Pequot war, in 1637. He was treasurer of the colony in 1641 to 1647. . . . . . His estate at his decease was over £9000 sterling. In 1649 [DAB: sic-is this a typo for 1647? LDS and World Connect trees all suggest an important date (of Will? Probate? Death? Burial?) of July 24, 1647] he made his will. His children were William, John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary and Joseph. Joseph appears to have been born after the will was made, and he provided for him by a codicil to his will. He had a sister Wiggins who had children. He gave £10 to Margery Parker, £10 to Mr. Hopkins; £10 to Mr. Webster; £10 to the children of Mr. Hooker; £10 to the children of Mr. Stone; £10 to the poor of Hartford; £5 to the town of Hartford; £5 to the poor of Windsor; £5 to the poor of Wethersfield, and £5 to the children of the Rev. H. Smith, of Wethersfield. His son William was a merchant in London, and sold the lands he received by his father to Siborn Nichols, of Witham, in England.” Cyprian Silborn NICHOLS b: ABT 1620 in Witham, Essex, England

    I have also found an as-yet unverified statement that William Whiting's widow, Susannah, died July 08, 1673 in Hartford.

    The Saybrook Vital Records have a record of the births of William Parker's children, and state "Margery, wife of William [Parker] Sr, died Dec 6, 1680". See
    Saybrook Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - P, transcribed by Coralynn Brown.

    Many, if not most, Parker researchers suggest that Margery's maiden name was Pritchard (a/k/a Prichard). I am presently formulating a theory that Margery (Pritchard) Parker might have been the sister of Susannah (MNU) Whiting, wife of William.

    Please note that the abstract of the Will also states that William Whiting had a "sister Wiggins" who had children. I believe that some researchers have mis-interpreted this reference and have reached a faulty deduction that Susannah (MNU) Whiting was born a Wiggins. I find this to be a less reasonable interpretation than the following alternative.

    In 1647, a man could use the term "sister" to refer to a full sister (shared

    parents), a half-sister (only one shared parent), a step-sister (no shared

    parents), a sister-in-law (e.g., married to one's brother), a sister-in-law (the

    sister of one's wife), or a sister-in-law (the wife of one's wife's brother). So

    which would be most likely to be remembered by a man in his Will? I think the

    most likely response is that he was referring to his own married sister and her

    children (who would have been William Whiting's nieces and/or nephews). There is

    a possibility (but not a probability) that William Whiting had married the

    sister of his brother-in-law Wiggins (i.e., WW's sister married a Wiggins and WW

    married the sister of that Wiggins). While there are certainly some instances of

    such marriages, they were certainly not the most common, or the norm.

    Because the abstract does not state that Margery Parker was a "sister", it is likely that the Will itself did not contain any such explicit language. Nonetheless, I believe that it is more likely than not that Margery was somehow related to William Whiting, and possibly through his wife.

    Consider the other bequests in the Will. The "Mr. Hopkins" is almost certainly a reference to Edward Hopkins, a founder of Hartford and sometime governor (and who reportedly had married an Ann Yale). The "Mr. Webster" is almost certain referring to John Webster, another Hartford founder and a magistrate. Thus we see gifts to two men who were among the civic leaders, and with whom WW would have had frequent contact (and likely friendship). The bequests to the children of Hooker (i.e., Rev. Thomas), of Stone (i.e., Rev. Samuel) and of the Rev. H. Smith (of Wethersfield) all fall into the category of the clergy and/or ministers of the Puritan flocks. The gifts to the poor are obviously charitable gifts.

    So why would William Whiting leave a gift to a woman, Margery Parker, and not to her husband, William Parker (formerly of Hartford, but by 1647 of Saybrook)? I believe it is because Margery was a relative of William Whiting's wife, Susannah. The most likely relative would be that Susannah and Margery were sisters.

