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Facts and Events
Children
In the probate of William Whittredge, his son Thomas is named executor. The records as presented in Essex County (Mass) Probate Records (2:143-145) make no reference to any other son but Thomas. The published records lack the final disposition, however, the estate was insolvent and there would have been little (if anything) to distribute to William's heirs.
In the probate record of Thomas Whittridge of Ipswich, among those named present when he gave his verbal will, was "his brother Sammuell Whittridge." (2:286-288). Hoyt in Old Families (p. 357) provides William with three sons (Thomas, Samuel, and William).
In a 2010 article, David A. Whittredge provides a wider view of the family of William, adding 3 children born in England and another 5 born in Ipswich. The sources for identifying the additional individuals as being children of William are not new and it seems, Whittredge is forcing into one family those of the name despite the lack of evidence of a known relationship with William. All of those named, who resided in the Colony of Massachusetts are known individuals. Absent from this article is a discussion of the rationale used to identify these individuals as children of this William, where previous attempts had failed to come to the same definitive conclusions. By extension, the English origin data warrants peer review. Therefore, care ought to be exercised before using this article as a source in creating additional relationships to this William.
References
- ↑ Anthony Colby, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995).
MARRIAGE: By 1633 Susanna (_____) Waterman, widow of _____ WATERMAN of Boston (land "at first was granted to [blank] Waterman who deceased. Anthony Colbye married his widow & they two sold the said land unto James Pennyman..." [ SLR 11:176-77]); she married (3) by 1663 William Whitridge (petitions as Susanna "Whittredge formerly Colbie" to sell real estate 28 March 1682 [ EPR 1:409]); she died 8 July 1689.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 William Whitred, 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)
4:533.
William [Whitred, Whittedd, Whittridge, Whitrig], Ipswich 1637, perhaps br. of Nathaniel, had come in the Elizabeth 1635, aged 36, with wife Eliz. 30, and s. Thomas, 10, and was of Beninden, Co. Kent. Late in life he m. a. 1663, Susanna, wid. of Anthony Colby, and d. 9 Dec. 1668, his inv. showing est. one third less than debts.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 William Whitredge, in Whittredge, David A. English Origins of William Whitredge of Ipswich, Massachusetts. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010)
164:139, 2010.
William Whitred(ge) was baptized in Oxwick, Norfolk, [England], 11 March 1596/7. He died in Ipswich, Massachusetts, 9 December 1668. He married first in Colkirk, Norfolk, 23 June 1623, Elizabeth Baker, of Sculthorpe, Norfolk, born abt 1605, based on the passenger list on the "Elizabeth," in which William, Elizabeth, and their son Thomas immigrated to New England in 1635. She died by October 1653, by which time William had married second Frances __. She died in Ipswich 26 Apr 1658, and William married third by 1663, Susanna (__) (Waterman) Colby, died on or about 8 Jul 1689, widow of ___ Waterman and Anthony Colby. Administration of WIlliam's estate was granted to his son Thomas on 19 December 1668.
[Children of Thomas and Elizabeth (Baker) Whitred(ge): Thomas bap 1624; William bap 1626 & bur 1626; Anne bap 1628; Elizabeth bap 1630, bur 1632/3; Samuel b abt 1638, d. 1675; Abigail, b. abt 1641, d. 1676; John b abt 1644, d 1676; Mary abt 1647, d. 1683. Child of William Whitred(ge) & Frances (): William b. 1658.
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