Person:John Whitman (2)

Who was the father of John Whitman of Weymouth?

According to Robert Charles Anderson in the Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 John1 Whitman of Weymouth, Zachariah1 Whitman of Dorchester, New Havan and Milford and Elizabeth1 (Whitman) [Stream] Otis are all children of Richard Whitman of Lee, Buckinghamshire, England.^[4] Zachariah Whitman was married on 10 Jun 1630 to Sarah Biscoe in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England just a few miles from Lee, Buckinghamshire where his father lived.^[5][6] The Bishop of London issued a marriage license on 22 February 1619/20 to "Thomas Streame, cordwainer, and Elizabeth Whitman, spinster, daughter of Richard Whitman, of Leigh, co. Bucks, husbandman; at St. Bennet, Paul's Wharf, London"^[7]. "Thomas Streame and Elizabeth Whiteman" were married at St. Bene't and St. Peter, Paul's Wharf, London, on 22 February 1619/20^[8] Zachariah Whitman arrived on the Truelove from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England and arrived in Dorchester by 1635^[9] He brought with him two of the sons of his sister, Elizabeth1 (Whitman) [Stream] Otis. On the passenger list of the Truelove, immediately following the family of Zachariah Whitman and preceding the next family group, were the following four individuals: "Rabecca Fenner," aged 25, "Tho[mas] Tibbald's," aged 20, "Thomas Streme," aged 15, and "Jo[hn] Streme," aged 14^[10] His brother John Whitman arrived later arriving in Weymouth in 1638. ^[9] Thomas Stream and of John Stream where both the children of Elizabeth (Whitman) Stream.^[4]

The will of Zachary Whitman, dated 24 April 1666 states: "Zachary Whitman of Milford" bequeathed to "my cousin Zachary Whitman my brother's son my house & land at the decease of my wife" and "all the books my wife can spare" (This clearly a reference to his brother John Whitman of Weymouth and his son Zachary Whitman) and to "my cousin John Streame" twenty pounds; "I give Dr. Preston's books to my cousin Clarke and my cousin Streame"; (This referring to his two nephews sons of Elizabeth (Whitman) Stream. ^[11]

The will of Zachary Whitman’s widow Sarah (Biscoe) Whitman also names the children of Zachary Whitman’s two siblings: Elizabeth (Whitman) Stream and John Whitman of Weymouth. "The nuncupative will of Mrs. Sarah Whitman widow late of Milford deceased. We whose names are underwritten do testify that Mrs. Sarah Whitman of Milford in the county of Newhaven widow, lately deceased, having a purpose to make her will & being at that time in perfect sense & memory not long before she died declared her mind for the dispose of her worldly estate as followeth or in words to that purpose & effect, viz: I will give my goods to my cousins, namely my cousin George Clarke, to my cousin John Stream & to my cousin Zachary Whitman. In witness to the truth whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this 5th day of April 1671, Samuell Burwell, Nathan Burwell, Elnathan Botchford. This was taken upon oath this 26th of April 71 before me Alex[ander] Bryan Assistant. I also Thomas Welch of l\1ilford do testify to the substance of what is abovewritten, expressed to me & in my hearing by the said Mrs. Whitman deceased two or three days before she died, only with this addition, that she spake of the dispose of some of the best (meaning her goods) to Zachary Whitman. In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name the day & year abovewritten, Thomas Welch”^[12]

"We conclude that Elizabeth (Whitman) (Stream) Otis was his sister, and that Zachariah Whitman was also son of Richard Whitman of Lee,Buckinghamshire, which is about two miles from Chesham...Zachariah Whitman was brother of John Whitman {1638, Weymouth}"^[13]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Ensign John¹ Whitman, in Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth Historical Society, under direction of the town, 1923)
   4:753.

   Ensign John^1/ Whitman came as early as 1638 and was made a freeman of Massachusetts Bay Colony, 13 Mar. 1638-39. He was chosen one of three "to end small controversies in Waymoth," 14 May, 1645, and on the same day the General Court confirmed him "ensigne of the company at Waymoth." (Massachusetts Bay Colony Records, 2: 97, 98.) He was deacon of the First Church and died at Weymouth, 13 Nov. 1692.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} John Whitman, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
   4:523.

   John (Whitman), Weymouth, was first of Dorchester, freem. 13 Mar. 1639, but soon aft. at W. had Hannah, b. 24 Aug. 1641; but other ch. he had, some b. no doubt, in Eng. Thomas; John; Abiah or Abijah; Zechariah, b. 1644, H. C. 1668; Sarah; Mary; Eliz.; Hannah; and Judith; these nine all liv. to be nam. in the will of f. 1685. A fam. tradit. that the mo. with s. Thomas, aged 12 yrs. and others of the ch. came in 1641, may deserve a partial credence beyond what such evidence gains usually from the judicious. Prob. conject. is that, beside Abijah and Zechariah, and Hannah, Judith, also, and Eliz. were b. on this side of the water; but the order, in wh. names of ch. occur in a will, is not always sufficient guide to determine relative ages. He was ens. 1645, appoint. by the Gen. Court "to end small causes," deac. and d. 13 Nov. 1692, little, if any short of 90 yrs. and may well seem to be the ancest. of the larger portion of the thousands bear. the name in our region. Sarah m. a Jones; Mary m. John Pratt; Eliz. m. Joseph Green; Hannah m. Stephen French; and Judith m. a King.

3. ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
   3:96.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Zachariah Whitman GM2:7:359-63 see also John Stream GM2:6:573-77; Thomas Stream GM2:6:578-80; Thomas Holbrook GM2:3:352,354, John Otis (GM2:5:322-26)
5. ↑ NEHGR 65:67; GM2:7:359-63
6. ↑ Torrey 3:1657 1630 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [WHITMAN, Zachariah (-1666) & Sarah BISCOE (1606-1671); Chesham, Eng, 10 Jun 1630; Dorchester/Milford, CT {Chesham Reg. 227; Whitman (1889) xi; Reg. 54:384, 65:67; Avery Anc. (1925) 123; Shaffer-Hunt 73; Miner Anc. 200; Brush-Bowers 45}]
7. ↑ Publications of the Harleian Society (The Society London) Register Series 26:84
8. ↑ Publications of the Harleian Society (The Society London) Register Series 39:3
9. ↑ ^9.0 9.1 Robert Charles Anderson. The Great Migration Directory: Immigrants to New England, 1620–1640 p 242 (Boston, Massachusetts. New England Historic and Genealogical Society. 2015) GMDIR p 371; John Whitman: Unknown; 1638; Weymouth [MBCR 1:375; SPR Case #2012; Weymouth Hist 4:753; Charles H Farnam, History of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass. (New Haven, Connecticut, 1889)] See also his brother in GM2:7:359-63; GMDIR 371; Zachariah Whitman; Chesham, Buckinghamshire; 1635 on Truelove; Dorchester, New Haven, Milford [GM2:7:359-63]; GMDIR 322; Stream, John: London; 1635 on Truelove; Weymouth, Milford [GM2:6:573-77] and Stream Thomas; London; 635 on Truelove; Wyemouth, [GM2:6:578-80]
10. ↑ The Original Lists Of Persons of Quality . . ., John Camden Hotten, ed. (London 1874; rpt. Baltimore 1974) 131
11. ↑ New Haven, Connecticut, Probate Records 1 :2:2
12. ↑ New Haven, Connecticut, Probate Records 1:2:38
13. ↑ Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635, Volume VII, T-Y, (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) p 359-63