Rev Joseph WHITING, A.M.

1641 - 1723  (82 years)

• Name	Joseph WHITING  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  	Joseph married, first Sarah Danforth, who was born at Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 11 Nov 1646, daughter of Honorable Thomas Danforth, later the president of Maine, and Mary Withington. Sarah died, presumably at Lynn, between 1681 and 1683. No vital records from Cambridge or Lynn were found for Sarah's marriage or death. The marriage and its year "about 1673", were noted by William Whiting without reference. It is unknown where the marriage took place. Proof of the marriage is found in Thomas Danforth's will, dated 1 September 1699 and proved 16 November 1699, in which he bequeathed his estate to his son-in-law Mr. Joseph Whiting, pastor of the church in Southampton on Long Island, and for which is "grandsons" Daniel Champney and Samuel Sparhawk were named executors. Samuel Sparhawk was the husband of Sarah Whiting, Joseph and Whiting and Sarah Danforth's daughter. Joseph married second, at Stamford, Connecticut, on 28 October 1684, Rebecca Bishop, who was born at Stamford n February 1663 and died at Southampton on 21 April 1726. She was a daughter of Rev. John Bishop and his wife Rebecca Goodyear. rev. Bishop was the second minister at Stamford. Rebecca may have had relatives inSouthampton as several Bishops lived in the area. Joseph Whiting's parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Saint John) Whiting, lived in Lynn where Samuel was the minister from 1636 to 1679, which included the years of Joseph's childhood and early adulthood. Joseph Graduated at Harvard in 1661 during the tenure of President Charles Chauncey (1654-1672), and he was counted among the greatest graduates during that time. "We may enumerate the following, who were eminent in their day, and shone as lights in the Christian Community throughout New England: Increase Mather, Shubael Dummer, Gershom Bulkley, Zachariah Symmes, Joseph Eliot, Samuel Shepard, Samuel Willard, Simon Bradstreet, Nathaniel Chauncy, Joseph Whiting, Solomon Stoddard, Moses Fiske, Nehemiah Hobart, Abraham Pierson, Daniel Gooking, Samuel Mather, Peter Thacher." After his graduation Joseph returned to Lynn and assisted his father. He was ordained as his father's successor on 6 October 1680 after his father's death...... Mr. Whiting continued in the ministry at Southampton for forty-three years, until his death in 1723. His weathered grave stone may still be read in the Old South End Burying Grounds in Southampton: HERE LIES THE REVERENT MR IOS EPH WHITING WHO DIED APRIL THE 7Yr 1723 IN Ye 82 YEAR OF HIS AGE The will of Joseph whiting states the names of his wife and living children and establishes the birth order of his sons. ... After Mr. Whiting's death, his widow Rebecca Whiting sold the "east half and new end of my now dwelling house in the Town Plot of Southampton. And one-half of my Garden joining to my house, with the free privilege of a cartway on ye north side of the house to the barn" for L10 to her son Ebenezer Whiting on 4 December 1724. This house and lot was reportedly on the east side of Main Street. Rebecca's much sharper and less weathered gravestone is next to her husband's. It reads: HERE LYES Ye BODY OF Mrs REBECCA WHIEING WIFE OF Mr JOSEPH WHIEING AGED 63 YEARS & 2 MONTHS DEC APRIL Ye 21 1726 Rebecca Whiting made her will on 16 April 1726 during an illness that she did not expect to recover nor did she, for she died on 21 April 1726.... According to family legend, one of the sons (Possibly Samuel) was sent to carry dinner to some men at work. He had to go through some woods and lost his way. He ws not found until he had starved to death. He had eaten all the food except the cheese. He disliked cheese so much that he would rather starve to death. [1]
  Prefix	Rev
  Suffix	A.M.
  Birth	06 Apr 1641	Lynn, Massachusetts   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1658  [5]
  Fact	6 Oct 1680-1682	Ord. Lynn, Massachusetts   [3]
  Death	07 Apr 1723	Southampton, Suffolk Co., New York   [1, 2, 3]
  Person ID	I61058	Main Tree
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2022

  
  

  Father	Rev Samuel WHITING, A.M.,   b. 20 Nov 1597, Boston, co. Lincoln d. 11 Dec 1679, Lynn, Massachusetts (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elizabeth ST. JOHN,   c. 12 Jan 1604/5, Bletsoe, co. Bedford d. 3 Mar 1676/7, Lynn, Massachusetts (Age ~ 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	6 Aug 1629	Boston, co. Lincoln, England   [3]
  Family ID	F32834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah DANFORTH,   b. 11 Nov 1646   d. Between 1681 and 1683 (Age 34 years)
  Children	1. Sarah WHITING,   b. Abt 1667, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 8 Dec 1752, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachuetts (Age 85 years)  [Birth]   2. Samuel WHITING,   b. 3 Jul 1674, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. Bef 27 Apr 1717 (Age 42 years)  [Birth]   3. Joseph WHITING,   b. 22 Nov 1675, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 25 Nov 1675, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   4. Joseph WHITING,   b. 8 May 1677, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 7 Jul 1677, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   5. Thomas WHITING,   b. 20 May 1678, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 1 Jun 1678, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   6. Joseph WHITING,   b. 14 Jan 1680, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 5 Feb 1680, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts (Age 0 years)  [Birth]   7. Rev. John WHITING,   b. 20 Jan 1681, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts d. 4 May 1752, Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F43258	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Rebecca BISHOP,   b. 26 Feb 1662/3, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut d. 26 Apr 1723, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1682  [5]
  Children	1. Samuel WHITING,   b. Abt 1689, Southampton, New York d. 12 Jul 1729 (Age 40 years)  [Birth] + 2. Joseph WHITING, Jr.,   b. Abt 1692, Southampton, New York d. 06 Aug 1757, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years)  [Birth] + 3. Benjamin WHITING,   b. Abt 1694, Southampton, New York d. 2 Oct 1773, Wallingford, New Haven Co., Connecticut (Age 79 years)  [Birth]   4. Rebecca WHITING,   b. Southampton, New York  [Birth]   5. Hannah WHITING,   b. Abt 1683, South Hampton, New York d. 16 Nov 1732, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 49 years)  [Birth]   6. Ebenezer WHITING,   b. Abt 1696, Southampton, New York d. Between 1764-1766, Greenwich, New York (Age 70 years)  [Birth]   7. Elizabeth WHITING,   b. Bef 1699, Southampton, New York  [Birth]   8. Dorothy WHITING,   b. Bef 1698, Southampton, New York  [Birth]
  Family ID	F09391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2021

  
  

• Event Map

  Fact - 6 Oct 1680-1682 - Ord. Lynn, Massachusetts  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S12780] Connecticut Ancestry 2021 November Vol. 64 No. 2. [S02419] Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Vol. 1, (Name: Name: Clearfield Company, Inc.;;), 76-3279. [S5840] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonist Who Came to America before 1700. [S13227] James E. Bishop, A BISHOP Family Line in America, Rev. John Bishop to Samuel H. Bishop. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.