"William (Whiting), b. ____; living in London in April, 1664, and appointed Colonial Agent for Connecticut, Aug. 24, 1686."
"William Whiting's son William was for a time the London agent of the Connecticut Colony. Some of his letters to the colonial authorities, preserved in the Connecticut State Library, bear his seal showing the family arms which are similar to those of the Whiting families of Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, England."