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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Deacon Joseph Mygatt was a merchant, a worthy and pious man. Elected to many offices in the town of Hartford. Like a son to the Rev. Thomas Hooker, Joseph Mygatt took the concerns of Rev. Hooker as his own. His home was on a hill, Trinity College stands in it's location now. He was known to be honest in his dealings with his fellow settlers and with the native people.

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JOSEPH MYGATE
ORIGIN: Unknown.
MIGRATION:1634 (base on grant of land at Cambridge on 4 August.
1634 [CaTR 9).
First RESIDENCE: Cambridge.
REMOVES: Harford 1636.

OCCUPATION: Innkeeper (on 2 October 1656, “Goodman Mygate is
licensed to sell strong liquors by retail" (CCCR l:283]).

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP : Admission to Cambridge church prior to 6
May l635 implied by freemanship.
FREEMAN:6 May 1635 as “Joseph Maggot,” of freemen on the south
side of Hartford'" (CCCR 2:F19].
EDUCATION: Signed his will by mark. His inventory included "1 great
Bible valued at I2 s. [HaPR(probate) 4:55-56].

OFFICES: Deputy for Hartford to Connecticut General Court, 2 0ctober
1656, 26 February1656/7, 12 August 1657, :I October 1657, 20 May
1658, 7 October 1658, 19 May 1659, 6 October 1659, 23 February 1659,
17 May 1660, 4 ,October 1660J 16 May 1661, 3Octobcr 1661,
15 May 1662 [CCCR t:282, 288, 300,306,3l5, 323, 334, 340, 343,347,
353, 365,372,378].
Hartford petit jury, 1 June 1643, 24, October 1844, 5 June 1846, 3
June 1647, 24 ,April 1649, 28 Mar 1650, 4 September 1651, 19 May
1652, 3 June 1652, 1 March 1654/5, I5 May 1655, 9 October 1658, 17
May 1659, 9 July 1663, (as “Deacon Mygatt”), 9 May l665, 6 September
1666, 9 October 1666, 10 September 1667 [cccs 1 :87, l40; RPCC 20,


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Griffin left England Aug 1, 1634 with her master, ?, arriving in September 18, 1634, at Boston with about one hundred passengers and cattle for the plantations.

Alphabetical roll:

Bartholomew William (From London, bound for Ipswitch and Boston. Ref: Banks Mss. 36 pg 109)
Bartholomew Mrs. Mary
Haines William of Dunstable, Bedford, bound for Salem. Ref: Aspinwall 36 pg 1
Haines Richard of Dunstable, Bedford, bound for Salem. Ref: Aspinwall 36 pg 1
Heaton Nathaniel of Alford, county Lincoln
Heaton Mrs. Elizabeth
Heaton Samuel
Heaton Jabez
Heaton Leah
Heaton Mary
Hutchinson William of Alford, county Lincoln (From Alford, Lincoln, bound for Boston. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 93)
Hutchinson Mrs. Anne, wife
Hutchinson Edward (From Alford, Lincoln, bound for Boston. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 93)
Hutchinson Faith
Hutchinson Bridget
Hutchinson William
Hutchinson Samuel (From Alford, Lincoln, bound for Boston. Ref: Pope. 36 pg 93)
Hutchinson Anne
Hutchinson Mary
Hutchinson Susanna
Lothrope John Reverand
Lothrop Mrs, wife
Lothrop Thomas, son
Lothrop Samuel, son
Lothrop Joseph, son
Lothrop John, son
Lothrop Benjamin, son
Lothrop Jane, daughter
Lothrop Barbara, daughter
Lynde Thomas of Dunstable, county Bedford, bound for Charlestown Ref: Aspinwall 36 pg 1
Lynde Mrs. Margaret
Lynde Thomas
Lynde Henry
Symmes Zachariah Rev. (From Canterbury, Kent or Dunstable, bound for Charlestown. Ref: Savage Gen Dict. 36 pg 1 & 77)
Symmes Mrs. Sarah Symmes
Symmes William
Symmes Mary
Symmes Elizabeth
Symmes Huldah
Symmes Hannah
Symmes Rebecca
Charles Banks Topographical also lists:

Rev John Cotton from Derby aboard the Griffin, bound for Boston. Ref Savage. Banks. 36 pg 17
Haynes, John, from Copford Essex and Codicote, Hertfordshire, bound for Cambridge MA and Harford, CT. Ref: Farmer. 36 pg 44 & 67
Mygatt, Joseph, from Essex, bound for Cambridge MA and Harford, CT. Ref: Banks Mss. 36 pg 54
Hammond, Benjamin, Elizabeth (widow) and children Elisabeth, Martha, Rachel and Benjamin. From London, bound for Boston. Ref: Hamond Gen pg 565. 36 pg 109)
notes

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_(ship)_

Griffin was the name of a 17th-century ship known to have sailed between England and English settlements in Massachusetts. Several historical and genealogical references show the Griffin making such journeys in 1633 and 1634. The 1633 journey left at Downs, England and landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts on September 3. This 1633 journey carried religious dissidents, including Thomas Hooker,[1] John Cotton, and others totaling 200 people. The ship Griffin weighed in at 300 tons and she saw the birth of at least one child, Seaborn Cotton, during the 1633 voyage.[2] In 1634 the Griffin carried Anne Hutchinson to the Massachusetts colony. Huthcinson's oldest son had preceded her the previous year, also on the Griffin.

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Joseph Mygatt & Ann
Husband:
Joseph Mygatt
Born:
about 1596 in , , , England (1)
Died:
07 Dec 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA (2 3 4)
Wife:
Ann
Born:
1602 in , , , England (5)
Died:
before 04 Mar 1685/86 in Hartford, Hartford, CT, USA (6)
Children:
01 (M):
Jacob Mygatt
Born: about 1633
Died: before 1683
02
(F):Mary Mygatt
Born:1637 (7)
Died:
(8)
Spouse: John "Sergeant" Deming
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Joseph Mygatt:

Will: 27 Nov 1654
I Joseph Mygatt of Hartford do make this my last Will & Testament : Whereas, in a Writing bearing date 27 November, 1654, I have already engaged the manner of a dispose of my Estate after my Death, I do now for the substance thereof fully consent thereunto, only some things mentioned needing some explication I thought good to mention, 1st, that I have already paid the marriage portion for my son Jacob as is expressed in the Agreement, & have built a house for him of more value than was promised, & have truly fulfilled that first particularly.
2nd, Whereas it is mentioned in the Agreement with Mrs. Susannah Fitch, & the Trustees in behalf of her Brother, that the Estate by her should be let out to procure a farm, that it might have been so but they conceived that it might be more advantageous to adventure the Money abroad, being at that time in a way of Trade, the which with their desire I consented too, - these things being confiscated, I do dispose of my whole Estate as is there mentioned, only my Mind is that in Case the £12 be not paid to my wife (as is expressed), that so much of my Lands be sold (that may best be spared) as may enable the true performance of the yearly Annuity willed to her during her natural life.
I give unto Joseph Deming, my gr. son, all my Wearing apparrel. I appoint my gr. child Joseph Mygatt to be my Executor. I desire my friend Paul Peck sen. and my son John Deming to be Overseers. Witness: Jos: Haines, Jo: MYGATT. Ls. Paul Peck.
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Joseph and Ann probably arrived to the Massachesetts Bay Colony in the "Griffen" in 1633 with Cotton and Hooker. They settled in Cambridge, or "Newtown" where they received a four-acre parcel by the pine swamp north of the "cowe common." Joseph was paid for tending cattle on the common land. He was a freeman in May 1635.
The Mygate family joined a group who left Cambridge to settle the new town of Hartford in June 1636. Joseph was a merchant who carried on trade with the Indians. In 1656 "Good[man] Mygate is lycenced to sell strong liquors by retaile."

He was also a town officer, representative to the General Court, and a church deacon.
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Ann:

Will: 28 Dec 1681
I Ann Mygatt, Widow of Joseph Mygatt, do make this my last Will & Testament :
I give to my daughter Mary Deming all my Woolen Apparrell excepting my Broad Cloth Coat, which I give unto my gr. daughter Sarah Mygatt. I give to my daughter Mary Deming my Bed whereon I lye & all its furniture thereunto belonging. And further, my Will is that my wearing Linen be equally divided between my daughter Mary Deming & my gr. daughter Sarah Mygatt ; & my Will is that the remainder of my Estate be equally divided between my daughter Mary Deming and my gr. son Joseph Mygatt, excepting my Chest. Witness : Paul Peck sen., ANN X MYGATT. George Grave.
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Footnotes:
James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. USGenNet. scanned and edited. (July 1994) (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage: Nov. 2000).
Ibid.
Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford 1633-1885 (Published by the Church 1885, 274 pages), p. 7.
Quality: 3.
Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early CT Probate Records ((Hartford, CT, R.S.Peck & CO, 1904-1906)), p. 339.
Quality: 3.
Mygatt, Deacon Joseph, Hartford. Died 7 December, 1680. Invt. £368-11-06. Taken 10 December, 1680, by Thomas Bull sen., Paul Peck sen., George Grave.

James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. USGenNet. scanned and edited. (July 1994) (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage: Nov. 2000).
Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early CT Probate Records ((Hartford, CT, R.S.Peck & CO, 1904-1906)), p. 339.
Quality: 3.
Court Record, Page 115 — 4 March, 1685-6: Will proven. Order to Dist. Persons concerned in the Dist. agreed to it in Court.

James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. USGenNet. scanned and edited. (July 1994) (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage: Nov. 2000).
Sherman Adams, The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington : and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693, from date of earliest settlement until the present time (New York: Grafton Press, 1904), vol. 2, p. 273.
Quality: 3.
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The Founders of Hartford

Joseph Mygatt came in the “Griffin,” in 1633, with Cotton and Hooker; Settled in Cambridge; freeman, Mass., May 6, 1635 ; one of the original proprietors of Hartford ; his home-lot in 1639 was near the junction of what are now Washington and Lafayette Sts. He was townsman 1642, 1647, 1652, 1660, and held other offices, deputy, 1658 ; also deacon of the First Church ; he was licensed to “sell strong liquors by retail,” May, 1656. His wife's name was Ann ; she was b. about 1602, aged about 65 in Oct. 1667, and her husband testified in Oct., 1666, that he was a. 70, so b. about 1596. He d. Dec. 7,1680; inv. £368.11. 6. His widow d. in 1686.-Ch.: i. Jacob, b. 16331; m. about 1654 or '55, Sarah, dau. of William Whiting, of Hartford; the time of his death is unknown; his wife m. (2) John King, of Northampton; d. about 1704. His only son, Joseph, m. Sarah, dau. Of Lieut. Robert Webster, 15 Nov., 1677 ; they had 9 children, and after that time the name is frequently met with on the Hartford records. ii. Mary, b. 1637 ; m. Sept. 20,1 1657, John Deming, Jun., Of Wethersfield.

1 a. about 84, Oct, 1667, Pries. Coats. 1. 88

2 Savage says “by ano, acct. 12 Des”
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Birth: 1596, England
Death: 1680
Hartford
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Connecticut, USA

Born about 1596 (based on estimated date of 1st marriage). Innkeeper who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on grant of Land at Cambridge on 4 Aug 1634). First settled in Cambridge; moved to Hartford in 1636. Died 7 Dec 1680.
Married by about 1633 Ann ____ She died before 4 Mar 1685/6.

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Burial:
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Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Plot: Founders Monument

Created by: Linda Mac
Record added: May 20, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 37293743
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Joseph married Makin, Ann in 1632 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colony. Ann was born in 1596 in England; died on 28 Dec 1681 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Mygatt, Mrs Ann in 1632 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colony. Ann was born in 1596 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, BritishColony; died on 28 Dec 1681 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Will: 27 Nov 1654
I Joseph Mygatt of Hartford do make this my last Will & Testament : Whereas, in a Writing bearing date 27 November, 1654, I have already engaged the manner of a dispose of my Estate after my Death, I do now for the substance thereof fully consent thereunto, only some things mentioned needing some explication I thought good to mention, 1st, that I have already paid the marriage portion for my son Jacob as is expressed in the Agreement, & have built a house for him of more value than was promised, & have truly fulfilled that first particularly.

2nd, Whereas it is mentioned in the Agreement with Mrs. Susannah Fitch, & the Trustees

in behalf of her Brother,

that the Estate by her should be let out to procure a farm, that it might have been so but they conceived that it might be more advantageous to adventure the Money abroad, being at that time in a way of Trade, the which with their desire I consented too, - these things being confiscated, I do dispose of my whole Estate as is there mentioned, only my Mind is that in Case the £12 be not paid to my wife (as is expressed), that so much of my Lands be sold (that may best be spared) as may enable the true performance of the yearly Annuity willed to her during her natural life.
I give unto Joseph Deming, my gr. son, all my Wearing apparrel. I appoint my gr. child Joseph Mygatt to be my Executor. I desire my friend Paul Peck sen. and my son John Deming to be Overseers. Witness: Jos: Haines, Jo: MYGATT. Ls. Paul Peck.

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She d in Milford, Feb'y 20,1661, and he m. 2"^ Susannah Fitch,
wi.loNV of Mr. Samuel, of Hartford. Susanah was V wite ot
William Whitin-, who with Lords Say and Brooke, and George
Wyllys bought the interest of the Bristol men in Piscataqua
about 1631 to 1633. From 1641 to his death he was treasurer o
Conn. Colony, and in 1642 one of the magistrates. He was styled
"The Worshipful William Whiting." She m. 2°Mn IboO, Mr.
Samuel Fitch, of Hartford, many years teacher there by whom
sh. had two sons. He d. 1659 and she m. 3"^ 1663, Mr. Bryan.
She d. at Middletown, Conn., July 8 1673, at the home of her son-
in-law, Rev. Nathaniel Collins, of that place.
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!MARRIAGE: (1) William WHITING (2) 1650 Samuel FITCH (3) Alexander BYRON
!Rec of Doris Ball- Union, OR;

!Margaret Neuffer- 2003 Valley View Dr. Columbia, MO 65201: Susanna.....Whiting md (2) 1650 Samuel FITCH of Hartford and had 2 more children. Mr Fitch died 1659 and she md (3) Alexander BRYAN of Milford Conn., but died before him at the house of her daughter, Mary Collins of Middletown, Conn. and was buried in Middletown 8 July 1673. Susannah surname Wiggins. (Margaret Neuffer 9-92):

!Families of Early CT-Lucius Barnes Barber; Society of Colonial Wars- shows William married Susannah Wiggins. She is not in IGI US or Eng 88. Catherine Whiting, William's sister md Thomas Wiggins in London.

DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):

!MARRIAGES: Source - Torrey, Clarence Almon, "New England Marriages Prior to 1700, page 111" (1) William WHITING; (2) 2 Jan 1650/51 Samuel FITCH
(3) Alexander Bryan 27 Jun 1662."
!DEATH: Source - Mass. Historical Society Collections, fifth series, Vol.8, page 148. Governor John Winthrop, writing from "Hartford, July 15, 1673" to his son Fitz-John Winthrop, says: "Old Mrs Bryan, Mr Whitings mother, died at
Middleton Sabath day was seven night, where she was buried the Tuesday following: had not been sick above a weeke.."

!Barbour, Lucius Linus, "Families of Early Hartford, Conn", page 675 states, "Susanna was called Mrs Mary in Hartford town records, Susannah Wiggin in Soc C Wars papers (Trowbridge)"

Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.

Notes:
1. She may have died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Collins, at Middletown.
2. Her maiden name could be Wiggins, but this is not documented.
3. She apparently had two sons by her husband Samuel Fitch.
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4. A family tree found on FamilyTreeMaker concerning the Descendants of John Whiting states that William Whiting was born in Boxford "Sussex" and died in 1647 in Hartford, Connecticut. His wife Susannah Wiggin was born in 1609 in Milford, Connecticut and married William in 1635 in Hartford. This pedigree seems to contain multiple errors and speculation.

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Susanna

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States.
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FAMILY OF ALEXANDER BRYAN
On page 7 of this work the Judge states that he purchased in London a deed which has been preserved among the papers of the descendants of WilHam Penn. This deed is printed on pages 8 to 10 of the Bryan pamphlet. This document dated July 20, 1663, is a conveyance from Richard Bryan of Milford in New England and his father Alexander Bryan also of Milford to Edward Baldwyn of Beconsfield in the county of Bucks in consideration of i 40 "All those twoe messuages or tenements and garden with all the outhouses " appurten nts thereunto belonging situate lying " being in the North Streete of Wendover, in the said county of Bucks, and now or late in the occupation of the widow Ovyatt (?) or her underten nt or underten nts which said messuage or tennements were given to Anne Bryan, mother of the said Richard Bryan deceased, " to the said Richard Bryan " their heires by the last will " testament of Richard Baldwyn of Dundridge, in the said County of Buck, deceased." From these documents it will be seen that Anne wife of Alexander Bryan, the emigrant and head of the Bryan family of Milford, was daughter of Robert Baldwin of the Baldwin family of Buckingham County, England. "Anne Briant" was admitted to full communion in the Milford Church, August 23, 1640. The record also states that she died February 20, 1661. Alexander Bryan married, second, Susanna widow of both William Whiting and Samuel Fitch of Hartford. There is no record of this marriage, but it probably took place soon after June 27, 1662, when "M"" Allexand"^ Briant and M" Susannah ffitch" signed an agreement transferring to the children of her first husband William Whiting, certain property that had been in her possession as his widow and administratrix, and requested the court to appoint new administrators on the estate.-^

Mrs. Susannah Bryan was admitted to the Milford Church December 6, 1669. Following the record of her admission on the Church book is this entry : "buried at Middletown July 8.73" John Winthrop Junior, Governor of Connecticut, in writing to his son Fitz-John Winthrop from "Hartford, July 15: 1673", said ' Hartford, Conn., County Court Records, vol. 3, reverse end, p. 69.

ALEXANDER BRYAN
"Old M''^ Bryan, M^ Whitings mother, died at Middleton Sabath day was seven night, where she was buried the Tuesday following: had not beene sick above a weeke.""*

Alexander Bryan made his will April 24, 1679 and July 22 following he made a codicil thereto. In the document he referred to himself as being weak of body. To his grandson Alexander Bryan he gave " 500 in addition to what he had already received. The house and home-lot where the testator then dwelt were to be considered a part of the i 500. He also gave him the old warehouse and one-half of the pasture land in Milford. These bequests including all previous payments were to be appraised and the value thereof in excess of i 500 was to be paid by the legatee to Samuel Bryan, another grandson of the testator. Alexander Bryan, child of the testator's grandson, Alexander, was given all the interest in the house and land at Eaton's Neck, Long Island, of which he was to come into possession when he became nineteen years old.

Hannah Harriman, grandchild of the testator, was given i 40, part of which she had already received.

The testator had previously given to his granddaughter Sarah Fitch, i 40 in a house which the testator had bought of Samuel Baldwin's widow. "My son in law Samuel Fitch" was directed to pay to the testator's grandson, Samuel Bryan, the amount due for the rest of the said house and lot.

Said Samuel Bryan was also given the testator's house and land in Milford opposite his son Richard's dwelling house, also the new warehouse and land at Indian Side, formerly belonging to Samuel Baldwin.

To his grandson, Richard Bryan Junior, he gave a house and home-lot bought of Samuel Eells, said Richard to come into possession thereof at the age of nineteen years.

If Richard should die under that age, the property was to go to the executor. The three grandchildren, Richard Bryan, Frances Bryan and Abigail Bryan, were given the household goods, plate, brass, pewter and all moveable goods in equal shares. If either child should die before coming of age or unmarried, the share of such child was to go to the survivors.

Mass. Historical Society Collections, series 5, vol. 8, p. 148.

APA: Starr, Frank Farnsworth. (2013). pp. 292-3. Various Ancestral Lines of James Goodwin and Lucy (Morgan) Goodwin of Hartford, Connecticut (Vol. 2). London: Forgotten Books. (Original work published 1915)
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FAMILY OF ALEXANDER BRYAN
On page 7 of this work the Judge states that he purchased in London a deed which has been preserved among the papers of the descendants of WilHam Penn. This deed is printed on pages 8 to 10 of the Bryan pamphlet. This document dated July 20, 1663, is a conveyance from Richard Bryan of Milford in New England and his father Alexander Bryan also of Milford to Edward Baldwyn of Beconsfield in the county of Bucks in consideration of i 40 "All those twoe messuages or tenements and garden with all the outhouses " appurten nts thereunto belonging situate lying " being in the North Streete of Wendover, in the said county of Bucks, and now or late in the occupation of the widow Ovyatt (?) or her underten nt or underten nts which said messuage or tennements were given to Anne Bryan, mother of the said Richard Bryan deceased, " to the said Richard Bryan " their heires by the last will " testament of Richard Baldwyn of Dundridge, in the said County of Buck, deceased." From these documents it will be seen that Anne wife of Alexander Bryan, the emigrant and head of the Bryan family of Milford, was daughter of Robert Baldwin of the Baldwin family of Buckingham County, England. "Anne Briant" was admitted to full communion in the Milford Church, August 23, 1640. The record also states that she died February 20, 1661. Alexander Bryan married, second, Susanna widow of both William Whiting and Samuel Fitch of Hartford. There is no record of this marriage, but it probably took place soon after June 27, 1662, when "M"" Allexand"^ Briant and M" Susannah ffitch" signed an agreement transferring to the children of her first husband William Whiting, certain property that had been in her possession as his widow and administratrix, and requested the court to appoint new administrators on the estate.-^

Mrs. Susannah Bryan was admitted to the Milford Church December 6, 1669. Following the record of her admission on the Church book is this entry : "buried at Middletown July 8.73" John Winthrop Junior, Governor of Connecticut, in writing to his son Fitz-John Winthrop from "Hartford, July 15: 1673", said ' Hartford, Conn., County Court Records, vol. 3, reverse end, p. 69.

