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- Reverend Samuel Whiting was born at Boston, England in 1597. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1620 then settled in Lynn, MA Colony in 1636 where he later died in 1679.
Samuel's first wife died in England. Elizabeth St. John was his second wife. Elizabeth was the only daughter of Right Honorable Sir Oliver St. John, Knight of Cayshoe, Bedfordshire, England and sister of Lord Chief Justice Oliver St. John. Elizabeth was born 1605 and died in 1677.
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Rev. Samuel Whiting was the first pastor of the Congregationalist Church in Lynn, Massachusetts, serving there from 8 November 1636 until his death. The town where he settled elected to change its name from Saugus to Lynn in honor of his arrival, since he had departed England from Kings Lynn in Norfolk.
Samuel Whiting received BA and MA degrees from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. He received holy orders as a priest in the Church of England, and served as a family chaplain and as associate pastor in King's Lynn. His Puritan practices led to parishioners raising complaints about his ministry, and he subsequently moved to the Parish of Skirbeck, near Boston, Lincolnshire. Again, parishioners complained of his Puritan practices. He ultimately chose to emigrate with his family to Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving in (new) Boston on 26 May 1636.
Rev. Whiting became a prominent minister and theologian in the colony, who had treatises and sermons published in both English and Latin. He was a colleague of Rev. John Cotton, a preeminent religious leader in Massachusetts Bay who had previously been Samuel Whiting's parish priest in Boston, Lincolnshire. Rev. Whiting was also a colleague of Rev. Increase Mather and his son Rev. Cotton Mather, who included an elegy of Samuel Whiting in his major work, "Magnalia Christi Americana." In 1654, Rev. Samuel Whiting was appointed as overseer of Harvard College (predecessor of Harvard University).
Three of Samuel Whiting's sons graduated from Harvard College and also became ministers. Eldest son Samuel Whiting Jr. became the minister of the Congregationalist Church in Billerica, MA. Second son John Whiting chose to emigrate to England and became the Anglican pastor of Butterwick Parish in Lincolnshire. Third son Joseph Whiting succeeded his father as pastor in Lynn, MA. In 1682, Joseph Whiting accepted an invitation to leave Massachusetts and become the pastor in Southampton, Long Island, New York, where he lived the rest of his life.
Samuel and Elizabeth Whiting had four children who lived to adulthood:
Samuel Whiting (1633 - 1713)
John Whiting (1637 - 1689)
Joseph Whiting (1641 - 1723)
Elizabeth Whiting Hobart (1645 - 1733)
Samuel and his first wife (name unknown at this time) had one child who lived to adulthood:
Dorothy Whiting (1628 - 1694)
Rev. Samuel Whiting was the first pastor of the Congregationalist Church in Lynn, Massachusetts, serving there from 8 November 1636 until his death. The town where he settled elected to change its name from Saugus to Lynn in honor of his arrival, since he had departed England from Kings Lynn in Norfolk.
Samuel Whiting received BA and MA degrees from Emmanuel College, Cambridge University. He received holy orders as a priest in the Church of England, and served as a family chaplain and as associate pastor in King's Lynn. His Puritan practices led to parishioners raising complaints about his ministry, and he subsequently moved to the Parish of Skirbeck, near Boston, Lincolnshire. Again, parishioners complained of his Puritan practices. He ultimately chose to emigrate with his family to Massachusetts Bay Colony, arriving in (new) Boston on 26 May 1636.
Rev. Whiting became a prominent minister and theologian in the colony, who had treatises and sermons published in both English and Latin. He was a colleague of Rev. John Cotton, a preeminent religious leader in Massachusetts Bay who had previously been Samuel Whiting's parish priest in Boston, Lincolnshire. Rev. Whiting was also a colleague of Rev. Increase Mather and his son Rev. Cotton Mather, who included an elegy of Samuel Whiting in his major work, "Magnalia Christi Americana." In 1654, Rev. Samuel Whiting was appointed as overseer of Harvard College (predecessor of Harvard University).
Three of Samuel Whiting's sons graduated from Harvard College and also became ministers. Eldest son Samuel Whiting Jr. became the minister of the Congregationalist Church in Billerica, MA. Second son John Whiting chose to emigrate to England and became the Anglican pastor of Butterwick Parish in Lincolnshire. Third son Joseph Whiting succeeded his father as pastor in Lynn, MA. In 1682, Joseph Whiting accepted an invitation to leave Massachusetts and become the pastor in Southampton, Long Island, New York, where he lived the rest of his life.
Samuel and Elizabeth Whiting had four children who lived to adulthood:
Samuel Whiting (1633 - 1713)
John Whiting (1637 - 1689)
Joseph Whiting (1641 - 1723)
Elizabeth Whiting Hobart (1645 - 1733)
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1597 - 1679 (82 years)