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Family/Spouse: Macomb, John. John was born in 1719 in Ireland; died in in New York City, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Macomb, John. John was born in 1719 in Ireland; died in in New York City, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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To these sons, Alexander, born, July 27, 1748, and William, born, November 14, 1751, the reader may now be introduced. Both were born in Ireland at the parental seat of Dunturky, which lies in County Antrim, a few miles north of Belfast. Both spent the years of their youth in Albany and were in the dawn of their early manhood when they came to Detroit. The misfortune which had attended their father in the old home was quickly reversed by them in the new one. They engaged in business and despite their youth and want of experience throve so amazingly that by the opening of the Revolution they were numbered among the leading merchants of Detroit. The war that began on the seaboard in 1775 worked to their individual advantage, for Detroit was the center of British governmental authority and military activity in the West, and enormous sums of money were soon being spent upon activities incidental to the prosecution of the war. Alexander and William Macomb became the fiscal agents of the government in Detroit, and from this employment and their private business enormous profits were reaped. By the close of the war, when they were still in their early thirties, no one stood higher than they in the official and commercial life of Detroit. In the Burton Historical Collection are five large books of record of the firm of Macomb, Edgar and Macomb (William Edgar was admitted as a partner during the war, and before its close had

1See Calendar of the Sir William Johnson Papers (Albany, 1909), inedex entries.



5 ALEXANDER MACOMB. 5
amassed a comfortable fortune), whose contents disclose many interesting, and frequently quaint, pictures of the life of Revolutionary Detroit. For example, we learn that Justice Philip Dejean, Detroit's notorious hanging magistrate, "rented" a stove at one time; or we follow the articles of daily food and apparel of many a famous "father" of Detroit; or, again, we may learn the names and the daily wage of the Detroit citizens who in 1780 marched under Captain Henry Bird against the settlements of infant Kentucky, and returned to Detroit conveying several hundred despairing, woebegone captives.
The prosperity which attended the business career of Alexander and William Macomb found reflection, of course, in their social and other activities. Their trade, for government purposes alone, says Mr. Burton, exceeded, in some years, half a million dollars. "They were Indian traders, general merchants, real estate dealers, and bankers, and probably carried on many more pursuits that were required in the village."2 Among other activities, they became large holders of real estate. They obtained Grosse Ile from the Indians in July, 1776; and William, many years later, became the owner of Belle Isle. He also purchased the St. Martin farm with its mansion, which became his home until his death in 1796. Unlike Alexander (in the career of whose famous son we are chiefly interested), who removed to New York City at the close of the war, William continued a resident and foremost citizen of Detroit to the end of his life. Illustrative of his status in British Detroit is the fact of his election in 1792 to the Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada, in the first popular electoral contest ever held in Detroit. Belle Isle, Grosse Ile , and the St. Martin farm (better known today as the Cass farm) were all included in the extensive estate which, at death, he left to his heirs. To the present moment his descendants have been numerously represented on Grosse Ile and in Detroit, and before returning to the narrative of Alexander's career and family, we may summarize briefly the story of William's descendants.
On July 18, 1780, he married Jane Dring, a woman of French Huguenot antecedents. They had eleven children, three of whom died in early childhood, two of them victims of the distressing epidemic which afflicted Detroit in the autumn of 1785. Three sons and five daughters grew up, married, and in their turn reared families. With astonishing regularity these descendants of William Macomb followed military careers, or (if women) became the wives and mothers of soldiers. In our limited sketch, only a few of the more noteworthy among them can be noticed. William Macomb II married Monique Navarre and lived on Grosse Ile. She perished untimely in 1813 from exposure and fright resulting from an Indian