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Susannah married Whiting, William about 1625 in England. William was born about 1600 in England; was christened in in England; died on 24 Jul 1647 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Jul 1647 in Saint Germans, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Fitch, Samuel on 2 Jan 1650 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Samuel (son of Fitch, Thomas I and Reeve, Anne) was born on 9 Nov 1626 in Bocking, Essex, England; was christened on 9 Nov 1626 in Saint Mary's Church, Bocking, Essex, England; died in 1659 in L., Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susannah married Bryan, Alexander after 1659 in Connecticut, United States. Alexander (son of Bryan, Thomas and Bowlinge, Frances "Faith") was born on 23 Sep 1602 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England; was christened on 23 Sep 1603 in Aylesbury, Aston Clinton, Bucks, England; died on 20 Jul 1679 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: LHQ9-1RM

Notes:

MYGATE, MYGATT, sometimes MAYGOTT or MEGGOTT, JACOB, Hartford, s. of Joseph, b. prob. in Eng. for he calls hims. in 1667, 34 yrs. old, m. a. the end of 1654, Sarah, d. of William Whiting, had only two ch. Joseph, and Sarah; d. a. mid. age, and his wid. m. 1683, John King of Northampton, and d. 1706;. Sarah m. first, John Webster, and next, Benjamin, Graham. JOSEPH, Cambridge, came in the Griffin, with famous Cotton and Hooker 1633, freem. 6 May 1635, rem. in the great migrat. to Hartford, was rep. 1658, and oft. aft. deac. call. his age 70, in 1666, had only two ch. Jacob, but it is thot. in 1633; and Mary, 1637. His wid. Ann, wh. was b. 1602, surv. him some yrs. yet he liv. to 7 Dec. 1680, aged 84. Mary m. 20 Sept. or 12 Dec. 1657, John Deming the sec. JOSEPH, Hartford, s. of Jacob, m. 5 or 15 Nov. 1677, Sarah, d. of Robert Webster, had Joseph, b. 23 Oct. 1678; Susanna, 3 Oct. 1680; Mary, 4 Dec. 1682; two, nam. Jacob, early; Thomas, 11 Sept. 1688; Sarah, 9 Mar. 1692; Zebulon, 3 Nov. 1693; and Dorothy, 26 Jan. 1696; and the f. a. 1698. His wid. m. 12 Dec. 1722, as his sec. w. Bevil Waters, then 92 yrs. old, long outliv. him, and Feb. 1744, aged 89.

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Family and Household Part Three
Marriage Contract for Jacob Mygatt and Sarah Whiting
(Hardord, Connecticut, 1654)
Whereas r. Joseph Mygatt .• of Hartford upon the River and in the jurisdico,
lion of Connecticut in New England. have in the 'behalf of my son Jacob
and at his request made a motion to Mrs. Susanna Fitch. in reference
to her daughter Sarab Whiting, that my said son Jacob might with her
good liking have free liberty to endeavor the pining of her said daughter
Sarah's affection towards himself in a way of marriage: now this present
••••• riting sho ••••• eththat the said Mrs. Susanna Fitch having consented there-
unto" 1 do hereby promise and engage that if God. in tne wide disposition
of His providence, shall so order it that my son Jacob and her daughter
Sarah shall be contracted together in reference to marriage, I will pay
thereupon unto my said son as his marriage portion the full sum of two
hundred pounds sterling, upon a just valuation in such pay as shall be
to the reasonable satisfaction of the said Mrs. Fitch. and so much more
as shall fully equalize the estate or portion belonging to her said daughter
Sarah. And I do further engage for the present to build it comfortable
dwellng house for my said son and her daughter to live in by themselves.
as. shall upon a true account cost' me fifty pounds sterling. And [I} will
also give ,them therewith near the said house one acre of ground planted
with appfe trees and other fruit trees, which said house, land, and trees
shall be and remain to my said son as an addition to his mamage perncn,
before mentioned, and to his heirs forever. And I do also further promise
and engage ,that at the day of my death I shall and wtll leave unto him
my said son and his heirs so much estate besides the dwelling house,
ground. and trees, before given and engaged, as shall make the two hun-
dred pounds, before engaged and to be paid [at] present, more than dou-
ble the portion of the said Sarah WhIting. And for the true and sure
performance hereof I do hereby engage and bind over my dwelling house
and an my lands and buildings in Hartford, with whatsoever estate in
any kind is tht:n:in and thereupon. And I do further engage that my
daughter Mary's portion of one hundred pounds being first paid to her •.
I will leave: to my said son and his heirs forever my whole estate at the
day of my death, whatsoever it shall amount unto, and in what way,
kind, or place soever it lies, he paying to my wife during her natural
life twelve pounds a year. and allowing to her a d ••••• elhngenrire to herself
Mania,se sC!ldt:m~nt of Ja.cob )~tt. of Hartford. Conne<:ticut, in CoI11ICfiDtl! "f lilt COIIPKt-
Iklll Histoorical Sodtry, XlV {Hartford, Conn., 1912). Pl>. 558-560.
Chapter 16

Courtship and Marriage.

The ,mark of
JM
Joseph Mygatt
in the two upper rooms and. cellar belonging to my now dwemng house.
with the going of half the po"dtrY and a pig fQr her (;omfort in tach
year during her s;aJdlifej also ,anowing her the use of half the household
stuff during her life, which she shaH have power to dispose of to Jacob
Of Mary at her death. as :she shalt see cause. And J do further engage
that the portion my,said son shall have with her daughter Sarah shall
(with the good liking of the said Mrs. Susanna Fitch and such friends
as she shall advise wi th) be laid out whoUy upon a farm for the so!e
use and benefit of my said son. her daughter, and their heirs forever.
And upon the contraction mreference to marriage f do engage to jointure
her said. daughterSira in the whole estate or portion my son hath with
her. laid out or to be laid out in a farm as aforesaid or otherwise, and
in the thirds of his whole estate otherwise. to be to her sole and pl'Qpcr
use and beneAt during her life .and aher her death to their heirs: forever.
And lastly I do engage that the: sole beneAt of the Indian trade shan
be to the sole advantage of my son Jacob, and do promise that I win
d~ring my life be [an] assistant and helpful to my said son in th~ best
ways Ican, both in his tradin,g with the Indians. his stilting, and otherwise.
for his comfort and! advan,tage which I will never bring to any account
with him~ only J do explain myself and engage that in case my SQn Jacob
shall depart this lire before her daughter Sarah. and leave no issue of
theit bodies. then her said daughter Sarah shaU have the full value of
her portion left to her, not only for her life as before, but to her as
her property to dispose of at her death as she shall see cause, and her
thirds in aU his other estate for her life, as is before expressed. It being
also agreed and consented to that my Wife after my decease and during
her natural life shan have the use of two milch cows which my son Jacob
shall provide for her, she paying the charge of their wintering and summer~
ing ()(Iit of her annuity of twelve pounds a year; In witness whereunto,
and to every particular on this and the other side, I have subscribed
my name, This 27th of November. 1654.
Witnesses hereunto
John Webster
John Cu~lick
John TaUcott
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Remarkable Providences: Readings on Early American History
edited by John Demos

Jacob married Whiting, Sarah on 27 Nov 1654 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Sarah (daughter of Whiting, William and Mygatt, Susannah) was born in 1632 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 17 May 1704 in North Hampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1635, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Deceased

Family/Spouse: Deming, Sergeant John Sergeant. John (son of Deming, John and Treat, Honor) was born on 9 Sep 1638 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened in 1639; died on 23 Jan 1712 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: LZVT-6FQ

Notes:

Wadsworth or the Oaktree Charter
Found a clue in the Wadsworth or Charter Oak book today about where the information was obtained that Gov John Winthrop of Connecticut stayed with William Whiting on Coleman Street in London when he went there to secure the Charter for Connecticut Colony. The book says on page 233: "After the return of Governor Winthrop it was learned that upon his arrival in London he repaired to the home of William Whiting in Coleman Street near St. Stephen's church." So the source of this information appears to be among records in Connecticut.


Genealogical notes, or, Contributions to the family history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts Goodwin, Nathaniel, 1782-1855. 974 D2g 1978

No concrete information has been discovered on whom William married. In a letter written by Thomas Fairchild, dated December 1662, to John Winthrop of Hartford (who was in London at the time) a Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting, of the city of London, was mentioned. Some genealogist, such as Nathaniel Goodwin, believes this Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting was the wife of William. We do know that William's son Joseph, was appointed administrator of his estate when William died in London in 1699. (Goodwin pg. 143).
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Memoir of the life and character of Mrs. Mary Anna Boardman: with a ...
By John Frederick Schroeder

1. WILLIAM. He was a merchant in London, and sold the lands he received from his father " to Siborn Nichols, of Witham, England,"» This Siborn Nichols, " of Witham, in the county of Essex, England, Gentleman, received (1664) a deed, executed in London, of a large quantity of land located in Hartford, Connecticut, on both sides of Connecticut River, from William Whiting, a merchant, then in London, and son of William Whiting, then deceased, of Hartford, which had fallen to him at his father's decease, for which Mr. Nichols paid him .£320 sterling."! These lands " went into the possession of Cyprian" Nichols " of Hartford."f
2. JOHN. He was a Congregational minister at Hartford, and is already particularly spoken of in this Memoir. See pp. 40, 41.
3. SAMUEL.
» Hinman's Catalogue, Art. William Wliiling, Hartford. t Himnan, Art. Siboru Nichols.
4. SARAH.
5. MARY.
6. JOSEPH. He " appears to have been born after the will of his father was made," (1619,) who " provided for him by a codicil."* He was for thirty-nine years, 1679—1718, Treasurer of the colony ; for twenty-one years, 1725—1746, a member of the General Assembly ; and for twelve years, 1732—1744, one of the Judges of the colony. When James II of England succeeded to the British throne, in 1685, his lawless and cruel conduct toward the colonies led a Special Assembly of Connecticut to appoint (1680) Mr. Whiting their agent, to repair to England, and endeavor to preserve the colony's chartered rights. This he did, much to the satisfaction of his constituents and, in the reign of William and Mary, he cooperated with Mr. Increase Mather, in effecting a renewal of the charter, to the colony's great joy.f
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Born in England and returned to England. A merchant whose father dealt in the wheat trade. Lived on Coleman Street in quarters next to St. Stephans Church. Was representative of Connectiticut Colony in English court. We have the letters he wrote to Connecticut obtained from the Connecticut State library. Various sources say he died in London in 1699 but none tell how they know this. We have no record of marriage or of children.
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NMH It has been said that William Whiting, Jr. used a seal similar to the Whitings of Lincolnshire, England, but whether this is the "other Whiting Family" mentioned, I do not know.
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1666
Governor Winthrop of Connecticut stayed with Wm. Whiting at his residence next to St. Stephans on Coleman Street London: "[Governor Winthrop of Connectictut] proceeded via Harwich to London, taking up his residence with William Whiting in Coleman Street, next door to the church [St. Stephens]of which John Davenport had been the vicar, and more than two miles from Whitehall where most of his work was to be done." ref"

Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut Committee on Historical Publications: The Beginnings of Connecticut 1632-1662 No. 32 : Charles M. Andrews. page 72 Film #1697313 Item 32 or book 974.6 H2

The Great Fire of London swept through London from Sunday, 2 September to Wwednesday, 5 September 1666.
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London Merchants of 1677

Mr. Whiting Coleman street Blackwelhall Factor
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Margery, m. bef. 1637 William Parker; lived Hartford and Saybrook
Posted by: Duane Boggs (ID *****6286)Date: February 20, 2011 at 11:50:26
of 1716

On or about April 2, 1646, William Whiting of Hartford, in what would later become Connecticut, wrote a Will. He made a bequest of 10 pounds to a Margery Parker. I believe this was likely the same woman as the Margery who had married William Parker before 1637, resided for a time in Hartford, but then had moved to Saybrook before 1646. Many, if not most, Parker researchers suggest that Margery's maiden name was Pritchard (a/k/a Prichard).

I have recently found an abstract of the William Whiting Will at the following source:

http://books.google.com/books?id=2rOoX4UHRxAC&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=saybrook+%22Margery+Parker%22&source=bl&ots=xqJwJPXncC&sig=I4DjLOULlQ9JqSk9aAKpqHqNFdA&hl=en&ei=XlRhTamDHYqr8Abj1ZCxDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CCoQ6AEwBDgK#v=onepage&q=saybrook%20%22Margery%20Parker%22&f=false

"A Catalogue of the Names of the First Puritan Settlers of the Colony of ...", by Royal Ralph Hinman, at p. 97:

“Whiting, William, Hartford - was a member of the General Court in 1637. The Court ordered him to supply 100 pounds of beef (for Hartford) to carry on the Pequot war, in 1637. He was treasurer of the colony in 1641 to 1647. . . . . . His estate at his decease was over £9000 sterling. In 1649 [DAB: sic-is this a typo for 1647? LDS and World Connect trees all suggest an important date (of Will? Probate? Death? Burial?) of July 24, 1647] he made his will. His children were William, John, Samuel, Sarah, Mary and Joseph. Joseph appears to have been born after the will was made, and he provided for him by a codicil to his will. He had a sister Wiggins who had children. He gave £10 to Margery Parker, £10 to Mr. Hopkins; £10 to Mr. Webster; £10 to the children of Mr. Hooker; £10 to the children of Mr. Stone; £10 to the poor of Hartford; £5 to the town of Hartford; £5 to the poor of Windsor; £5 to the poor of Wethersfield, and £5 to the children of the Rev. H. Smith, of Wethersfield. His son William was a merchant in London, and sold the lands he received by his father to Siborn Nichols, of Witham, in England.” Cyprian Silborn NICHOLS b: ABT 1620 in Witham, Essex, England

I have also found an as-yet unverified statement that William Whiting's widow, Susannah, died July 08, 1673 in Hartford.

The Saybrook Vital Records have a record of the births of William Parker's children, and state "Margery, wife of William [Parker] Sr, died Dec 6, 1680". See
Saybrook Vital Records from Barbour, 1668-1852 - P, transcribed by Coralynn Brown.

Many, if not most, Parker researchers suggest that Margery's maiden name was Pritchard (a/k/a Prichard). I am presently formulating a theory that Margery (Pritchard) Parker might have been the sister of Susannah (MNU) Whiting, wife of William.

Please note that the abstract of the Will also states that William Whiting had a "sister Wiggins" who had children. I believe that some researchers have mis-interpreted this reference and have reached a faulty deduction that Susannah (MNU) Whiting was born a Wiggins. I find this to be a less reasonable interpretation than the following alternative.

In 1647, a man could use the term "sister" to refer to a full sister (shared parents), a half-sister (only one shared parent), a step-sister (no shared parents), a sister-in-law (e.g., married to one's brother), a sister-in-law (the sister of one's wife), or a sister-in-law (the wife of one's wife's brother). So which would be most likely to be remembered by a man in his Will? I think the most likely response is that he was referring to his own married sister and her children (who would have been William Whiting's nieces and/or nephews). There is a possibility (but not a probability) that William Whiting had married the sister of his brother-in-law Wiggins (i.e., WW's sister married a Wiggins and WW married the sister of that Wiggins). While there are certainly some instances of such marriages, they were certainly not the most common, or the norm.

Because the abstract does not state that Margery Parker was a "sister", it is likely that the Will itself did not contain any such explicit language. Nonetheless, I believe that it is more likely than not that Margery was somehow related to William Whiting, and possibly through his wife.

Consider the other bequests in the Will. The "Mr. Hopkins" is almost certainly a reference to Edward Hopkins, a founder of Hartford and sometime governor (and who reportedly had married an Ann Yale). The "Mr. Webster" is almost certain referring to John Webster, another Hartford founder and a magistrate. Thus we see gifts to two men who were among the civic leaders, and with whom WW would have had frequent contact (and likely friendship). The bequests to the children of Hooker (i.e., Rev. Thomas), of Stone (i.e., Rev. Samuel) and of the Rev. H. Smith (of Wethersfield) all fall into the category of the clergy and/or ministers of the Puritan flocks. The gifts to the poor are obviously charitable gifts.

So why would William Whiting leave a gift to a woman, Margery Parker, and not to her husband, William Parker (formerly of Hartford, but by 1647 of Saybrook)? I believe it is because Margery was a relative of William Whiting's wife, Susannah. The most likely relative would be that Susannah and Margery were sisters.

Therefore, I would propose as a theory that William Whiting's wife was born Susannah Pritchard. Of course this needs further research, but this theory is statistically more likely than the notion that she was Susannah Wiggins.

If anyone has any information that would shed light on these issues? Please share by posting here or by contacting me directly at duaneaboggs@live.com.

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1694 (On the Thames)
Dowgate Ward of London East Division
An assessment made pursuant to an Act of Parliament
Entitled an Act for raising money by a Poll payable quarterly for one year for carrying on a vigorous war against France The 4th Quarterly payment
Thomas Pratt and Wife 2 children Servent
William Whighting 1 shilling
Frances Norman, Wife and servent and lodger 4 shillings

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1695
William Whiting; bachelor; listed on the 5th page of the assessment of All Hallows the Less (on the Cellars, on the Solars) Parish in London in the 1695 Census of London with in the Walls. This Parish is on the Thames River 4 parishes to the left or west of the Parish of St. Magnus the Martyr and London bridge. Source: LONDON INHABITANTS WITHIN THE WALLS 1695; London Record Society (1966)
Introduction by D.V. Glass British/942.I\L1/B4L/ v. 2
In this same source is listed Willam and Susanna Whiting on page 10 of the assessment of The Parish of St. Bartholomew by the Exchange, which touches the lower right of the parish of Coleman Street.

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William Whiting died in London 1699 References:

American Families 973D2ba/181 p. 331
"1. William, died in 1699 in London.

Goodwin Notes: Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts p. 42
"I. William, born Died, 1699, in London"

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London Merchants of 1677

Mr. Whiting Coleman street Blackwelhall Factor
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Coleman Street Ward (part) Textile marketing district
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Ancestry Magazine
Brooke Isaacson – 9/1/2002
September/October 2002 Vol. 20 No. 5
........
The Charter Oak
My family holds regular family reunions. At some point during every reunion, we take the time to honor our ancestors by learning something new about our family’s heritage. During our last reunion, a fierce rainstorm forced us indoors during the afternoon’s activities. After the family gathered together, my father handed everyone a sheet of paper that contained a story of my tenth-great-grandfather, Joseph Wadsworth.
I eagerly followed along as my father told the story. Joseph Wadsworth was born in 1647 in Hartford, Connecticut, to William Wadsworth and Elizabeth Stone. He served in the military for most of his life. My father said that Joseph commanded the respect of his fellow townsmen. A captain and practicing attorney, he died in 1730 having served his country nobly and honorably throughout his life. But one particular event in Joseph’s life left a deep impression on me. I learned a story about courage–and a tree.
When the colony of Connecticut was formed in 1639, the people wanted to ensure that each of the colony’s three settlements had equal rights. Elected representatives from each settlement wrote the Fundamental Orders, which allowed the colony to govern itself. In 1662, King Charles II gave the Connecticut colony a charter that empowered them with a legal basis and the approval of the king. As a result, Connecticut became an independent colony with its own government.
Twenty years later, in 1682, King James II wanted Connecticut officials to surrender the charter granted by his predecessor so he could unite the New England colonies. Of course, they resisted the attempts. The king then directed Sir Edmund Andros, his agent and the governor of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, to take control and retrieve the charter. Andros told the Connecticut leaders of the king’s decision and set up a meeting with the governor and other officials of the colony–one of whom was my grandfather–to discuss the matter further.
The Connecticut representatives had all but given in to the powerful requests of the king on the day Andros arrived in Connecticut, 31 October 1687. As the story goes, at the meeting the Connecticut officials were on one side of a long table and Andros and the British were on the other side. The charter lay in the middle of the table, separating the two sides. During a heated discussion of the surrender of the charter, the candles in the room were suddenly extinguished. When the candles were re-lit, the Connecticut Charter was gone, and Joseph was nowhere to be found.
On that crucial night in October, with the fate of Connecticut hanging in the balance, Joseph snatched the charter from the table, left the room without a trace, and ran down Main Street. Joseph hid the charter in what he knew would be a safe place–a hollow oak tree, now known as the Charter Oak.
Joseph kept the charter in his possession until May of 1715, when the government was stable enough to ensure its safety. The tree was destroyed on 21 August 1856 during a great storm, but not before the story of Joseph Wadsworth and the Charter Oak became legendary.
Andros knew that without the charter, he would have no hope of gaining a political hold on Connecticut. He was right. The charter was not turned over to the British that night, and Connecticut was the only one of the original thirteen colonies to maintain self-rule until the American Revolution.
As my father finished telling the story, he pulled a quarter out of his pocket and showed us how the legend lives on today. The Charter Oak is engraved on the new Connecticut quarter, the fifth of the fifty U.S. Commemorative Quarters that are being released over the next ten years by the United States Mint.
He handed each of us a Connecticut quarter so we would have a daily reminder of our past. It was then that I realized my family tree has deep roots in this great nation–in the form of a tree, and a courageous man.
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Texts 1-7 of 7 matching your criteria "W. Whiting" "William Whiting" "Whiting, William" "Whiting, W. " "Whiting W. "
1 Prebendaries - Whittington and Berkswick
2 Messengers 1660-1870 From: Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume I. J.C. Sainty (1972) 0 0 0 0 0
3 Index of people From: Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857: volume 10. Joyce M. Horn (2003) 0 0 0 0
4 House of Lords Journal Volume 3 - 26 April 1621 From: Journal of the House of Lords: volume 3. (1802) 0 0 0 0
5 South Witchford Hundred - Coveney with Manea From: A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume IV. R.B. Pugh (Editor) (2002) 0 0 0 0
6 Alphabetical list of officials - A-J From: Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume I. J.C. Sainty (1972) 0 0 0 0
7 North division - Mappleton From: A History of the County of York East Riding: Volume VII. G.H.R. Kent (Editor) (2002) 0 0 0 0

7 records - page 1 of 1

Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.


