John WHITING

1635 - 1689  (~ 53 years)

• Name	John WHITING  [1]
  Birth	Oct 1635	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LBFH-8Z3
  Name	John Whiting  [2]
  Burial	Sep 1689	Ancient Burying Ground, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial America   [1]
  Death	8 Sep 1689	Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [1]
  Person ID	I594786186	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Sybil COLLINS,   b. Nov 1637, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 4 Jun 1672, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age ~ 34 years)
  Marriage	Jun 1654	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America   [3]
  Children	1. Sybil WHITING,   b. 1655, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America d. 1705, Milford, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 50 years)   2. John WHITING,   b. 1657, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States d. Bef 1688 (Age 30 years)   3. William WHITING,   b. 19 Feb 1659, Salem, Essex, Ma d. 4 Oct 1733, Newport, Newport County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (Age 74 years)   4. Martha WHITING,   b. Apr 1662, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States d. 16 Nov 1740, Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States (Age ~ 78 years)   5. Sarah WHITING,   b. 1664, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 23 Dec 1734, Connecticut, United States (Age 70 years)   6. Abigail WHITING,   b. Abt 1666, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 7 May 1733, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age ~ 67 years)   7. Rev Samuel WHITING,   b. 22 Apr 1670, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 27 Sep 1725, Enfield, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F536734383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Phebe GREGSON,   b. Abt 15 Oct 1643, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 19 Sep 1730, New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age ~ 86 years)
  Marriage	1673	New Haven, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America   [2]
  Children	1. Thomas WHITING,   b. 8 Nov 1674, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1686, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America (Age 11 years)   2. Mary WHITING,   c. 5 Nov 1676, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 30 Sep 1689 (Age ~ 12 years)   3. Elizabeth WHITING,   b. 25 May 1679, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 8 May 1753, Hadley, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America (Age 73 years)   4. Col Joseph WHITING,   b. 25 Feb 1680, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 4 Apr 1748, New Haven, Connecticut, British Colonial America (Age 68 years)   5. Nathaniel WHITING,   b. 1683, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. Abt 1683, Connecticut, United States (Age 0 years)   6. John WHITING,   b. 1686, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1714 (Age 28 years)   7. Thomas WHITING,   b. 1686, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America d. 1690 (Age 4 years)
  Family ID	F536734394	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2025

  
  

• Notes

  He graduated from Harvard on 09/08/1653 at the age of 18 and in 1659 he wa settled in the Ministry in Salem. In 1660 he removed from "The Bay" to Hartford and was ordained over The First Church. In 1670 a new chuch was formed and John became Pastor until his death. Randy Whiting-John married twice, first to Sybil Collins the daughter of Edward and Martha (Baylie) Collins. During their 18-year marriage, John and Sybil had seven children. In 1673, the 38-year-old John married Phebe Gregson, daughter of Thomas and Jane Gregson of New Haven, with whom he had seven additional children. John graduated from Harvard College in 1653 at the age of 18 and several records state he preached several years in and around Salem, Massachusetts before moving to Cambridge. Other records indicate John moved to Cambridge Massachusetts shortly after graduation sometime in 1653/54. In 1660 he moved with his family "from the Bay" to Hartford, CT where he was ordained at the First Congregational Church. (Salem Town Records.) According to journals taken from New England Families Memorial, there was a Rev John Whiting who served as the chaplain of the Hartford Colonial Foot forces during the King Philip's War in 1675. https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:Whitings_in_England&public=1

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2025), entry for Abigail WHITING, person ID KH2D-8P6. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2025), entry for John Whiting, person ID LBFH-8Z3. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 2 Jan 2025), entry for Sybil Collins, person ID LYS5-KZS. (Reliability: 3).