    Therefore, I would propose as a theory that William Whiting's wife was born Susannah Pritchard. Of course this needs further research, but this theory is statistically more likely than the notion that she was Susannah Wiggins.

    If anyone has any information that would shed light on these issues? Please share by posting here or by contacting me directly at duaneaboggs@live.com.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried 12 Apr 1671

    William married Mygatt, Susannah about 1625 in England. Susannah (daughter of Mygatt) was born in 1609 in England; died on 8 Jul 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 8 Jul 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mygatt, Susannah was born in 1609 in England (daughter of Mygatt); died on 8 Jul 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 8 Jul 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

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    Notes:

    Will: 27 Nov 1654
    I Joseph Mygatt of Hartford do make this my last Will & Testament : Whereas, in a Writing bearing date 27 November, 1654, I have already engaged the manner of a dispose of my Estate after my Death, I do now for the substance thereof fully consent thereunto, only some things mentioned needing some explication I thought good to mention, 1st, that I have already paid the marriage portion for my son Jacob as is expressed in the Agreement, & have built a house for him of more value than was promised, & have truly fulfilled that first particularly.

    2nd, Whereas it is mentioned in the Agreement with Mrs. Susannah Fitch, & the Trustees

    in behalf of her Brother,

    that the Estate by her should be let out to procure a farm, that it might have been so but they conceived that it might be more advantageous to adventure the Money abroad, being at that time in a way of Trade, the which with their desire I consented too, - these things being confiscated, I do dispose of my whole Estate as is there mentioned, only my Mind is that in Case the £12 be not paid to my wife (as is expressed), that so much of my Lands be sold (that may best be spared) as may enable the true performance of the yearly Annuity willed to her during her natural life.
    I give unto Joseph Deming, my gr. son, all my Wearing apparrel. I appoint my gr. child Joseph Mygatt to be my Executor. I desire my friend Paul Peck sen. and my son John Deming to be Overseers. Witness: Jos: Haines, Jo: MYGATT. Ls. Paul Peck.

    http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shopefamily/Tree/famf790.html

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    She d in Milford, Feb'y 20,1661, and he m. 2"^ Susannah Fitch,
    wi.loNV of Mr. Samuel, of Hartford. Susanah was V wite ot
    William Whitin-, who with Lords Say and Brooke, and George
    Wyllys bought the interest of the Bristol men in Piscataqua
    about 1631 to 1633. From 1641 to his death he was treasurer o
    Conn. Colony, and in 1642 one of the magistrates. He was styled
    "The Worshipful William Whiting." She m. 2°Mn IboO, Mr.
    Samuel Fitch, of Hartford, many years teacher there by whom
    sh. had two sons. He d. 1659 and she m. 3"^ 1663, Mr. Bryan.
    She d. at Middletown, Conn., July 8 1673, at the home of her son-
    in-law, Rev. Nathaniel Collins, of that place.
    http://archive.org/stream/alexanderbryanof00bald/alexanderbryanof00bald_djvu.txt
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    !MARRIAGE: (1) William WHITING (2) 1650 Samuel FITCH (3) Alexander BYRON
    !Rec of Doris Ball- Union, OR;

    !Margaret Neuffer- 2003 Valley View Dr. Columbia, MO 65201: Susanna.....Whiting md (2) 1650 Samuel FITCH of Hartford and had 2 more children. Mr Fitch died 1659 and she md (3) Alexander BRYAN of Milford Conn., but died before him at the house of her daughter, Mary Collins of Middletown, Conn. and was buried in Middletown 8 July 1673. Susannah surname Wiggins. (Margaret Neuffer 9-92):

    !Families of Early CT-Lucius Barnes Barber; Society of Colonial Wars- shows William married Susannah Wiggins. She is not in IGI US or Eng 88. Catherine Whiting, William's sister md Thomas Wiggins in London.

    DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):

    !MARRIAGES: Source - Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700, page 111" (1) William WHITING; (2) 2 Jan 1650/51 Samuel FITCH
    (3) Alexander Bryan 27 Jun 1662."
    !DEATH: Source - Mass. Historical Society Collections, fifth series, Vol.8, page 148. Governor John Winthrop, writing from "Hartford, July 15, 1673" to his son Fitz-John Winthrop, says: "Old Mrs Bryan, Mr Whitings mother, died at
    Middleton Sabath day was seven night, where she was buried the Tuesday following: had not been sick above a weeke.."

    !Barbour, Lucius Linus, "Families of Early Hartford, Conn", page 675 states, "Susanna was called Mrs Mary in Hartford town records, Susannah Wiggin in Soc C Wars papers (Trowbridge)"

    Sources of Information:
    1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.

    Notes:
    1. She may have died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Collins, at Middletown.
    2. Her maiden name could be Wiggins, but this is not documented.
    3. She apparently had two sons by her husband Samuel Fitch.
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    4. A family tree found on FamilyTreeMaker concerning the Descendants of John Whiting states that William Whiting was born in Boxford "Sussex" and died in 1647 in Hartford, Connecticut. His wife Susannah Wiggin was born in 1609 in Milford, Connecticut and married William in 1635 in Hartford. This pedigree seems to contain multiple errors and speculation.

    GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Susanna

    BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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    FAMILY OF ALEXANDER BRYAN
    On page 7 of this work the Judge states that he purchased in London a deed which has been preserved among the papers of the descendants of WilHam Penn. This deed is printed on pages 8 to 10 of the Bryan pamphlet. This document dated July 20, 1663, is a conveyance from Richard Bryan of Milford in New England and his father Alexander Bryan also of Milford to Edward Baldwyn of Beconsfield in the county of Bucks in consideration of i 40 "All those twoe messuages or tenements and garden with all the outhouses " appurten nts thereunto belonging situate lying " being in the North Streete of Wendover, in the said county of Bucks, and now or late in the occupation of the widow Ovyatt (?) or her underten nt or underten nts which said messuage or tennements were given to Anne Bryan, mother of the said Richard Bryan deceased, " to the said Richard Bryan " their heires by the last will " testament of Richard Baldwyn of Dundridge, in the said County of Buck, deceased." From these documents it will be seen that Anne wife of Alexander Bryan, the emigrant and head of the Bryan family of Milford, was daughter of Robert Baldwin of the Baldwin family of Buckingham County, England. "Anne Briant" was admitted to full communion in the Milford Church, August 23, 1640. The record also states that she died February 20, 1661. Alexander Bryan married, second, Susanna widow of both William Whiting and Samuel Fitch of Hartford. There is no record of this marriage, but it probably took place soon after June 27, 1662, when "M"" Allexand"^ Briant and M" Susannah ffitch" signed an agreement transferring to the children of her first husband William Whiting, certain property that had been in her possession as his widow and administratrix, and requested the court to appoint new administrators on the estate.-^

    Mrs. Susannah Bryan was admitted to the Milford Church December 6, 1669. Following the record of her admission on the Church book is this entry : "buried at Middletown July 8.73" John Winthrop Junior, Governor of Connecticut, in writing to his son Fitz-John Winthrop from "Hartford, July 15: 1673", said ' Hartford, Conn., County Court Records, vol. 3, reverse end, p. 69.

    ALEXANDER BRYAN
    "Old M''^ Bryan, M^ Whitings mother, died at Middleton Sabath day was seven night, where she was buried the Tuesday following: had not beene sick above a weeke.""*

    Alexander Bryan made his will April 24, 1679 and July 22 following he made a codicil thereto. In the document he referred to himself as being weak of body. To his grandson Alexander Bryan he gave " 500 in addition to what he had already received. The house and home-lot where the testator then dwelt were to be considered a part of the i 500. He also gave him the old warehouse and one-half of the pasture land in Milford. These bequests including all previous payments were to be appraised and the value thereof in excess of i 500 was to be paid by the legatee to Samuel Bryan, another grandson of the testator. Alexander Bryan, child of the testator's grandson, Alexander, was given all the interest in the house and land at Eaton's Neck, Long Island, of which he was to come into possession when he became nineteen years old.