Notes:
1. Named in his father's 1647 will.
2. He was a merchant in London at least by 1685. He lived on Coleman Street in the old city of London inside the boundary of the old city wall. He lived next door to St. Stephen's Church, Coleman Street. ("Tercentenary Commission of the State of Connecticut/Committee on Historical Publications/The Beginnings of Connecticut, 1632-1662" by Charles M Andrews. Paper No. 32. (FHL 974.6 H2c v. 25-36).
3. He sold the lands he received from his father to Liborn Nichols of Witham in England.
4. Sources vary - he may have married Mary Allyn in 1659 and died in 1724 or he may have been married to a woman named Elizabeth and died in London in 1699.
5. His son Joseph was appointed administrator of his estate.
6. He served as the representative for Connecticut Colony in the king's court. Gov. John Winthrop visited him in London.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born England.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch Id: LZB9-7XN

Notes:

Page 493 [208]
Will of William Whiting died 24 July 1647
William Whiting was at Hartford in 1636, a wealthy merchant who had been engaged in a patent for lands at Swamscot with Lord Say and Lord Brook. He had wife Susanna, son William and perhaps John before leaving England. Savage says that possibly he came with Thomas Wiggin in 1633, and probably he came from Cambridge MA, since other prominent persons removed thence that year. He was an early member of First Church, and his name is on the Founders Monument of Hartford. In 1637 Whiting was one of the first representatives; in 1641, Assistant; and he served as Treasurer of the Colony from 1643 to his death in 1647, when he was called Major.

Inv. L2854-00-00 taken 20 April 1643. I, William Whiting, doe intend a voyage presently unto sea. I give to my wife halfe my household stuffe of all kinds, and one fourth parte of my personal estate, and her widdowes estate in my now dwelling house and lands at Hartford untill my sonne William be 21 years of age; and after, if she continue a widow, I give her the halfe of my sd howse and land for life. I give to my sonne William L100 more than I give to either my sonne

John or SAMUEL; I give to John & SAMUEL L100 more to each than

I give to my daughter Sarah or Mary. I give L20 to Mr. Hooker, L10 to Mr. Stone, L5 to mending the Highway betwixt my hwse and the meeting house, also L5 to some godly poore of the towne. I desire Mr. John Haynes, Mr. Edward Hopkins, Mr. John Webster, with Mr. Hooker & Mr. Stone, to be Overseers. Alls, I doe bequeath unto my father and mother L20. and if the bee dead my mind is it should be given unto my brother and his children.. William Whiting.



A source of Will The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, Prior to the Union with New Haven Colony by J. Hammond Trubull 974.6/N2c/Vol. 1 1635-65 Page 493 [208]

http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Public_Records_of_the_Colony_of_Conn.html?id=X8VSAAAAcAAJ

Digital Image of Will http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brookefamily/whitingwilliam.htm

Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.


Notes:
1. Named in his father's 1647 will.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born England.

Other Events:

• FamilySearch Id: LC5T-SYM
• FamilySearch Id: LCXP-B7F

Notes:

1643, 1647
Inv. L2854-00-00 taken 20 April 1643. I, William Whiting, doe intend a voyage presently unto sea. I give to my wife halfe my household stuffe of all kinds, and one fourth parte of my personal estate, and her widdowes estate in my now dwelling house and lands at Hartford untill my sonne William be 21 years of age; and after, if she continue a widow, I give her the halfe of my sd howse and land for life. I give to my sonne William L100 more than I give to either my sonne John or Samuel; I give to John & Samuel L100 more to each than I give to my daughter Sarah or Mary. I give L20 to Mr. Hooker, L10 to Mr. Stone, L5 to mending the Highway betwixt my hwse and the meeting house, also L5 to some godly poore of the towne. I desire Mr. John Haynes, Mr. Edward Hopkins, Mr. John Webster, with Mr. Hooker & Mr. Stone, to be Overseers. Alls, I doe bequeath unto my father and mother L20. and if the bee dead my mind is it should be given unto my brother and his children.. William Whiting.

"2 April 1646. Intending another voyage, my will is, my son Joseph shall have an equal portion with sonnes John & Samuel. I give William L50 more; to Mary, L10 more; to my sister Wiggin, L5; and to each of her children L3; I give to Margery Parker L10, my former will to remain in force. William Whiting In presence of Edward Hopkins.
"William Whiting, upon his death bed: It is my minde that the children which God hath given me since the will was made wch I have in Mr. Hopkins hands, shall have an equal portion in all my estate together with the rest of my children as I have to these devised. Also I confirme L10 given to Mr. Hopkins, L10 to Mr. Webster, L10 to Mr. Hooker's Children, L10 to Mr. Stone's Children, L10 to the poor, L5 to Hartford, & L5 to the other two towns, Wyndsor & Wethersfield, and L5 to Mr. Smith's Children, of Wethersfield. William Whiting In presence of Henry Smith, James Cole. 24th July 1647.

Paper on file compared with original.
"2 September 1647, Mrs. Whiting is admitted to Adms. according to the will.
"3 October 1654. Mr. Webster, Mr. Stone, Mr. Fitch, Mr. Will Whiting, John Whiting, presenting to this court a distributiyon of Mr. Whitings estate agreed upon by them (signed & sealed), bearing date 30 Sep 1654, this Court allowes to be recorded.
"29 October 1667. Whereas, Mr. Alexander Briant and Mrs. Susannah Fitch have, by an Instrument of Resignation bearing date 27 June 1662, resigned their Interest in and unto the estate of Mr. William Whiting, Decd, that hath bee in ye possession and Improvement of sd. Susannah, in the time of her Widowhood, unto the Children of ye sd. Mr. Whiting, and they desire the favor of the Court to have Deacon Edward Stebbing & Thomas Bull as Adms. on the remayning part of ye Estate."
Further probate records pertaining to this family are found under Nathaniel Collins: "Court Rec. p. 92 - 4 Sep 1684: Mr. John Whiting, Mr. Joseph Whiting, Mr. John King in Right of Mrs. Sarah his wife, and Mr. Nathaniel Collins in Right of Mrs. Mary his wife, are plaintiffs; Corporall Thomas Bissell, Defendant; in an Action of the Case of unlawfull detaining from them their proportion of Land now in your possession, sometime the Land of their Father Mr. William Whiting, Decd, given them by the will of their Father.
1:385 William Whiting. Court Record Page 92 - 4 Sep 1684: Mr. John Whiting, Joseph Whiting, John King in right of Sarah his wife, Mr. Nathaniel Collins in right of Mary his wife, Plaintiff; Capt. Thomas Bissell Defendent. For unlawful detention of Lands, their Proportion, sometime the land of their Father, Mr. William Whiting, Decd. Nonsuited."

In the Granberry Family, the Margery Parker mentioned in the 1646 will above is identified as the wife of William Parker; both were born in England. William died at Saybrook CT 21 December 1686, and Margery died at Saybrook 6 December 1680. The authors comment on the L10 legacy: "This was a good-sized legacy to receive from a man, even though wealthy, who had a wife and children; and though no relationship is mentioned, it is likely that Margery was connected in some way with the Whitings or that they brought her to this country as a member of their household. The Parker children were all recorded at Saybrook, though the older ones must have been born at Hartford. The eldest was born in 1637, so the marriage of William and Margery probably occurred soon after they came to Hartford."
The Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire gives information about Capt. Thomas Wiggin, gentleman. Wiggins witnessed delivery of the Vines patent 25 June 1630, the Hilton patent 7 July 1631, and of Piscataqua 22 October 1631. He was in England 31 August 1632, and there on 19 November 1632 when he wrote to Sec. Cooke estimating the English in N.E. as about 2000. A week later a patent was granted by the Council of N.E. In March 1632/1633 he was called the chief agent (in England) of the honest men about to buy out the Bristol men's plantation at Piscataqua and plant 500 people before Michaelmas. Winthrop, on 10 November 1633, records his arrival at Salem in the James with about 30 men. He went directly to Piscataqua from where he wrote a letter in November 1633. As agent for Lords Say and Brooke and in his own interest, he was opposed to the Mason claims, and in time became a strong adherent of Massachusetts and a help in extending their power. His wife Katherine was willed L5, and each of her children L5 by her brother Mr. William Whiting.
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1854
Family and Household Part Three
Marriage Contract for Jacob Mygatt and Sarah Whiting
(Hartford, Connecticut, 1654)
Whereas r. Joseph Mygatt .• of Hartford upon the River and in the jurisdiction of Connecticut in New England, have in the 'behalf of my son Jacob
and at his request made a motion to Mrs. Susanna Fitch, in reference
to her daughter Sarah Whiting, that my said son Jacob might with her
good liking have free liberty to endeavor the pining of her said daughter
Sarah's affection towards himself in a way of marriage: now this present
writing showeth that the said Mrs. Susanna Fitch having consented thereunto" I do hereby promise and engage that if God, in the wide disposition
of His providence, shall so order it that my son Jacob and her daughter
Sarah shall be contracted together in reference to marriage, I will pay
thereupon unto my said son as his marriage portion the full sum of two
hundred pounds sterling, upon a just valuation in such pay as shall be
to the reasonable satisfaction of the said Mrs. Fitch. and so much more
as shall fully equalize the estate or portion belonging to her said daughter
Sarah. And I do further engage for the present to build it comfortable
dwellng house for my said son and her daughter to live in by themselves
as shall upon a true account cost me fifty pounds sterling. And [I} will
also give them therewith near the said house one acre of ground planted
with apple trees and other fruit trees, which said house, land, and trees
shall be and remain to my said son as an addition to his marriage petition,
before mentioned, and to his heirs forever. And I do also further promise
and engage,that at the day of my death I shall and will leave unto him
my said son and his heirs so much estate besides the dwelling house,
ground. and trees, before given and engaged, as shall make the two hun-
dred pounds,before engaged and to be paid [at] present, more than dou-
ble the portion of the said Sarah Whiting. And for the true and sure
performance hereof I do hereby engage and bind over my dwelling house
and all my lands and buildings in Hartford, with whatsoever estate in
any kind is therein and thereupon. And I do further engage that my
daughter Mary's portion of one hundred pounds being first paid to her.
I will leave to my said son and his heirs forever my whole estate at the
day of my death, whatsoever it shall amount unto, and in what way,
kind, or place soever it lies, he paying to my wife during her natural
life twelve pounds a year, and allowing to her a d ••••• elhngenrire to herself
Mania,se sC!ldt:m~nt of Jacob )~tt. of Hartford. Connecticut, in CoI11ICfiDtl! "f lilt COIIPKt-
Iklll Histoorical Sodtry, XlV {Hartford, Conn., 1912). Pl>. 558-560.
Chapter 16

Courtship and Marriage.

The mark of
JM
Joseph Mygatt
in the two upper rooms and cellar belonging to my now dwelling house,
with the going of half the poultry and a pig for her comfort in each
year during her natural life also, allowing her the use of half the household
stuff during her life, which she shall have power to dispose of to Jacob
or Mary at her death, as she shalt see cause. And I do further engage
that the portion my said son shall have with her daughter Sarah shall
(with the good liking of the said Mrs. Susanna Fitch and such friends
as she shall advise with, be laid out wholly upon a farm for the sole
use and benefit of my said son, her daughter, and their heirs forever.
And upon the contraction reference to marriage I do engage to jointure
her said daughter, Sarah in the whole estate or portion my son hath with
her, laid out or to be laid out in a farm as aforesaid or otherwise, and
in the thirds of his whole estate otherwise, to be to her sole and pl'Qpcr
use and benefit during her life, and after her death to their heirs, forever.
And lastly I do engage that the sole benefit of the Indian trade shall
be to the sole advantage of my son Jacob, and do promise that I will
during my life be [an] assistant and helpful to my said son in the best
ways I can, both in his trading with the Indians, his stilting, and otherwise.
for his comfort and advantage which I will never bring to any account
with him, only I do explain myself and engage that in case my Son Jacob
shall depart this life before her daughter Sarah, and leave no issue of
their bodies, then her said daughter Sarah shall have the full value of
her portion left to her, not only for her life as before, but to her as
her property to dispose of at her death as she shall see cause, and her
thirds in all his other estate for her life, as is before expressed. It being
also agreed and consented to that my Wife after my decease and during
her natural life shan have the use of two milch cows which my son Jacob
shall provide for her, she paying the charge of their wintering and summer-
ing out of her annuity of twelve pounds a year; In witness whereunto,
and to every particular on this and the other side, I have subscribed
my name, this 27th of November. 1654.
Witnesses hereunto
John Webster
John Culick
John Talcott
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Remarkable Providences: Readings on Early American History
edited by John Demos
Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1640

DEATH: Also shown as Died North Hampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

Notes:
1. Named in her father's 1647 will.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Abt 1637

Sarah married Mygatt, Jacob on 27 Nov 1654 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Jacob (son of Mygatt, Deacon Joseph and Mygatt, Mrs Ann, son of Mygatt, Deacon Joseph and Makin, Ann) was born about 1634 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died in 1680 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married King, John Jr in Nov 1683 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. John was born in 1629 in England; was christened on 5 Jul 1640 in Scotland, Devonshire, England; died on 3 Dec 1703 in Northampton, Hampshire Co., Massachusetts; was buried in 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch Id: LCQD-4P7
• FamilySearch Id: LZBM-5C2
• Death: 8 Sep 1679/1689, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Notes:

Nancy, If you have a chance you might want to search for any records of William Whiting in Cambridge from 1633 to 1836.
Hope all is well with your! Mark and Nancy
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1. Elizabeth Adams, born Feb. 23, 1681; married 1st. Rev. Samuel Whiting of Windham, Sep. 4,1696, when she was but sixteen years of age, and her children were distinguished; 1st Col. William Whiting engaged in the French war; 2nd. Rev. John Whiting of the second church in Windham (Scotland parish) and resigning his office he was judge of probate and also colonel; 3d, Col. Nathan Whiting; 4th, Mary, born 1712; married Nov. 23, 1727, Rev. Thomas Clap, her father's successor in Windham and afterward President of Yale College; her daughter Mary Clap, who married Daniel Wooster of New Haven; and Temperance Clap, who married Timothy Pitkin, of Farmington.
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Page 43
Hon. Wm. Whiting, the American ancestor of the Connecticut branch of the Whiting family, came to New England in 1633, and resided for three years in Newtown (now Cambridge), removing thence with Rev. Thomas Hooker and others to Hartford, Conn., of which he was an original proprietor. Frequent mention is made of him as "one of the fathers of the colony." He was referred to in the town records as "William Whiting, Gentleman." He was several times representative to the General Court; was one of the Magistrates in 1642, was chosen Treasurer of the Colony in 1641, and continued in that office till his death. By his wife Susanna, he had issue, John.
Rev. John Whiting, son of Hon. William and Susanna ( -) Whiting, was born in
1625, graduated at Harvard College in 1653; preached several years at Salem, Mass., was ordained over the First Church in Hartford, Conn., 1660. He married Sybil Collins, daughter of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, and had a son, Samuel.
Rev. Samuel Whiting, son of Rev. John and Sybil (Collins) Whiting, was born at Hartford, Conn., in 1670 ; died at Enfield, Conn., in 1725. He married Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass.
Rev. William Adams, (son of William (2) son of William Adams (1) of Cambridge, in 1635, or earlier, was born at Ipswich, Mass., May 27, 1650, died Nov. 17, 1685 ; married 1st, Mary, daughter of William Manning ; married 2nd, Alice, daughter of Major William Bradford, son of Governor William Bradford. (See page 19.)
They had issue, Elizabeth Adams, born Feb. 23, 1680, who was married Sept. 4, 1696, to Rev. Samuel Whiting.
Rev. Samuel W7hiting, by his wife Elizabeth (Adams) Whiting, had several children, among whom was Mary.
Mary Whiting, daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting was born in 1712, married Nov. 23, 1727, Rev. Thomas Clap.
Rev. Thomas Clap, by his wife Mary (Whiting) Clap had issue, Temperance and Anne.
Temperance Clap, eldest child of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Whiting) Clap, was born April 29, 1732 ; she married Rev.

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Reverend. Came to America as a child
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THE FAMILY OF
THE REV. JOHN WHITING,
OF HARTFORD.
He was born in England, " a short time before his father's emigration to New England,"]: and died in the year 1689.^ He is particularly mentioned in the first chapter of this Memoir, pp. 40, 41.
' Ilinman, Art. William Whiting, Hartford.
t Trumbull's flirt, of Conn., Vol. I, B. I, Ch. XV, an. 1686, 1687; and Ch. XVI, an. 1691.
t Farmer's Memoirs of Ministers, in the Amer. Quart. Register, Vol. IX, p. 22!), Art. John Whiting.
6Himnan says 1689 ; but Mather say?, (Mngn. ii, 23,) 1699:
It is thought that he was twice married.* " At Cambridge." Massachusetts, he married Sibyl, " danghter of Deacon Edward Collins, and sister of the Rev. John Collins."t
He had three children, " before he left Massachusetts :" Sibyl Bryan, John, (who did not survive his father,) and William; and six after that time : Martha Bryan, Sarah Bull, Abigail Russell, Samuel, Joseph, and John, who was " one year old''}: at the time of his father's death. At the same time, the ages of the other children were :
Sibyl Bryan, 34, Abigail Russell, 24,
William, 30, Samuel, 19,
Martha Bryan, 28, Joseph, 8.
1. WILLIAM, the eldest surviving son, " was baptized at Cambridge, February 19th, 1660 ; and married Phebe Grigson, danghter of Thomas Grigson who was lost at sea in 1646.fy He was known as Major Whiting ;|| and was, "for many years, a military officer of Connecticut; commanded the troops sent by that colony against Port Royal in 1710 ; and was an officer in the expedition against Canada," the next year. In 1700, he petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for " a tract of land granted to his father before the year 1679, the original plan of which," says Farmer, " is in my possession." It contained 400 acres, and was situated on Salmon brook, which empties into Merrimac river.TF
2. SAMUEL was the first minister of the Congregational Church at Windharn, Connecticut. A particular account of him
* Ilmman's Catalogue, Art. John Whiting.
t Farmer's Memoirs of Ministers, in the Amer. Quart. Register.
I Hinman's Catalogue.
§ The Rev. Dr. Dodd's East Haven Register, quoted by Farmer.
|| Farmer's Gevealog. Reg., Art. John Whiling.
H Farmer's Memoirs, &c., Art. John Whiting.
is given in the first chapter of this Memoir, pp. 41, 42. For an account of his descendants, see Appendix F.
3. JOSEPH.
4. JOHN. He was the fourth Treasurer of the colony, from 1718 to 1750. He sncceeded, in this office, his father's brother Joseph.

Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.

