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Deborah married Whiting, Samuel on 8 May 1729 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel (son of Whiting, Oliver and Danforth, Anna) was born on 6 Sep 1702 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 4 Nov 1772 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel married Stevens, Sarah about 1758 in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah (daughter of Stevens, Aaron and Stevens, Mrs Deborah) was born on 6 Nov 1735 in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States; died on 16 Aug 1778 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Reverend Samuel and Elizabeth St.John immigrants, John Whiting & Margaret Bonner)


Timothy Whiting\ (I73I-99), who had served in the early
wars was a minute man at the Lexington Alarm. In 1780 he
was assistant to the deputy quartermaster general. He was
born and died in Billerica, Mass.
56 DAUGHTERS OF 'tHE AMOlCAN RJNOIiU'l'ION.
a'imotny Whiting, Jr., (1758-1826), was placed on the pen-
sion roll of Worcester Co., Mass., 1818 for service as lieutenant
in the militia. He was born and died in Lancaster. Mass.
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Timothy married Osgood, Sarah in 1755 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Sarah (daughter of Osgood, Aaron and White, Eunice) was born on 8 Jun 1738 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 24 May 1805. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Anna married Crosbey, Hezekiah on 7 Feb 1754 in Of Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Hezekiah was born on 31 Jan 1732 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 26 Jul 1812 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Achsah married Phelps, John on 13 Jul 1756 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. John was born on 18 Feb 1723 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died on 14 Aug 1785 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Zilpah married Moore, Tilley on 15 May 1762. Tilley was born on 29 Nov 1730 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zilpah married Moore, Tilley on 15 May 1762. Tilley was born on 29 Nov 1730 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Timothy married Kidder, Abigail on 21 Aug 1781. Abigail (daughter of Kidder, Samuel and Hill, Abigail) was born on 5 Jun 1759 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 1 Oct 1798 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Timothy married Phelps, Lydia on 14 Oct 1799. Lydia was born about 1778 in of Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Col. John Whiting
Birth: 1760
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Judge Whiting was greatly respected, not only for his personal character, but also as a fine scholar and an accomplished gentleman. Fortunately, he was able to give his children the advantage of liberal culture. He sent his eldest son, Thomas, to Harvard College.* Intending that his son William should become a member of the same profession to which his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather had devoted their lives, he also carefully fitted him to enter College. He devoted much time to the instruction of his daughters, not only in polite literature, but in solid learning. The extent of their education, and the refinement of their manners, were not unfrequently the subject of remark. Of Judge Whiting's daughters, the eldest was married to Capt. Barron of the UnitedStates army, and, after his decease, to Judge Strong of Northampton, father of the late Judge Strong.t His daughter Lydia was married to John Mullekin, Esq., of Lexington, father of the late Dr. Mullekin of Dorchester, M.D.; and his daughter Lucy married Dr. Joseph Hunt, M.D., youngest son of Dea. Simon Hunt of Concord. Dr. Hunt was born 1 March, 1749, graduated at Harvard College 1770, died 27 May, 1812, aged 63. He was a physician at Concord and at Dracut, and for several years was secretary of the Massachusetts Medical Society, and was considered an eminent practitioner. It was to him that his nephew, Col. William Whiting of Concord, was principally indebted for his education. * See Catalogue of Graduates, H.C., 1775. t See IV. Savage, Gen. Die., 224. The children of Judge Whiting were all settled in Massachusetts. FIFTH GENERATION. Children of Judge Thomas Whiting of Concord, and Mary Lake: — I. Thomas of Boston, b. 3 October, 1748; graduated at Harvard College, 1775. For several years he taught the grammar school in Concord. He married Martha Jones. Late in life, he became a merchant in Boston, retaining his summer residence in Concord, where he died 28 September, 1820, aged 72. 2. Mary, who was married twice: 1st, to Capt. Barron of the U. S. army; 2d, to Judge Simeon Strong of Northampton, father of the late Judge Strong. 3. Lydia, who married John Mullekin of Lexington, Mass., father of Dr. Mullekin of Dorchester. 4. John Lake, married Olive, daughter of Ross Wyman of Shrewsbury, 1782. She was born 1762. They removed to Lancaster, where he died. Olive returned to Shrewsbury, and died 14 April, 1842, aged 80: issue seven children (see Hist. of Shrewsbury). 5. Lucy, married Dr. Joseph Hunt, M.D., of Concord, Mass., above named. 6. William of Lancaster, b. at Concord, 30 Sept., 1760; d. at Lancaster, 1832. m. June, 1783, Rebecca, dau. of Rev. Josiah Brown of Sterling.* She was b. 17 Jan., 1762; d. 20 Aug., 1848. * Dr. Brown was born in Lexington, Mass., was graduated at Harvard College. His wife was Mary, daughter of Rev. John Prentiss, minister of Lancaster. Sec Willard's Lancaster, pa^c 320. William received his early education in Greek, Latin, and mathematics, in Concord, where, under the eye of his father, Judge Thomas Whiting, and by the instruction of his elder brother, Thomas, who kept the grammar school there, he was fitted for college; but the troubles which grew out of the Revolution, and his father's death, caused him to give up his intention of completing his education at college and of entering one of the learned professions. He had eight children, — four sons and four daughters. Children of Deacon Samuel Whiting of Billerica: — 1. Samuel Esq., b., 8 May, 1730.