    Hannah Harriman, grandchild of the testator, was given i 40, part of which she had already received.

    The testator had previously given to his granddaughter Sarah Fitch, i 40 in a house which the testator had bought of Samuel Baldwin's widow. "My son in law Samuel Fitch" was directed to pay to the testator's grandson, Samuel Bryan, the amount due for the rest of the said house and lot.

    Said Samuel Bryan was also given the testator's house and land in Milford opposite his son Richard's dwelling house, also the new warehouse and land at Indian Side, formerly belonging to Samuel Baldwin.

    To his grandson, Richard Bryan Junior, he gave a house and home-lot bought of Samuel Eells, said Richard to come into possession thereof at the age of nineteen years.

    If Richard should die under that age, the property was to go to the executor. The three grandchildren, Richard Bryan, Frances Bryan and Abigail Bryan, were given the household goods, plate, brass, pewter and all moveable goods in equal shares. If either child should die before coming of age or unmarried, the share of such child was to go to the survivors.

    Mass. Historical Society Collections, series 5, vol. 8, p. 148.

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    FAMILY OF ALEXANDER BRYAN
    On page 7 of this work the Judge states that he purchased in London a deed which has been preserved among the papers of the descendants of WilHam Penn. This deed is printed on pages 8 to 10 of the Bryan pamphlet. This document dated July 20, 1663, is a conveyance from Richard Bryan of Milford in New England and his father Alexander Bryan also of Milford to Edward Baldwyn of Beconsfield in the county of Bucks in consideration of i 40 "All those twoe messuages or tenements and garden with all the outhouses " appurten nts thereunto belonging situate lying " being in the North Streete of Wendover, in the said county of Bucks, and now or late in the occupation of the widow Ovyatt (?) or her underten nt or underten nts which said messuage or tennements were given to Anne Bryan, mother of the said Richard Bryan deceased, " to the said Richard Bryan " their heires by the last will " testament of Richard Baldwyn of Dundridge, in the said County of Buck, deceased." From these documents it will be seen that Anne wife of Alexander Bryan, the emigrant and head of the Bryan family of Milford, was daughter of Robert Baldwin of the Baldwin family of Buckingham County, England. "Anne Briant" was admitted to full communion in the Milford Church, August 23, 1640. The record also states that she died February 20, 1661. Alexander Bryan married, second, Susanna widow of both William Whiting and Samuel Fitch of Hartford. There is no record of this marriage, but it probably took place soon after June 27, 1662, when "M"" Allexand"^ Briant and M" Susannah ffitch" signed an agreement transferring to the children of her first husband William Whiting, certain property that had been in her possession as his widow and administratrix, and requested the court to appoint new administrators on the estate.-^

    Mrs. Susannah Bryan was admitted to the Milford Church December 6, 1669. Following the record of her admission on the Church book is this entry : "buried at Middletown July 8.73" John Winthrop Junior, Governor of Connecticut, in writing to his son Fitz-John Winthrop from "Hartford, July 15: 1673", said ' Hartford, Conn., County Court Records, vol. 3, reverse end, p. 69.

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    MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Abt 1628

    Children:
    1. Whiting, William was born about 1629 in England; was christened on 18 May 1634 in Hambledon, Hampshire, England; died about 1699 in London, England; was buried in England.
    2. Whiting, Samuel was born in 1630 in Poss England; was christened in in England; died after 24 Jul 1647.
    3. Whiting, Sarah was born in 1632 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 17 May 1704 in North Hampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
    4. Whiting, Reverend John was born in 1635 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 8 Sep 1689 in Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.
    5. Whiting, Mary was born in 1643 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 25 Oct 1709 in Middletown, Connecticut; was buried in 1709 in of Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
    6. 2. Whiting, Captain Joseph was born on 2 Oct 1645 in Millford, New Haven, Connecticut; was christened on 23 Jul 1665 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; died on 8 Oct 1717 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.; was buried in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.

