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- New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the ..., Volume 4
edited by William Richard Cutter
The surname Whiting (WhiWHITING ton) is derived from a place
name and has been in use in England since the earliest adoption of surnames there. Roger Witen is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1085). Alan de Witting is mentioned on the rolls of Yorkshire in 1119 and 1150; Hugo Witeing was of Dorsetshire in 1202; Everard de Witting, of Yorkshire in 1195; Giffardo Witeng, of Somersetshire, in 1214; Willus de Wilton, of Yorkshire. 1216; Thomas de Whitene, of Nottinghamshire, in 1276; Wills Whithingh, of Oxfordshire, in 1300.
The Whitings have several coats-of-arms, but that in use by the family of this sketch at the time of the emigration and afterward is described: Azure a leopard's face or between two flaunches ermine in chief three plates. Crest: A demi-eagle displayed with two heads proper.
(I) Major William Whiting, the immigrant ancestor, held an enviable position among the early settlers of Hartford, Connecticut. At some time between 1631 and 1633 he became one of the purchasers of the Piscataqua grants of the Bristol men. He was associated with Lords Say and Brooke and George Wyllys. They continued Thomas Wiggin as their agent. He retained his interests in Maine until his death. He was "one of the most respectable of the settlers (of Hartford) in 1636, one of the civil and religious Fathers of Connecticut, a man of wealth and education, styled in the records, 'William Whiting, gentleman.'" In 1642 he was chosen one of the magistrates; in 1641 treasurer of the colony of Connecticut, an office he held the rest of his life. "In 1646 a plot was laid by Sequasson, Sachem of the Naticks, to kill Governor Haynes and Hopkins and Mr. W:hiting on account of the just and faithful protection which these gentlemen had afforded L'ncas. The plot was disclosed by a friendly Indian and the danger averted." He bore the title of Major as early as 1647. He was one of a committee who for the first time sat with the court of magistrates in 1637; was admitted freeman in February, 1640 ; was magistrate 1642-47, treasurer, 1641-47. In 1638 he was allowed to trade with the Indians and was appointed with Major Mason and others to erect fortifications in 1642, and in the same year was appointed with Mason to collect tribute of the Indians on Long Island and on the Main. He was a merchant of wealth and had dealings with Virginia and Piscataqua. He had a trading house on the Delaware river and another at Westfield, Massachusetts. His will, dated March 20, 1643, states that he was about to make a voyage at sea. It bears a codicil dated July 24, 1647. (See Trumbull's Colonial Records, or Hartford Probate Records). Whiting was powerful and useful in the colony on account of his broad views and wealth, which enabled him to carry out for the benefit of the community his large and various plans. Always an efficient promoter of the trade and commerce of Hartford, he had trading houses also in various parts of the country and he owned many large land patents. Governor Edward Hopkins and he were the two leading merchants of the colony of which Hartford was the centre. After the Pequot war was over they began to export corn "beyond the seas."
His widow, Susanna, married, in 1650, Samuel Fitch, of Hartford, and (third) Alexander Bryan, of Milford, Connecticut. She died July 8, 1673 at Middletown. His inventory showed an estate of two thousand eight hundred and fifty-four pounds. Children:
1. William, was a merchant, died in London, England, in 1699; in 1686 he was appointed by the general assembly as their agent to present their petition in re charter to the king.
2. John, born 1635; graduate of Harvard College in 1653; came to Hartford in 1660 as colleague of Rev. Samuel Stone, pastor of the first church; withdrew with his followers, February 12, 1672, and formed the second church; married (first) in 1654, Sybil Collins; (second) Phebe, daughter of Thomas Gregson; his widow married Rev. John Russell, of Hadley; John Whiting died September 8, 1679.
3. Samuel.
4. Sarah, married (first) Jacob Mygatt, of Hartford; (second) John King, of Northampton.
5. Mary, married, August 3, 1664, Rev. Nathaniel Collins ; she died October 25, 1709.
6. Joseph, mentioned below.
(II) Joseph, son of Major William and Susanna Whiting, was born October 2, 1640, at Hartford and died there October 8, 1717. He was a merchant, first of Westfield, Massachusetts, later of Hartford, whither he returned about the time of King Philip's war. He was treasurer of th colony of Connecticut from 1678 until his death, a period of thirty-nine years. His son John succeeded him in this office and held it for thirty-two years. He was a wealthy and distinguished citizen.
He married (first) October 5, 1669, Mary, daughter of Hon. John Pynchon and granddaughter of Hon. William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, Her mother was Ann (Wyllys) Pynchon. daughter of Hon. George Wyllvs (not John ).