Notes:
1. Named in his father's 1647 will.
2. Served as a pastor for the Congregational Church in Salem, Massachusetts and then in Hartford.
3. A graduate of Harvard.
4. He may have been born about 1635 in England or America.
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Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts. By the Late Nathaniel Goodwin. Hartford: F. A. Brown, 1856. Page 330
Notes
John Whiting, second son of William Whiting, was born 1635; graduated at Harvard College, 1653; preached several years in Salem, Mass. He was there in 1659, March 8, when "the selectmen, together with the deacons and Mr. Gedney, are desired to treat with Mr. Whiting to know his mind about staying with us" [Salem Town Records]. He removed with his family "from the Bay" to Hartford, and was ordained over the First Church in 1660. In 1669, in consequence of the discussions which agitated the church at that time, Mr. Whiting and others presented a petition to the Assembly "for their approbation, for a distinct walking in Congregational Church Order," which was granted, and in 1670, a new Church was formed, of which Mr. Whiting was chosen pastor, and so continued till his death, September 8th, 1689. Rev. John Whiting was twice married. 1. To Sybil Collins, daughter of Deacon Edward Collins, of Cambridge, Mass., by whom he had 7 children. 2. In 1673, to Phebe Gregson, daughter of Thomas Gregson, of New Haven, (who was lost at sea 1646, in the Phantom ship.) She was born 1643. Died September 19, 1730. [She married again, 1692, Rev. John Russell, of Hadley, and after his death went to New Haven, and died there.] Children, by his first wife. 7. Sybil, born 1655. 8. John, born 1657, died young. 9. William, born 1659; baptized February 19, 1660. 10. Martha, born 1662. 11. Sarah, born 1664. 12. Abigail, born 1666. 13. Samuel, born April 22, 1670; settled in Windham. Children, by his second wife. 14. Thomas, born 1674, died in infancy. 15. Mary, born 1676, died September 30, 1689. 16. Elizabeth, born 1678; married Nathaniel Pitkin; died in Hadley, Mass. 17. Joseph, born 1680; settled in New Haven. 18. Nathaniel, born 1683; died young. 19. Thomas, born 1686; died young. 20. John, born 1688; died 1715, unmarried.
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Descendants of William Whiting


Generation No. 2

2.REV. JOHN3 WHITING (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)6,7,8 was born Oct 1635 in Hartford, CT, and died 8 Sep 1689 in Hadley, MA.He married (1) SYBIL COLLINS9 1654 in Cambridge, Mass, daughter of EDWARD COLLINS and MARTHA BAYLIE.She was born Nov 1637 in Cambridge, Mass, and died 4 Jun 1672 in Hartford, CT.He married (2) PHEBE GREGSON 1673 in New Haven, CT, daughter of THOMAS GREGSON and JANE________.She was born 15 Oct 1643 in New Haven, CT, and died 19 Sep 1730 in New Haven, CT.
Notes for REV. JOHN WHITING:
John is our direct descendent.See our book, "Our Whiting Heritage" for a more complete narrative.
Our John married twice, first to Sybil Collins the daughter of Edward and Martha (Baylie) Collins. During their 18-year marriage, John and Sybil had seven children. In 1673, the 38-year-old John married Phebe Gregson, daughter of Thomas and Jane Gregson of New Haven, with whom he had seven additional children. John graduated from Harvard College in 1653 at the age of 18 and several records state he preached several years in and around Salem, Massachusetts before moving to Cambridge. Other records indicate John moved to Cambridge Massachusetts shortly after graduation sometime in 1653/54. In 1660 he moved with his family "from the Bay" to Hartford, CT where he was ordained at the First Congregational Church. (Salem Town Records.)
According to journals taken from New England Families Memorial, there was a Rev John Whiting who served as the chaplain of the Hartford Colonial Foot forces during the King Philip's War in 1675. The journal further states this John Whiting was killed by Indians on Sept 8, 1690.Other articles record John Whiting died from Indians in Sept 1697, and Sept 1688. We now know that the Rev. John Whiting who was killed by Indians was the descendent of Samuel Whiting of Lynn, Mass., who is no relation to our Hartford Whitings. (Whiting Memoir).

Children of JOHN WHITING and SYBIL COLLINS are:
6. i. SYBIL4 WHITING, b. 1655, Salem, Mass; d. Aft. 1705, Milford,CT.
ii. JOHN WHITING10,11, b. 1657, Hartford, CT; d. Bef. 1688, Goodwin states John died young (page 330).
7. iii. COL. WILLIAM WHITING, b. 1659, Hartford, CT; d. 14 Dec 1724, Newport, RI.
8. iv. MARTHA WHITING, b. 1662, Hartford, CT; d. Abt. 1741, Milford, CT (?).
9. v. SARAH WHITING, b. 1664, Hartford, CT; d. Aft. 1722, Middletown, CT.
10. vi. ABIGAIL WHITING, b. 1666, Hartford, CT; d. 7 May 1733, Branford, CT.
11. vii. REV. SAMUEL WHITING, b. 22 Apr 1670, Hartford, CT; d. 27 Sep 1725, Enfield, CT.

Children of JOHN WHITING and PHEBE GREGSON are:
viii. THOMAS4 WHITING, b. 7 Nov 1674, Hartford, CT; d. Hartford, CT(Infant).
ix. MARY WHITING, b. 5 Nov 1676, Hartford, CT; d. 30 Sep 1689, Hartford, CT (Age 13).
12. x. ELIZABETH WHITING, b. 1678, Hartford, CT; d. 8 May 1753, Hadley,Mass.
13. xi. JOSEPH WHITING, b. Dec 1680, Hartford, CT; d. 4 Apr 1748, New Haven, CT.
xii. NATHANIEL WHITING, b. 5 Aug 1683, Hartford, CT; d. Hartford, CT(Infant).
xiii. THOMAS WHITING, b. 20 May 1686, Hartford, CT; d. Hartford, CT(Infant).
xiv. JOHN WHITING12, b. 17 Jun 1688, Hartford, CT; d. Feb 1714/15, Settled in Hartford, CT as a merchant.Died unmarried and administration of his estate was given to his brother Joseph.(Goodwin pg. 333)..

3.SARAH3 WHITING (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)13 was born 1637 in Hartford, CT, and died 17 May 1704 in Northampton, Mass.She married (1) JACOB MYGATT14 27 Nov 1654 in Around Hartford, son of JOSEPH MYGATT.He was born Abt. 1633 in England, and died 1706 in Prob Hartford.She married (2) JOHN KING Nov 1683 in Northampton, Mass.He was born 1629, and died 1703 in Northampton, Mass.
Notes for SARAH WHITING:
There are some discrepancies on where Sarah was born.Two references place her birth in England, arriving in 1633 and settling in Hartford with her parents, William & Susannah.Other references place her birth in Hartford, Connecticut.
Notes for JACOB MYGATT:
Information on Jacob's father comes from; "The Lyons Family"Privately Published, in 1965 by Charlton Havard Lyons.Jacob's father JOSEPH MYGATT came to America in 1633, with the famous ministers, Cotton and Hooker, on the ship, "Griffin".He was made a freeman on May 6, 1635, and went with Hooker to Hartford, Conn. He represented that colony in the General Assembly on several occasions. The name of Joseph's wife is unknown. They had two children, one of whom was Jacob Mygatt. (Lyons pg.16)
According to "Genealogical Notes" Jacob was a merchant of Hartford and a large land owner in the area.

Children of SARAH WHITING and JACOB MYGATT are:
14. i. JOSEPH4 MYGATT, b. 15 Nov 1655, Hartford, CT; d. Mar 1692/93, Hartford, CT.
ii. SARAH MYGATT14, b. 1657, Hartford, CT; d. 1728, Hartford, CT; m. (1) JOHN WEBSTER, 15 Nov 1677, Middletown, CT; b. 10 Nov 1653, Middletown, CT; d. 8 Dec 1694, Died either on 8 Dec 1694 or 6 Dec 1695 in Hartford, CT.; m. (2) BENJAMIN GRAHAM, 28 Nov 1698, Prob Hartford, CT; b. 1662, Hartford,CT; d. 1725, Hartford,CT.

4.MARY3 WHITING (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)15,16 was born 1643 in Hartford, CT, and died 25 Oct 1709 in Middletown, CT.She married REV. NATHANIEL COLLINS 3 Aug 1664 in Prob Hartford, CT, son of EDWARD COLLINS and MARTHA BAYLIE.He was born 7 Mar 1642/43 in Cambridge, Mass, and died 28 Dec 1684 in Middletown, CT.
Notes for MARY WHITING:
We believe Mary and Nathaniel moved to Middletown shortly after their marriage where he became the pastor of the Church in Middletown.During their 20-year marriage, Mary and Nathaniel had eight children.After Nathaniel died in Dec 1684, there are no records indicating Mary, who was 41 years old, ever remarried.She died on 25 Oct 1709 in Middletown, CT at age 66.

Children of MARY WHITING and NATHANIEL COLLINS are:
i. MARTHA4 COLLINS, b. 3 Mar 1664/65, Cambridge, Mass; d. 14 Aug 1750, Middletown, CT; m. (1) WILLIAM HARRIS, 8 Jan 1689/90, Middletown, CT; b. 17 Jul 1665, Middletown, CT; d. 19 Feb 1750/51, Middletown, CT; m. (2) THOMAS HARLBURT, 15 Dec 1705, Middletown, CT; b. 20 Oct 1674, Middletown, CT; d. 3 Feb 1752, Middletown, CT.
ii. MARY COLLINS, b. 11 May 1666, Cambridge, Mass; d. 5 May 1722, Saybrook, CT; m. (1) NATHAN CHAPMAN, 29 Jun 1681, Saybrook, CT; b. 16 Feb 1652/53, Saybrook, CT; d. 5 Apr 1726, Saybrook, CT; m. (2) JOHN HAMLIN, Jan 1683/84, Middletown, CT; b. 14 Dec 1658, Middletown, CT; d. 2 Jan 1732/33, Middletown, CT.
iii. JOHN COLLINS, b. 31 Jan 1667/68, Cambridge, Mass; m. MARY DIXWELL, 24 Dec 1707, Prob Middletown, CT; b. 1668, New Haven, CT.
iv. SUSANNAH COLLINS, b. 26 Nov 1669, Cambridge, Mass; d. 24 Oct 1722, Middletown, CT; m. WILLIAM HAMLIN, 26 May 1692, Middletown, CT; b. 3 Feb 1667/68, Middletown, CT; d. 22 May 1733, Providence, RI.
v. SYBIL COLLINS, b. 20 Aug 1672, Cambridge, Mass; d. 1672, (Infant).
vi. NATHANIEL COLLINS, b. 13 Jun 1677, Cambridge, Mass; d. 6 Feb 1757; m. ALICE ADAMS, 7 Jan 1700/01, Enfield, CT; b. 3 Apr 1682, Dedham, CT; d. 19 Feb 1734/35, Enfield, CT.
vii. ABIGAIL COLLINS, b. 30 Jun 1681, Middletown, CT; d. 6 Feb 1758, Wethersfield, CT; m. SAMUEL WOLGOTT, 27 Dec 1705; b. 11 Apr 1679, Wethersfield, CT; d. 15 Sep 1734, Wethersfield, CT.
viii. SAMUEL COLLINS, b. 16 Apr 1683, Cambridge, Mass; d. 23 Apr 1683, (Infant).

5.CPT. JOSEPH3 WHITING (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)17,18,19 was born 2 Oct 1645 in Hartford, CT, and died 8 Oct 1717 in Hartford, CT.He married (1) MARY PYNCHON 5 Oct 1669 in Westfield, Mass, daughter of JOHN PYNCHON and ANN WYLLYS.She was born 28 Oct 1650 in Springfield, Mass, and died 1674 in Westfield, Mass.He married (2) ANNE ALLYN 6 Oct 1676 in Hartford, CT, daughter of JOHN ALLYN and HANNAH SMITH.She was born 18 Aug 1652 in Hartford, CT, and died 3 Mar 1734/35 in New Haven, CT.
Notes for CPT. JOSEPH WHITING:
Narrative taken from the New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Vol IV(pg 1665)
Joseph, the youngest son of Major William and Susanna Whiting, was born October 2, 1640, at Hartford and died there October 8, 1717. He was a wealthy and distinguished merchant, first of Westfield, Massachusetts, then later of Hartford.He was treasurer of the 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.
His first wife, Mary Pynchon, was the granddaughter of Hon. William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts.Her mother was Ann Wyllys the daughter of Hon. George Wyllys (not John as some references have mentioned).Joseph's second wife,Anna Allyn, was the granddaughter of Hon. William Smith, of Springfield, and granddaughter of William Pynchon.
Joseph's Headstone Inscription from the book "By Thier Markers Ye Shall Know Them; A Chronicle of the History and restoration of Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground"
Here Lyes Ye Body Of
Mr. Joseph Whiting Treus'r
Who Dyed October
Ye 19, 1717 Aged
(73 Years)
Notes for ANNE ALLYN:
Anna's Headstone Inscription
Here Lieth ye Body of MRS. ANNA, ye widow
of CAPT. JOSEPH WHITING, who died March ye 3d
AD 1734/5 in ye 82nd year of her age.

Children of JOSEPH WHITING and MARY PYNCHON are:
15. i. MARY4 WHITING, b. 19 Aug 1672, Westfield,Mass; d. 8 Oct 1717, Westfield,Mass.
ii. JOSEPH WHITING, b. 5 Oct 1674, Hartford, CT; d. Abt. 1674, (Infant).

Children of JOSEPH WHITING and ANNE ALLYN are:
iii. ANNA4 WHITING, b. 28 Aug 1677, Hartford, CT; d. 18 Apr 1684, Hartford, CT (Age 6).
iv. JOHN WHITING, b. 13 Nov 1679, Hartford, CT; d. Bef. 1693.
v. SUSANNAH WHITING, b. 18 Jun 1682, Hartford, CT; d. 6 Sep 1702; m. (1) SAMUEL THORNTON, 2 Feb 1701/02, Hartford, CT; m. (2) THOMAS WARREN, Bef. 1738; b. 1678, Hartford,CT.
vi. WILLIAM WHITING, b. 14 Mar 1684/85, Hartford, CT; d. 6 Sep 1702.
16. vii. ANNA WHITING, b. 18 Aug 1687, Hartford, CT; d. 9 Aug 1752, Hartford, CT.
17. viii. MARGARET WHITING, b. 5 Jan 1689/90, Hartford, CT; d. 8 Dec 1747.
18. ix. COL. JOHN WHITING, b. 15 Dec 1693, Hartford, CT; d. 12 Feb 1766, Hartford, CT.

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/w/h/i/Randy-Whiting/GENE2-0002.html

John married Collins, Sybil in 1654 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Sybil (daughter of Collins, Deacon Edward and Baylie, Martha) was born in Nov 1637 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 3 Apr 1634 in Cambridge, Essex.Massachusetts; died on 4 Jun 1672 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Gregson, Phebe in 1673. Phebe (daughter of Greigson, Thomas) was born on 15 Oct 1643 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 15 Oct 1643 in Queenapick, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; died on 19 Sep 1730 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ctsmfsd/CollinsInDepth.pdf
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Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.

Notes:
1. Named in her father's 1647 will.

Mary married Collins, Reverend Nathaniel I on 3 Aug 1664 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. Nathaniel (son of Collins, Deacon Edward and Baylie, Martha) was born on 7 Mar 1642 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 28 Dec 1684 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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BIRTH 2 Oct 1645
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
DEATH 19 Oct 1717 (aged 72)
New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
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The son of William & Susanna (Wiggins)(Mygatt) Whiting, he married (1) Mary Pynchon in 1669/70 and (2) Anna Allyn, daughter of Col. John Allyn in 1676. He was a merchant and Treasurer of the colony from 1678 - 1717 and died while he was attended the General Assembly of Hartford.


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William Whiting
1602–1647

Susanna Wiggins Bryan
1609–1673

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Anna Allyn Whiting
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John Whiting
1635–1689

Sarah Whiting Mygatt
1637–1704

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Margaret Whiting Marsh
1689–1747

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John Whiting
1693–1767

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6. JOSEPH. He " appears to have been born after the will of his father was made," (1619,) who " provided for him by a codicil."* He was for thirty-nine years, 1679-1718, Treasurer of the colony ; for twenty-one years, 1725-1746, a member of the General Assembly ; and for twelve years, 1732-1744, one of the Judges of the colony. When James II of England sncceeded to the British throne, in 1685, his lawless and cruel condnct toward the colonies led a Special Assembly of Connecticut to appoint (1680) Mr. Whiting their agent, to repair to England, and endeavor to preserve the colony's chartered rights. This he did, mnch to the satisfaction of his constituents ;t and, in the reign of William and Mary, he cooperated with Mr. Increase Mather, in effecting a renewal of the charter, to the colony's great joy.f [I thought this Mr. Whiting was the oldest brother William.]

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Sources of Information:
1. Notebooks of Naoma Manwaring Harker and Mark Whiting.


!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;

!BIRTH: A.F. Whitney Genealogical Notes GS 1453 pt.27; Hist. Catalog of
Hartford, Conn p.162, 163, 172; Extraction record.
!MARRIAGE: Source - NEHG Register, Vol 123, page 259, The ceremony was
performed by Judge Pynchon (2) 6 Oct 1676 Anna ALLYN
!DEATH: Source - "Inscription on Tombstones in New Haven, Connecticut" from
Papers of the New Haven Colony, Historical Society, Vol. III, page 608.
Hartford Deeds GS 1761 pt.4, v.1 p.153, v.2 p.63, v 3 p.140, 14;
pt.5 v 4 p.309, pt.8, v.11 p.120;

"Inventory 1849-06-08 (English Money") He was a merchant, first of Westfield, Mass., later of Hartford, Conn; whither he returned about the time of King Phillip's War.
He was Captain of the Hartford County Troop in May 1692..He was treasurer of the colony of Connecticut from 1678 -1687, 1690-1701, 1705,1706 1708-1717 a period of thirty- nine years. He was a wealthy and distinquished citizen.
The Joseph Whiting House in Hartford stood on the corner of Charter Oak Avenue and Main Street, it was built previous to 1650 and purchased in 1682 by Joseph Whiting. It probably never faced upon the street, but looked out upon the garden which lay between it and what was then the highway to the South Meadow. The Whiting house was a hospitable place. Many distinguished guests, prominent in colonial days, were the guests of Captain Joseph Whiting. He was a man of considerable importance in the public life of his day.
In 1784, the Ecclesistical Society was organized in the Whiting house.
After the organization, the Council marched in procession to the Second Church, which stood in the highway in front of the house, and installed the Reverend Benjamin Boardman as pastor of the Church.
The Whiting House was demolished in 1914.
He married first, Oct 5th 1669 Mary, daughter of Hon. John Pynchon and grand-daughter of Hon William Pynchon. Her mother was Anna, daughter of Hon. John Wyllis. His second marriage was in 1676 to Anna, daughter of Col. John Allyn, son of Matthew Allyn; her mother was daughter of Hon. Henry Smith of Springfield, Mass. She was born Aug 18 1652 and died Mar 3 1735 at New Haven, Conn. Joseph Whiting died Oct 8 1717. He died while attending a session of the General Assembly in New Haven. Date given is 19 Oct 1717. States he was 73 years old.

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New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 4 (Google eBook)
(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; Wrilliam. 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.
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Joseph was a wealthy and distinguished merchant. He lived first in Westfield, MA, where he married Mary Pynchon and had two children before her death. While in Westfield Joseph was made cornet of the Hampshire troops in 1672. He moved back to his family home in Hartford where he married Mary's first cousin, Anne. They lived at the corner of Main and Charter Oak streets. Joseph was also treasurer of the colony of Connecticut from 1678 until his death, a period of thirty-nine years.
Their headstone inscriptions read:
Here Lyes Ye Body Of Mr. Joseph Whiting Treus'r
Who Dyed October Ye 19, 1717 Aged (73 Years)

Here Lieth ye Body of Mrs. Anna, ye widow
of Capt. Joseph Whiting, who died March ye 3d
AD 1734/5 in ye 82nd year of her age.

!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;

Naoma Manwaring Harker FGS #123-125
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.344;
2. Genealogical 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 003,011 Old Call # 1453 pt. 27
Colonel John Whiting succeeded his father in 1717 as Treasurer 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. Rec (old Call #; Conn H4a) Film# 004,600 p.162, 163, 172
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 ser #1761 pt.4 vol 1 p. 153
Joseph Whiting deeds land belonging to his father William, deceased 6 Apr 1700 vol 2 p. 63
Joseph Whiting deeds land which had belonged to John Allyn, deceased vol 3 p. 140
Joseph Whiting deeds to his son John (Aug 1714) p. 14
Joseph Whiting and Ann and William and Mary deed (1715) pt. 5 vol 4 p. 309
Deed from Anna Whiting of Hartford to son John -- land of her father John Allyn, granted to him 1671
Joseph Whiting was a merchant, first of Westfield, Massachusetts, but returned to Hartford 1675-6.Treasurer of Connecticut 1678 till death

!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, Connecticut. Source - Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut Vol II p 664.

:A.F. Whitney Genealogical Notes GS 1453 pt.27; Hist Catalog of Hartford, Conn p.162, 163, 172;

MARRIAGE :(2) 6 Oct 1676 Anna ALLYN
DEATH :Vit Rec Conn-Hale's Collect (deaths); Gen Notes GS Conn 28 p.344;
Hartford Deeds GS 1761 pt.4, v.1 p.153, v.2 p.63, v 3 p.140, 14;
pt.5 v 4 p.309, pt.8, v.11 p.120;

!Margaret Neuffer: "Inventory 1849-06-08 (English Money": He was a merchant, first of Westfield, Mass., later of Hartford, Conn; whither he returned about the time of King Phillip's War. He was treasurer of the colony of Connecticut from 1678 until his death, a period of thirty-nine years. He was a wealthy and distinquished citizen. The Joseph Whilting House in Hartford stood on the corner of Charter Oak Avenue and Main Street until 1914 when it was demolished."

!Item 2 - edited by Wm. Inglis Morse
Joseph Whiting's residence was on Main Street, Hartford, near the corner of Charter Oak Avenue. The house was built previous so 1650 and purchased in 1682 by Joseph Whiting. It probably never faced upon the street, but looked out upon the garden which lay between it and what was then the highway to the South Meadow. The Whiting house was a hospitable place. Many distinguished guests, prominent in colonial days, were the guests of Captain Joseph Whiting.
In the Whiting house was convened the Ecclesiastical Society in 1784. After it's organization the council marched in procession to the Second Church, which stood in the highway in front of the house, and installed the Rev Benjamin Boardman as pastor of the church.
Captain Joseph Whiting was a man of considerable importance in the public life of his day.
He married first, Oct 5th 1669 Mary, daughter of Hon. John Pynchon and grand-daughter of Hon William Pynchon. Her mother was Anna, daughter of Hon.
John Wyllis. His second marriage was in 1676 to Anne, daughter of Col. John Allyn, son of Matthew Allyn; her mother was daughter of Hon. Henry Smith of Springfield, Mass. She was born Aug 18 1652 and died Mar 3 1735 at New Haven, Connectictu. Joseph Whiting died Oct 8 1717.