  3. 6.  Allyn, Colonel John was born in 1630 in Braunton, Devon, England; was christened on 24 Feb 1630 in Braunton, Devonshire, England (son of Allyn, Honorable Matthew and Wyatt, Margaret); died on 26 Jul 1696 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Nov 1696 in Old Burying Grnd, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.

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    • Emigration: John Allyn was very active in Conneticut politics and was highly respected.

    John married Smith, Anna. Anna died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Smith, Anna died in DECEASED.

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    Children:
    1. 3. Allyn, Anna was born on 18 Aug 1652 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 3 Mar 1735 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Mar 1735 in Connecticut, United States.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  Mygatt

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    Children:
    1. Mygatt, Deacon Joseph was born in 1596 in Chelmsford, Essex, England; died on 7 Dec 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colony.
    2. 5. Mygatt, Susannah was born in 1609 in England; died on 8 Jul 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 8 Jul 1673 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.

  2. 12.  Allyn, Honorable Matthew was born on 17 Apr 1605 in Braunton, Devonshire, England; was christened on 17 Apr 1605 in Braunton, Devonshire, England; died on 1 Feb 1669 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 12 Sep 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

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    • Politics: freeman 4 March 1635

    Notes:

    "Matthew Allyn -- Bpt. 17 Apr. 1605, Braunton, Devon. Died 1 Feb. 1670/1, Windsor, CT. He m. Margaret Wyatt, 2 Feb. 1626/7, Braunton. She was baptized 8 Mar. 1594/5, Braunton, daughter of John and Frances (Chichester) Wyatt of Braunton. Banks (1930-97) says that he probably came on the "Charles", which sailed from nearby Barnstable, Devon on 10 Apr. 1632 and landed at Boston on June 5. Aboard were twenty passengers but only Timothy Hatherly was named. Matthew lived in Cambridge, MA, Hartford, CT and finally Windsor, CT. There is a will of William Thorne of Devon, dated 17 Feb. 1637, proved 23 Nov. 1650, that indicates he bought lands from Matthew Allen (Ref: Waters--p. 932)."
    --- Burton Spear, * ... Mary & John 1630*, v 17, 1992, p 11
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    !Death: will dated 10 May 1652

