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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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