DOCUMENTATION (by Margaret Neuffer):

ref: "By Thier Markers Ye Shall Know Them; A Chronicle of the History and restoration of Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground"
New England Families Genealogical and Memorial: Vol IV (p g 1665)

http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shopefamily/Tree/famf406.html
Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early CT Probate Records ((Hartford, CT, R.S.Peck & CO, 1904-1906)), Vol. 2, p. 450.
Quality: 0.
Page 295. Whiting, Joseph, Hartford. Invt. £1849-06-08. Taken 26 February, 1717-18, by William Whiting, Aaron Cooke and Thomas Hosmer.
Court Record, Page 47 — 5 December, 1717: Adms. granted to Mrs. Anne Whiting, widow of sd. decd.
Page 84 — 7 October, 1718: Invt. exhibited by Mrs. Anne Whiting and John Whiting.
Page 151 — 8 May, 1721 : Mrs. Anne Whiting, Adms., exhibits an additional invt. of £696-18.09. Accepted.
Page 101 (Vol X) 23 September, 1725: Anna Whiting and John Whiting, Adms., exhibit an account of their Adms. And the Court order that £38-15-11 be set out for the widow's necessary support. Page 336 (Vol. X, Probate Side) : This writing witnesseth an agreement made and concluded this day (24 January, 1738-9) by us the subscribers relating to the estate of our honoured father, Joseph Whiting, Esq., deceased, and our honoured mother, Mrs. Anna Whiting, as followeth: First. We have fully agreed and settled both of sd. moveable estates. 2nd. That all the lands are divided and made even, Nathaniel Stanly's part in the house and homested that his hond. father dwelt in having been paid to Jonathan Marsh for his part thereof. And Mr. Thomas Warren's part is ye sd. house and homested that was formerly belonging to his predecessor, Mr. Thornton, he having paid his brother Marsh for his part of sd. house and homested. The rest of the land belonging to the aforesd. estate is all belonging and appertaining to John Whiting, and divided and set out to him by our agreement as his part of the aforesd. estate, except what is under mentioned, which remains and belongs to us all in proportion as thereafter mentioned, sd. Whiting having paid Thomas Warren for his fifth part. First, a right of land in the northwest township named Hartland, which descended to us by our father being a £75 list in the patent, belongs three-fifths parts to John Whiting and one-fifth part to Nathaniel Stanly, and one-fifth part to Jonathan Marsh, yet lying in that maner in common between us. Also a right of land at Salmon Brook, about 10 acres, 2-5 to John Whiting and 1-5 a piece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. A right of land descended to us by our mother in the five miles on the east side of the Great River, and another in the three-mile lots, which descended to our mother by Col. Allyn, 2-5 of these lots belong to John Whiting and 1-5 apiece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. A right at Keney's Point, about 7 acres and 1-2, the same proportions. Another right of land in the neck at Hartford, descended to us by our mother from Col. Allyn, 2-5 belong to John Whiting, and 1-5 apiece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. A right in the house Moses Cook lives in, descended to us by our mother from Col. Allyn, 2-5 belongs to John Whiting, and 1-5 apiece to Nathaniel Stanly, Jonathan Marsh and Thomas Warren. Signed : NATH : STANLY, JONATHAN MARSH, THOMAS WARREN, JOHN WHITING. Witness : Elnathan Whitman, John Austin.

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Notes:
1. Named in his father's codicil. Appears to have been born after the writing of the will in 1647 but before the recording of the will in 1649.
2. Birth recorded in Hartford Second Church. No mother's name included on the birth entry.

Joseph married Pynchon, Mary on 5 Oct 1669. Mary (daughter of Pynchon, John and Wyllys, Amy) was born on 28 Oct 1650 in Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States; died after 5 Oct 1674 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Allyn, Anna on 6 Oct 1676 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Anna (daughter of Allyn, Colonel John and Smith, Anna) was born on 18 Aug 1652 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 3 Mar 1735 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Mar 1735 in Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On the 7th of January 1767, a petition was presented to the lieutenant govenor of New York by Nathan Whiting, Samuel Fitch, Eleazer Fitch, James Smedley, David Baldwin, Andrew Myers, Samuel Whiting, Robert Aiton, Amos Hitchcock and Nathan Haines Whiting, cover http://www.usgennet.org/usa/vt/county/windham/whitingham_hist.html
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Samuel married Griswold, Mary about 1680 in Hartford, Connecticut. Mary was born about 1700 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; died on 2 Dec 1750 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut; was buried in North Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas lived in Wethersfield, CT. He was a constable in Dec 1679 before his marriage to Abigail. After Abigail's death in 1684, daughter Abigail went to live with her maternal grandparents. Thomas married Sarah Bordman and had several more children; they resided on the east side of Broad St. between ch. and Fletcher's Lane. Thomas was a schoolteacher in 1699 and a leather-sealer in 1702.

Footnotes:
James Savage, Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. USGenNet. scanned and edited. (July 1994) (http://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/newengland/savage: Nov. 2000).
Vital Records, RECORDS OF WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT; R. R. Hinman.
Quality: 0.
Mr. Thomas FITCH d. 17 Oct 1704

[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ct/wethsfld_a-f.htm]

Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early CT Probate Records ((Hartford, CT, R.S.Peck & CO, 1904-1906)), Vol. 2, p. 62.
Quality: 0.
Page 125-6. Fitch, Thomas, Wethersfield. Died 18 October, 1704.
Invt. £111-03- oo. Taken 13 November, 1704, by John Curtis, Sen., John Goodrich, and Daniel Boardman.
The children: Samuel Fitch, Abigail the wife of Abraham Kimberly, Sibbell the wife of Joseph Hurlbut, and Martha Fitch.
Court Record, Page 68 — 26 April, 1705 : Sarah Fitch, widow, relict of Thomas Fitch, late of Wethersfield, decd., exhibits invt. Adms. granted to Mrs. Sarah Fitch, widow.
Page 156 (Vol. VIII) 7 September, 1713: Samuel Fitch, a minor son of Thomas Fitch, late of Wethersfield decd., made choice of William Whiting to be his guardian.
Page 216 — 4 October, 1714: Sarah Fitch of Wethersfield, Adms. on the estate of Mr. Thomas Fitch, late decd., exhibits now in this Court an account of her Adms. Paid in debts, subsistence of the family, and illness of the daughter for some years, £90-06-3%. And received of debts due to the estate, £28-11-06. Which account this Court allow and order to be kept on file. Dist. File: 9 April, 1717: To Sarah Fitch, widow; to Samuel; to Abigail, wife of Abraham Kimberly ; to Sibbel, the wife of Joseph Hurlbut; Joseph Kimberly of Newtown, Joseph Hurlbut his attorney, all sealed. Inventory and Will in Vol. VIII, Page 5.

Sherman Adams, The history of ancient Wethersfield, Connecticut : comprising the present towns of Wethersfield, Rocky Hill, and Newington : and of Glastonbury prior to its incorporation in 1693, from date of earliest settlement until the present time (New York: Grafton Press, 1904), vol. 2: p. 373.
Quality: 3.
Vital Records, RECORDS OF WETHERSFIELD, CONNECTICUT; R. R. Hinman.
Quality: 0.
Mrs. Abigail FITCH d. 8 Nov 1684

[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/ct/wethsfld_a-f.htm]

Manwaring, Charles W., A Digest of the Early CT Probate Records ((Hartford, CT, R.S.Peck & CO, 1904-1906)), vol. 1, p. 203.
Quality: 0.
Page 175. Goodrich, Ensign William. Invt. £915-01-06. Taken 14 November, 1676, by John Belden, Samuel Wright, John Robbins. The children: John, age 23, William 17, Ephraim, 14, David 10. The daughters are married.

Court Record, Page 158-9 — 6 December, 1676: Adms. to the widow. Order to Dist. to the widow £100, Personal, forever; and 1-3 of Realty for life. To John, Eldest son, £230; to William, £150; to Ephraim, £140; to David, £130; to Mrs. Hollister £100 already paid ; to Mrs. Welles, wife of Robert Welles, £100 ; to Mrs. Fitch, wife of Thomas Fitch, £90 ; to Mrs. Butler, wife of Joseph Butler, £80. Samuel Talcott, Overseer.

[Probate records of William Goodrich]

http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~shopefamily/Tree/famf870.html

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Thomas married Goodrich, Abigail on 15 Sep 1680. Abigail (daughter of Goodrich, William and Marvin, Sarah) was born on 5 Jun 1662 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, Bristish America; died on 7 Nov 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, Bristish America; was buried on 10 Nov 1684 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, Bristish America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Boardman, Sarah. Sarah was born on 4 Mar 1655 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; died on 18 Oct 1704 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Webster, Sarah on 15 Nov 1677 in Middletown, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. Sarah (daughter of Webster, Lieutenant Robert and Treat, Susannah Elizabeth) was born on 30 Jun 1655 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 10 Nov 1653 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; died on 14 Feb 1743/1744 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Sarah Whiting

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colony.

DEATH: Also shown as Died Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colony.

Sarah married Webster, John on 15 Nov 1677 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. John (son of Webster, Lieutenant Robert and Treat, Susannah Elizabeth) was born on 10 Nov 1653 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; died in Aug 1728 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Aug 1728 in Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Graham, Benjamin on 28 Nov 1698 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Dorothy married Steele, Jonathan on 15 May 1715 in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Jonathan (son of Steele, Captain James and Barnard, Sarah) was born on 27 Sep 1690 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 13 Sep 1693 in First Ch, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA; died on 6 Jan 1753 in pb Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Center Church, Hartford, Hartford Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Bowen, Mary on WFT Est. 1671-1714. Mary (daughter of Bowen, Obediah Sr and Clifton, Mary) was born on 12 Sep 1666 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 23 Sep 1666 in Church of Christ, Roxbury, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 29 Aug 1750 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 22 May 1694 in Newman Cemetery, Rehoboth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Buck, Martha on 27 Oct 1687 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Martha (daughter of Buck, Henry and Churchill, Elizabeth) was born on 15 Oct 1667 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 27 Oct 1687 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Kirby, Sarah on 29 Mar 1694. Sarah (daughter of Kirby, John and Hinds, * Elizabeth, daughter of Kirby, John and Hinds, * Elizabeth) was born on 16 Jan 1654 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 9 Aug 1673 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, New England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jacob married Edwards, Elizabeth on 14 Mar 1694/1695 in Hartford Twp, Hartford, Connecticut. Elizabeth was born about 1675 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died in DEAD. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth: 1680
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Death: Jun. 11, 1747
Farmington
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Hezekiah Deming was born circa 1680 in Wethersfield CT, the son of John & Mary Mygatt Deming. He married Lois Wyard, daughter of John & Sarah Standish Wyard, on November 22, 1700 in Wethersfield CT. Their children included: Hezekiah, Benjamin, Eunice, Lois, Elisha, Zebulon, John, Eliakim, Samuel and Sarah (another daughter Mehitable is listed in some sources, however date of birth for her is 1737 which would seem unlikely given the mother's age).
Hezekiah died June 11, 1747 in Farmington, CT.

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Parents:
John Deming (1638 - 1712)
Mary Mygatt Deming (1637 - 1714)

Spouse:
Lois Wyard Deming (1682 - ____)

Children:
Elisha Deming (1713 - 1786)*
John Deming (1719 - 1731)*
Eliakim Deming (1721 - 1777)*
Samuel Deming (1725 - 1796)*

Sibling:
Jonathan Deming (1663 - 1687)*
Hezekiah Deming (1680 - 1747)

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Memento Mori Cemetery
Farmington
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Created by: L. Finley
Record added: Jun 27, 2009
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Hezekiah married Wiard ( Wyard *), Lois on 22 Nov 1700 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Lois was born on 2 Aug 1682 in of Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 11 Jun 1747. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Talcott, Joseph on 1 Apr 1701 in Connecticut, United States. Joseph (son of Talcott, Samuel and Holyoke, Hannah) was born on 20 Feb 1671 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 3 Nov 1732 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Genealogical notes, or, Contributions to the family history of some of the first settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts Goodwin, Nathaniel, 1782-1855. 974 D2g 1978

No concrete information has been discovered on whom William married. In a letter written by Thomas Fairchild, dated December 1662, to John Winthrop of Hartford (who was in London at the time) a Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting, of the city of London, was mentioned. Some genealogist, such as Nathaniel Goodwin, believes this Mrs. Elizabeth Whiting was the wife of William. We do know that William's son Joseph, was appointed administrator of his estate when William died in London in 1699. (Goodwin pg. 143).

Jonathan married French, Mary on 3 Apr 1711 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts. Mary was born on 9 Nov 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States; was christened on 9 Nov 1686 in Deerfield, Franklin, Massachusetts; died on 24 Mar 1758 in Connecticut, United States; was buried in 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sybil married Gray, Hugh in 1702 in Milford, Connecticut. Hugh was born about 1648 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; died on 11 Feb 1706. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sybil married Bryan, Alexander in Aug 1674 in Milford, Connecticut, United States. Alexander (son of Bryan, Richard, son of Bryan, Richard and Pantry, Mary) was born in 1651 in Of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 19 Aug 1701 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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John married Allun, Ann on 6 Oct 1676 in Of Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States. Ann was born about 1646 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 3 Mar 1735 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(Rev John, William and Susannah immigrants)

Maternal ancestry of Charles Whiting MacNair
By Hannah Louise MacNair Crawford

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COLONEL WILLIAM WHITING

WILLIAM WHITING. third son of John Whiting and Sybil
Col1ins, was born in 1659. Goodwin's Genealogical Notes,
p, 331, gives the following account of him:

“William Whiting represented Hartford in the General
Court from 1710 to 1715 and speaker in 1714. In 1693 he
went as Captain of a company of whites and Indians to Maine.
"In 1705 he held the title of Major.
"In 1709 he bore the rank of Colonel and led a body of
horse and infantry into the county of Hampshire to repel the
French and Indians. In 1710 he was in command of the troops
at Port Royal in 1711 in the expedition against Canada.
Colonel Whiting was sheriff of Hartford County in 1722.

P 17
He removed to Newport, R. I., late in life and probably died
there."
William. Whiting married October 6, 1686, Mary Allyn
( 1657-1724), the daughter of Colonel John Allyn and the
great-granddaughter of William Pynchon.

CHILDREN OV WILLIAM: Whiting AND Mary ALLYN
Mary, born April 1, 1689; died November 6, 1714-
Charles, born July 5, 1692; died at Montville, March 7, 1780
William, born February 15,1694

COLONIAL RECORD OF WILLIAM WlIITING

Colonel William iWhiting,~ 1659-1724; Deputy 1710-1715;
Speaker 1714., Captain, Major and Colonel in the French and
Indian Wars, 1693-1709; Commanded expedition to Port
Royal 1710."
(Sons of Colonial Wars, 1899-1902, p. 809.)
(See Mass. Register of Colonial Dames, 1905, p. 400.)

William married Allyn, Mary on 5 Oct 1686 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States. Mary (daughter of Allyn, Captain John and Smith, Hannah) was born on 3 Apr 1657; died on 14 Dec 1724 in Newport, Rhode Island; was buried in 1724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Martha married Bryan, Samuel on 25 Dec 1683 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut. Samuel (son of Bryan, Richard and Pantry, Mary, son of Bryan, Richard) was born in 1659 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut; was christened on 2 Apr 1660 in Milford, New Haven, Connecticut; died in 1695. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Sarah married Bull, Jonathan on 19 Mar 1685. Jonathan (son of Bull, Captain Thomas and Page, Susanna, son of Bull, Captain Thomas and Page, Susannah) was born in 1649 in Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened in 1618 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 17 Aug 1702 in Hartford, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried on 17 Aug 1702 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Hamlin, John on 2 Jan 1722 in Middlesex, Connecticut, United States. John was born in 1650 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; was christened in Jul 1670 in Middletown, New Castle, Delaware, United States; died on 9 Aug 1717 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch Id: LZPZ-B24

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An Account of Some of the Descendants of John Russell, the Emigrant from Ipswich, England, who Came to Boston, New England, October 3, 1635, Together with Some Sketches of the Allied Families of Wadsworth, Tuttle, and Beresford (Google eBook)
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Rev. Samuel Russell, second son of the Rev. John and Rebecca (Newberry) Russell, born Nov. 4, 1660, graduated at Harvard in 1681.
After graduation, for a while he taught the grammar school
* Report of Record Commissioners, Boston, Births, 1700-1800, p. 7. t New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. XVI, p. 13. at Hadley. On the 12th of September, 1687, he was called to the pastorate of the church at Branford, Connecticut, and there he served for the remainder of his life. "He became the second father of the town. His ministry, peaceful and prosperous, was prolonged forty-four years, though he was disabled from preaching during the last six years of his life."
"Tradition makes it probable that the proposed meeting [for considering the establishing of Yale College] took place in the south parlor of the house of the Rev. Samuel Russel, and that the few then assembled, by engaging to give books from their scanty libraries as a nucleus of College property, constituted themselves the founders of the institution, and in this capacity presented their petition for a charter to the General Assembly the next week"* [second week of October, 1701]. He was one of the most active supporters of the project and became one of the trustees of the new college.
In May, 1699, he preached the election sermon and received the thanks of the General Assembly.
Rev. Samuel Russell married Abigail Whiting, born 1666, daughter of the Rev. John and Sybil (Collins) Whiting of Hartford, Connecticut.
He died June 25, 1731. His widow Abigail, died May 7, 1733.

* Yale Biographies and Annals, 1701-1745, F. B. Dexter, p. 2. f On the Branford First Church Records is entered the marriage, Nov. 15, 1744, of a Daniel Russell to Rebecca Foster.
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20 VI Jonathan born Aug 21, 1700
26 VII Ebenezer born May 04, 1703
27 VIII Ithiel bapt May 1705
28 IX Mary bapt February, 1708


John Russell, eldest son of the Rev. Samuel and Abigail (Whiting) Russell was born January 24, 1687, graduated at Yale in its first class, that of 1704, and lived in Branford, Connecticut, where he was one of its most influential citizens. He was town clerk for more than twenty years, justice of the peace for nearly thirty years, and deputy to the General Assembly for forty-five sessions, serving as speaker of the lower house in 1751.
He rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Militia, and was for the last twenty-four years of his life a deacon of the First Church in Branford. He married December 17, 1707, Sarah Trowbridge, born November 26, 1686, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Winston) Trowbridge of New Haven, Connecticut, who died January 23, 1761. He died
06 John b. Sept 13 1710
11 Thomas b. Sept 15, 1712
12 Sarah b. Sept 24, 1715
13 Abigail b. Dec 24 1717
14 Mary b. Sept 12 1720
15 Rebecca B. Feb 06 1723



John Russell, eldest son of John and Sarah (Trowbridge) Russell, born September 13, 1710, married October 11, 1732, Mary Barker, daughter of Edmund Barker. He died March 13, 1751, and his widow married (2) July 25, 1753, John Tully " Esqr.," of Saybrook, Connecticut, by whom she had two Children:
Maverick, b. June 10, 1754,
d. Sept. 26, 1754.

Sarah, b. Oct. 11, 1757.
Married Feb. 6,1783, Samuel Tully.