* 2. Timothy, b. 24 February, 1732; d. 12 July, 1799; lived in Lancaster. He served in the French War of 1755, and on the 19th April, 1775, marched side by side with two of his sons, Timothy and John, in the battle of Concord and Lexington, pursuing the British troops on their retreat to Boston. * Dr. John Samuel Whiting, M.D., of Charlestown, Mass., is a son of the late Dr. Augustus W. (M.D.), who was a son of Deacon Samuel W., who was a son of this Samuel, Esq. 3. Henry (officer in the Revolutionary army). 4. Sabine (officer in the Revolutionary army). SIXTH GENERATION. Children of Timothy Whiting of Lancaster :— 1. Timothy, b. 17 June, 1758; was a captain in the Revolutionary army; lived in Lancaster. He accompanied his father and brother John in the battle of Concord and Lexington, on the 19th April, 1775; d. 13 January, 1826. Had ten children. 2. John, b. 24 February, 1760; was a general in the Revolutionary army; lived in Lancaster; d. 3 September, 1810, at Washington. Had eight children. In a volume edited and published by his son, General Henry Whiting, entitled " Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, preserved by him [General John Whiting, his father], while acting as Adjutant," we extract the following: "Col. John Whiting, of the 5th U. S. Infantry (who died in Washington, Sept. 3, 1810), was adjutant of the second regiment of the Massachusetts line, commanded by Lieut.-Col, commandant E. Sproat. He had preserved most, perhaps all, of the orders which his duty obliged him to record; but only a portion of them were found, some ten years after his death, when the editor first determined to take possession of them, and make a selection for publication at some convenient time."
"Col. Whiting," he says, " in 1775, belonged to a ' minute company,' in the town of Billerica, a few miles north of Lexington, and, on the morning of the 19th of April (being then in his 16th year), marched side by side with his father (who had served in the French war of '55), and an elder brother, to the latter place, and shared in the running fight which the British had to maintain in their retreat from Concord. Immediately joining the army at Cambridge, he was under Arnold, on Lake Champlain, in '76, and with Gates's army throughout '77, receiving a commission during the latter year. The remainder of the war, he was with the main army until Washington took the immediate command against Cornwallis in Virginia. He retired to private life at the peace, re-entering the service on the increase of the army, in 1808, as lieut.-colonel of the 4th Infantry."
In " Gardner's Dictionary of Officers of the Army of the United States," published in 1860, at New York, (p. 483), we find the following extract from the army registers, showing the various grades of office in the United States army, — he having held the rank of general in the Revolutionary army, and, having afterwards retired, re-entered the same in 1808.
"John Whiting (Mass.) Lt.-Col. 4 Infantry, 8 July, 1808; Adjutant and Inspector of the army, 17 July, 1809; Colonel 5 Infantry, 31 December, 1809; .died 3 September, 1810, at Washington."
3. Christopher, b. 27 November, 1761 ; d. s.p.
Children of Thomas Whiting of Boston and Concord, and Martha Jones, were,—
1. Lydia, d. s.p.
2. Martha, d. s.p.
3. Samuel, who left two children, Thomas and Mary.
4. Joseph, d. s.p.
Children of Capt. Barron and Mary Whiting : —
1. Mary Barron, who lived at Northampton.
2. Stephen Barron,"
Children of John Mullekin and Lydia Whiting : —
1. Dea. Nathaniel Mullekin of Lexington.
2. John.
3. Isaac.
4. Dr. Samuel Mullekin, M.D., Dorchester.
Children of Dr. Joseph Hunt of Concord, Mass., M.D., and Lucy Whiting: —
1. Henry, who d. s.p.
2. Joseph, who had one daughter, Lucy Ann, who married Melancthon Smith, a Boston merchant.
3. Thomas, who d. s.p.
Children of John Lake Whiting and Olive Wyman: —
1. Relief, b. at Shrewsbury, n July, 1783; married two husbands. No issue by her first husband are given, if there were any. For her second husband she m. Reuben F. Blood of Carlisle, 24 February, 1805, and had six children. He was a deputy-sheriff at Mason, N.H., and a school-teacher. One of his ancestors was brother of the famous " Col. John Blood," one of Cromwell's colonels, known in English history for his designs on King Charles II. (See Hist. of Cromwell; Scott's novel " Peveril of the Peak," which refers to his times ; and Shattuck's "Hist. of Concord," p. 364, which gives the genealogy of the Bloods from 1639, when James Blood, brother of John, came to Concord, Mass.)
2. Lucy, b. 1785, unmarried, lived at Hope, Me., near Camden.
3. Seth Whiting, b. 4 April, 1787; married Susan Harding, d. of Elias Harding of Medfield, by whom he had three children, who d. in infancy. He married for his second wife Mary Kendall, dau. of Calvin Kendall of Athol, farmer, by whom he had seven children.
4. Olive, b. 1789 or 1790; m. Calvin Maynard of Sterling; d. s.p,
5. Sarah, married Dr. Moses Daken, M.D., Hope, Me.; no issue.
6. Henry, b. June 28, 1796; married Mary Safford of Hope, Me.; lived and died in Charlestown, Mass.; s.p.
7. Mary, died at 20, unmarried.
Children of William Whiting of Lancaster, and Rebecca Brown of Sterling : —
1. Mary B., b. 30 March, 1784; m. Frederic White of Utica and Sacket's Harbor, N.Y. They had one son, Alexander F. of Buffalo.
2. Rebecca, b. Oct. 21, 1786; m. Mr. Colburn, and lived at Sacket's Harbor. They had two daughters.
3. Col. William Whiting* of Concord, b. 20 October, 1788, at Sterling, Mass. He was married 11 Nov., 1811, to Hannah, daughter of Lot Conant, Esq., of Concord, who was brother of Rev. Ezra Conant of Winchester, N.H. (Har
* In 1802 he went to Concord, where he was educated by his uncle, Dr. Hunt, M.D., and finally settled. The homestead in which he passed the last filty years of his life was erected by him in 1812.
