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- The history of the town of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire,1735-1905, Volume 1
By Dennis Donovan, Jacob Andrews Woodward
JOSEPH WHITING was born in 1727. He married when he was abont thirty years of age, Abigail Chamberlain of Dunstable, Mass. She was a daughter of Thomas Chamberlain, who married a sister of Col. Joseph Blanchard of Dunstable. Joseph Whiting came to Ly ink-borough in the spring of 1793 and settled on what has since been known as the Whiting place, in the north part of the town. The buildings have beeu torn down, hut the site is a little way to the west of the No. 8 schoolhouse. He died in Merrimac, I;eb. 1807. He had seven sons and three daughters. One of these sons, Oliver, remained in Lyndeborough.
OLIVER WHITING, son of Joseph and Abigail (Chamberlain) Whiting; born Jan. 29, 1769; married 1793 Hannah Marshall of Billerica, Mass. She died Oct., 1843. He died July 15, 1815.
The Whiting family were prominent in town and social affairs, and at the time they were living in Lyndeborough the section of the town northwest of the mountain was the most prosperous and its citizens the most influential of any. Now it is grown over with bushes, and nothing but cellar holes mark the place where once were well cultivated farms and substantial dwellings, where were raised large families of children. Not much is known of the older families of this section. They are extinct in this town. Children :
1. Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1793, m. Jan. 29, 1824, Enoch Ordvvay
of Lyndeborough. They removed to Jasper, N. Y., the next spring. He was very active in church work and started the first Sunday School in Jasper. It was held in his house (or some time. He was drowned while going down the Canister River with a raft of logs May 14, 1851. She d. March 14, 1851.
2. Alicr, b. May 29, 1796, in. Nov. 24, 1825, Samuel Dennis
of Jasper, N. Y., formerly of Hancock, N. H. She d. Sept. 15, 1856.
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4. OuvB, b. Jan. 24, 1800, m. Jan. 24, 1822, Daniel Board man
of Lyndeborough. After the death of Mr. Boardman, she in. Samuel Dennis of Jasper, N. Y. She d. Sept. 16, 1860.
5. Thomas, b. April 30, 1802, m. Oct. 16, 1828, Sarah Cram of
Lyndeborough. She d. June 19, 1889. He d. Oct. 31, 1878. He traveled the entire distance from Lyndeborough to Jasper, N. Y., on foot three times. He went to Jasper and bought a farm, cleared some land, built a house, returned to Lyndeborough, married, and returned again to Jasper. He became very influential in church and town affairs, and was ruling elder in the Presbyterian church for many years.
6. Jonathan, b. May 8, 1807, m. 1832, Lavisa Wilkins of
Francestown. He d. Dec. 21, 1868. He was much interested in temperance reform and became a very successful farmer. He removed to Jasper soon after his marriage.
7. Anstis, b. Aug. 30, 1809, d. 1831.
8. Charles, b. July 25, 1813, m. Oct. 26, 1843, Sarah M. Wyman. He d. May 5, 1855. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1839 and became a Cougregationalist minister.
DEA. OLIVER WHITING, son of Oliver aud Hannah (Marshall) Whiting, born April 3, 1798; married Huldah, daughter of Ithemer aud Huldah (Sharp) Woodward, April 19, 1827. She was born Aug. 2, 1795; died Jan. 26, 1885. He died Oct. lo, 1886. lie remained on the old Whiting homestead until 1845, when he removed to Manchester. He went to Jasper, N. Y., in 1854. He was thoroughly identified with the life of the church aud town. Was deacon of the Congregational Church and selectman a number of years. Children, all born in Lyndeborough : —
1. Huldah J., b. May 3, 1829, m. May, 1861, J. Perkins
Towns. Res. in Methuen, Mass.
2. Oliver I/vndon, b. Nov. 23, 1830. Went to California
when 19 years old. He has not been heard from for many years. Supposed to be dead.
3. Charles Milton, b. July 18, 1833, m. twice. Served four
years in the army during the Civil War, d. July or August, 1901.
4. Joseph, b. Jan. 30, 1835, m. Lucy E. Jackson of Norwalk,
O. He graduated from Lima College, N. Y., in 1866, and from the Auburn Theological School in 1873. He has been a missionary in China for thirty years. In 1900, during the Boxer outbreak, he had to leave his home and go to the Methodist Mission, and when that became unsafe he went to the British Legation, and was there all through the Seige of Pekin. He came to the United States and remained a year, then returned to Pekin, where he now is.
5. Anstis M., b. May 16, 1838, m. July 26, 1861, J. Susanna
Sargent of Jasper, N. Y., d. Dec. 6, 1872.
6. William H., b. Jan. 3, 1842, m. Carrie Andrews of Rochester, N. Y. Is a lawyer in Rochester.
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1838 - 1872 (34 years)