Person:Joseph Whitmore (3)

Watchers
m. 8 Feb 1674
  1. Sergeant Francis Whitmore1675 - Bef 1750
  2. Hannah Whitmore1677 - 1729
  3. Elizabeth WhitmoreAbt 1679 - 1743
  4. Sergeant Joseph Whitmore1687 - 1729
  5. William Whitmore1689 -
  6. Isabel Whitmore1694 -
  7. John Whitmore1696 -
  • HSergeant Joseph Whitmore1687 - 1729
  • WMary Warner1687 - 1732
m. 16 May 1709
  1. Abigail Whitmore1713 - 1738
  2. Martha Whitmore1719 -
Facts and Events
Name[1] Sergeant Joseph Whitmore
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Aug 1687 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Marriage 16 May 1709 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Mary Warner
Death[3][6] 20 Apr 1729 Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Alt Death[1][2][5] 29 Apr 1729 Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3][5][6][8] Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme, New London, Connecticut, United States
Probate[7] 5 Jul 1729 Admimistration to Mrs. Mary Wetmore and (son) Francis Wetmore
Estate Inventory[7] 1 Aug 1729 £879-02-10. Taken by John Warner, Samuel Gipson and William Whitmore.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 3-15 Joseph Whitmore 3, in Purdy, Jessie Whitmore Patten. The Whitmore genealogy: a record of the descendants of Francis Whitmore of Cambridge, Massachusetts (1625-1685)
    24.

    "3-15 Joseph 3 (Whitmore) (Francis 2, Francis 1)─Born at Middleton, Ct., August 1, 1687. Died at Lyme April 29, 17_7. … resided at Middleton, Ct."

  2. Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    494.

    "Whitmore, … Joseph, s. Francis & Hanna[h], b. Aug. 1, 1687 [LR1:51]"
    "Whitmore, … Joseph, d. Apr. 29 172[_], at Lyme [LR2:13]"

  3. 3.0 3.1 Joseph Whitmore, in Find A Grave.
  4.   Joseph Whitmore, Sr, in Find A Grave.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Connecticut Headstone Inscriptions Vol 39, 315-1 Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme
    49.

    "Whitmore, Joseph, died April 29, 1729, age 42"

  6. 6.0 6.1 Inscriptions at Old Lyme, Conn., in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    77:213.

    "Mr. Joseph Whitmore died Apr. 20, 1729, in his 42d year."

  7. 7.0 7.1 Wetmore, Sergt. Joseph, in Manwaring, Charles W. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records. (Hartford, Conn.: R. S. Peck & Co., 1904-06)
    3:129-30.

    "Probate Records. Vol. XI, 1729 to 1732. Page 2-3

    Wetmore, Sergt. Joseph, Middletown. Invt. £879-02-10. Taken 1st August, 1729, by John Warner, Samuel Gipson and William Whitmore.

    Court Record, Page 1—5 July, 1729,: Adms. granted to Mrs. Mary Wetmore and Francis Wetmore.

    Page 34—5 January, 1730: Hannah Wetmore, a minor daughter of Joseph Wetmore, with her mother's consent chose her uncle Francis Wetmore to be her guardian. Recog., £50.

    Page 71—6 June, 1732: Joseph Wetmore and Abigail, both 20 years of age, chose their uncle Francis Wetmore to be their guardian. Recog., £100.

    Page 5 (Vol. XIII) 12 April, 1737; Seth Whitmore, age 20 years, chose Joseph Savage to be his guardian, and also to be guardian to Francis Whitmore, 11 years of age. Recog., £400.

    Page 6—12 April, 1737: Martha Whitmore, age 17 years, chose her brother Joseph Whitmore to be her guardian, also to be guardian to Samuel Whitmore, both sons of Joseph Whitmore decd.

    Page 117 (Probate Side) : We, the subscribers, being desired and impowered by Joseph Whitmore and the rest of the heirs of Joseph Whitmore and Mary his wife, late of Middletown decd., to divide the estates of our sd. father and mother, have done the same this 22 February, 1737-8, in the following form, viz.:

    To Joseph Whitmore, eldest son, £270-18-08; To Seth Whitmore, 2nd son, £100-07-06; To Samuel Whitmore, 3rd son, £100-07-06; To Francis Whitmore, 4th son, £100-07-06; To Abigail Clark, eldest daughter, £100-07-06; To Hannah Whitmore, 2nd daughter, £100-07-06; To Martha Whitmore, 3rd daughter, £100-07-06

    Agreement exhibited in Court by Joseph Whitmore and William Rockwell, 22 February, 1738-9. Accepted.

    Court Record, Page 42—23 February, 1738-9: Martha Whitmore, age 19 years, chose Joseph Savage of Middletown to be her guardian. Recog., £300. Samuel Whitmore, age 14 years chose Seth Whitmore to be his guardian. Recog., £300."

  8. One of the Find A Grave memorials asserts that he was buried at the Old Burying Ground in Cromwell. However, the Hale Collection and the image of his gravestone at Old Lyme indicate that he was buried there. One wonders why that burial would have occurred at that place.