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Whiting, Colonel Nathan

Male 1724 - 1771  (46 years)


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  • Name Whiting, Nathan 
    Prefix Colonel 
    Nickname Founder Whitingham Vermont 
    Born 4 May 1724  Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Physical Description Founder of Whitingham, Vermont 
    FamilySearch Id LZKB-1SJ 
    Founder of Whitingham, Vermont 26 Jan 1770  Vermont, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Died 9 Apr 1771  New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Apr 1776 
    Person ID I1112  USA
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2019 

    Father Whiting, Samuel,   b. 22 Apr 1670, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Sep 1725, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother Adams, Elizabeth,   b. 23 Feb 1681, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1766, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 14 Sep 1696  Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F647  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Saltonstall, Mary,   b. 1728, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1771  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 12 Jul 1750  New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Whiting, Mary,   b. 6 Jun 1751, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1761, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 10 years)
     2. Whiting, Eliphalet,   b. 17 Jun 1753, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Sep 1753, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Whiting, Unknown,   b. 4 Oct 1754, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1754  (Age 0 years)
     4. Whiting, Unknown,   b. 27 Dec 1756, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 1756, New Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     5. Whiting, Nathan Haynes,   b. 6 Nov 1759, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1801, West Hartford, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 41 years)
     6. Whiting, Elizabeth,   b. 21 Jul 1761, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Aug 1761, Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Whiting, Gurdon Saltonstall,   b. 10 Sep 1766, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1804, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years)
     8. Whiting, Samuel,   b. 22 Feb 1768, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F646  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • (Samuel, Rev John Whiting, William and Susannah immigrants)

      On the 7th of January 1767, a petition was presented to the lieutenant govenor of New York by Nathan Whiting, Samuel Fitch, Eleazer Fitch, James Smedley, David Baldwin, Andrew Myers, Samuel Whiting, Robert Aiton, Amos Hitchcock and Nathan Haines Whiting, cover
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      History ~ Whitingham

      On the seventh day of January, 1767, a petition was presented to the lieutenant governor of New York by Nathan Whiting and twelve others for the grant of a township covering a portion of the territory then known as Cumberland.

      After much delay and a re-petition on March 12, 1770, the final grantees were seven British soldiers, Colonel Whiting and six others, who recieved the grant as a reward for their fidelity in the King's service. The township, 36 square miles, thus granted and chartered was named Whitingham. The first census in 1771 reported a population of 14, increasing to 1,177 in 1900 and after some decline increased again to the 1,177 in 1990.
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      Lake Whitingham stretches nearly eight miles long through the town that shares its name. In 1770, the Town of Whitingham was granted to Nathan Whiting and some other men who served as soldiers of the King. The town consists of two villages, Jacksonville and Whitingham.
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      History of Joseph Smith by his Mother Lucy Mack Smith:
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      I have a sketch of my father's (Soloman Mack) life, written by himself, in which is detailed an account of his several campaigns, and many of his adventures while in the army. From this, I extract the following:
      "At the age of twenty-one years, I left my master. Shortly after which I enlisted in the services of my country under the command of Captain Henry, and was annexed to the regiment commanded by Col. Whiting.
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      http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=mssa:ms.0552&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes Connecticut colonial people | Burials at Grove Street Cemetery
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      Descendants of William Whiting
      28. COL. NATHAN5 WHITING (SAMUEL4, JOHN3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)66,67 was born 4 May 1724 in Windham, CT, and died 9 Apr 1771 in New Haven, CT. He married MARY SALTONSTALL 12 Jul 1750 in New Haven, CT, daughter of ROSWELL SALTONSTALL and MARY HAYNES. She was born May 1728 in Branford, CT, and died 1771 in (Information on Mary's parents extracted from "Genealogical Notes" by Nathaniel Goodwin pg 336).

      Notes for COL. NATHAN WHITING:
      The youngest child born of Samuel & Elizabeth, Nathan was born in Windham CT in May 1724 and graduated from Yale College in 1743. Much like his two brothers Nathan served in the defense of the colonies and rose to the rank of Colonel.