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Children of Gen. John Whiting of Lancaster:—
1. Timothy D., b. 1785, d. s. p., 1851. (Captain.)
2. Julia, b. 1787; d. s.p. 1817.
3. Henry, b. 1788. General in the U. S. A.; a brave officer and elegant scholar; d. 1851.
Brig-Gen. A. B. Eaton, U. S. A., under date of May 29, 1871, writes as follows: —
"I send with this the copy of Revolutionary orders of Gen. Washington, collected by the late Gen. Henry Whiting of the U. S. army, to which I invited your attention when I last had the pleasure of seeing you in Washington. Please do me the favor of accepting it. I also enclose the etat de service of Gen, Whiting, also that of his cousin, Lieut.-Col. Levi Whiting, and of his brother, Maj. Fabius Whiting. "I was personally well acquainted with Gen. Henry Whiting, from the year 1832 to the date of his death in 1851. He was a most lovable Christian gentleman, a pure and good man; was pleasant, highly intelligent, interesting and versatile in conversation; was a lover of natural and philosophical science, and had a good degree of accurate special knowledge thereof. He was a brave soldier, with never a word of self-laudation, or any approach to boasting. He performed every duty, in all departments of personal obligation, however unimportant, with exactness, and an undeviating fidelity to an enlightened conscience. He thoroughly guarded the avenues by which temptations to evil might assail, and avoided all practices that might mar the sweet affections of his charming home. As an instance of forethoughtful care in this respect, he would never play any game, not even backgammon, with his wife as an opponent, lest the usually evanescent opposition and strife for victory between them might, by possibility, result in marring the sacred relations, the harmonious oneness, of husband and wife, always beautifully evident in his home. I have written but a short note concerning this honored relative of yours. Please excuse its brevity, as I necessarily write hurriedly, and in the midst of pressing office duties."
This letter, by one of the distinguished officers now in service in the regular army, was accompanied by a volume published at New York and London, in 1844, entitled, "Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, issued during the years 1778 to 1782 inclusive , selected from the MSS. of John Whiting, Lieut. and Adjutant of the 2d Regiment, Massachusetts Line, and edited by his son, Henry Whiting, Lieut-Col. U.S.A."
The following extract from the army records will show the dates and the causes of promotion of this gallant soldier: —
"Henry Whiting, Mass., Cornet Light Dragoons, 20 Oct., 1808; Sec. Lieut. Light Dragoons, 1st Sept. 1809; First Lt. Lt. Dragoons, 1 Jan. 1811; Aid-de-Camp to B.-Gen. Boyd, and distinguished in the capture of Fort George, Upper Canada, 27 May, 1813 (appointed Capt. 4 Regt. of Rifles, March, 1814, declined); Capt. 23 Regt. U. S. Infantry, 14 July, 1814; Capt. 2 Reg. U. S. Infantry, 1 Sept. 1814; brevetted Captain for 'meritorious services, 17 March, 1814,' Sept. 1815; retained May, 1815, in 5th Reg. of Infantry; Capt. 2 Infantry, Aid-de-Camp to Maj.-General Macomb, 1 May, 1815; Captain in March, 1817; Capt. the 1st Reg. Artillery, 3 March, 1821; brevetted Major 'for ten years faithful service' 17 March, 1824 (June, 1830); brevetted Lieut.-Colonel for faithful and meritorious services, 30 June, 1834 (July, 1834); Quartermaster (rank Major), 23 Feb., 1835; Deputy-Quartermaster-General (K. K. Lieut. Col.), 7 July, 1838; Assistant Quartermaster (K. K. Colonel), 21 Apl. 1846; joined
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the army of General Taylor as Chief Quartermaster, 6 July, 1846;, brevetted Brigadier-General 'for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista', 23 Feb. 1847 (July, 1848); died 16 Sept. 1851, at St. Louis, Missouri."
The dates of some of the foregoing appointments, as obtained from the records of the War Department, are as follows, and differ slightly from the above. According to these, he was appointed: —
Cornet, Light Dragoons, 20 October, 1808. Second Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, 1 Sep- tember, 1809. First Lieutenant, Light Dragoons, 1 January,
1811.
First Lieutenant, Aid to Br.-Gen. Boyd, and distinguished in the capture of Fort George, Upper Canada, 27 May, 1813. Captain, 23d Regt. U. S. Infantry, 14 July,
1814.
Captain, 2d Regt. U. S. Infantry, 1 September, 1814.
Captain, 2d Infantry, Aid to Major-Gen. Macomb, 1 May, 1815.
Captain, 1st Regt. Artillery, 3 March, 1821. Captain, 1st Regt. Artillery, Brevet-Major, 3
March, 1824. Captain, Assistant-Quartermaster, U. S. A.,
24 March, 1830. Major, Quartermaster, U. S. A., 25 September,
1835
Lieutenant - Colonel, Deputy - Quartermaster- General, 7 July, 1838. Lieutenant-Colonel, Chief-Quartermaster to
Gen. Z. Taylor, 1 January, 1846. Colonel, Assistant - Quartermaster - General,
U. S. A., 21 April, 1846.
Colonel, Assistant - Quartermaster - General, U. S. A., Brevet Brigadier-General, U. S. A, 23 February, 1847.
The following notice of his death appeared in a contemporary newspaper: —
"Quartermaster-Gen. Henry Whiting, who died at St. Louis on the 16th, and was taken to Detroit for burial, entered the army in 1808, as cornet of dragoons. He was brevetted to a captaincy in 1814, was in the artillery for some years, but for about twenty years has been in the staff, and was brevetted brigadier-general in '48 for his services in Mexico and elsewhere. In addition to his high standing as a citizen and soldier, Gen. Whiting was a man of fine literary tastes, fond of historical research, and, by study and application, had become an excellent scholar."
(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.