Children Of John And Mary (barker) Russell.
7 I Edward, b. Aug. 19, 1733.
8 II John, b. Oct. 10, 1736.
III Mary, b. April 28, 1739.
IV Thomas, b. July 4, 1742,
bur. Aug. 28, 1742.
9 V Thomas, b. July 31, 1743. 10 VI Joseph, b. Dec. 14, 1746. .
VII Ebenezer, b. Dec. 26, 1747.
Married Sept. 13, 1769, Elizabeth Stark.
VIII Rutherford, bapt. Mar. 26, 1749,

bur. Sept. 5, 1749.
IX Abigail, bapt. July 29, 1750,

bur. Aug. 26, 1750. X Orphana, b. Sept. 18,1751.
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Abigail married Morse, Samuel about 1685 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Russell, Samuell in 1685 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Samuell was born on 4 Nov 1660; died on 25 Jan 1731; was buried in 1731 in Center Cemetery, Branford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Reverend
The signers of the Mayflower compact and their descendants - Page 19 - Google
1. Elizabeth Adams, born Feb. 23, 1681; married 1st. Rev. Samuel Whiting of Windham, Sep. 4,1696, when she was but sixteen years of age, and her children were distinguished; 1st Col. William Whiting engaged in the French war; 2nd. Rev. John Whiting of the second church in Windham (Scotland parish) and resigning his office he was judge of probate and also colonel; 3d, Col. Nathan Whiting; 4th, Mary, born 1712; married Nov. 23, 1727, Rev. Thomas Clap, her father's successor in Windham and afterward President of Yale College; her daughter Mary Clap, who married Daniel Wooster of New Haven; and Temperance Clap, who married Timothy Pitkin, of Farmington.
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Hon. Wm. Whiting, the American ancestor of the Connecticut branch of the Whiting family, came to New England in 1633, and resided for three years in Newtown (now Cambridge), removing thence with Rev. Thomas Hooker and others to Hartford, Conn., of which he was an original proprietor. Frequent mention is made of him as "one of the fathers of the colony." He was referred to in the town records as "William Whiting, Gentleman." He was several times representative to the General Court; was one of the Magistrates in 1642, was chosen Treasurer of the Colony in 1641, and continued in that office till his death. By his wife Susanna, he had issue, John.
Rev. John Whiting, son of Hon. William and Susanna ( -) Whiting, was born in
1625, graduated at Harvard College in 1653; preached several years at Salem, Mass., was ordained over the First Church in Hartford, Conn., 1660. He married Sybil Collins, daughter of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, and had a son, Samuel.
Rev. Samdel Whiting, son of Rev. John and Sybil (Collins) Whiting, was born at Hartford, Conn., in 1670 ; died at Enfield, Conn., in 1725. He married Elizabeth Adams, daughter of Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Mass.
Rev. William Adams, (son of William (2) son of William Adams (1) of Cambridge, in 1635, or earlier, was born at Ipswich, Mass., May 27, 1650, died Nov. 17, 1685 ; married 1st, Mary, daughter of William Manning ; married 2nd, Alice, daughter of Major William Bradford, son of Governor William Bradford. (See page 19.)
They had issue, Elizabeth Adams, born Feb. 23, 1680, who was married Sept. 4, 1696, to Rev. Samuel Whiting.
Rev. Samuel W7hiting, by his wife Elizabeth (Adams) Whiting, had several children, among whom was Mary.
Mary Whiting, daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting was born in 1712, married Nov. 23, 1727, Rev. Thomas Clap.
Rev. Thomas Clap, by his wife Mary (Whiting) Clap had issue, Temperance and Anne.
Temperance Clap, eldest child of Rev. Thomas and Mary (Whiting) Clap, was born April 29, 1732 ; she married Rev. Timothy Pitkin.
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Samuel Whiting and Elizabeth Adam

Samuel3 (John2 William1) the youngest child of John and Sybil Whiting was born on 22 Apr 1670 in Hartford, CT. He received his early education from his father and afterwards moved to Norwich, CT where he finished his education for the ministry under the direction of Reverend James Fitch. Soon after this apprenticeship he followed his father's footsteps and went into the ministry. It should be noted here that while researching our heritage, we've come across many occasions where records and articles have confused the two Reverend Samuel Whitings. Our Reverend Samuel Whiting resided in Windham Connecticut and Reverend Samuel Whiting who married Elizabeth St. John resided in Lynn Massachusetts.

Shortly after his apprenticeship, sometime around 1692, our Samuel was called upon to be the first minister at Windham. "As an inducement he was promised œ50 annually, and a dwelling to be eighteen feet square and two stories high! After he was ordained at Windham December 4, 1700, his salary increased to œ100 with a supply of fuel." In a record kept by himself Samuel wrote, "I preached my first sermon at Windham, from the first verse of Genesis, on the first day of January, 1692-3. I was ordained at Windham, on the 4th day of December, 1700." (Autobiography of W.S. Tyler)

The life and ministry of Samuel Whiting is described in a book published by the town of Windham in celebration of its bicentennial. The book describes Windham's first century during which the Whitings were a distinguished family, describing our Samuel as "a man of uncommon fervor in the pulpit, who mingled greatly with the people in their everyday transactions and who had large interests in real estate."

Down through generations of Whitings and their Allied families there have been many notable individuals and historical connections. When our Samuel married Elizabeth Adams our Whiting heritage was forever bonded with the descendents of the "Mayflower". Elizabeth was born on 23 Feb 1680 in Norfolk, Mass and was the daughter of Reverend William Adams, of Dedham, Massachusetts. Her mother, Alice Bradford, was the daughter of Deputy Governor William Bradford, and the granddaughter of Governor Bradford of the Mayflower. Samuel and Elizabeth were married in Norwich, on Sept. 14, 1696 and a passage taken from their marriage ceremony gave the following quote: "This marriage gives beautiful ascent. It starts with the 'Mayflower' through the Bradfords and takes in the great men of the Adams family, and coming down reaches descendants who give far more to life than they demand." (New England Families Genealogical Memorials).

As a clergyman, Samuel's growing reputation and sincere dedication to the community helped spawn one of three early religious revivals in colonial Connecticut. "In 1721 there occurred a remarkably precious and powerful revival in Windham, under the ministry of the Rev. Samuel Whiting, in which eighty persons were added to the church in that town." (Congregational Church of Windham) Also in the same year, (1721) while Samuel & Elizabeth were residing in Windham, they visited family or friends in Stonnington, Connecticut where his name appears in the records of their church. The following excerpts were taken from those records: Baptised: June 23, 1721 Mr. Samuel Whiting, Pastor of ye Church of Christ at Windham Preacht. A Lecture, and baptized Daniel, son of Daniel Denison; Oliver, son of James Babcock; and Benadam, son of William Denison. (History of the 1st Congregational Church Stoningtin, Connecticut).

Samuel and Elizabeth, much like their parents and grandparents, held considerable amount of real estate. In one transaction we've researched, a Thomas Huntington, granted a huge parcel of "wilderness land in the county of Hartford" to Samuel and Elizabeth, a holding he kept until his death. During their 29-year marriage, Samuel and Elizabeth had 14 children. Six of those children, Samuel, Joseph, Lidea, Martha, Mary and Eliphalet died at an early age. Samuel was 18 when he died at sea, and Joseph died in Windham in 1721 at the age of 17. Lidea, a twin to Sybil, died one day after she was born on May 05, 1708. Martha was only 9 when she died. (Her headstone can be found in the Windham Cemetery) Mary Whiting married Thomas Clap and we believe she died of childbirth complications. Mary died at age 24, less than 2 weeks after giving birth to her son Saltonstall. Eliphalet Whiting died in Windham, CT just a few months after his 21st birthday.

Sixteen months after their last child, Nathan Whiting, was born Samuel Whiting died at Enfield, while visiting his cousin Reverend Nathaniel Collins, on September 27, 1725. (Mr. Collins was also his brother-in-law, having married Alice Adams the sister of his wife.) Family records state Samuel was buried in Hartford, but his actual grave site is located in the Enfield Street Cemetery, Enfield Connecticut. Samuel was 55 years old when he died. Samuel's headstone inscription at Enfield Street Cemetery reads: Samuel, Rev, minister of Church of Windham, d 27 Sep 1725, ae 55 yrs.

Twelve years after Samuel died, the 56 year old Elizabeth married Reverend Samuel Niles of Braintree, Mass., in December 2, 1737. After Reverend Niles died, (May 1, 1762), she moved to New Haven where she lived with her youngest son, Col. Nathan Whiting, and died on December 21, 1766, two months before her 86th birthday.
Children of SAMUEL WHITING and ELIZABETH ADAMS

ANNE WHITING was born 2 Jan 1697/98 in Windham, CT., and died 18 Sep 1778 in Lebanon, CT. She married JOSEPH FITCH on 29 Dec 1721 in Lebanon, CT. During their 20-year marriage Anne and Joseph had six children all born in Lebanon. We have found no records indicating Anne, who was 43 years old at the time of Joseph's death, never remarried. Anne (Whiting) Fitch, died in Lebanon at 80 years of age in 1778.

SAMUEL WHITING was born on 20 Feb 1699/00 in Windham, CT., and died at age 18 in 1718 when he was lost at sea.

ELIZABETH WHITING was born on 11 Feb 1701/02 in Windham, CT., and died 2 Sep 1730 in New London, CT. She married WILLIAM GAGER 1 Nov 1725 in New London, CT. Elizabeth died two and half years after their youngest child was born at the young age of 28, and is probably buried in New London. During their 5-year marriage Elizabeth and William had two children born in New London.

WILLIAM WHITING was born on 22 Jan 1703/04 in Windham, CT and died 1787 probably in Norwich, CT. He married ANNA RAYMOND on 5 Mar 1723/24 in Norwich, CT. During their 49-year marriage William and Anna had 6 children all born in Norwich. He later married ALATHEA (WOODWORTH) SMITH on 8 Mar 1774 in Norwich, CT.

JOSEPH WHITING was born on 27 Feb 1704/05 in Windham, CT., and died on 1 Mar 1721/22, while residing in Windham, CT. Joseph died unmarried.

JOHN WHITING is our direct descendent and his narrative can be found in the next chapter.

SYBIL WHITING was born on 5 May 1708 in Windham, CT., and died 7 Aug 1755 in Windham. She married JOHN BACKUS on 12 May 1725 in Windham, CT. During their 30-year marriage Sybil and John had 12 children all born in Windham CT.

LIDEA WHITING was born on 5 May 1708 in Windham, CT., and is believed to be Sybil's twin. Lidea died as an infant in May 1708.

MARTHA WHITING was born on 12 Mar 1709/10 in Windham, CT., and died at age 9 on 29 Jun 1719, Windham, CT.

MARY WHITING was born on 24 Nov 1712 in Windham, CT., and died there on 9 Aug 1736 at the age 24. She married Reverend THOMAS CLAP on 23 Nov 1727 in Windham, CT. During their 8+ years of marriage, Mary & Thomas had 5 children, all born in Windham CT.

ELIPHALET WHITING was born on 8 Apr 1715 in Windham, CT., and died there on 9 Aug 1736. According to Autobiography of W.S. Tyler, Eliphalet died unmarried.

ELISHA WHITING was born on 17 Jan 1716/17 in Windham, CT., and died on 15 Feb 1805.

SAMUEL WHITING was born on 15 May 1720 in Windham, CT., and died 15 Feb 1803 in Stratford, CT. He married ELIZABETH JUDSON on 14 Sep 1743 in Windsor, CT. During their 50-year marriage Samuel and Elizabeth had 11 children all born in Stratford Connecticut.

NATHAN WHITING was born on 4 May 1724 in Windham, CT., and died 9 Apr 1771 in New Haven, CT. Nathan married MARY SALTONSTALL on 12 Jul 1750 in New Haven, CT. During their 21-year marriage, Nathan & Mary resided in New Milford and had 9 children all born there.
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More information on Samuel and Elizabeth's children can be found in "The Descendants of William Whiting" found on the home page.
13 Samuel, born April 22, 1670. Settled in Windham. Children,—by hit second wife.
1674. Died in infancy.
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1676. Died September 30, 1689.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 21 Apr 1670

Samuel married Adams, Elizabeth on 14 Sep 1696 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Adams, William and Bradford, Alice) was born on 23 Feb 1681 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; was christened in 1681 in Of Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 21 Dec 1766 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States; was buried in 1766 in Of Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MARR: Jan 1685

Notes:

!SOURCE: THE COLLINS-CADWELL GENEALOLGY, 1983 EDITION, PG 286

!1666 BIRTH: Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England; Vol. I; p. 436.

!FGR: Page 223, 228; BOOK Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams, Privately printed Chicago, 1915 copy % Pat Roberts, American Fork, Utah. BURIED: East Burial Place (Riverside Cemetery) Middletown, Conn. DEATH: ? page 228 says 3 May 1772. Tombstone inscription 5th Day of May 1772 !LDS: B: E: SS: SP: DATES; IGI CD-ROM 1/95 ED.

!1. BIRTH: "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," Nehgr, Vol. 1, A-G, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, page 471. !2. MARRIAGE: Vol. 1, page 89, Saybrook, Middlesex, CT TR, "SaybrookColony Vital Records," Elizebeth Plimpton, Saybrook Press, Old Saybrook, 1985, page 18. !3. DEATH: "Genealogies of Connecticut Families," Nehgr, Vol. 1, A-G, Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983, page 471.

!Birthdate from Barbour - Middleton, Conn. V.R., page 113. !Marriage Date - Same source.

Mary married Hamlin, John in Jan 1683/1684 in Middletown, Connecticut. John was born in 1650 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; was christened in Jul 1670 in Middletown, New Castle, Delaware, United States; died on 9 Aug 1717 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Chapman, Deacon Nathaniel Sr on 16 Feb 1653 in of Saybrook, Middx., Connecticut. Nathaniel was born on 16 Feb 1653 in Old Saybrook, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States; died on 5 Apr 1726 in Saybrook, New London, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Cypress Cemetery Old Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Williams, John. John was born on 15 Apr 1662 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MARR: 24 Dec 1707

Notes:

Citations
Lucius Barnes Barbour, The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, (Baltimore, MD: The Genealogical Publishing Co, 55 volumes: 1994-2002), Middletown, Page 134, Vol LR2, Page 12. Hereinafter cited as The Barbour Collection.
The Barbour Collection, Middletown, Page 135, Vol LR2, Page 12.
The Barbour Collection, Middletown, Page 134, Vol LD2, Page 12.
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Family/Spouse: Dixwell, Mary. Mary was born on 9 Jun 1679 in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MARR: 26 May 1692

Susannah married Hamblin, William on 26 May 1692 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. William was born on 3 Feb 1667 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 22 May 1733 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• MARR: 1702

Notes:

Thomas Holcombe of Connecticut
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Rev. Nathaniel Collins was born in 1642. He was the son of Deacon Edward Collins and Martha (?). Rev. Nathaniel Collins married Mary Whiting, daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting. Rev. Nathaniel Collins died in 1684.
Child of Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Mary Whiting
Abigail Whiting+ b. 1681, d. 1758
Citations
[S55] Maude Pinney Kuhns, The MARY AND JOHN, Page 93.
Mary Whiting

Mary Whiting was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting. Mary Whiting married Rev. Nathaniel Collins, son of Deacon Edward Collins and Martha (?).
Child of Mary Whiting and Rev. Nathaniel Collins
Abigail Whiting+ b. 1681, d. 1758
Rev. Samuel Whiting
b. 1597, d. 1679
Rev. Samuel Whiting was born in 1597. He died in 1679.
Child of Rev. Samuel Whiting
Mary Whiting+
Abigail Whiting
b. 1681, d. 1758

Abigail Whiting was born in 1681. She was the daughter of Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Mary Whiting. Abigail Whiting married Samuel Wolcott, son of Samuel Wolcott and Judith Appleton, in 1705. Abigail Whiting died in 1758.
Child of Abigail Whiting and Samuel Wolcott
Mehitable Wolcott b. 1715
Mehitable Wolcott1
b. 1715

Mehitable Wolcott married Jonathan Russell. Mehitable Wolcott was born in 1715. She was the daughter of Samuel Wolcott and Abigail Whiting.
Citations
[S132] Chandler Wolcott, The Family of Henry Wolcott, Page 67/Item 120-4.

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DEATH: Age 76
Birth: Jul. 31, 1681
Death: Feb. 6, 1758, USA

"Here lies Interr'd the body of Mrs. Abigail Wolcott, Relict to Capt. Samuel Wolcott, and daughter to ye Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Collins of Middletown. Who departed this life Feb'ry ye 6: 1758. in the 77th year of her age."

Burial:
Wethersfield Village Cemetery
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

Created by: Marsha Redden
Record added: May 17, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8775337
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BIRTH: Also shown as Born 13 Jul 1681

DEATH: Also shown as Died Woolverstone, Suffolk, England.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 6 Feb 1768

Abigail married Wolcott, Captain Samuel Junior on 27 Dec 1705 in Pb Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Samuel (son of Wolcott, Samuel and Appleton, Judith) was born on 11 Apr 1679 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened in in Have Will; died on 15 Sep 1734 in Wethersfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut; was buried in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• MARR: 15 Dec 1705

Notes:

DEATH: Age 73

Martha married Hurlbert, Thomas on 15 Dec 1705 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas was born on 20 Oct 1674 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died in DECEASED; was buried in Feb 1752. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

DEATH: Some have 6 Feb 1768 West Cemetery, Tolland, Connecticut and some 19 Feb 1756.

BIOGRAPHY: Rev. Nathaniel Collins the first settled minister of Enfield. He received the ministerial allotment in 1701. After having the pastoral charge of the church & society a number of years [?] he resigned the office & subsequently was Town Clerk for 6 years. He died 1756, left 3 sons, 2 settled in Enfield & one in Somers.
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Descendants of Nathaniel Collins

1 Nathaniel Collins 1677 - 1756 b: June 13, 1677 in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut d: December 31, 1756 in Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut Burial: West Cemetery, Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut +Alice Adams 1682 - 1734/35 b: April 03, 1682 in Middletown, Connecticut d: February 19, 1734/35 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut Burial: West Cemetery, Somers, Tolland Co., Connecticut m: January 07, 1700/01 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

2 Ann Collins 1702 - 1778 b: December 20, 1702 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: December 10, 1778 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Ephraim Terry 1701 - 1783 b: October 24, 1701 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: October 14, 1783 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: September 13, 1723 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Nathaniel Collins 1709 - 1787 b: August 17, 1709 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: December 05, 1787 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts +Abigail Pease 1708 - 1792 b: June 07, 1708 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: May 01, 1792 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts m: July 17, 1735 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 William Collins 1711 - 1804 b: June 20, 1711 d: May 05, 1804 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Anne Jones 1714 - b: Abt. 1714 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: May 03, 1734 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Alice Collins 1715/16 - b: March 14, 1715/16 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut +Nathaniel Parsons 1708/09 - b: March 15, 1708/09 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut m: January 15, 1734/35 in Enfield, Hartford County, Connecticut

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Rev. Nathaniel Collins, son of Rev. Nathaniel Collins, of Middletown Connecticut; graduated at Harvard College, in 1697: was the first settled pastor of the church in Enfield, Connecticut 1699 to 1724: was town clerk of Enfield 1729 to 1735. He married (1st) 7 June 1700/1701 Alice Adams daughter of Rev. William Adams of Dedham and great granddaughter of Gov. William Bradford of the Mayflower. She died 19 Feb. 1735, in her 53d year (gravestone). He married (2d) Rachel Smith daughter of Samuel Smith of Glastonbury, Connecticut before 22 June 1737. She outlived him. The land records of Enfield and Glastonbury, CT, indicate that the last twenty years of his life he resided in Glastonbury. He died 31 Dec 1756 in his 80th year and is buried by his first wife. Ref: History of Enfield

And also in the same History of Enfield, in a section of Graveyard Inscriptions page 2457 there is a listing for a Collins Monument. It appears that it is in the South Cemetery in Somers, CT. It gives the following. 1300. (Collins Monument) (West side) In memory of Edward Collins who settled in Cambridge 1630, - Nathaniel his son First Minister at Middletown - Nathaniel Collins, Jr. - First Minister at Enfield Died 1757 - Alice Adams his wife great grand Daughter of William Bradford who came from England in the Mayflower, 31 years Gov. of Plymouth Colony. Monument Erected 1896, by Jabez Collins and Mrs. L. Collins Whitney

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Nathaniel Parsons, son of Philip and Anna Parsons, was born at Enfield, March 11, 1709-10. He or a son of the same name fought as a soldier in the French and Indian War in 1758 in Lieutenant David Parson's company, under General Phinehas Lyman, Third Company, First Regiment. He bought land on the Scantic River, January 26, 1728-29; and various other property at Enfield. Another Nathaniel Parsons appears to have lived at Enfield at the same time. He moved to Somers, Connecticut, and his wife Mary died there in her eighty-second year. They had a son, Stephen, born February 20, 1730-31. Nathaniel Parsons, son of Philip Parsons, married Alice Collins, January 29, 1735-36.

Alice (Collins) Parsons was born March 14, 1716, the daughter of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins, minister of the Enfield Church, who was graduated from Harvard College in 1697; married, in 1701, Alice Adams. She was the daughter of the Rev. William Adams, of Dedham, Massachusetts; and died February 19, 1755. The Rev. Nathaniel Collins was born June 13, 1681, died February 6, 1758. He was the son of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins who was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 7, 1642, and died at Middletown, Connecticut, December 28, 1684; was graduated at Harvard College in 1660; and was ordained minister at Middletown, Connecticut, November 4, 1666. He was married August 3, 1664, to Mary Whiting, daughter of William Whiting. Deacon Edward Collins, father of the Rev. Nathaniel Collins, Sr., appearing in Cambridge as early as 1638; was deacon of the first church there. He was admitted a freeman, May 13, 1640; lived many years on Governor Cradock's plantation, which he finally purchased. He was deputy to the General Court for many years; died in Charleston, April 9, 1689; aged eighty-six years.

Alice (Adams) Collins was a descendant of Henry Adams, the immigrant, of Braintree, Massachusetts, ancestor of John Adams, and John Quincy Adams, presidents of the United States. Alice (Bradford) Adams, wife of the Rev. William Adams, was the daughter of Major William Bradford and of Alice (Richards) Bradford, a granddaughter of Governor William Bradford, and his wife, Alice (Carpenter) Bradford. Governor Bradford, the most distinguished of the "Mayflower" Pilgrims, was a son of William Bradford, of Yorkshire, England. Children of Nathaniel and Alice (Collins) Parsons, born in Enfield: Nathaniel; Asa, born February 4, 1742; Edward, born in 1745; died in Springfield; Ebenezer, born in 1748; William, born in 1750; Shubael, of further mention; and Alice.

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Rev. Nathaniel Collins was the son of Edward and his wife Mary England

On the ship, The Defence, the Rev. Shepherd with several parishioners, including John Russell and Roger Harlakendon, set sail for New England in 1635. Accompanying them in this settlement was Mr. Edward Collins.

