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Maj. William Whiting

Maj. William Whiting

Male 1605 - 1647  (42 years)


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  • Name William Whiting  [1, 2
    Prefix Maj. 
    Birth 1605  Boxford, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jul 1647 
    Person ID I57576  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2005 

    Father John Whiting,   b. Abt 1570   d. 22 Oct 1617 (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Isabel (Whiting),   b. 1500   d. 4 May 1608, Boston, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 108 years) 
    Family ID F24285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Susanna Wiggin,   b. Abt 1600   d. 8 Jul 1673 (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 1630 
    Children 
     1. Rev John Whiting,   b. 1635, Hartfort, CT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1689, Hartfort, CT Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     2. Joeph Whiting,   b. 2 Oct 1640, Hartford, CT. Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1717, Hartford, CT. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F24281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2009 

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  • Notes 



    • was an original proprietor of Hartford; his home–lot in 1639 was on the east side of the street now Governor St. In 1633 “the Bristol men had sold their interest in Piscataqua to the Lords Say and Brooke, George Wyllys, and William Whiting, who continued Thomas Wiggin their agent.” Mr. Whiting retained his interest in Piscataqua until his death, and was one of the most efficient promoters of the trade and commerce of Hartford. He was also engaged in a patent for lands at Swampscott with Lords Say and Brook.

       
      He was one of the Committee who for the first time sat with the Court of Magistrates in 1637; freeman, Feb., 1640; Treasurer of the Colony from 1641 until 1647; chosen magistrate 1642, and continued in office until his death in 1647. In 1638 he was allowed to trade with the Indians; and he was appointed with Major Mason and others to erect fortifications in 1642, and the same year he was appointed with Mason to collect tribute of the Indians on Long Island and on the Main. He was a merchant of wealth, and had dealings with Virginia and Piscataqua; had a trading–house at the Delaware River, and also at Westfield.


      Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut

       
      Major William Whiting , the immigrant ancestor, held an enviable position among the early settlers of Hartford, Connecticut . At some time between 1631 and 1633 he became one of the purchasers of the Piscataqua grants of the Bristol men. He was associated with Lords Say and Brooke and George Wyllys . They continued Thomas Wiggin as their agent. He retained his interests in Maine until his death.
       
      He was "one of the most respectable of the settlers (of Hartford ) in 1636 , one of the civil and religious Fathers of Connecticut , a man of wealth and education, styled in the records, 'William Whiting, gentleman.'" In 1642 he was chosen one of the magistrates; in 1641 treasurer of the colony of Connecticut , an office he held the rest of his life. "In 1646 a plot was laid by Sequasson , Sachem of the Naticks , to kill Governor Haynes and Hopkins and Mr. Whiting on account of the just and faithful protection which these gentlemen had afforded Uncas. The plot was disclosed by a friendly Indian and the danger averted." He bore the title of Major as early as 1647 .
       
      He was one of a committee who for the first time sat with the court of magistrates in 1637 ; was admitted freeman in February, 1640 ; was magistrate 1642-47 , treasurer, 1641-47 . In 1638 he was allowed to trade with the Indians and was appointed with Major Mason and others to erect fortifications in 1642 , and in the same year was appointed with Mason to collect tribute of the Indians on Long Island and on the Main . He was a merchant of wealth and had dealings with Virginia and Piscataqua . He had a trading house on the Delaware river and another at Westfield, Massachusetts . His will, dated March 20, 1643 , states that he was about to make a voyage at sea. It bears a codicil dated July 24, 1647 . (See Trumbull's Colonial Records, or Hartford Probate Records).
       
      Whiting was powerful and useful in the colony on account of his broad views and wealth, which enabled him to carry out for the benefit of the community his large and various plans. Always an efficient promoter of the trade and commerce of Hartford , he had trading houses also in various parts of the country and he owned many large land patents. Governor Edward Hopkins and he were the two leading merchants of the colony of which Hartford was the centre. After the Pequot war was over they began to export corn "beyond the seas."

      For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site

  • Sources 
    1. [S898] Society of The Descendants of the Founders of Hartford, Inc., The Original Proprietors of Hartford, (ftp://3ri.com/pub/hartford/The_Original_Proprietors_3rd_Ed.pdf).

    2. [S908] Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Family History of the State of Connecticut, (New York, NY: Lewis Publishing Company, 1911.).
      records 375-394