The Annals of Lynn (p. 275) say, "Caroline Lee Hentz, one of the most esteemed of American prose writers, descended from this venerable minister of the Lynn Church (Rev. Samuel Whiting). She was a daughter of Gen. John Whiting, who did good service in the Revolution, and died at Washington in 1810; and Gen. Henry Whiting, quite distinguished also for his literary attainments, was a brother of hers. She was born at Lancaster, Mass., in 1800, and was married in 1825, at Northampton, to Mr. N. M. Hentz, a French gentleman of education and talents, who was at that time, in connection with George Bancroft the historian, conducting a seminary at Northampton. Soon after marriage they moved to North Carolina, when Mr. Hentz became a professor in the college at Chapel Hill. They afterwards lived at Covington, Ky., then at Cincinnati, and then at Florence, Ala., where they established a flourishing seminary. In 1843 they removed their school to Tuscaloosa, Fla., and afterwards they resided at Columbus. Ga. Mrs. Hentz died at the residence of her son, Dr. Charles A. Hentz, at Mariana, Fla., in 1856; and within a year afterwards her accomplished husband died at the same place.
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[Concluded from Chronicle, October 3.] Fourth Regiment Of Infantry.
John P. Boyd, Colonel, Oct. 7, 1808.
John Whiting, Lt. CoL, July 8, 1808.
James Millor.t Major, do.
William C. Bacn, Captain, May 3, 1808.
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Washington, George; Whiting, John compiler: Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued During the Years 1778, '80, '81, and '82 Selected from the Mss. of John Whiting and edited by his son Henry Whiting, New York Wiley and Putnam 1844 Very Good
First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR GENERAL HENRY WHITING and by his son Henry M. Whiting, who served in the U.S. Mexican War. Rare ephemera announcing the death and mourning period of General Henry Whiting is tipped in. Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Whiting was commissioned a Cornet of Dragoons, October 20, 1808 and served on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812 with Great Britain. In the War with Mexico he served as Quartermaster General. His father, Col. John Whiting of the 5th U.S. Infantry was Adjutant of the 2d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Lieut.-Col. Commandant E. Sproat. He preserved most if not all of the Orders from General Washington. These fascinating Orders cover matters great and small: the discipline of the troops, health and sanitation, the organization of the army and its support services, and a uniform system of manoeuvres. Throughout the Orders, Washington evidences deep concern for his soliders as well as civilians, a deep spirituality, and his gratitude for the support from France. Rebacked with original decorated silk boards, new endpapers. Very good. Signed by Editor First Edition Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Brigadier-general Henry Whiting, of the Quartermaster's Department, died at St. Louis, Mo., on the 16th of September. He arrived at St Louis, as we learn from the Republican of the 17th, on Sunday, the 14th, from a tour of official duty in Texas, being in bis usual health. On Tuesday afternoon, while in his room at the Planter's House, he was, without any premonition whatever, striken dead instantaneously. The cause of his death, in all probability, was an affection of the heart His remains were taken to Jefferson Barracks on the 17th, for interment
Gen. Whiting, who was among the oldest officers of the army, was a native of Lancaster, in Massachusetts, a son of Gen. John Whiting, also a native of that place. He was not only an accomplished officer in the department in which he has spent a large portion of his life, but he made extensive scientific and liternry attainments, and was a gentleman of great private worth. In hours stolen from official duties, he was for many years a large contributor to the literature of the country. His articles which from time to time appeared in the North-American Review, were of an eminently practical and useful character, and highly creditable to his scholarship and sound judgment The biographical sketch of the late President Taylor, in a recent number, confined chiefly to his military life, and embracing a graphic description of the extraordinary successes in Mexico, was from Gea Whiting's pen. He published a few years ago an important collection of the General Ordert of Wathington, He was deserving of praise also as a poet and as a dramatic author.
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Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued During the Years 1778, '80, '81, and '82 Selected from the Mss. of John Whiting and edited by his son Henry Whiting
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New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1844. First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR GENERAL HENRY WHITING and by his son Henry M. Whiting, who served in the U.S. Mexican War. Rare ephemera announcing the death and mourning period of General Henry Whiting is tipped in. Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Whiting was commissioned a Cornet of Dragoons, October 20, 1808 and served on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812 with Great Britain. In the War with Mexico he served as Quartermaster General. His father, Col. John Whiting of the 5th U.S. Infantry was Adjutant of the 2d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Lieut.-Col. Commandant E. Sproat. He preserved most if not all of the Orders from General Washington. These fascinating Orders cover matters great and small: the discipline of the troops, health and sanitation, the organization of the army and its support services, and a uniform system of manoeuvres. Throughout the Orders, Washington evidences deep concern for his soliders as well as civilians, a deep spirituality, and his gratitude for the support from France. Rebacked with original decorated silk boards, new endpapers. Very good.. Signed by Editor. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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• Census: 24 Aug 1850, Tamworth, Carroll, New Hampshire, United States