Edward Collins went on to establish himself in nearby Medford, where he acquired Gov. Craddock's massive estate, and later sold 1600 acres of his plantation to Richard Russell. The first preserved documentation from England that Daniel Markham, born in June 1641, in Earls Colne, was the same as the Cambridge, MA. Resident is provided by the will of a Daniel Collins, written in 1639 and probated in 1643. In it, he leaves fifty pounds British currency to "the wife of Cousin Markham." In the same will, he mentions his brother, Samuel, Vicar of Braintree, and Edward Collins, "now in New England," and names several children of Edward Collins.

He also mentioned his mother was buried at Braintree. The town of Braintree is in Essex, next to Earls Colne. Daniel Collins referred to "the lease of the Dolphin." There is property named, "The Dolphin, in Halstead, which also borders Earls Colne. This same property is mentioned in the records of Earls Coln in association with other plots of ground, which have been identified with James Markham, which also was held by a John Collins prior to James Markham.

In 1670, Daniel Markham, then also of Medford, MA, was deposed to testify on behalf of Edward Collins, plaintiff, involving an alleged theft of a mare and colt by a neighbor. During his testimony, he, Daniel, on several occasions referred to Mr. Collins as his uncle. The court reporter mentioned that the deponent, Daniel Markham, "was aged 25 years or thereabouts," which is consistent with the christening records of Earls Colne, which would put him at the age of 27 at this time. (Ref: Court records of Middlesex County, MA)

By his own words, as recorded in the MA Court records, Daniel Markham identified his uncle Edward Collins. From England, Daniel Collins, in his will, identified his cousin Markham (referring to James Markham and his wife Martha Collins) as his relative, Edward Collins, in New England. And, in Earls Colne, Essex, there is a documentation of the marriage of James Markham and Martha Collins, who had a son, Daniel, born in 1641.

Descendants of Nathaniel Collins

1 Nathaniel Collins 1709 - 1787 b: August 17, 1709 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: December 05, 1787 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts +Abigail Pease 1708 - 1792 b: June 07, 1708 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts d: May 01, 1792 in Enfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts m: July 17, 1735 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Eliphlet Collins 1744 - 1815 b: July 11, 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 22, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Abagail Abbe 1750 - 1844 b: May 13, 1750 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: June 22, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: November 01, 1770 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Nathaniel Collins was the son of Rev. Nathaniel Collins and Alice Adams. Rev. Nathaniel was the son of Nathaniel Collins and Mary Whitting. He was a graduate of Harvard University 1660.

Ref: Origin of Early Settlers, Before and in 1670 those in the latter year being householders and acknowledged as Proprietors, Centennial Address. David D. Field, D. D. Middletown, Conn., 1853 pp 143 - 149. Nathaniel Collins, the first settled pastor in Middletown, and his brother Samuel Collins, were from Cambridge, Massachusetts, sons of Deacon Collins.

Descendants of Eliphlet Collins

1 Eliphlet Collins 1744 - 1815 b: July 11, 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 22, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Abagail Abbe 1750 - 1844 b: May 13, 1750 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: June 22, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: November 01, 1770 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Mary Collins 1783 - b: 1783 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Nathan Pease 1782 - 1857 b: April 01, 1782 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: March 18, 1857 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: January 20, 1803 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

Descendants of Nathan Pease

1 Nathan Pease 1782 - 1857 b: April 01, 1782 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: March 18, 1857 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Mary Collins 1783 - b: 1783 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: January 20, 1803 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Orlando Pease 1803 - 1886 b: September 02, 1803 in Winsted, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: March 12, 1886 in Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska Burial: Stark Cemetery, Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska +Asenath Goddard 1807 - 1884 b: 1807 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut d: September 24, 1884 in Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska Burial: Stark Cemetery, Holmesville, Gage Co., Nebraska m: December 20, 1832 in Granby, Hartford, Connecticut

2 Alvah Pease 1805 - 1808 b: August 31, 1805 in Enfield, Connecticut d: August 05, 1808 in Enfield, Connecticut

2 Achsah Pease 1807 - b: June 10, 1807 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Groveland, NY +Almon Lesalle 1807 - b: Abt. 1807 d: in Groveland, NY m: Abt. 1827 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Alvah Pease 1809 - b: June 21, 1809

2 Eliphalet C. Pease 1811 - b: June 17, 1811 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Simon Pease 1813 - b: June 04, 1813 in Enfield, Connecticut d: in Dansville, NY +Selina Chalker *2nd Wife of Simon Pease: +Mary S. Hatch 1817 - b: Abt. 1817 m: 1837

2 Mary Pease 1815 - b: September 17, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Daniel Vaughn 1815 - b: Abt. 1815 m: July 03, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Nathan S. Pease 1818 - 1821 b: September 26, 1818 in Enfield, Connecticut d: January 12, 1821 in Enfield, Connecticut Burial: Enfield, Connecticut

Descendants of Thomas Abbe, Jr.

1 Thomas Abbe, Jr. 1731 - 1817 b: April 11, 1731 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: December 05, 1817 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Penelope Terry 1729/30 - b: February 05, 1729/30 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: Abt. 1749 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Abagail Abbe 1750 - 1844 b: May 13, 1750 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: June 22, 1844 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Eliphlet Collins 1744 - 1815 b: July 11, 1744 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 22, 1815 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut m: November 01, 1770 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Obadiah Abbe 1752 - b: June 15, 1752 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Jane McClester 1752 - b: Abt. 1752 m: Abt. 1772 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Penelope Abbe 1755 - b: March 24, 1755 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Josiah Bicknell 1755 - b: Abt. 1755 m: Abt. 1775 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Mary Abbe 1755 - 1759 b: March 24, 1755 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut d: May 18, 1759 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Thomas Abbe 1764 - b: March 22, 1764 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Ruth Bush 1764 - b: Abt. 1764 m: Abt. 1784

2 Mary Abbe 1766 - b: July 07, 1766 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +George Prior 1766 - b: Abt. 1766 in of East Windsor, CT. m: Abt. 1786

2 Peter Abbe 1769 - b: July 20, 1769 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Hannah Alden 1769 - b: Abt. 1769 m: Abt. 1789 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut

2 Simeon Abbe 1772 - b: February 03, 1772 in Enfield, Hartford Co., Connecticut +Tabitha Killam 1772 - b: Abt. 1772 m: Abt. 1792

More About These Family Connections

Captain Thomas Abbe, son of Thomas Abbe, Sr. and Mary Pease, married in Enfield, June 22, 1749, Penelope Terry, born in Enfield, February 5, 1729-30; died there December 5 1817.

Penelope Terry was the daughter of Dr. (or Captain) Ebenezer and Mary (Helms) Terry.

Children, born in Enfield Abigail Abbey, b. May 13, 1750; d. June 22, 1844. Resided in the east part of Enfield, CT. Married in Enfield, Nov. 1, 1770, Eliphalet Collins, b. in Enfield, July 11, 1744; d. May 22, 1815, son of Nathaniel and Abigail (Pease) Collins.

Taken from the book, Abbe history: And then a murmuring of bees Broke in upon the house of prayer; And then a wind-song swept the trees, And then a snarl from wolfish lair; And then a charge of grenadiers, And then a flight of drum-beat cheers. So drum and doctrine rudely blent, The casements rattled strange accord; No mortal knew what either meant; "Twas double-grad and Holy Word, Thus saith the drum and thus the Lord. The captain raised so wild a rout He drummed the congregation out. The people gathered round amazed; The soldier bared his head and spoke, And every sentence burned and blazed, As trenchant as a sabre stroke: "Tis time to pick the flint to day, To sling the knapsack, and away! "The green of Lexington is red With British redcoats, brothers' blood! In rightful cause the earliest dead Are always best beloved of God. Mark time! Now let the march begin! All bound for Boston fall right in " Then rub-a-dub the drum jarred on, The throbbing role of battle beat; "Fall in, my men!" and one by one They rhymed the tune with heart and feet, And so they made a Sabbath march To glory 'neath the elm-tree arch. The Continental line unwound Along the Church-yard's breathless sod, And holier grew the hallowed ground Where Virtue slept and Valor trod, Two hundred strong that April day They rallied out and marched away. Brigaded there at Bunker Hill, Their names are writ on glories page. The brave old captain's Sunday drill Has drummed its way across the age.

The church around which Captain Abbey beat the long roll was completed in the January preceding, and stood near the present church. It was used as a church for the town until 1849, when it was bought by the town and moved to the west side of the street, where it now stands and has been used as a town hall ever since. A memorial to Captain Abbey and others of the family is about to be erected by Mr. Alden Freeman with his mother and sisters.

The Abbey Memorial will be on the Green in Enfield, on the site of the church out of which Captain Abbey drummed the congregation at the Lexington Alarm. The actual site of the old church is just in front of the present edifice. The design calls for a marble statue on a pedestal surrounded by four marble seats in the Greek style. On the backs of these seats are inscriptions commemorating the achievements of some of the best known descendants of the Abbey family, in the fields of war, literature and science. The sculptor, Sherry E. Fry, used as a model for the face and figure for the statue of Captain Abbey, a daguerreotype of his grandson, Seth Alden Abbey, taken at the same age.

Daniel C. French, sculptor of the "Minute Men" unveiled at Concord Bridge in 1875, has taken great interest in the work of Mr. Fry, and loaned him the simple Colonial suit used for the presentation of Captain Abbey.

The following is an extract from a letter written by Seth Alden Abbey to his son, Henry G. Abbey, dated June 15, 1872, telling something of Thomas Abbey: When a small boy, I was frequently at his house for a week at a time and have heard him tell many a thrilling tale of his hairbreadth escapes, hardships, sufferings, etc. During the French War he received a commission as Ensign in the Colonial troops and saw considerable service against the French and Indians. At the breaking out of the Revolution, a volunteer company was formed in his neighborhood and he was elected their captain and they were soon ordered to join Colonel Willett's Regiment in New York. I have heard him say, frequently, that he had chances of promotion, often, but his men would not consent to his leaving them. When a boy I saw many of his old soldiers who had served during the war; and the neighbors were as particular in addressing any of them, in giving them their title, as Corporal such a one, or Sergeant such a one, as they would be in addressing a General. Thomas Abbey died in 1811, and was as anxious for a fight with old England, which was then much talked of, just before his death, as in his younger days. He died suddenly with apoplexy.

Bradford Generation Chart

13 Generation 12 Generation 11 Generation 10 Generation 9 Generation
Gov. William and Alice (Carpenter) Bradford - He came on the Mayflower. Died at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA Major - Lt Gov William & Alice (Richards) Bradford - Died at Plymouth, Plymouth Colony, MA Rev. William & Alice (Adams) Bradford - Married in Dedham, Suffolk, MA. Graduated from Harvard 1671. He was the second minister at Dedham. He was ordained 3 Dec 1673. Rev. Nathaniel and Alice (Bradford) Collins - Graduated from Harvard 1697. He was the first settled pastor of the church in Enfield, Connecticut 1699 to 1724. Rev. Nathaniel & Abigail (Pease) Collins -From Enfield, Hampshire, MA
8 Generation 7 Generation 6 Generation 5 Generation 4 Generation
Eliphlet and Abigail (Abbe) Collins - My Rev. War Soldier - DAR. Buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT


Nathan & Mary (Collins) Pease Buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT Orlando & Asentha (Goddard) Pease Buried on the Nebraska Prairie in Gage Co., at Stark Cemetery. He was a stone mason - a brick layer. James Alvin and Janetta (Fetrow) Pease - Civil War Soldier - served from CT as Union soldier, died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. He was a farmer. James Harvey and Ella Mae (Pease) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. Soldier of the Spanish American War - little drummer boy. He owned a grocery store.
3 Generation
Lloyd Patrick & Ruth (Berryhill) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery - WW I soldier. He was a farmer.
Abbe Generation Chart

13 Generation 12 Generation 11 Generation 10 Generation 9 Generation
John & Mary (Loring) Abbe, born Stgeorgecolegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England, died Windham, Windham, Connecticut Thomas & Sarah (Fairfield) Abbe, Sr., of Wareham, Plymouth, Massachusetts Thomas & Mary (Pease) Abbe, Sr., of Enfield, Hartford, CT. Among the first settlers to Enfield area of Hartford, CT. Thomas & Penelope (Terry) Abbe, Jr. of Enfield, Hartford, CT
8 Generation 7 Generation 6 Generation 5 Generation 4 Generation
Eliphlet and Abigail (Abbe) Collins - My Rev. War Soldier. Buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT


Nathan & Mary (Collins) Pease -buried at Enfield, Hartford Co., CT Orlando & Asentha (Goddard) Pease - Buried on the Nebraska Prairie in Gage Co. He was a stone mason - a brick layer. James Alvin and Janetta (Fetrow) Pease - Civil War Soldier - Union - served from CT, died in Barry Co., MO. He was a farmer. James Harvey and Ella Mae (Pease) Mooney They died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie. He was a little drummer boy in the Spanish- American War. He owned a grocery store.
3 Generation
Lloyd Patrick & Ruth (Berryhill) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO. He was a nurse in WW I. They are buried at Washburn Prairie Cemetery, Barry Co., MO. He was a farmer.
Collins Generation Chart

13 Generation 12 Generation 11 Generation 10 Generation 9 Generation
Deacon Edward & Mary (England) Collins - he was born in Bramford, Suffolk County, England, and died Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was married twice, first to Martha Bylie. Rev. Nathaniel & Mary (Whiting) Collins - lived in Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, Mary was the dt. of Major William & Susan (Wiggin) Whiting. Rev. Nathaniel and Alice (Bradford) Collins - Graduated from Harvard 1697. He was the first settled pastor of the church in Enfield, Connecticut 1699 to 1724. Rev. Nathaniel & Abigail (Pease) Collins - From Enfield, Hampshire, MA. This connection creates another line of Pease families for me.
8 Generation 7 Generation 6 Generation 5 Generation 4 Generation
Eliphlet and Abigail (Abbe) Collins - My Rev. War Soldier - DAR. They are buried in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. His name is engraved on the Abbe monument in Enfield.


Nathan & Mary (Collins) Pease - They are buried in Enfield, Hartford Co., CT. Orlando & Asentha (Goddard) Pease Buried on the Nebraska Prairie in Gage Co., in Stark Cemetery. He was a stone mason - a brick layer. James Alvin and Janetta (Fetrow) Pease - Civil War Soldier - served from CT as an Union soldier, died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. He was a farmer. James Harvey and Ella Mae (Pease) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery. Soldier of the Spanish American War - little drummer boy. He owned a grocery store.
3 Generation
Lloyd Patrick & Ruth (Berryhill) Mooney died in Barry Co., MO, buried Washburn Prairie Cemetery - WW I soldier. He was a farmer.
"Collins, Joseph, Eastham, m. 20 Mar. 1672, Duty Knowles, had Sarah, b. 2 Jan. 1673; John, 18 Dec. 1674; Lydia, July 1676; Joseph, June 1678; Hannah, Feb. 1680; Jonathan, 20 Aug. 1682; Jane, 3 Mar. 1684; Benjamin, 6 [[vol. 1, p. 436]] Feb. 1687; and James, 10 Mar. 1689, d. at 3 wks. Moses, Scarborough, s. of Christopher, was, in 1671, whip. as a Quaker. Nathaniel, Middletown, s. of deac. Edward, ord. 4 Nov. 1668, m. 3 Aug. 1664, Mary, d. of William Whiting of Hartford, d. 28 Dec. 1684, had Mary, b. 11 May 1666; John, 31 Jan. 1668; Susanna, 26 Nov.1669; Sibyl, 20 Aug. 1672, d. young; Martha, 26 Dec. 1674; Nathaniel, 13 June 1677, H. C. 1697; Abigail, 31 July 1681; and Daniel, or Samuel, 16 Apr. 1683, d. in 1 wk. His wid. d. 26 Oct. 1709. Mary m. Jan. 1685, John Hamlin; Susanna m. 26 May 1692, William Hamlin; and Abigail m. 1702, William Ward; but she may have been d. of Samuel. Nathaniel, Hatfield, k. by the Ind. 19 Oct. 1675. Peter, New London 1650, is not thot. to be s. of any in our country, nor to have had w. or ch. at his d. May or June 1655, div. his prop. among John Gager and other neighb. Peter, Pemaquid, in 1674 sw. fidel. to Mass. Robert, came in the Arabella, from London, 1671, but I kn. no more of him, unless he were f.-in-law of that Daniel Rolfe in 1672, wh. was k. in Philip's war. Samuel, Middletown, br. of Rev. Nathaniel, b. in Eng. aft. com. with his f. to Cambridge, there m. bef. 1664, and had Edward, b. 8 Jan. 1664, went to Scotland, perhaps a. 1658 or 9, came back soon, and was, perhaps, casually at Cambridge 1675, and Charlestown 1678, but sat down at M. there was rep. 1672, and d. 1696, leav. Edward; Martha, b. 3 Mar. 1666; Samuel, 21 Oct. 1668; Sibyl, 25 Feb. 1671; Mary, 16 June 1672; Abigail, 2 June 1673; and Daniel, 5 Oct. 1675. His w. d. 5 Mar. 1714. See Hutch. Coll. 475. Samuel, New London 1680-3; perhaps rem. to Lyme, m. 6 Aug. 1695, Rebecca, wid. of Joseph Hunt of Duxbury, wh. d. 15 June preced. Samuel, Salisbury, s. of Benjamin of the same, m. 16 Mar. 1699, Sarah White, had Benjamin, b. 5 Dec. 1699; and Joseph, 27 June 1702. Thomas, Boston 1677, merch. Thomas, Warwick, eldest s. of Elizur of the same, m. Abigail House, had Elizur, b. 17 Nov. 1693; William, 8 Feb. 1695; Thomas, 3 Jan. 1697; Sarah, 31 Oct. 1698; Thankful, 27 Aug. 1700; and by sec. w. Ann had Ann, 16 July 1707; Samuel, 30 May 1709; and Abigail, 20 Nov. 1711. William, New London 1664, tax. in 1667, but is not kn. to have had fam. perhaps rem. to New Haven, and that yr. m. 1 Jan. Sarah, d. of Henry Morrill; and was a propr. 1685. He had a d. b. 1670, whose name is not seen; John, 10 Mar. 1673; William, 4 Mar. 1675; Daniel, 28 May 1677; Sarah, 31 Dec. 1679; Jonathan, 25 May 1682; and Nathaniel, 25 Jan. 1685. Gov. Winthrop in II. 8, 38, and 136, ment. a scholar, of this name, wh. came 1640, from Barbados, was a preacher, m. a d. of William Hutchinson, and was cut off by the Ind. when the fam. of the prophetess was brok. up; but he does not give the bapt. prefix which in Backus is found to be William. Of this name, in 1834, four had been gr. at Harv. and fourteen at other N. E. coll." Ref: A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before 1692, Volume #1, Pgs 430 - 440, Cole - Condy - By James Savage



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Nathaniel married Adams, Alice on 7 Jan 1701 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Alice was born on 3 Apr 1682 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States; died on 19 Feb 1735 in Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nathaniel married Smith, Rachel before 22 Jun 1737. Rachel was born est 1680 in of Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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!FGR: Page 223; BOOK Ancestry of Lawrence Williams, Part II, compiled by Cornelia Bartow Williams, Privately printed Chicago, 1915 copy % Pat Roberts, American Fork, Utah. !LDS: SP: DATE; IGI CD-ROM 1/95 ED.

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!BIRTH: Source - Barbour - "Vital Records of Middletown, Conn", page 114.
!DEATH: Source - same as birth.

Cutter states that Samuel Collins was born 10 April 1683. Birth-date and death-date taken from Barbour - Middletown, Conn. V.R., page 114.

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A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut with the time of their arrival in the Country and Colony their standing in Society, Place of Residence, Conition in Life , where from
Business , &c as far as is found on Record
ASHLEY, JOHN, the 3d son of David, b. in 1669; had three wives, first, Sarah Dewey, m. 1692, she d. in 1708;

he m. for his second wife, widow Mary Sheldon in 1703, she d. in 1735;

for a third wife, he m. Hannah Glover, in 1735. The second wife, widow Mary Sheldon, was the relict of Joseph Sheldon, Esq., of Suffield, (who went from Northampton ;) she was the daughter .of Joseph Whiting, of Hartford, who was the Treasurer of Connecticut, for some years. This Joseph Whiting resided a few years in Westfield, and m. Mary Pyncheon,

the only daughter of Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, Oct. 5, 1669; she was born Oct. 28, 1650. Mr. Whiting had by Mary Pyncheon in Westfield, Mary, b. Aug. 19, 1672, and Joseph b. 1674, who d. young.

