Person:Henry Whitman (11)

BIOGRAPHY: Captain Wightman of Quidnessett, R. I. (1632 - 1721/2) And Descendants Compiled by Mary Ross Whitman Chicago, Ill. 1939 Page 118

  Henry Whitman lived  in Warwick, in Coventry, in Providence, and in Cranston. In 1785 he sold his inheritance from his father's estate to his uncle David Wightman of Warwick, describing it a s bordering on the land of Caleb Wightman and "Sarah, my mother, now wife of Gideon Spencer." He owned property later in the various localities in which he lived. In 1777 he served three months as a "waiter" in the company commanded by his father Capt. Reuben, enlisting when not yet fifteen years of age. Later, in 1796, he was "Capt. Henry" of the 3rd Company of Cranston militia. He was pensioned, his deposition being dated 6 Sept. 1837 (File W. 1681, Rev. Serv.).
  His wife Roby (Knight) Whitman was the daughter of Benjamin Knight, an innkeeper in Cranston. When General Lafayette was passing through Rhode Island, he stopped at her father's inn, and observing Roby, a girl in her teens and remarkably pretty, gave her a snuff box as a souvenir.
  Henry Whitman died intestate. His widow in her will names her two children and her grand-children.