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1850; Census Place: Tamworth, Carroll, New Hampshire; Roll: M432_426; Page: 139; Image: 268.

293/303 Albert Whitten 35 male House joiner $100 Maine
Almira 30 fem N H
Lydia A. 11 fem N H attended school
Lewis T. 08 male N H attended school
Mary A. 07 fem N H attended school
Josephine 04 fem N H attended school
Charles W. 02 male N H
297/307 John Whiting 54 male laborer $700 Maine
Martha Whiting 55 fem Maine
John Jr. 22 male farmer Maine
Levi F. 21 male farmer Maine
Simeon 18 male farmer New Hampshire
Martha 16 fem N H attended school
Thomas 14 male N H attended school
Caleb E. 11 male N H attended school
Mary E. 01 fem N H
298/308 Jeremiah H. Whiting 27 male farmer N H
Nancy J. 19 fem Maine
George 04 male N H

John married Rankins, Martha in 1823 in Limington, York, Maine, United States. Martha (daughter of Rankin, Andrew and Shaw, Martha) was born in 1795 in Maine, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Also shown as Born Bangor, Franklin, New York, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 1852

John married Carter, Nancy on 28 Jun 1800. Nancy (daughter of Joseph and Smith, Anna) was born on 1 Aug 1782 in Lancaster, Wrcstr., Massachusetts; died on 14 May 1852 in Bath, Steuben, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born about 1784 in Bangor, Franklin, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Died before Eight: true
• FamilySearch Id: KD9G-PJT

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• FamilySearch Id: KJW7-ZF9

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(Levi, Timothy, Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Samuel and Elizabeth St. John immigrants)
Military
Levi Whiting was a career Army officer in the Artillery, and served for forty years. His son became a general in the Confederacy
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Levi Whiting in the 1850 United States Federal Census
NAME: Levi Whiting
AGE: 60
BIRTH YEAR: abt 1790
BIRTHPLACE: Massachusetts
HOME IN 1850: New Utrecht, Kings, New York
GENDER: Male
FAMILY NUMBER: 149
HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
NAME AGE
Levi Whiting 60 Lieutenant Colonel Army born Massachusetts
Mary A Whiting 49 born: Maine
William H C Whiting 26 Lieutenant Army born: Mississippi
Robert E K Whiting 17 born: New York
Mary Whiting 6 born: Maine
Anna C Whiting 5 born: Maine
Mary Printer 34 born: Ireland
Ellen Donaho 19 born: Ireland
Elizabeth G Cushing 44 born: Maine
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Year: 1850; Census Place: New Utrecht, Kings, New York; Roll: M432_521; Page: 39B; Image: 84
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A Dictionary of All Officers: Who Have Been Commissioned, Or Have Been """
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Levi Whiting (Massachusetts) Sec 1t Artillery 10 February 1812: Fst 1t June 1814: retained, May 1815, in Artillery:-in 4th Artillery May 1821: Captain May 1822: bvt Major 10 years fa service 21 May 1832: Major 1st Artillery 19 March 1842: Lieutenant Colonel 1st Artillery 1 April 1850: died, 3 August 1852, at Naugatuck, Connecticut.

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I have recently researched the family of Levi Whiting due to my interest in W.H.C. Whiting and his role in the design and construction of the Cape Lookout Lighthouse in North Carolina.

Please review the following and advise if corrections are required or if you have additional information.

Levi Whiting was born on 27 Jan 1790 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts. He died on 3 Aug 1852 in Naugatuck, New Haven, Connecticut. He was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Naugatuck, New Haven, Connecticut.

Levi was the son of Timothy Whiting (1758–1826) and Abigail Kidder (1759–1798). The Whiting family is descended from a Samuel Whiting (1633-1713) who immigrated from England to Massachussetts.

Levi was an artilliary officer in the U.S. Army, serving from 1812 until the time of death in 1852. At his death, he was a Lieutenant Colonel in the First Artilliary Regiment, U.S. Army.

The 1850 census finds the family living in New Utrecht, Kings, New York and lists Levi Whiting (60, Lt. Col., Army), Mary A. (49), William H.C. (29, Lt., Army), Robert E. K. (17), Mary (6), and Anna C. (5).

Rhode Island coastal artillery batteries from 1903 until 1946 were named in honor of Levi Whiting. The First "Battery Whiting" was a reinforced concrete, Endicott Period 3 inch coastal gun battery on Fort Getty, Newport, Rhode Island. Battery construction started in January 1903, was completed in September 1903, and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 7 Jun 1910. Guns and carriages moved in 1942. The second "Battery Whiting" was a reinforced concrete, World War II 3 inch coastal gun battery at Fort Burnside, Newport, Rhode Island. Battery construction began on 5 May 1942, was completed on 15 Sep 1942, and transferred to the Coastal Artillery for use 29 Aug 1942. It was deactivated in 1946.

Levi married Mary Ann . Mary was born about 1801 in Maine. She died about 1872 in New York.

The 1860 census finds Mary A. Whiting (60, widow) living in Hartford District 3, Hartford, Connecticut. Listed in this record are Robert Whiting (27, civil engineer), Mary Whiting (16), Anna Whiting (15), and Jasper L. Whiting (32, civil engineer).

In 1870, Mary A. Whiting (69) is found living with her son Robert's family in Yonkers, Westchester, New York.

Records indicate that Mary received a widow's pension from the Army from 1853 through 1872, so 1872 is probably her death year.

