D.

THE FAMILY OF

THE HON. WILLIAM WHITING,

OF HARTFORD.

The Hon. William Whiting of Hartford, was born in England, where his parents resided, probably in Essex county. He married in England; and his sons William and John were born there, before he migrated to America. "He had a sister Wiggins, who had children."*

In 1649, he made his will; and he died before the year 1664, as property received from him, by his will, was sold that year by his son William.*

His children were:

1. WILLIAM. He was a merchant in London, and sold the lands he received from his father "to Siborn Nichols, of Witham, England." This Siborn Nichols, "of Witham, in the county of Essex, England, Gentleman, received (1664) a deed, executed in London, of a large quantity of land located in Hartford, Connecticut, on both sides of Connecticut River, from William Whiting, a merchant, then in London, and son of William Whiting, then deceased, of Hartford, which had fallen to him at his father's decease, for which Mr. Nichols paid him £320 sterling." These lands "went into the possession of Cyprian" Nichols "of Hartford."†

2. JOHN. He was a Congregational minister at Hartford, and is already particularly spoken of in this Memoir. See pp. 40, 41.

3. SAMUEL.

* Hinman's Catalogue, Art. William Whiting, Hartford.

+ Hinman, Art. Siborn Nichols.

4. SARAH.

5. MARY.

6. JOSEPH. He "appears to have been born after the will of his father was made," (1649,) who "provided for him by a codicil." He was for thirty-nine years, 1679-1718, Treasurer of the colony; for twenty-one years, 1725-1746, a member of the General Assembly; and for twelve years, 1732-1744, one of the Judges of the colony. When James II of England succeeded to the British throne, in 1685, his lawless and cruel conduct toward the colonies led a Special Assembly of Connecticut to appoint (1686) Mr. Whiting their agent, to repair to England, and endeavor to preserve the colony's chartered rights. This he did, much to the satisfaction of his constituents; and, in the reign of William and Mary, he coöperated with Mr. Increase Mather, in effecting a renewal of the charter, to the colony's great joy.t

E.

THE FAMILY OF

THE REV. JOHN WHITING,

OF HARTFORD.

He was born in England, "a short time before his father's emigration to New England," and died in the year 1689. He is particularly mentioned in the first chapter of this Memoir, pp.

* Hinmau, Art. William Whiting, Hartford.

+ Trumbull's Hist. of Conn., Vol. I, B. I, Ch. XV, an. 1686, 1687; and Ch. XVI, an. 1691.

Farmer's Memoirs of Ministers, in the Amer. Quart. Register, Vol. IX, p. 229, Art. John Whiting.

§ Hinman says 1689; but Mather says, (Magn. ii, 23,) 1699:

It is thought that he was twice married.* "At Cambridge," Massachusetts, he married Sibyl, "daughter of Deacon Edward Collins, and sister of the Rev. John Collins."t

He had three children, " before he left Massachusetts:" Sibyl Bryan, John, (who did not survive his father,) and William ; and six after that time: Martha Bryan, Sarah Bull, Abigail Russell, Samuel, Joseph, and John, who was "one year old"‡ at the time of his father's death. At the same time, the ages of the other children were:

1. WILLIAM, the eldest surviving son, "was baptized at Cambridge, February 19th, 1660; and married Phebe Grigson, daughter of Thomas Grigson who was lost at sea in 1646.§ He was known as Major Whiting; and was, "for many years, a military officer of Connecticut; commanded the troops sent by that colony against Port Royal in 1710; and was an officer in the expedition against Canada," the next year. In 1700, he petitioned the General Court of Massachusetts for "a tract of land granted to his father before the year 1679, the original plan of which," says Farmer, "is in my possession." It contained 400 acres, and was situated on Salmon brook, which empties into Merrimac river.T

2. SAMUEL was the first minister of the Congregational Church at Windham, Connecticut. A particular account of him

* Hinman's Catalogue, Art. John Whiting.

+ Farmer's Memoirs of Ministers, in the Amer. Quart. Register.

+ Hinman's Catalogue.

The Rev. Dr. Dodd's East Haven Register, quoted by Farmer.

|| Farmer's Genealog. Reg., Art. John Whiting.

¶ Farmer's Memoirs, &c., Art. John Whiting.

is given in the first chapter of this Memoir, pp. 41, 42. For an account of his descendants, see Appendix F.

3. JOSEPH.

4. JOHN. He was the fourth Treasurer of the colony, from 1718 to 1750. He succeeded, in this office, his father's brother Joseph.

F.

THE FAMILY OF

THE REV. SAMUEL WHITING,

OF WINDHAM.

[A. D. 1670-1725.]

He was the second son of the Rev. John Whiting of Hartford and Sibyl Collins of Cambridge; was born at Hartford in 1670, and died at Enfield, Connecticut, in 1725. For a sketch of his life, see the first chapter of this Memoir, pp. 41, 42.

His wife was Elizabeth Adams, who was born at Dedham, February 21st, 1681. Her father, the Rev. William Adams, minister at Dedham, was a graduate (1671) of Harvard College, and died, August 17th, 1685. Her mother was ALICE BRADFORD, daughter of Deputy-Governor William Bradford and his wife Alice Richards. This Alice Richards was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Richards; and Deputy-Governor William Bradford was the son of Governor WILLIAM BRADFORD of the Mayflower and his wife ALICE SOUTHWORTH.

Governor William Bradford married twice. His first wife died in 1620; and he married Alice Southworth, April 14th, 1623, and had two sons, William and Joseph. His son William was the Deputy-Governor.

Alice Bradford, daughter of the Deputy-Governor, married the Rev. William Adams; and, after his death, she married

(1686) Major James Fitch, eldest son of the Rev. James Fitch. She had two children by her first marriage: Elizabeth, who married the Rev. Samuel Whiting; and Eliphalet, minister at New London.

The Rev. Samuel Whiting and his wife Elizabeth Adams had eight sons and five daughters.

One of their daughters married his successor in the church at Windham, the Rev. Thomas Clapp, afterward President of Yale College. Another daughter became Mrs. Backus; and a third, Mrs. Fitch.

SAMUEL, one of the sons, settled at Stratford; NATHAN, at New Haven; JOHN, at Scotland, a part of Windham; and WILLIAM, at Bozrah, a part of Norwich. This WILLIAM became Colonel Whiting, the father of Dr. William Whiting, and the grandfather of Mrs. Mary Anna Boardman. See Appendix G.

The wife of the Rev. Samuel Whiting survived him, and married the Rev. Mr. Niles. On the death of the Rev. Mr. Niles, she removed to New Haven, and died there, December 21st, 1766. It was her patriotic boast, that she had, "at one time, sixteen sons and grandsons commissioned officers in the French

war."

G.

THE FAMILY OF

COLONEL WILLIAM WHITING,

OF BOZRAH.

He was a Colonel in the provincial army, and distinguished himself at the siege of Louisbourg, and at the battle of Lake George under Sir William Johnson. See pp. 42, 43, 44, of this Memoir.

His parents were the Rev. Samuel Whiting of Windham and Elizabeth Adams. His wife was Anna Raymond. He passed