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    THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT, by Henry R. Stiles: from Brampton, Co. Devon, Eng. ... emigrated with the orig. Braintree Company, 1632, to charlestown, Mass., where 1633, he had 45 acres div. to him, at "the Common Pales" - much the largest share of any settler - had an acre for cow and three for planting group "on the Neck"; 1635, had by grant, or purchase, 5 acres at Wigwam Neck, six acres meadow near Watertown, 5 acres at Charlestown Lane; owned 5 houses on Town Plt, of Cambridge, 1635; res. near the meeting house and was the largest landholder in Cambridge (Camb. Rec., fol. 1, 24); was made freeman of Mass., 4 Mch., 1635; was a rep. at Mass. Gen. Court, March session, 1636; prob. removed next year to Hartford, where he was an orig. proprietor; his houselot was on the read to the Neck (now Windsor St.) and he owned 110 acres in that and other lots; and the first mill at Hartford, at foot of present W. Pearl St. in May, 1638, he was lodging with Roger Williams; was a proprietor at Windsor in 1640, as also a large owner at killingworth and at Simsbury. He was a member of Rev. Mr. Hooker's church at Hartford, but for some difference therewith, prob. of a doctrinal nature, was excommunicated, and 3 jun, 1644, appealed to Gen. Ct. for redress; the records show not fully how the matter was settled, but it may have been one cause of his removal to Windsor, in which plantation he had previously been interested, haveing purchased in 1638 all the lands, "houses, servants, goods, and chattels" of the New Plymouth Co. at Windsor ... Mr. Allyn was rep. to the Gen. Ct. every year 9except 1653) from 1648 to 1658, inclusive; a magistrate of the Colony, 1657-1667, inc.; commissioner for the United Colonies of N. E., 1660-4; when in 1649, the Gen. Ct. desired to initiate hostilities against the Indians, Mr. Allyn was the first-named of the 3 deputies to order the raising of troops ... Hon. Matthew Ally, as we have thus seen, was eminently, "a man of affairs," and a n active, public-spirited citizen. "Few men," says hinman, "had more influence, or recieved more honors from the people, than mr. Allyn." Energetic, willful, and persistent in all his projects, he was yet a just, high-minded man, and one of the props of the infant colony. Though he fell under the ban of the Hartford church (prob. becuase he entertained sentiments on baptism, church membership, or church discipline, at variance with the majority of his brethren), there are many evidences that he was still held in high esteem at Hartford; and Mr. Hinman seems to hint that the Hartford church encouraged him to remove, being afraid of his "influence with the settlers." In 1658, when trouble again arose in the Hartford church, Mr. Allyn was chairman of the committee of the Gen. Ct. to conduct a correspondence ont he subject. (Conn. Col. Rec., i. 321). Mr. Allyn died 1 Feb 1670-1; his will dated 30 Jan 1670-1, makes his wife, Margaret, his sole executrix; gave her the use of his estate, and desired his sons and son-in-law, Newberry, to improve it for her; to his son John he gave his Kennilworth lands, and confirmed to him those lands in Hartford which he had already given him as a marriage portion. his Window house he had previously deed to his son Thomas, subject to life use by himself and wife; he gave him also a large estate, and provided liberally for his dau. Mary (Newberry), and grand-dau. Mary (Maudsley). ... He was undoubtedly a brother of Deacon Thomas of Hartford and Middletown, and of Samuel of (East) Windsor. NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. 50, No. 4, oct. 1896, "Genealogical Cleanings in England", by Henry F. Waters: [Will of] Richard Allen the elder of Branton in Devon 29 November 1647, proved 10 May 1652. ... To my son Mathew Allinge five pounds ... I give and bequeath unto my son Mathew's three children, to John the sum of twenty shillings, to Thomas, his son, twenty shillings and to Mary, his daughter, twenty shillings. ... (.. . the foregoing will of Richard allen the elder of Braunton names sons Thomas, Matthew and Richard and also Mary the daughter of Thomas, and John, Thomas, and Mary the children of Matthew ...) NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 1851, "List of Freemen of Windsor, Ct.", submitted by Samuel Wolcott: "Oct. 7th, 1669. Acount taken of all such Persons as dwell within the Limets of Windsor, and have bin approved of to be freemen, and alowed to take the oath of freedom.: Mr. Allyn: Mathew