Levi and Mary had the following children:
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Levi married Cushing, Mary Ann about 1823 in , Biloxi, Mississippi. Mary was born about 1795 in Maine, United States; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 1840

Nancy married Draper, Samuel Origen Jr. in 1816 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Samuel (son of Draper, Samuel and Draper, Millie) was born in 1792 in Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States; died in 1856; was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, North Attleborough, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH: Also shown as Born 3 Feb 1805

DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased

Family/Spouse: Whiting, Betsey. Betsey (daughter of Whiting, William and Andrews, Lois) was born on 23 Jul 1801 in of, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut; died on 7 Apr 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: K63D-LSM

Notes:

(Brigadier General Henry Whiting, Captain John Whiting, Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Rev. Samuel and Elizabeth St.John [Immigrants], John Whiting and Margaret Bonner)

Served in Mexican War

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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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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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Washington, George; Whiting, John compiler: Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued During the Years 1778, '80, '81, and '82 Selected from the Mss. of John Whiting and edited by his son Henry Whiting, New York Wiley and Putnam 1844 Very Good
First edition. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY THE EDITOR GENERAL HENRY WHITING and by his son Henry M. Whiting, who served in the U.S. Mexican War. Rare ephemera announcing the death and mourning period of General Henry Whiting is tipped in. Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General Henry Whiting was commissioned a Cornet of Dragoons, October 20, 1808 and served on the Niagara frontier in the War of 1812 with Great Britain. In the War with Mexico he served as Quartermaster General. His father, Col. John Whiting of the 5th U.S. Infantry was Adjutant of the 2d Regiment of the Massachusetts Line commanded by Lieut.-Col. Commandant E. Sproat. He preserved most if not all of the Orders from General Washington. These fascinating Orders cover matters great and small: the discipline of the troops, health and sanitation, the organization of the army and its support services, and a uniform system of manoeuvres. Throughout the Orders, Washington evidences deep concern for his soliders as well as civilians, a deep spirituality, and his gratitude for the support from France. Rebacked with original decorated silk boards, new endpapers. Very good. Signed by Editor First Edition Cloth 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
[KW: VALLEY FORGE REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON BENEDICT ARNOLDUnited States History Americana United States Presidents]
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CHAP. CXXXIII. —— An Act granting a Pension to Eliza Whiting. 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 lVhiting, 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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Death: Died 1851
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Birth: Nov 28 1788
Death: Sep 16 1851 - Saint Louis, Saint Louis County, Missouri, USA
Parents: John WHITING, Orpha WHITING (born DANFORTH)
Siblings: Timothy Danforth WHITING, Julia WHITING, Sophia WHITING, Fabius WHITING, Maria WHITING, Solon WHITING, Caroline Lee HENTZ (born WHITING)

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Birth: Nov. 28, 1788
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Death: Sep. 16, 1851
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Brigadier General, 5th United States Infantry, Mexican War. (bio by: Sgt. Rock)

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Parents:
John Whiting (1760 - 1810)
Orpah Danforth Whiting (1758 - 1837)

Spouse:
Eliza Macomb Whiting (1795 - 1873)*

Children:
William Danforth Whiting (1823 - 1894)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Elmwood Cemetery
Detroit
Wayne County
Michigan, USA
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Birth: Nov 28 1788
Death: Sep 16 1851
Cemetery: Elmwood Cemetery, Michigan, USA
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Durbin, Elizabeth (ed.) / Wisconsin Academy review Volume 25, Number 4 (September 1979)
Goff, Charles D. Captain Whiting's journal, pp. 3-10
The current is so furious as often to s,weep a man off his feet . . . compatible with a still later demonstration of a Lake Nipissing stage of Lake Michigan some 50 feet above modern levels. Whiting's discussion of the feasibility of a canal at Portage preceded by a decade, the promo- tion of the same idea by Morgan L. Martin, organizer of the company that built the Fox River im- provements. Whiting's watercolored field sketches of Fox-Wisconsin valley landscapes and maps are probably the oldest landscape paintings and maps of Wisconsin sites done dur- ing Michigan Territorial days by an American citizen. If the title "First Wisconsin Scientist" is accorded to the person who first published a series of es- sentially scientific observations and conclusions about Wisconsin phenomena, and if the title "First Wisconsin Artist" is accorded to the white American who first painted a Wisconsin scene, it would seem that Captain Henry Whiting should have at least a share in both titles. Whiting's Journal was a report to the US War Department describing the movement of the Fifth Infantry Regiment from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien. The American Army, after the War of 1812, had adopted a long-term policy of building and garrisoning a system of frontier forts extending from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. In Wisconsin and closely adjacent areas, for example, forts were built at Green Bay (Fort Howard) in 1816, Prairie du Chien (Fort Craw- ford) in 1817, Rock Island, Illinois (Fort Armstrong) in 1817, and St. Peters i.e. present day St. Paul, Minnesota (Fort Snelling) in 1819. A modest incident in the implemen- tation of this policy was the redeployment of the US Fifth In- fantry Regiment from Detroit to Green Bay to Prairie du Chien to St. Paul in the summer of 1819. Captain Whiting's Journal describing the route was illustrated by seven colored sketches and three maps; the report received commen- dation from the then Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun. Neither Journal sketches nor maps have ever been published. The sketches and maps are presented here for the first time together with extracts from the text. Captain Whiting was a career soldier in the United States Army. He was born into a military family on November 28, 1788, his father, John Whiting, having risen to the rank of brigadier general of the Massachusetts Militia in the American Revolution. At the time of his retirement at the end of the War of 1812 John Whiting was the lieutenant colonel of the US Fifth Infantry Regiment. We can surmise that young Henry Whiting was well educated for his day because of the percep- tive awareness of geology and physical geography expressed in his writing and also because of its scientific restraint. He apparently also had a detailed acquaintance with the physical geography of Europe from Spain to Sweden, which suggests that his education may have included travel in Europe. The fact that his sister, Carolyn Lee Whiting Hentz, was a noted 19th century author may also imply that Captain Whiting was at least as well-educated. In any case, Henry Whiting enlisted in the US Army on October 20, 1808, at the age of 20, as a coronet of light dragoons. Whiting's military history shows he was promoted to second lieuten- ant on September 15, 1809, and to first lieutenant on August 20, 1811. During the War of 1812 First Lieutenant Henry Whiting served on the Niagara frontier as an aid to General John F. Boyd and served with credit in the capture on May 27, 1813 of Fort George, a British- Canadian fort in the Canadian province of Ontario a short way down the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario. In 1815 Lieutenant Whiting was an aide to General Alexander Macomb at Detroit and was transferred on May 17, 1815 to the Fifth Infantry, his father's old regi- ment, then stationed at Detroit. Whiting was promoted to captain on March 3, 1817. In 1819 the Fifth Infantry was assigned the mission of traveling from Detroit to St. Peters, selecting a suitable site for a fort, then building and garrisoning what is known today as Fort Snell- ing at St. Paul, Minnesota. Pur- suent to these orders, Colonel Leavenworth and the Fifth Infan- try Regiment embarked on sailing vessel transports at Detroit in May 1819, sailed to Green Bay, reloaded their equipment and supplies into 4/Wisconsin Academy Review/September 1979