      Nathan moved to New Milford, CT where he resided for most of his life and entered military life shortly after graduating from Yale. Extracts taken from the book "Two Centuries of New Milford 1707-1907" gives a little insight into Nathan and his township. "New Milford was, during most of these first fifty years of its existence, a frontier town, a line of guards was established which reached across the country from Woodbury to the New York boundary, and the members of the company had to take turns in patrolling this line. The second company in New Milford was organized in 1744, and both of these companies continued to exist until the Revolution." In 1744 Nathan commanded the Eleventh Company of the Second Regiment in which they responded to a military crises outside New Milford. The first recorded service of the New Milford men beyond their own borders occurred about 1758. The greatest accumulation of men found on the record is a company raised for the French and Indian War in 1759. It was commanded by Captain Whiting and was known as the "Tenth Company of Colonel David Wooster's Third Regiment of Connecticut Levy." Shortly after this excursion, Nathan was elected as a Colonel of the Second Regiment and saw action outside New Milford in 1759 and 1761.

      Nathan married Mary Saltonstall in New Haven CT on July 12, 1750. Mary was the daughter of CPT. Roswell Saltonstall, of Branford, Connecticut. Her mother, Mary Haynes, (widow of Elisha Lord,) was the granddaughter of Gov. John Haynes of Hartford. During their 21 years of marriage, Nathan & Mary resided in New Milford and had nine children. Three of those children died as infants. There are conflicting dates concerning their daughter Mary. Majority of the records reviewed has her death listed either in 1761 or 1781, yet she married Elisha Hale in 1782. It is believed Nathan's mother, Elizabeth, moved into their household sometime around 1761/62 and lived with them until her death. After Nathan's death, it is believed Mrs. Mary (Saltonstall) Whiting married Rev. Warham Williams, of Northford, CT., but various records has her death listed for 1771.

      Children of NATHAN WHITING and MARY SALTONSTALL are:
      i. MARY6 WHITING, b. 6 Jun 1751, New Milford, CT; m. ELISHA HALE, May 1782; b. 1747, Glastenbury, CT.
      ii. ELIPHALET WHITING, b. 17 Jun 1753, New Milford, CT; d. 11 Sep 1753, New Milford, CT.
      iii. (DAUGHTER) WHITING, b. 14 Oct 1754, New Milford, CT; d. 26 Oct 1754, New Milford, CT (Infant).
      iv. (SON) WHITING, b. 27 Dec 1756, New Milford, CT; d. 28 Dec 1756, New Milford, CT (Infant).
      50. v. NATHANIEL HAYNES WHITING, b. 6 Nov 1759, New Milford, CT; d. 16 Sep 1801, West Hartford, CT.
      vi. ELIZABETH WHITING, b. 21 Jul 1761, New Milford, CT; d. 1 Aug 1761, New Milford, CT (Infant).
      vii. ELIZABETH WHITING, b. 14 Oct 1763, New Milford, CT; d. Unknown.
      51. viii. GURDON SALTONSTALL WHITING, b. 10 Sep 1766, New Milford, CT; d. 18 Jul 1804, Prob. New Milford.
      ix. SAMUEL WHITING, b. 22 Feb 1768, New Milford, CT; d. Unknown.

      BIRTH: Also shown as Born New Haven, Conn..

      DEATH: Also shown as Died New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Vermont Historical Gazeteer, Vol. 5, edited by Maria Hemenway~~"History of Whitingham" by Clark Jillson~~, Volume 5.
      On the 7th of January 1767, a petition was presented to the lieutenant govenor of New York by Nathan Whiting, Samuel Fitch, Eleazer Fitch, James Smedley, David Baldwin, Andrew Myers, Samuel Whiting, Robert Aiton, Amos Hitchcock and Nathan Haines Whiting, covering a part of the "Cumberland Township". After three years, because the matter was delayed, on January 26, 1770, Col. Nathan Whiting renewed the petition. It was granted on the 12th of March 1770 to seven British soldiers, who were rewarded by their fidelity in the King's service. The town was chartered with the name Whitingham".