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1715 - 1748 (33 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Col. Joseph WHITING was born in 1680 (son of Rev John WHITING and Phebe GREGSON); died on 4 Apr 1748. Notes:
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He settled in New Haven and was a member of the General Court at the May sessions of 1716, 1722 and 1724 (Col. rec. of Conn, 1706-1716, p. 546; Ibid., 1717-1725, pp. 304, 439.) Clerk of the House at he May sessions of 1716 and 1722; elected to the Upper Chamber where he continued for 21 years from October 1725 to October 1745, inclusive. He was for many years Judge of the Probate and a Judge of the Superior Court. Both he and his wife left large estates and Whiting Street, New Haven, derives its name from them. His gravestone in the center Church Crypt, New Haven is inscribed as follows:
Here
Lyes Interr'd
the body of
the HONOURABLE
COLONEL
JOSEPH WHITING
of New Haven Esq
who died April 4th
1748 Aged 67 Years
Joseph married Hannah TROWBRIDGE on 30 Jan 1709/10. Hannah (daughter of Lieut. Thomas TROWBRIDGE and Hannah NASH) was born on 30 Mar 1690; died on 9 Aug 1748. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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