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32 batteaux, which had been built for them at Green Bay, and movedout toward the Mississippi River on June 7, 1819.After the Fifth Regiment reached
the Mississippi, Colonel Leavenworth detached troops to
garrison both Fort Crawford at Prairie du Chien and Fort Armstrong at Rock Island, Illinois,the remainder of the regiment proceeding upriver in their
batteaux to St. Peters. Captain Whiting did not accompany the
regiment up the Mississippi as he was ordered back to Detroit with
messages for the commanding general, and with Whiting's own
"survey" of the Fox-Wisconsin Rivers. Captain Whiting's Journal is a
chronological account of each day's activity of the regiment in his
march, and included meticulous observations concerning the depth
of the water, the direction of the river virtually every time it changed
from the principal points of the compass, and supplementary comments and speculations about the character and geographic origin of the terrain formations through which the regiment was passing. Whiting embellished his report to General Macomb with excellent field sketches which he water-
colored. The report was forwarded by General Macomb to the US Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun,who commented, in a letter to Major General A. Macomb on
September 20, 1819: Sir: Your letter . .. enclosing a copy of the survey of the Fox and Ouisconsin rivers including the portage by Capt. Henry Whiting . . . has been received. The accurate and able manner in which the sketch by Capt.
Green Bay ... now contains about fifty houses and two or three hundred in-
habitants, who are mostly French married to Indians. Whiting has been executed affords the Department much satisfaction....J.C.C.
An outline of Whiting's subsequent career may help the reader to see him in better perspective. After completing his report on the Fifth Infantry's march from Green Bay to Prairie du Chien, Captain Whiting served on the staff of Ma-
jor General Macomb at Detroit. He was transferred to the First Artillery on June 1, 1821, promoted to major in 1824, transferred to the quartermaster department in 1835,and promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 7, 1838, and to colonel on April 21, 1846.
In the Mexican War Colonel Whiting was assigned to the army of General Zachary Taylor on July 6, 1846, as chief quartermaster. Colonel Whiting
was a participant in the Battle of Buena Vista, was brevetted as brigadier general for his "gallant and meritorious conduct," and subsequently retired on February 23, 1847.
On retirement from the army, Colonel Whiting returned to Detroit where he was elected a regent of the University of Michigan in 1848. In retirement he
continued his lifelong interest in a wide variety of military, scientific
and literary matters until his sudden death at St. Louis on
September 16, 1851. As a tribute of . .beautiful banks, sloping to the water
from a height of 20 or 30 feet and
crowned with thrifty oaks.
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respect to Whiting's memory, the staff of the quartermaster department to which he had belonged were ordered by Major General Scott to wear the prescribed badge of mourning for 30 days.
The publication record of Henry Whiting indicates that he possessed wide interests and impressive talents. His bibliography includes a book, The Age of Steam; a Biography of Zebulon Pike, which appeared in Sparks' American
Biography; the editing of a volume, George Washington's Military Orders; and the joint authorship of a book, Historical and Scientific Sketches of Michigan. Whiting was a periodic contributor to the North American Review and seems to have been fascinated with American Indians. He published three narrative poems and his Sannillac, which had notes by
Michigan governor Lewis Cass and the famous Indian agent/anthropologist/writer, Henry R. Schoolcraft.
Captain Whiting's Journal was written when present day Wisconsin was part of Michigan Territory. The Fox-Wisconsin Rivers along which the Fifth Regiment voyaged had been fur trading country fortwo centuries. Hundreds of French
and British explorers, fur traders,priests and soldiers had passed this
way. Yet Whiting was an observer of these two valleys before more than a very few settlers had begun to live there permanently and before there were any significant works of man to change the wilderness face of the land.
When the Fifth Infantry Regiment arrived at Green Bay in Michigan Territory in 'the last week of May 1819, they made preparations at Fort Howard to
proceed westward via the Fox- September 1979/Wisconsin Academy Review/5
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Henry married Macomb, Eliza on 25 Dec 1820 in Belleville, New Jersey, United States. Eliza (daughter of Macomb, William and Dring, Sarah) was born on 5 Jan 1795 in Michigan, United States; died on 2 Dec 1873 in Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Notes:

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.