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    vii. Matthew (2) + ALLYN. "There were three immigrants by the name of Allyn, named Thomas, Samuel, and Matthew, brothers. They came first to Cambridge, Massachusetts, from Brampton, county Devon, England, and they are thought to have been the sons of Samuel Allyn, of Chelmsford, County Essex, England [may have been Richard of Brampton, see above, under general note]. (P) Matthew Allyn or Allyne, the immigrant ancestor of this branch of the family, came from from Brampton, country Devon England, with his brothers, Deacon Thomas and Samuel. If he was son of Samuel, of Chelmsford, England, he was baptized in April, 1604. He came with the original Braintree company in 1632, to Charlestown, Massachusetts, where in 1633 he received forty-five acres in the division of lands at "the Common Pales," much the largest share of any settler, and he had an acre for his cow, and three acres for planting gound "on the Neck." In 1635 he received a grant, or purchased five acres at Wigwam Neck, six acres of land meadow land near Watertown, and five acres at Charlestown lane. In 1635 he owned five houses on the town plot at Cambridge, where he was the largest landholder. He lived near the meeting house. He was made a freeman of Massachusetts, March 4, 1635, and was a representative at the general court, March session, in 1636. He moved to Hartford probably in 1637, and was an original proprietor there, having his house lot on the road to the Neck, now on Windsor street. He owned one hundred and ten acres of land there and built the first mill at Hartford, at the foot of what is now West Pearl street. In may, 1638, he was lodging with Roger Williams, and in 1640 was a proprietor of Windsor. He owned large amounts of land in Killingworth and Simsbury, Connecticut. He was a member of Rev. Mr. Hooker's church at Hartford, but was excommunicated, doubtless for a doctrinal difference. On June 3, 1644, he appealed to the general court for redress, but the records do not show how the affair was settled, and the trouble may have been the cause of his removal to Windsor, where in 1638 he had purchased all the lands, "houses, servants, goods, and chattels" of the New Plymouth Company.
    This purchase took away the last right Plymouth had on the Connecticut river. His homestead at Windsor was near the company's old trading house. Soon after his removal to Windsor he set up a claim, that, since he had purchased his land from Plymouth, Connecticut had no right to tak his property in Windsor, and a committe decided that he should pay taxes only to Connecticut. (P) He was representative to the general court every year except 1653, from 1648 to 1658 inclusive, and from 1657 to 1667 inclusive he was a magistrate of the colony. In 1660-64 he was commissioner for the United Colonies of New England. In 1649, when the general court decided to begin hostilities against the Indians, Mr. Allyn was first of three deputies chosen to raise troops. In 1657 he and Joseph Gilbert were appointed to announce to the Indians at Pacomtuck the decision of the commissioners. In 1659 he and his son John were on the committee for dividing Indian lands at Podunk. In 1660, when the governor and deputy governor were chosen commissioners for 1661, he was chosen as a reserve, and also to act as moderator in their absence. In 1661 he was moderator and on the committee to petition for the charter, in which he was named as one of the grantees, when it was granted to Connecticut by Charles II. In 1662 he was moderator and chairman to treat with New Haven concerning a union in 1662-63. In October, 1663, he was chairman of a committee to treat with the Dutch envoys from New Amsterdam, and with Mr. Willis was chosen to settle the government of the English towns on the west end of Long Island. In 1664 the committee on the government of the towns was renewed with more members with authority to establish courts, etc. Also, in 1664, he was on the committee to settle bounds between "the Bay" and Rhode Island, and the south bounds; also, with three others he was "desired to accompany the Gov. to N. Y. to congratulate His Majesty's commissioners." In 1665, when the Connecticut and New Haven colonies were united, he and his son, Lieutenant John, were chosen assistants, and again in 1666, when he was moderator, and in 1667. In 1666 they were both on the committee having authority to levy troops, etc., in case of war. The Killingworth land records name him as a large landowner and first settler, though he probably never lived there. Hon. Matthew Allyn was one of the most prominent men in the colony, as can be seen from his many offices of trust. Hinman says, "Few men had more influence, or received more honors from the people, than Mr. Allyn." There are many evidences that he was always respected highly in Hartford, despite the fact that he was excommunicated from the church, and Mr. Hinman seems to hint that the Hartford church encouraged him to move because of his "influence with the settlers." In 1658 when there was again trouble in the Hartford church, he was chairman of the committee of the general court to conduct a correspondence on the subject. (P) He died February 1, 1670-71, and his will, dated January 30, 1670-71, makes his wife executrix, giving her the use of the estate; to his son John he left his Killingworth lands, confirming to him those lands in Hartford which he had already given him. He had already deeded his house in Windsor to his son Thomas, subject to life use by himself and his wife, and he gave him also a large estate. "Old Mrs. Allyn," probably his mother, was admitted to the Windsor church August 5, 1649, and "Old Mr. Allyn" died September 12, 1675. Children, born probably in England: Hon. John; Captain Thomas, mentioned below [in this db, under his name]; Mary, married, June 11, 1646, Captain Benjamin Newberry."
    --- William Richard Cutter, *New England Families*, NY 1913, p 154

