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Whiting, William

Male 1826 - 1888  (61 years)


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  • Name Whiting, William 
    Born 13 Sep 1826  Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    FamilySearch Id K4B2-XCH 
    Died Jan 1888 
    Person ID I867  USA
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2019 

    Father Whiting, Augustus,   b. 1795, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1867  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Walker, Catharine,   b. 1800, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1864, Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years) 
    Married 30 May 1822  Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Brown, Ann Stickney,   b. Dec 1834, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 30 Dec 1852  Bradford, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Whiting, Augustus Harton,   b. 1855, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1889  (Age 34 years)
     2. Whiting, Millard Weston,   b. 1857, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1878, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 21 years)
     3. Whiting, Wilfred Elton,   b. Abt 1861, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1867  (Age ~ 6 years)
     4. Whiting, Anna Laura,   b. Aug 1870, Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Aug 2021 
    Family ID F445  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • 1850; Census Place: Andover, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll M432_314; Page: 378B; Image: 468.
      752/876 Augustus Whiting 55 male Physician $4000 Massachusetts
      Catheron 50 fem Mass
      William 22 male farmer Mass
      James 24 male trader Mass
      John 18 male Student Mass
      Catherin 17 fem Mass attended school
      Ellen 12 fem Mass attended school
      Margaret Bony 24 fem Ireland over 20 cannot read or write
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      1860; Census Place: Amesbury, Essex, Massachusetts; Roll M653_500; Page: 996; Image: 351; Family History Library Film: 803500.
      2040/2456 Wm Whiting 33 male farmer $4000/400 Mass
      Ann S 29 fem Mass
      Augustus H 06 male Mass attended school
      Milard W 03 male Mass
      Sally Davis 63 fem $500 Mass
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      1870; Census Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll M593_622; Page: 155A; Image: 316; Family History Library Film: 552121.
      291/315 Whiting William 42 male white farmer $16000/7000 Massachusetts
      Anna L 38 fem white Keeps House Mass
      Augustus 15 male white at school Mass
      Willard 12 male white at school Mass
      Anna L 02 fem white Mass
      Marston Charles 25 male white farm laborer Mass
      Jameson Mary 16 fem white domestic servant Canada parents foreign born
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      1880; Census Place: Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts; Roll T9_538; Family History Film: 1254538; Page: 123.4000; Enumeration District: 357; Image: 0524.
      Household Record 1880 United States Census
      Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
      418/431
      William WHITING Self M Male W 53 MA. Farmer MA. MA.
      Ann L. WHITING Wife M Female W 49 MA. Keeps House MA. MA.
      Annie L. WHITING Dau S Female W 12 MA. At Home MA. MA.
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      Source Information:
      Census Place Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts
      Family History Library Film 1254538
      NA Film Number T9-0538
      Page Number 123D
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      Historic homes and places and genealogical and personal memoirs ..., Volume 3
      edited by William Richard Cutter
      Page 1123
      (IX) William Whiting, Son of Dr. Augustus Whiting (8), was born in Haverhill. Massachusetts, September 13, 1826. He attended the public schools of Charlestown, Benjamin Greenleaf school and Bradford Academy. He resided for a time after his marriage at Merrimac, Massachusetts; he bought' a residence on Main street, Andover, where his children were born. Afterward he bought a fine estate of one hundred acres at Billerica, Massachusetts, which he still retained at the time of his decease. While he and Mrs. Whiting were travelling and spending the winter in Florida, he was accidentally killed on the railroad at Sorrento, January, 1888. His body was brought home to Billerica for burial, and rests in the family lot. He had placed in Billerica Unitarian Church a marble tablet in honor of his ancestor, the Rev. Samuel Whiting, the first minister of Billerica, 1658. Mr. Whiting was a staunch Republican in politics, and was greatly interested and generous in public affairs, but owing to a difficulty in hearing declined to accept public office. He was a close observer, read widely and thought deeply. He was a faithful member of the Unitarian church and active in church work.
      William Whiting married. December 30. 1852, Anne Stickney Brown, of Bradford, Massachusetts, a member of the old families of Kimball-Harton. Children, born at Billerica: 1. Augustus Harton, died 1889: he was interested in medicine, studied at Harvard Medical School and with Dr. Bachelder, of Boston. 2. Millard Weston, died May 4. 1878; he was a student at Phillips Academy. Andover. 3. Wilfred Elton, died 1867. 4. Anna Laura, married, December, 1895, Delbert Mover Staley, president of the College of the Spoken Word, Boston, Massachusetts; their only child. Samuel Whiting Staley, born October 2, 1896, died January 23, 1907; he was a rarely beautiful child, of a lofty and rare spiritual personality. He was a member of the Asa Pollard Society, Children American Revolution. Mrs. Whiting resides at "The Apple Boughs," Old Concord road, Billerica. her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Staley. sharing the home with her. She has in her possession land which has been in the family for over two hundred and fifty years.
      Tn the "Whiting Memorial" it is stated that the St. John family (see above) is of royal blood, through eleven Kings and Queens of

      1850 US Federal Census -

      Male

      Age: 22

      Born: 1828

      Location Born: Mass, USA

      Profession: Farmer

      Location where the census was written: Andover, Essex, MA