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Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England |
Surnames |
Whitman |
Places |
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States |
Year range |
1629 - 1746 |
was a stout soldier in Philip's war, and d. 1727, leav. no ch. JOHN,
Weymouth, s. of the sec. John of the same, by w. Dorothy had Dorothy,
b. 1704; Abigail, 1707; John, 1709; Matthew, 1712; Sarah,
1714; Mary, 1716, prob. d. young; and Mary, again, 1721. his w. d.
1733, and he m. 22 Aug. 1734, Christina Farrar. JOSEPH, Huntington,
L. I. adm. to be freem. of Conn. 1664, as in Trumbull, Col. Rec. I.
428, was, I presume, s. of Rev. Zechariah of Milford, and prob. d. bef.
his f. NICHOLAS, Bridgewater, s. of Thomas of the same, m. Sarah
Vining, d. perhaps of John of Weymouth, had Thomas, b. 1702; John,
1704; David, 1709; Jonathan, 1710; and Seth, 1713. His sec. w.
was Mary Cary, and by her he had Eleazer, 1716; and Benjamin,
1719. By third w. Mary Conant, he had Josiah, 1724; Sarah, 1726;
Nicholas, 1731; and Ebenezer, 1736; beside five others who d. inf.
chief. but not all by the last w. He was k. by accid. 6 Aug. 1746, but
had many descend, wh. attain. gr. age, five ch. d. at 80, 86, 87, 90, and
94 yrs. ROBERT, Ipswich, came in the Abigail, 1635, aged 20, and w.
Susanna, m. 1648, wh. d. 1664; and 9 Nov. of that yr. he m. Hannah
Knight, and was liv. 1679, but I kn. no more of him. SAMUEL, Weymouth,
s. of John the sec. m. Mary, prob. d. of Joseph Richards of the
same, had Ruth, b. 1710; and Samuel, 1717; was deac. for half a
hundr. yrs. and prob. d. fairly a century old. THOMAS, Weymouth,
eldest s. of John the first, b. in Eng. a. 1629, perhaps not brot. by his f.
but left at home to foll. with mo. and other ch. as fam. tradit. tells.
freem. 1653, m. 22 Nov. 1656, Abigail, d. of Nicholas Byram, had s.
John, b. 5 Sept. 1658; Ebenezer; and Nicholas, as, from his will of
1711, we find also ds. Susanna, w. of Benjamin Willis; Mary, w. of
Seth Leach; Naomi, w. of William Snow; and Hannah, then unm.;
but no date of b. for more than one of the seven is found; perhaps bec.
he sold his est. at Weymouth, and rem. to Bridgewater bef. the b. of
sec. ch. and he d. 1712. His wid. long surv. VALENTINE, Providence,
by w. Mary had Mary, b. 16 Nov. 1652; Elizabeth 3 July 1655; Susanna,
28 Feb. 1658; and Valentine, 28 Aug. 1668; perhaps others. He
took engagem. of alleg. to Charles II. 31 May 1666; and was much
employ. as interpret. with Ind. (See Hutch. Coll. 267) and d. 26 Jan.
1701. VALENTINE, Providence, s. of the preced. m. 12 Dec. 1694,
Sarah Bartlett, had Sarah, b. 26 Jan. 1696; John, 1698; Henry, 16
Jan. 1700; and Abijah, 4 Jan. 1707. ZECHARIAH, Milford, br. of the
first John, came in the autumn of 1635, aged 40, with w. Sarah, 25, and
s. Zechariah, 2 1/2, by the Truelove from London, was at M. 1639, perhaps,
or at New Haven 1643, but nothing is told of him, exc. that he
was in a rul. elder. Felt, in Eccles. Hist. of N. E. I. 564, says he was
ord. teacher of the ch. at M. and assist. in the installa. of Rev. Roger
Categories: Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States | Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States | Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States | Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States | Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
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