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Whiting, Polly[1, 2]

Female 1787 - 1852  (65 years)


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  • Name Whiting, Polly 
    Born 1787  West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    FamilySearch Id LZ8Y-MZB 
    Died 30 Apr 1852  Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6027  USA
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2019 

    Father Whiting, Elisha Sr,   b. 21 Nov 1762, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1788/1790, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years) 
    Mother Butler, Susannah,   b. 10 Nov 1765, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1809, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 45 years) 
    Married 25 Mar 1784  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced Yes, date unknown 
    Divorced Feb 1792  Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • From cousin Louise Bea, San Francisco (October 2007): >The film is FHL # 1637918, Divorce Papers 1755-1803, Connecticut
      Superior Court, Hartford County. >To the Honorable the Superior Court to be held in Hartford in and for >the County of Hartford on the second Tuesday of February Anno Domini >1792 > > The Petition of Susannah Whiting of Hartford in said county >humbly speaketh > > That on the 25th day of March, AD 1784, she was married unto >Elisha Whiting then of said Hartford, that the said Elisha more than >three years since, for reasons unknown, willfully deserted the >Petitioner and his children in a suffering condition, that he hath ever >since continued to abscond in parts unknown, without ever informing >where he may be found, or affording the > >Petitioner the least means of support, that she hath ever since by every >possible exertion, just for said means, with the assistance of her Charitable Friends to prevent any further charges. > > That she hath every reason to believe from credible reports and >letters written by the said >Elisha to Strangers, that he is married again in some of the Southern >States without the least design of returning again, or having the >remotest regard to the Petitioner or his children. wherefore she humbly >prays your Honor's gracious considerations in the premises and to grant >her a Bill of Divorce from her marriage contract with the said Elisha >and she as in duty bound shall ______ . Dated at >Hartford the 14th day of February Anno Domini 1792 > >

      The film # is 1,635,918. Divorce Papers 1755-1803 for Hartford,
      CT

      To the Honorable the Superior Court to be held in
      Hartford in and
      for the County of Hartford on the second
      Tuesday of February Anno Domini
      1792

      The Petition of Susannah Whiting of Hartford
      in said county
      humbly speaketh

      That on the 25th day of March, AD 1784, she was married
      unto
      Elisha Whiting then of said Hartford, that the said
      Elisha more than
      three years since, for reasons un
      known, willfully deserted the Petitioner
      and his children in
      a suffering condition, that he hath ever since
      con
      continued to abscond in parts unknown, without
      ever informing where he
      may be found, or affording the
      Petitioner the least means of support, that
      she
      hath ever since by every possible exertion, just
      for said means, with
      the assistance of her Chari
      table Friends to prevent any further
      charges.

      That she hath every reason to believe
      from credible reports
      and letters written by the said
      Elisha to Strangers, that he is married
      again
      in some of the Southern States without
      the least design of returning
      again, or having
      the remotest regard to the Petitioner or his
      children.
      wherefore she humbly prays your Honor's
      gracious considerations
      in the premises
      and to grant her a Bill of Divorce from her mar-
      riage
      contract with the said Elisha and she
      as in duty bound shall ______ . Dated
      at
      Hartford the 14th day of February Anno Domini 1792 MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 20 Oct 1960, SGEOR.
    Family ID F2799  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ingersoll, Seth Crocker,   b. 1 May 1785, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Feb 1859, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Married Abt 1808  Of West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
     1. Ingersoll, Arden,   b. 2 Feb 1808, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1832  (Age 23 years)
     2. Ingersoll, Rueben Simmons,   b. 12 May 1810, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1887, Palmyra, Lenawee, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     3. Ingersoll, Grove,   b. 1812, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1814  (Age 2 years)
     4. Ingersoll, Ralph D.,   b. 9 Nov 1814, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ingersoll, Nancy A.,   b. 18 May 1817, In Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1884  (Age 66 years)
     6. Ingersoll, Susan B.,   b. 1819, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1859, Milan, Erie, Ohio, United States, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     7. Ingersoll, Seth Marshall,   b. 6 May 1820, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 1885, Nevada, United States, Arkansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     8. Ingersoll, Mary C.,   b. Abt 1821, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1870  (Age ~ 49 years)
     9. Ingersoll, Lydia Mercy,   b. Apr 1827, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Oct 1904, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years)
     10. Ingersoll, Edwin H.,   b. 7 May 1831, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1853  (Age 22 years)
     11. Ingersoll, Harriet M,   b. 1835, Grafton, Lorain, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F2544  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of January 5, 2008), Film #: 537123.

    2. [S2374] International Genealogical Index (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1980, 2002, data as of January 5, 2008), Film #: 537123.

    3. [S81] 1850 US Federal Census for Polly Whiting wife of Seth Crocker and daughter of Elisah Whiting and Susannah Butler.

    4. [S2] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
      Seth Crocker Ingersoll; Male; Spouse: Polly Whiting; Marriage: About 1808 Of, West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 9/4/2007