Col. William WHITING

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Distinguished military officer who fought in all the French and Indian Wars of his time

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William Whiting represented Hartford in the General Court from 1710 to 1715, and was Speaker in 1714. In 1693, he went as Captain of a company of Whites and Indians to Maine. In 1705 he held the rank of Major. In 1709 he bore the rank of Colonel, and led a body of horse and infantry into the county of Hampshire Mass., to repel the French and Indians. In 1710 he was command of the troops at Port Royal, and in 1711, in the expedition against Canada. Col. Whiting was Sheriff of Hartford county in 1722. He removed to Newport, R.I., late in life, and probably died there.

William married Mary ALLYN on 6 Oct 1686. Mary (daughter of Col. John ALLYN and Ann SMITH) was born on 3 Apr 1657 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 14 Dec 1724 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary WHITING was born on 1 Apr 1688 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 6 Nov 1714 in Connecticut.
2. Charles WHITING was born on 5 Jul 1692 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 7 Mar 1738 in New London, New London Co., Connecticut.
3. William WHITING was born on 15 Feb 1694/5 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut.

William married Ann CUTLER on 31 Jan 1725/6 in Newport, Rhode island. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

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.

John married Sybil COLLINS about 1654. Sybil (daughter of Deacon Edward COLLINS and Martha BAYLIE) was born in 1634. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Dau. of Deacon Edward Collins of Cambridge, Mass.