    PREFIX: Also shown as Colonel

    BIRTH: Also shown as Born 15 Apr 1605

    DEATH: Also shown as Died 7 Feb 1670

    !BAPTISM: Also shown as Baptized 1 Nov 1932

    !ENDOWMENT: Also shown as Endowed 18 Feb 1932

    Matthew married Wyatt, Margaret about 1620 in England. Margaret (daughter of Wyatt, John, daughter of Wyatt, John and Bronson, Mary) was born in 1668 in Haddam, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; was christened in unknown; died on 12 Sep 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 13.  Wyatt, Margaret was born in 1668 in Haddam, Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; was christened in unknown (daughter of Wyatt, John, daughter of Wyatt, John and Bronson, Mary); died on 12 Sep 1675 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried .

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    "Matthew Allyn -- Bpt. 17 Apr. 1605, Braunton, Devon. Died 1 Feb. 1670/1, Windsor, CT. He m. Margaret Wyatt, 2 Feb. 1626/7, Braunton. She was baptized 8 Mar. 1594/5, Braunton, daughter of John and Frances (Chichester) Wyatt of Braunton. Banks (1930-97) says that he probably came on the "Charles", which sailed from nearby Barnstable, Devon on 10 Apr. 1632 and landed at Boston on June 5. Aboard were twenty passengers but only Timothy Hatherly was named. Matthew lived in Cambridge, MA, Hartford, CT and finally Windsor, CT. There is a will of William Thorne of Devon, dated 17 Feb. 1637, proved 23 Nov. 1650, that indicates he bought lands from Matthew Allen (Ref: Waters--p. 932)."
    --- Burton Spear, * ... Mary & John 1630*, v 17, 1992, p 11
    2759. Margaret (2) WYATT was christened on 8 Mar 1594/95 in Braunton, co. Devon, England. Or: 18 Mar 1594/5 (Burton Spear, v. 17, 1992, p 12) She died on 12 Sep 1675 in prob Windsor CT; date uncertain. 9th ggm of Gordon Fisher

    Roberts, *The Royal Descents ... *, 1993, p 396, for royal ancestry

    "MARGARET WYATT, bapt. Braunton, co. Devon, 8 Mar. 1594/5; m. Braunton 2 Feb. 1626/7, Matthew Allyn (or Allen), bapt. Braunton, 17 Apr. 1605, d. Windosr, Conn., 1 Feb. 1670/1, son Richard and Margaret (Wyatt) Allyn of Braunton. They were the ancestors of President Grover Cleveland [this is not shown by Gary Boyd Roberts in his *Ancestors of American Presidents*, 1989]."
    --- Frederick Weis, *Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists*, 7th edition, 1992, p 57
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    Children:
    1. Allen, Mary was born about 1625 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 20 Jan 1627/1628 in Braunton, Devonshire, England; died on 29 Jul 1689 in WINDSOR, HARTFORD, Connecticut; was buried on 2 Jul 1689.
    2. Allyn, Richard was born in 1625 in of Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 14 Feb 1695.
    3. 6. Allyn, Colonel John was born in 1630 in Braunton, Devon, England; was christened on 24 Feb 1630 in Braunton, Devonshire, England; died on 26 Jul 1696 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Nov 1696 in Old Burying Grnd, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.
    4. Allen, Captain Thomas was born in 1635 in Braunton, Devonshire, England; was christened on 24 Dec 1597 in Braunton, Devon, England; died on 14 Feb 1696 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried on 14 Feb 1696 in Springfield, Hampden Co, Massachusetts.
    5. Allyn, Mary was born in 1638 in Braunton, , Devon, England; died on 14 Feb 1696.