2Michigan Pioneer Collections. XXXV. 568

William married Dring, Sarah in 1778 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. Sarah was born in 1753 in Ireland; died on 20 May 1849. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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December 25, 1820 - Married, by Rev. J M Montieth, Cap-
tain Henry Whiting, 5th United States Infantry, To Miss Eliza
Macomb.
NOTE-Captain Henry Whiting was the United States Quar-
termaster, stationed at Detroit. He continued on duty here until the breaking out of the Mexican war, when he was ordered into the field. His wife was the sister of General Alexander Macomb. UnitedStates Army ( Alexander Macomb and Mary Catherine Navarre, parents of Alexander)
On the same day and by the same minister, Lieutenant Aeneas
Mackay, corps of United States Artillery, to Miss Ann Macomb.. NOTE-Miss Macomb was a sister of Mrs. Whiting
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1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18, New York, New York; Roll: M432_557; Page: 123B; Image: 253.
765/1807 Henry Whiting 61 male Brig Gen US Army $2000 Massachusetts
Eliza Whiting 55 fem Michigan
Henry McCamb Whiting 28 male 1st Lieut US Army Massachusetts
Wm D Whiting 27 male Past Mid Shipman US Army Mass
Mary Gilbs 35 fem Ireland
Ann Miller 30 fem Ireland
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1870; Census Place: Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; Roll: M593_99; Page: 169B; Image: 343; Family History Library Film: 545598.
1494/1803 Whiting William 47 male white Comander of Navy /$1000 Massachusetts
Jane 43 fem white Keeping house Ireland
Jennie S 21 fem white New York
Henry 17 male white Washington Attended Sch
Eliza 16 fem white Washington Attended Sch
William 15 male white Washington
Mary 12 fem white New York Attended Sch
Florence 08 fem white New York Attended Sch
Eliza 75 fem white Michigan
Fay Margaret 21 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Conner, Anna 24 fem white Domestic Servant Ireland
Connely, Bridget 27 fem white Servant Ireland
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CHAP. CXXXIII. -- An Act granting a Pension to Eliza PVhiting. May 2, 1872. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the In- ¥’¤¤i¤_tp terior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension Ehza Wl“°‘“g' roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Eliza Whiting, widow of the late Brevet Brigadier-General Henry Whiting, and pay her a pension, to commence from the passage of this act. Approved, May 2, 1872.
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BURTON HISTORICAL
COLLECTION LEAFLET
VOL X NOVEMBER, 1931 No. 1
page 6
Eliza, William Macomb's youngest daughter, likewise followed the family custom of marrying into the army, her husband being Captain Henry Whiting of the First Artillery. For gallant service in the battle of Buena Vista he was brevetted a brigadier general. One of their sons spent his life in the navy, entering as a midshipman in 1841 and retiring forty years later with the rank of commodore. The summary here set forth suffices to suggest, although it is far from exhausting, the story of the contribution made by William Macomb's descendants to the cause of their country.
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Eliza Whiting (Macomb)
Birthdate: 1795
Birthplace: Detroit Wayne County Michigan
Death: Died 1873
Place of Burial: Elmwood Cemetery Detroit Wayne County Michigan
Immediate Family:
Daughter of William Macomb and Sarah Jane Macomb
Wife of General Henry WHITING
Sister of Catherine Macomb

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Eliza Macomb Whiting
Birth: Jan. 25, 1795
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan, USA
Death: Dec. 2, 1873
Grosse Ile
Wayne County
Michigan, USA

She married Henry Whiting Dec 25,1820 at the home of her mother, Sarah Dring Macomb, in Belleville, NJ. They had 4 children: John, Eliza, Henry Macomb and William Danforth.

She may have been living with her sister,Sarah Macomb Rucker, on Grosse Ile, MI when she died.


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Parents:
Sarah Jane Dring Macomb (1765 - 1849)

Spouse:
Henry Whiting (1788 - 1851)

Children:
Henry Macomb Whiting (1821 - 1853)*
William Danforth Whiting (1823 - 1894)*

Siblings:
Catherine Macomb Macomb (1786 - 1822)*
Sarah Macomb Rucker (1789 - 1873)*
Eliza Macomb Whiting (1795 - 1873)

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Elmwood Cemetery
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan, USA

Created by: Shirley Stanton
Record added: Jul 10, 2012
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Eliza married Whiting, Brigadier General Henry on 25 Dec 1820 in Belleville, New Jersey, United States. Henry (son of Whiting, Captain John and Danforth, Orpha) was born on 28 May 1788 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 16 Sep 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Brigadier General Henry, Captain John, Minute Man Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Reverand Samuel & Elizabeth St. John immigrants, John Whiting & Margaret Bonner)

1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18, New York, New York; Roll: M432_557; Page: 123B; Image: 253.
765/1807 Henry Whiting 61 male Brig Gen US Army $2000 Massachusetts
Eliza Whiting 55 fem Michigan
Henry McCamb Whiting 28 male 1st Lieut US Army Massachusetts
Wm D Whiting 27 male Past Mid Shipman US Army Massachusetts
Mary Gilbs 35 fem Ireland
Ann Miller 30 fem Ireland
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Died 1853 Mexican War
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Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John ...
By William Whiting

