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Col. Joseph WHITING

Male 1680 - 1748  (68 years)


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  • Name Joseph WHITING  [1, 2] 
    • 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 [1]
    Prefix Col. 
    Birth 1680  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 4 Apr 1748  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I83210  Main Tree
    Last Modified 11 Aug 2020 

    Father Rev John WHITING,   b. Abt 1634, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1689, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Phebe GREGSON,   b. 1643   d. 19 Sep 1730, At the home of her son Joseph, at New Haven, Conn. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage Sep 1673  Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Family ID F34068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Hannah TROWBRIDGE,   b. 30 Mar 1690   d. 9 Aug 1748 (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jan 1709/10  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Hannah WHITING,   b. 21 Feb 1719/20   d. 03 Dec 1786 (Age 66 years)  [Birth]
     2. Mary WHITING,   b. 5 Feb 1714/15   d. 30 Apr 1748 (Age 33 years)  [Birth]
     3. Elizabeth WHITING,   b. 8 Jun 1717   d. 17 Oct 1751 (Age 34 years)  [Birth]
     4. Phebe WHITING,   b. 23 Oct 1720   d. 23 Dec 1751 (Age 31 years)  [Birth]
     5. Deacon John WHITING,   b. 1 May 1721/2   d. 21 Jun 1786 (Age 64 years)  [Birth]
     6. Sarah WHITING,   b. 15 Apr 1725   d. 1 Aug 1751 (Age 26 years)  [Birth]
     7. Joseph WHITING,   b. 28 Jan 1727   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     8. Elisha WHITING,   b. 29 Jul 1729   d. 11 Mar 1766 (Age 36 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F34007  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Jul 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

    2. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).

    3. [S11478] The New England Historical and Genealogical Register 2020, Vol. 174 Winter.


  

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