Major Henry WHITING, Brit. Cavalry^[1]

1668 - 1723  (55 years)

• Name	Henry WHITING
  Prefix	Major
  Suffix	Brit. Cavalry
  Birth	1668	Elmington, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	1668	Elmington, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  FamilySearch ID	L6FF-YBD
  LifeSketch	[2]
  	The first of the Whitings in Virginia is believed to have been Henry' Whiting, of Gloucester county, who is mentioned in the records of York county Feb., 1671-2, as "Dr. Henry Whiting." On April 16, 1683 "Mr. Henry Whiting" was brought before the Governor
  MilitaryService	[2]
  	Major, British Calvary
  Name	Henry WHITING  [2]
  Occupation	[2]
  	Doctor
  Occupation	1712  [2]
  	Treasurer of Virginia
  _UID	C9D754FFC75045C28F226D80BA97F7AEA5B9
  Death	31 Aug 1723	Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America   [2]
  Person ID	I20832	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

  Father	Doctor Henry WHITING,   b. 1640, Gloucester, Virginia d. 18 Jul 1694, Elmington, Gloucester, Virginia (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Apphia (Wyatt) BUSHROD,   b. Abt 1650, Bushfield, Westmoreland, Virginia d. Elmington, Gloucester, Virginia
  Marriage	21 Oct 1670	, Gloucester, Virginia
  Family ID	F9919	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Anne BEVERLEY,   b. 1689, Jamestown, Prince Edward, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1744, Elmington, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	2 Jan 1723	Gloucester, Westmoreland, Virginia
  Children	1. Peter WHITING,   b. 1702, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 28 Feb 1732, Gloucester, Virginia (Age 30 years)   2. Elizabeth Catherine WHITING,   b. 1705, Elmington, Gloucester, Virginia d. 24 Jun 1775, Ware Parish, Gloucester, Virginia (Age 70 years)   3. Henry WHITING,   b. 1705, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1765, Middlesex, Virginia (Age 60 years)   4. Beverley WHITING,   b. 1707, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Mar 1755, Elmington, Gloucester, Virginia (Age 48 years)   5. Catherine WHITING,   b. Abt 1709, Fredericksburg, Spotsylvania, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   6. Col. Thomas WHITING,   b. 1712, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1781, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia (Age 69 years)   7. John WHITING,   b. Abt 1715, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Yes, date unknown   8. Francis WHITING,   b. Abt 1720   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Eliza WHITING,   b. 1724, Virginia d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F9915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2022

  
  

• Notes

  The first of the Whitings in Virginia is believed to have been Henry' Whiting, of Gloucester county, who is mentioned in the records of York county Feb., 1671-2, as "Dr. Henry Whiting." On April 16, 1683 "Mr. Henry Whiting" was brought before the Governor and Council and accused that he had in the Session of Assembly, 1682, said "If care was not taken to make a cessation [of tobacco planting] we must all go a plundering." He was suspended from holding any military or civil office until his Majesty's pleasure be known. But the storm soon passed. Henry Whiting, who had in 1680 been a justice for his county, and major of horse in the militia, was appointed to the Council in 1691 and Treasurer of Virgina July 1612. In 1670 he bought suit in the General Court is right of his wife Apphia, widow of Richard Bushrod.. He married secondly, Elizabeth _______, who was living in 1729 (Abingdon Register). Issue: 2. Major Henry2 and Ann (Beverley) Whiting had Gloucester. On Oct. 30, 1722, at the age of fifteen, he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, as "son of Henry Whiting, of Virginia, gentleman." Major Henry2nd of Gloucester County, sheriff 1723, was a Burgess for Gloucester 1740- ch and December 1776. He married Ann, widow of Henry Whiting, of Gloucester Co., and eldest daughter and co-heiress of Peter Beverley, Esq." Dame Susanna Randolph, widow of Sir John Randolph, of Henrico, said Elizabeth being second daughter of Peter Beverley, of Henrico, eldest son of Elizabeth Randolph, late wife of William Randolph, of Henrico, said Elizabeth being second daughter of the said Peter Beverley, of the 1st part; Thomas Whiting, the elder, and Bayley Seaton, of Potsworth parish, Gloucester, of the 2d part, and Henry Whiting, of Middlesex, gent., of the 3d part; 3. Col. Francis', of Ware Parish, Gloucester sheriff 1718, married Mary (1684-1731-2), daughter of Thomas Perrin (and had issue: Francis\\ John, Elizabeth Mordecai Cooke, and Mary married Warner Thomas", Betsworth Matthew", Perrin (and Gloucester Thomas", (Clerk of Gloucester County). Married He married (1st) Elizabeth: Beverly married John Clayton (1695-1774) (1st) Elizabetii Beverly (161774), botanist, and (Clerk of Gloucester county; 6. Catherine" married John Washington, of "Highgate", Gloucester. Her tomb there was an epitaph stating she was a daughter of Major Henry and Elizabeth Whiting, and also a coat of arms: Washington impaling: on a cliez'ron between three wolves heads. three trefoils. Crest: A wolf's head (?). This must be intended for Whiting; but none of the ordinary books of heraldry assign such a coat to any of the name

  
  

• Sources

  [S467] Mary Nolan, Mary Nolan. [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 30 Nov 2022), entry for Henry WHITING, person ID L6FF-YBD. (Reliability: 3).