(Of the children of Gen. Henry Whiting are Lieut. Henry Macomb W., U. S. A., and Lieut. William Danforth W., U. S. N.)
The other children of Gen. John Whiting, were, -
4. Sophia, d. 1853, s. p.
5. Fabius (Major U. S. A.), d. s. p., 1842.
6. Maria, b. 1794.
7. Solon, b. 1797.
8. Caroline Lee (Hentz), b. at Lancaster, 1800 (authoress), 1825, m. Professor N. M. Hentz, at Northampton.
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(Brigadier General Henry, Captain John, Minute Man Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Reverand Samuel & Elizabeth St. John immigrants, John Whiting & Margaret Bonner)
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1850; Census Place: New York Ward 18, New York, New York; Roll: M432_557; Page: 123B; Image: 253.
765/1807 Henry Whiting 61 male Brig Gen US Army $2000 Massachusetts
Eliza Whiting 55 fem Michigan
Henry McCamb Whiting 28 male 1st Lieut US Army Massachusetts
Wm D Whiting 27 male Past Mid Shipman US Army Mass
Mary Gilbs 35 fem Ireland
Ann Miller 30 fem Ireland
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1860; Census Place: Castleton, Richmond, New York; Roll: M653_850; Page: 26; Image: 26; Family History Library Film: 803850.
181/205 Charles H Steward 60 male lawyer $30,000/20,000 Ireland
Jane 52 fem Ireland
William D Whiting 37 male US Lieutenant $2000/1000 Mass
Jane 33 fem Ireland
Jennie 10 fem New York
Henry 06 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Eliza 05 fem Dis of Columbia attended school
William 04 male Dis of Columbia attended school
Mary 02 fem New York
Ann McDonald 28 fem Chamber Maid Ireland
Ann Driscoll 18 fem Waitress Ireland
John Wear 30 male Cook Ireland
Anna F Maidfield 19 fem Nurse Bremen
Elisa Maidfield 22 fem Nurse France
William Hays 18 male Gardener New York
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Birth: May 26, 1823
Lancaster
Worcester County
Massachusetts, USA
Death: Mar. 19, 1894
New York
New York County (Manhattan)
New York, USA

Civil War Union Naval Officer. Entering the United States Navy on March 1, 1841 as a midshipman, he was serving on the sloop “Levant” on July 7, 1846 when the American flag was first raised on the Pacific Coast at the capture of Monterey, California. He then attended the United States Naval Academy from 1847 to 1848 and was graduated. He was promoted to Lieutenant on September 14, 1855, and was serving on the steam frigate "Niagara" when the first Atlantic cable was laid in 1857. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he served as the executive officer of the sloop "USS Vandalia" at the capture of Port Royal in 1861, and commanded the steamer "USS Wyandotte" on the South Atlantic blockade and in the Potomac flotilla. He was promoted to Lieutenant Commander in July, 1862 and participated in the attacks on the defenses of Charleston while aboard the gunboat "USS Ottawa". From 1864 to 1865 he commanded the "USS Savannah," in the Eastern Gulf station. He held a succession of commander after the end of the war. On July 25, 1866, he received his commission as Commander and was aboard the steamer "USS Tioga", off the coast of Maine and in the Gulf. He was based at the New York Navy Yard, in Brooklyn, New York from 1867 to 1869 and from 1871 to 1872. In the North Atlantic, between 1869 and 1870, he commanded the sloop "USS Saratoga" and the monitor "USS Miantonomoh"(one of the last monitors built for the United States Navy). He was promoted to Captain, August 19, 1872, and commanded the steam sloop "USS Worcester," which was the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron from 1871 to 1875. During the first year of that cruise, he took out contributions of food and clothing from the American people for the relief of the French sufferers in the Franco-Prussian war. As there was no way to transport these contributions to the needed districts in the east of France, the stores were taken to Liverpool and London, where a favorable market realized a much larger sum of money than the actual cost of these stores in the United States. The American relief committee in France urged that the money was more needed than contributions in any other form. He was present at New Orleans during the political turmoil created by the overthrow of the Packard government. There he won the confidence of the citizens by the wise measures he initiated to stem the unrest. On June 11, 1878 he was appointed Chief of Bureau of Navigation with the rank of Commodore. Failing health and almost total blindness resulting from exposure incidental to his naval service compelled him to be relieved from this duty October 12, 1881. He was placed on the retired list, with the rank of Commodore, by special Act of Congress. (bio by: Shirley Stanton)

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Parents:
Henry Whiting (1788 - 1851)
Eliza Macomb Whiting (1795 - 1873)

Spouse:
Jane Stewart Whiting (1827 - 1899)*

Children:
Florence Whiting Bernadou (1861 - 1917)*

Sibling:
Henry Macomb Whiting (1821 - 1853)**
William Danforth Whiting (1823 - 1894)

*Calculated relationship
**Half-sibling

Burial:
Christ Church Cemetery
Belleville
Essex County
New Jersey, USA

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Originally Created by: Shirley Stanton
Record added: Aug 31, 2003
Find A Grave Memorial# 7809640
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New York City Deaths, 1892-1902 about William D. Whiting
Name: William D. Whiting
Birth Date: abt 1824
Age: 70
Death Date: 19 Mar 1894
Death Place: New York, New York
Certificate Number: 9481

Family/Spouse: Stewart, Jane. Jane (daughter of Stewart, Charles H and Jane) was born in 1827 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]