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Rev John WHITING

Male Abt 1634 - 1689  (55 years)


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  • Name John WHITING  [1, 2, 3] 
    • He graduated from Harvard in 1653; preached several years at Salem, Mass., and was there in1659, March 8, when the selectmen, with the deacons and Mr. Gedney, all desired "to treat with Mr. Whittinge to know his mind about staying with them." (Salem town records.) He removed with his family from "The Bay" to Hartford, and was ordained pastor over he First Church in 1660, being associated with Rec. Samuel Stone. In 1669, in consequence of dissensions which agitated the church at that time, he and others petitioned the Assembly "for their approbation for a distance walking in Congregational Church order," which was approved and in 1670, a new Church was formed, of which he was chosen pastor and so continued until his death. In King Philip's War he was chaplain. He was twice married; (1) about 1654 to Sybil Collins, dau. of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, mass., by whom he had seven children, one of whom, Col. William, was a distinguished military officer who fought in all the French and Indian Wars of his time, and who m. Oct. 6, 1686, Mary, dau. of Col. John Allyn, grand-daughter of Matthew Allyn, and great-grand-daughter of Hon. Wm. Pynchon. T [1]
    • John's father, William Whiting, was one of the founders of Hartford. The family emigrated from England to Hartford in 1636. John graduated from Harvard, Class of 1653. He served as minister in Salem, Massachusetts, until about 1660, when he moved to Hartford, and became minister of the First church there. he became a freeman on 11 May 1665. His estate began probate in Hartford in November 1689. [2]
    Prefix Rev 
    Birth Abt 1634  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 8 Sep 1689  Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I83314  Main Tree
    Last Modified 18 May 2020 

    Father William WHITING   d. prob in Aug 1647 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Susannah ?   d. 8 Jul 1673, Middletown, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F27441  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sybil COLLINS,   b. 1634 
    Marriage Abt 1654  [1] 
    Children 
    +1. Sybil WHITING,   b. 1655, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft Mar 1702 (Age 47 years)  [Birth]
     2. John WHITING,   b. 1657   d. Bef 8 Sep 1689 (Age 32 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Col. William WHITING,   b. 1659   d. Aft 31 Jan 1725/6, Newport, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Martha WHITING,   b. 1662, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 7 Mar 1740/1 and 16 Nov 1741 (Age 79 years)  [Birth]
    +5. Sarah WHITING,   b. 1663, Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 2 Jan 1723 (Age 60 years)  [Birth]
    +6. Abigail WHITING,   b. Abt 1666   d. 7 May 1733 (Age 67 years)  [Birth]
    +7. Rev Samuel WHITING,   b. 22 Apr 1670   d. 27 Sep 1725, Enfield, Grafton Co., New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F34060  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jul 2020 

    Family 2 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) 
    Marriage Sep 1673  Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Children 
     1. Thomas WHITING,   b. 1674   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     2. Mary WHITING,   b. 1676   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
    +3. Elizabeth WHITING,   b. 1678   d. Aft 1753 (Age > 76 years)  [Birth]
    +4. Col. Joseph WHITING,   b. 1680   d. 4 Apr 1748 (Age 68 years)  [Birth]
     5. Nathaniel WHITING,   b. 1683   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     6. Thomas WHITING,   b. 1686   d. young Find all individuals with events at this location  [Birth]
     7. John WHITING,   b. 1688   d. Feb 1715 (Age 27 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F34068  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 May 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1634 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Sep 1673 - Hartford, Hartford County,Connecticut Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 8 Sep 1689 - Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking.

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

    3. [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).


  

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