Notes:

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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Caroline Lee Hentz (Whiting)
Birthdate: 1800
Birthplace: Lancaster Worcester County Massachusetts
Death: Died 1856
Place of Burial: Saint Lukes Episcopal Cemetery Marianna Jackson County Florida
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Col. John Whiting and Orpha Whiting
Wife of Nickolas Marcellus Hentz
Mother of Thaddeus Hentz; Charles A. HENTZ, M. D.; Julia Hentz and Caroline Hentz
Sister of General Henry WHITING; Julia Whiting; Sophia Whiting and Fabius Whiting
Half sister of Timothy Whiting

Caroline married Hentz, Nickolas Marcellus in 1824 in /Hentz. Nickolas was born on 25 Jul 1797 in France; died on 4 Nov 1856; was buried in St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cemetery, Jackson, Florida, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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.

Notes:

(Captain John, Timothy, Samuel, Oliver, Samuel, Reverend Samuel and Elizabeth St.John immigrants, John Whiting & Margaret Bonner)


Fabius Whiting in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
NAME: Fabius Whiting
EVENT TYPE: Birth
BIRTH DATE: 10 May 1792
BIRTCE: Lancaster, Massachusetts
FATHER NAME: John Whiting
MOTHER NAME: Orpah Whiting
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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In The Senate of the United States
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May 15, 1860 -- Ordered to be printed.
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Mr. Powell made the following
REPORT.
[tO ACCOMPANY BILL s.445)
THE Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Louisa T. Whiting, widow of Brevet Major Fabius Whiting, having had the same under consideration, beg leave to report:
That it appears from the records of the War Department, "that Fabius Whiting was apointed second lieutenant, 10th February, 1812; promoted first lieutenant, 20th June, 1813; promoted captain 10th September, 1819; brevet major, 10th September 1829, for faithful service ten years in one grade; and died 16th May, 1842, at Lancaster, Massachusetts."
His widow prays for a pension, and asserts that he died by reason of disabilities contractd while in the line of his duty in the service of the United States.
It appears from Major Whiting's own affidavit, made in 1835, that while stationed at Fort Constitution he was severely injured in the right knee joint, by stepping upon a fragment of ice, and, his foot slipping, falling violently.
This was at a late hour at night, on his return from the guard house, whither he had been on official duty. Date of the injury, 10th January, 1823.
John Preble, who was on guard on that niht, corrobrates the statement of Major Whiting.
A certified copy of an affidavit of J. Goodhue, who was as assitant surgeon, shows that he was called to attend Major Whiting the next morning,and found him so lame that he was obliged to use crutches.
Z. Chickering, a sergeant in Captain Whiting's company, testifies that he did not see the fall, but was at the time informed of the circumstances, and knows that he was more or less lame from the injury until he (Chickering)left the service, some three years subsequently.
Assistant Surgeon Berr--during which time he was oy certifies that he was stationed with Captain Whiting at Bellona arsenal, Virginia, about one year--in 1832 and 1833-- during which time he was constantly afflicted with a lameness in his right knee, which always, more or less, afflicted with a lameness in his right knee, which always, more of less, affected his joing, at times obliging him to limp in a marked manner.
In 1834 Assistant Surgeon Martin certifies to hiscontinued disasbility from some internal disarrangement of his right knee joint.
Sureon Z. Pitcher, United States army, in 1836, certifies to the same.
Assistant Surgeon Archer,same year,corroborates the above.
The following is a copy of the last report furnished to the Ward Department, February 28, 1842:
"My patient, Major F. Whiting, of thefirst regiment United States artillery,remains nearly as reported January 31, 1842. His mind, I think, is becomming still more impaired than several weeks since, while his physical powers are not in the least improved. The chronic affections of the knee, liver, &c., remain without improvement. There does not appear to me to be a probability that he will ever be restored to anything like health again. "Respectfully, "Henry Lincoln, M.D."
Your committee, therefore, after a careful examination of the case are of the opinion that the petitioner is entitled to relief, and report a bill accordingly.
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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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Maj Fabius Whiting
Birth: unknown
Death: May 16, 1842
Lancaster
Worcester County
Massachusetts, USA

Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. by Bvt. Maj. - Gen George W. Cullum, published 1891

FABIUS WHITING Military History: He was born in Massachusetts and his military application came from the same state. He was appointed in the Army with the rank of Second Lieut. of Artillery, Feb. 10, 1812. Then promoted to First Lieut. in 1813, to Captain in 1819 and to Bvt. Major in 1829.
He served: in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain; on the Northern frontier, as Aide-de-Camp to Brig-General Chandler in 1814; as Acting Judge Advocate of the Northern Division in1819; at the Military Academy, as Instructor of Artillery in 1820 and 1821; in command of company at Ft. Constitution N. H. , Ft. McHenry, Md., Ft. Johnston, N. C. and Ft. Monroe, Va. He was on sick leave of absence, 1838-1842 and Died, May 16, , at Lancaster, Mass.
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Inscription:

In Memory of
Major Fabius Whiting, U.S. Army,
who died May 16, 1842,
Æt. 50.

Burial:
Middle Cemetery
Lancaster
Worcester County
Massachusetts, USA

Created by: cap624
Record added: Aug 02, 2010
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Major Fabius Whiting in the Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915
NAME: Major Fabius Whiting
BIRTH DATE: abt 1792
DEATH DATE: 18 May 1842
DEATH PLACE: Lancaster, Massachusetts, USA
AGE AT DEATH: 50
Occupation of Adult: US Army
Cause of Death: Paralysis
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
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Family/Spouse: Louisa T. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]