He married (second)1 in 1676, Anna, daughter of Mathew Allyn. Her mother was a daughter of Hon. William Smith, of Springfield, and granddaughter of William Pynchon. She was born August 18, 1652, and died March 3, 1735, at New Haven.
Joseph Whiting died October 19. 1717.
Children of first wife:
Mary, born August 19, 1672, married (first) Joseph Sheldon and (second) John Ashley; Joseph, October 5, 1674, died young.
Children of second wife: Anna, born August 28, 1677, died April 18, 1684;
John, November 13, 1679, died young;
Susanna, June 18, 1682, married (first) Samuel Thornton, (second) Thomas Warren;
William. March 14, 1685, died September 6, 1702;
Anna, August 18, 1687;
Margaret, January 5, 1690, married Rev. Jonathan Marsh;
John, December 15, 1693, mentioned below.
(III) 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, born at Hartford:
Joseph, January, 1715. died February, 1715;
Abigail, July 24, 1718, died December 21, 1722;
Jenisha, September 16, 1720, married Daniel Skinner, she died July 6, 1803;
Joseph, February 14, 1722, died November, 1725;
Anna, February 16, 1724, married Lieutenant Benjamin Colton, died May 31, 1762;
John, June 17, 1727;
Mary, August 25, 1729, married John Skinner;
Susan, February 10, 1732;
Sarah, April 6, 1734;
William, October 12, 1736, died October 19, 1775;
Allyn, June 23, 1740, mentioned below;
Elizabeth, June 25, 1743, died August 14, 1750.
(IV) Allyn, son of Colonel John and Jerusha (Lord) Whiting, was born June 23, 1740; died February 9, 1818. Allyn Whiting was a soldier in the revolution in John Skinner's company, Major Sheldon's regiment of light horse, October to December, 1776, and in Captain Ozias Bissell's company, Colonel Roger Enos' regiment in New York, in 1778. He resided at West Hartford.
He married Elizabeth , and he and his wife joined the church at Hartford.
Children:
Abigail, born September fi 1759, died March 23, 1764;
Allyn, March, 1761, died October 5, 1778;
Joseph, August, 1763, mentioned below;
Abigail, August, 1766, died August 29, 1775 ;
Elijah, June, 1769; Gibson, August, 1772, died March 14, 1826;
Anna, March, 1774; Abigail, September, 1776, died November 2, 1776.
(V) Joseph (2), son of Allyn and Elizabeth Whiting, was born in West Hartford, in August, 1763; died 1842.
He married, in 1784, Mary Goodwin, born 1766, died 1835. He was a farmer and had the title of Major in the militia.
Children, born in West Hartford:
Joseph, 1784, died 1815;
Mary, married Paphro Steele; Allen, July 4, 1788, mentioned below:
Delia, married Samuel Phelps;
Sally Goodrich, married Harry Phelps;
Emily, married Thomas Hurlburt;
Flavia, married Russell Anderson;
Nathan;
Eliza, married Amos Ward:
Henry K., married Mary Filleo.
(VI) Allen, son of Joseph (2) and Mary (Goodwin) Whiting, was born in West Hartford, July 4, 1788, and died there November 3, 1871. He was a farmer. He married Amanda Alford, born June 6, 1796, died April 5, 1849 (see Alford IX).
Children, born at West Hartford:
Emerson Alford, August 25, 1818;
Joseph P., February 24. 1820;
Samuel P.. September 19, 1821:
Elvira, December 3, 1822;
Alfred, March 21, 1824, mentioned below;
Richard Henry, January 17, 1826;
John, July 23, 1827:
Orson, January 21, 1829;
Thomas, born November 22, 1830;
Amelia Jane, May 5, 1833;
William, January 14, 1835;
Ellen, June 16, 1837.
(VII) Alfred, son of Allen and Amanda (Alford) Whiting was born in West Hartford, March 21, 1824, and died May 5, 1905. He was educated in the public schools of his native town. He engaged in business as a florist and nurseryman and was in active business about sixty years. He purchased a large tract of land in West Hartford and opened Whiting lane through his property from Farmington avenue to Park street. He planted the trees now standing on each side of this highway and from time to time sold lots until at the time of his death he owned only the homestead and a few acres. He had a green-house of some hundred thousand feet of glass, the largest in the vicinity of Hartford. He was a shrewd and successful business man, upright and honorable in all his dealings and held in high esteem by all his townsmen. In politics he was a Republican, but never sought or held public office.
He married, April 8. 1852, at West Hartford, Frances Elizabeth Gilbert, born at West Hartford, February 21, 1831 (see Gilbert VII).
Their only child was Helen Frances, who resides on Whiting lane, West Hartford, on the homestead.
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Abt 1771 - 1842 (~ 71 years)