Person:Anthony Whiting (1)

ANTHONY WHITING, born in Dedham, Essex County, England; married Jan. 8, 1594-5, Anne14, dau. of Henry2 and Susan (Hills) Sherman of Dedham; he died in 1629; she married 2d, Thomas Wilson, who died in 1631; she died in 1638.

The will of Anthony Whiting devised as follows: " Anthony Whiting of Dedham, Essex, clothier, 1 September 1628, proved 14 July 1629. To wife Anne my messuage and lands now in tenure and occupation of Benjamin Thorpe or assigns, for term of life, and after her decease to Symon Whiting my son upon condition he pay of the same to my son Anthony Whiting thirty pounds within one year after my wife's decease and forty pounds to my daughter Phebe.

To wife Anne my tenement and yard now in the occupation of Gilbert Hills, for term of her life, and after that to my son John.

To my son Anthony Whiting and Mary his wife my two fields bought of the widow Sherman and after their decease to my said Anthony's heirs. To son Symon fourteen pounds.

To Susan Whiting three score pounds and to her daughter Phebe forty pounds. My two brothers Henry and Ezechiell Sherman shall sell my house and lands in Langham to best advantage, the money arising thence to be paid to my executor for the performance of this my will. To my son John six score pounds at age of twenty three.

To my daughter Anne Laverson five pounds. To Mr. Rogers forty shillings and to Mr. Cottesford twenty shillings.

To the poor of Dedham forty shillings and of Stanoway thirty shillings. My wife shall pay unto Mr. Lawrence How one hundred pounds for a lease of lands bought of him. She to be executrix."

Wit: Lyoncll Chewte and Henry Shereman. —N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol. 50, pp. 387

[Reprinted in "The Record of My Ancestry"]

1.   The Record of My Ancestry.

   by Charles Lyman Newhall. University of Wisconsin, 1899 / Digitized 2007
   [1]

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Sherman, in Wood, Michael Johnson. The Earliest Shermans of Dedham, Essex, and their wives. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historical and Geneaological Register, 2012-14)
   167:48.

   ANTHONY WHITING , born about 1569, probably in Stanway, Essex, [156] died between 1
   September 1628 and 14 July 1629 (dates of will and probate)