Mr. Whiting returned to Hartford, and his wife soon after died, and he m. a daughter of Hon. John Allyn, for his second wife. This Mary Whiting, b. 1672, the grand-daughter of Col. Pyncheon, m. Joseph Sheldon, about 1694; she had a son Joseph b. in Northampton, 1695; the other children most or all of them were born in Suffield, Conn., viz: Amy, Mary, Joseph b. in 1700, (the first Joseph died,) Rachel, b. 1703; Benjamin, 1705. Joseph Sheldon d. July 2, 1708, at Boston, where he was attending the General Court as Representative of Suffield. His widow, (the grand-daughter of Col. Pyncheon,) rn. John Ashley, Esq., of Westfield. The children of John Ashley, of Westfield, by his wife, Sarah Dewey, were: Sarah, b. 1693; Hannah, 1695; John, 1697, (died young;) Moses, 1700; Ebenezer, 1702; Noah, 1704; Roger, 1705; Lydia, 1708. By his second wife, widow Mary Sheldon, he had John b. 1709, and Preserved, 1711, the latter died young. John Ashley, of Sheffield, was the only child of John Ashley, Esq., of Westfield, by his 2d wife, (Mary Sheldon,) who lived. John Ashley, Esq., who had been much employed in public business, and held many responsible places of public trust in Westfield, d. April 17, 1759, aged 89 years. Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, d. in 1703, but his estate, for some reason, was not fully settled until 1737. In that year there was about £8000 of his estate remaining not distributed, which consisted chiefly of land, and two-thirds of this, or £5312 was given by the Probate Court to the heirs of his son John, and one-third, or £2656 to the heirs of his grand-daughter, Mary Ashley, " alias Sheldon, alias Whiting,",(so the record reads;) of this £2656, Joseph Sheldon had a double portion, £758 ; Benjamin Sheldon, £379 ; Amy, wife of James Warriner, £379; Mary, wife of Ebenezer Hitchcock, £379; Rachel, wife of Jedediah Bliss, £379; (these were the five Sheldon children,) and John Ashley, son of Mr. John Ashley, £379; all having the same mother. This John Ashley, who afterwards settled at Sheffield, was a great-grandson of the first Robert Ashley; he was also the great-grandson of Col. John Pyncheon, of Springfield, and of William Whiting, one of the first settlers of Hartford.

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BIRTH: Also shown as Born Westfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

DEATH: Also shown as Died 13 Mar 1735

BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.

Mary married Sheldon, (Capt.) Joseph about 1687 in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts. (Capt.) (son of Sheldon, Isaac and Woodford, Mary) was born on 1 Feb 1668 in Northampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; died on 2 Jul 1708 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; was buried on 2 Jul 1708 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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(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; Wrilliam. 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.
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Susanna married Thornton, Samuel on 12 Feb 1701 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Samuel was born on 4 Aug 1678 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 4 Aug 1678 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 22 Sep 1703. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Susanna married Warren, Thomas on 20 Jul 1714 in First Church, Hartford, Connecticut. Thomas was born about 1671 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; was christened on 22 Oct 1671 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; died in 1756; was buried in 1756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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; Wrilliam. 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.

Anna married Stanley, Nathaniel on 14 Nov 1704 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Margaret Whiting Marsh
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Birth: Aug. 7, 1689
Death: Dec. 8, 1747

Daughter of Joseph & Anna (Allyn) Whiting.
She married Rev. Jonathan Marsh on July 13, 1710 in Windsor.

Family links:
Parents:
Joseph Whiting (1645 - 1717)
Anna Allyn Whiting (1652 - 1734)

Spouse:
Jonathan Marsh (1685 - 1747)

Children:
Sarah Marsh Kellogg (1724 - 1796)*
Anna Marsh Sheldon (1729 - 1802)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial:
Palisado Cemetery
Windsor
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA

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3. Margaret WHITING was born on 5 Jan 1690 in Hartford, Hartford,
Connecticut. She died on 8 Dec 1747 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut. John
Marsh of Hartford, CT; Marsh Genealogy 1636 - 1895; Compiled by Dwight
Whitney Marsh of Amherst, Mass. Published by Press of Carpenter & Marebouse,
Amherst, Mass, 1895. p. 312.
She made a nuncupative (oral) will very near the hour of her death, having
intended to send for her brother Whiting the next day, and in the custom of
the time, mentions her son in precedence of his older sister. (Hartford
Records). Rev. Jonathan MARSH and Margaret WHITING had the following
children:
i. Margaret MARSH was born on 10 Jun 1711 in Windsor, Hartford,
Connecticut. She died on 18 Oct 1747.
1 ii. Rev. Jonathan MARSH.
iii. Mary MARSH was born on 19 Jul 1716 in Windsor, Hartford,
Connecticut.
iv. Dorcas MARSH was born on 31 Aug 1718 in Windsor, Hartford,
Connecticut.
v. Hannah MARSH was born on 28 May 1723 in Windsor, Hartford,
Connecticut.
vi. Joseph MARSH was born on 10 Nov 1727 in Windsor, Hartford,
Connecticut. He died on 15 Aug 1776 in Meriden, New Haven, Connecticut.
John Marsh of Hartford, CT; Marsh Genealogy 1636 - 1895; Compiled by Dwight
Whitney Marsh of Amherst, Mass. Published by Press of Carpenter & Marebouse,
Amherst, Mass, 1895. p. 312.
Joseph Marsh of Windsor entered the service of his country in
stirring times. He made his will and died at Meriden, Ct. on his way home
from camp in New York, Aug. 15, 1776. He gave all his property to his widow
for her natural life and then the North Society "for the support of the
Gospel of Ministry or schooling as they judge best."
vii. Ann MARSH was born on 28 Jan 1730 in Windsor, Hartford,
Connecticut.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/MARSH/2003-05/1053196934

Margaret married Marsh, Reverend Jonathan on 13 Jul 1710 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Jonathan (son of Marsh, Jonathan (married to Dorcas not Sarah or Susannah) and Palmer, *Dorcas) was born on 7 Aug 1685 in Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; died on 8 Sep 1747 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Palisado Cemetery Windsor Hartford County Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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745. Col. Whiting died February 12, 1766.

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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.
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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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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

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Record added: Oct 18, 2010
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!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
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Death: Feb. 12, 1767
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Hartford County
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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
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=60282882

John married Lord, Jerusha on 16 Sep 1720. Jerusha (daughter of Lord, Richard and Warren, Abigail) was born on 25 Feb 1699 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was christened on 26 Feb 1698 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died on 21 Oct 1776 in Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; was buried in Oct 1776 in Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch Id: LCRS-6QY

Samuel married Hannah on 7 Nov 1765 in Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut. Hannah was born about 1731 in of Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut; died in 1809 in Norwalk, , Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Kimberly, Abraham about 1693 in of Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut. Abraham (son of Kimberley, Abraham and Preston, Hanna) was born on 4 Mar 1674 in Chowan, Albemarle, North Carolina, United States; died on 17 May 1742 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Sibyl

BIRTH: Also shown as Born Connecticut.

BIRTH: Also shown as Born 1673

Sibell married Hurlbut, Joseph on 27 Apr 1704 in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut. Joseph was born on 10 Jul 1683 in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut; died on 24 Jun 1752 in Newington, Hartford, Connecticut; was buried in Jun 1752 in Newington Cemetery, Newington, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

William Whiting of Hartford appointed his guardian 7 Sept 1713

Other Events:

• Education: 1721 Graduate of Yale College

Notes:

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Thomas Fitch
Governor of the Colony of Connecticut, 1754-1766
Born: 1696, Norwalk, Connecticut
College: Graduated from Yale in 1721
Political Party: No declared political party
Offices: Norwalk Justice of Peace, 1727-1733, 1736-1737
Deputy, Connecticut General Assembly, 1726-1728, 1729-1731, 1772-1773
Assistant, Connecticut General Assembly, 1734-1736; 1740-1750
Deputy Governor, 1750-1754
Chief Justice, Connecticut Superior Court, 1750-1754
Governor, Colony of Connecticut, 1754-1766
Died: July 18, 1774, Norwalk, Connecticut

Governor Thomas Fitch guided the Colony of Connecticut through the turbulent economic and political times before the Revolutionary War but never lived to see the colonies become an independent nation.

Born in Norwalk, Connecticut about 16961, Thomas Fitch was the oldest son and the first child of Thomas Fitch and his first wife, Sarah (Boardman) Fitch. He was the fourth-generation "Thomas" in Connecticut, and is sometimes called "Thomas IV". The Fitches were a wealthy and noble family of Bocking, Essex, England, from which Thomas IV's great-grandfather, Thomas I, emigrated to Connecticut with his mother and two brothers in the 1600's; Thomas I and his brother Joseph were among the founders of Norwalk.

After early schooling in Norwalk, Thomas IV went to Yale to study law. He was there during a period when some Yale professors left the Congregational Church (the established church) for the Episcopalian Church, shocking the Congregational-based society of Connecticut. Even Thomas admitted to sympathizing with some Episcopalian teachings. After graduation he went on to obtain a Master's degree.

In 1724, Thomas Fitch married Hannah Hall, born January 31, 1702 at New Haven, a daughter of Richard Hall and Hannah Miles. Thomas and Hannah Fitch had six boys and four girls, with two children dying young. The first child, a son born in 1725, was also named Thomas.

In 1726, during a period of "difficulties arising in the town about ye Reverend Mr. Buckingham," the minister of the Norwalk Congregational Church, Thomas Fitch was among those who occasionally substituted until a new minister could be found. He was paid thirty shillings a Sunday for his preaching. Fitch's experience in "supplying the pulpit" (acting as a substitute preacher) of his home church demonstrated that in spite of some earlier Episcopalian leanings, his views were now acceptable to the established Congregational faith. In addition, the experience provided a forum for his considerable oratorical skills.

Thomas Fitch's political career began shortly thereafter, in May of 1726, with his election as a Deputy (representative) from Norwalk to the General Assembly; he was re-elected for the Assembly sessions through 1728 and in 1729-1731. He served as an Assistant from 1734-1736 and from 1740-1750. From 1727-1733 and 1736-1737 he also served as a Justice of the Peace.

Several projects during the late 1730's and in the 1740's earned Fitch the increased regard of his colleagues. He was part of a group that tried to set up a much-needed steel factory in Connecticut. He represented Connecticut in various crucial legal cases, arguing for Connecticut in 1738 in the long-running (1671-1771) Mohegan land case, a dispute between the Mohegans, the heirs of John Mason, and the Connecticut colony. His impressive legal skills prompted Timothy Dwight, an early president of Yale, to call him "probably the most learned lawyer who had ever been an inhabitant of the Colony." He was on military committees and other committees of importance, such as that petitioning the British Crown to reimburse Connecticut troops in the victory of Louisburg (Nova Scotia, 1745), and the committee to represent Connecticut in the Massachusetts-Connecticut border controversy (1750).

Fitch's greatest accomplishment before becoming governor was his 1749 revision of the laws of Connecticut. Revisions had been done in 1702 and in 1715, but by 1742 there were many new laws, and another update was badly needed. Fitch was on a committee that started the task in 1742, but that group did not accomplish much. In 1744, Fitch was given sole responsibility for the work. He did much of the revising himself but also called on three others to help him -- Ebenezer Silliman, Andrew Burr, and Captain Robert Walker. The General Assembly accepted the completed revision in May, 1749.

The new compilation, 256 pages long, was in great demand. An initial printing of about 150 copies fell far short of the thousand copies needed. Such a large printing was a huge undertaking at a time when paper was handmade, sheet-by-sheet. Connecticut did not yet have a paper mill, and the nearest one was in New York. Hand-turned presses required that each page be typeset by hand and printed one sheet at a time. It was four years later, in late 1753, before the full number of copies was printed.

The law revision behind him, Thomas Fitch's political star began to rise in 1750. In November, Governor Jonathan Law died and the General Assembly elected Roger Wolcott, the Deputy Governor under Law, as Governor and Fitch as Deputy Governor, both to serve until the regular election of May 1751. The pair was re-elected at that time, and Fitch, in accordance with the custom of the time, was also appointed Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Connecticut.

It was unfortunate for Roger Wolcott that one of the first major scandals to shake the government of the Colony of Connecticut began in November of 1752, when a damaged Spanish ship limped into New London harbor with its valuable cargo of gold doubloons and indigo. The cargo was off-loaded and placed in local secured storage, but portions of it still disappeared before the reconstructed ship finally left in January of 1755. Many felt that Governor Wolcott was too lax in prosecuting the thefts and in not providing sufficient protection to the cargo. His perceived poor handling of the situation caused him to lose votes in the 1754 elections, and Thomas Fitch was elected Governor of Connecticut.

The French and Indian War marked the first years of Fitch's administration. This struggle between Britain and France for American lands lasted until the French and their Native Americn allies surrendered to the British in 1760. Connecticut gave large amounts of money, manpower, and supplies to the conflict, sometimes beyond what it could afford. Tradition states that in 1755 Col. Thomas Fitch V, the governor's son, received the present of a song as a joke from a British surgeon, Dr. Richard Shuckburgh. Using a popular old marching tune, Shuckburgh is said to have written lyrics making fun of Col. Fitch's troops: "Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding on a pony...." According to tradition, Col. Fitch is the original "Yankee Doodle". Years later, during the Revolutionary War, colonial troops turned the tables by adopting it as one of their favorite marching songs and playing it in front of the English troops after Burgoyne's defeat at Saratoga.

The conclusion of the war ended the money and manpower drain on Connecticut but found the state greatly in debt, and a depression arose that lasted for several years. King George III came to the throne in 1760, and, with timing that was very bad for the American colonies, decided to recoup the costs of the French and Indian War by increasing taxes. The Sugar Act of 1764 was the first step and was very unpopular in the colonies in general. This act required colonists to buy sugar only from British Caribbean sugar producers, excluding French planters. This allowed British planters to raise their prices, with the Crown getting a share of the increased profits.

Connecticut and the other colonies protested, but the Crown held firm, assuming the complaints would pass. They did not, and the announcement of the Stamp Act in March 1765 only made things worse. It required that anyone buying any type of legal paper, or even paper for printing newspapers and books, had to also buy a certifying stamp from the British, with the money going to the Crown. Since the Crown had limited the number of paper mills that could be built in the colonies, paper was sometimes difficult to get, and people often had to import it from England. The act raised the price of paper and made it even harder to obtain.

News of the forthcoming Stamp Act set off violent protests throughout New England and widened existing political divisions in Connecticut. Western Connecticut had more people and more money, traded easily with New York, and also had more representatives in the General Assembly. It favored the "Old Lights" in the religious controversy of the Great Awakening. It did not favor the Stamp Act but felt that it was best to comply with it for the time being, and Governor Fitch, a Norwalk resident, agreed.

Eastern Connecticut, on the other hand, had fewer people, was underdeveloped, and favored the "New Lights". It resented the continuing efforts of wealthier western Connecticut merchants to keep major trade away from eastern merchants. The compliant attitude of western Connecticut towards the Stamp Act was the last straw for eastern towns. Eliphalet Dyer and Jonathan Trumbull led a militant group of men from the Norwich area, the "Sons of Liberty", in discrediting advocates of the Stamp Act and working to place eastern Connecticut men in power. They staged protests and attacked supporters of the Stamp Act, including Governor Fitch, in the newspapers; they hung effigies of key politicians in trees and then burned the effigies.

In their determination to prevent the Stamp Act from becoming law, the Sons of Liberty continued their agitation by leading a mob of over 400 men and capturing Jared Ingersoll, the Royal Stamp Distributor, as he was on his way to Hartford to speak to the General Assembly about resigning. The Sons of Liberty forced him to sign a resignation then and there, took him to Hartford, and made him read the resignation to the General Assembly. At that point, Governor Fitch placed Ingersoll under his personal protection and issued a general proclamation against "turbulent" behavior. The Sons of Liberty responded by visiting Fitch at his home and declaring that he would either let them in to seize and burn the stamped paper there or his house would be burned down.

The Stamp Act was to become law on November 1, 1765. As that day approached, Great Britain took extra measures to ensure compliance, requiring all colonial governors to take an oath to enforce the act or pay a fine of five thousand pounds and be dismissed from office. Governor Fitch delayed taking the oath until two days before the deadline, in a vain hope that the act would be recalled. It was not, and in the presence of witnesses, he signed the Stamp Act on behalf of Connecticut. Jonathan Trumbull, William Pitkin, and a few others were so upset at this that they left the room in disgust just before the act was signed.

The unpopular Stamp Act lasted only a few months, as King George II officially withdrew it on March 19, 1766. An unintended benefit of the act was that eastern Connecticut did something about the paper situation. By December 1766, Christopher Leffingwell of Norwich had started the first paper mill in Connecticut and the Connecticut Gazette (New Haven) was being printed on paper from that mill. Eastern Connecticut had control of one Connecticut industry, at least. Then, on the one-year anniversary of the repeal, the feisty Sons of Liberty celebrated by putting up a special "Liberty Pole" and placing a commemorative announcement in the Connecticut Courant (Hartford), asking the blessings of heaven on His Royal Majesty for that repeal.

The times were changing, and Fitch was on the wrong side of the emerging political scene. Just before the election of 1766, he published an anonymous pamphlet defending his signing of the Stamp Act, but it was too late. William Pitkin was elected Governor in 1766, with Jonathan Trumbull as Deputy Governor. Trumbull, sympathetic to the views of the Sons of Liberty, assumed the governorship in 1769 and remained in office throughout the Revolutionary War.

Following his 1766 defeat, Thomas Fitch served in the General Assembly. His supporters attempted to have him re-elected as governor in the 1770's but were unsuccessful. In 1769, he served on a committee, and in 1772, was the Deputy from Norwalk to the General Assembly. He retired after that and spent much time reading under an elm tree he had planted in 1749. The tree, which came to be called "King Elm", lasted until about 1900 when it was destroyed by beetles.

Governor Thomas Fitch died on July 18, 1774 and was buried in East Norwalk Historical Cemetery, now the oldest cemetery in Norwalk. The Fitch house was partially burned in the July 11 and 12, 1779 British invasion of Norwalk, so only one wing remained. Fitch's wife, Hannah, having been evacuated from Norwalk at the time of the British raid, probably returned to Norwalk before she died in August 17792, at the age of 78. Fitch descendants lived in the reconstructed house until 1945. In 1956, the structure lay in the path of the Connecticut Turnpike (Interstate 95). Through community efforts the small wing that had survived the British raid was saved and moved out of the path of the road. It is today part of the Mill Hill Historic Park in Norwalk.

Thomas Fitch's family received some of the "Firelands" in the Connecticut Western Reserve in Ohio, lands reserved especially for those who had been burned out by the British in the Revolutionary War. The town of Fitchville, in Huron County, Ohio, was partly built on land that was given to the family of Governor Fitch and so was named for him. Mill Hill Historic Park, Wall Street and East Avenue, Norwalk, (phone 1-203-846-0525) includes the Governor Fitch law office (set on rocks from the original Fitch home's foundation), the earliest Norwalk cemetery, a schoolhouse, and the Townhouse Museum.

Portrait

There is no known portrait of Thomas Fitch.

Footnotes

1 Various sources give different birthdates, ranging from 1696 to 1700. The epitaph on Fitch's headstone ends with the sentence: "Having served his generation by the will of God, [he] fell asleep July 18, Anno Domini 1774, in the 78th year of his age."

2 Connecticut Journal and New-Haven Post-Boy, August 18, 1769.

Bibliography

Caulkins, Frances Manwaring. History of Norwich, Connecticut, pp. 365-367. Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1873 [CSL Call number F 104 .N93 C3 1874].

Dexter, Franklin Bowditch. Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College...October, 1701-May 1745. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1885 [CSL call number HistRef LD 6323 .D5].

Encyclopedia of Connecticut. New York: Somerset Publishers, Inc., 1994 [CSL Call Number GIS Ref F 92 .E53 1994].

The Fitch Papers, 2 Vols., in Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society, VII (1918) and XVIII (1920) [CSL Call Number F 91.C7].

Fedor, Ferenz. The Birth of Yankee Doodle. New York: Vantage Press, 1976 [CSL call number 974.62 N83f].

Fitch, John T. Descendants of the Reverend James Fitch, 1622-1902. Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1996- [CSL call number CS 71 .F545 1996].

_______________. A Fitch Family History: English Ancestors of the Fitches of Colonial Connecticut. Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1990 [CSL call number CS 439 .F512 1990].

Fitch, Roscoe Conkling. History of the Fitch Family, A.D. 1400-1930. N.p.: The Fitch Family, 1930 [CSL call number CS 71 .F 545 1930].

Highways & Byways of Connecticut. Hartford: G. Fox & Co., [1947] [CSL call number F 94 .H54 1947].

National Cyclopedia of American Biography. New York: James White & Company, 1900, s.v. "Fitch, Thomas", vol. X, p. 327 [CSL call number E 176 .N27].

Norton, Frederick Calvin. The Governors of Connecticut. Hartford: Connecticut Magazine Co., 1905 [CSL call number HistRef F 93 .N 88 1905].

Raimo, John W. Biographical Directory of American Colonial and Revolutionary Governors 1607-1789. Westport, CT: Meckler Books, 1980 [CSL call number E 187.5 .R34].

Originally prepared by David O. White, Museum of Connecticut History, Connecticut State Library. Edited and revised by CSL Staff , October 2002. Copyright © 2002.

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Gov married Hall, Hannah on 4 Sep 1724 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut. Hannah was born on 31 Jan 1702 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States; died on 7 Aug 1769 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States; was buried in 1769 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Kimberly, Abraham on 11 Feb 1696 in Wethersfield Twp, Hartford, Connecticut. Abraham (son of Kimberley, Abraham and Preston, Hanna) was born on 4 Mar 1674 in Chowan, Albemarle, North Carolina, United States; died on 17 May 1742 in Newtown, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]