Nathaniel Whiting (1692 - 1779)

Born 2 Feb 1692 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Mann) Whiting — married 13 Apr 1711 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1779 at age 87 in Wrentham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Nathaniel Whiting was born to John Whiting and Mary Billings in Wrentham Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony on February 2nd 1690-2.^[1][2]

Nathaniel married Margaret Mann in Wrentham on April 18th 1711. She was the daughter of Rev. Samuel and Esther (Ware) Mann^[3]

Nathaniel and Margaret settled before 1712 in the part of Medfield that became Medway, where he established a mill and where they had three children :^[4]

• Ester, b. Mar. 20, 1711-2, ^[5] married Nathaniel Clark in Medway on June 21, 1732
• Margaret, born October 8th 1715
• Nathaniel, twin, born December 22nd 1725, died 1770
• Nathan, twin, born December 22, 1725), died 1790

On June 29th 1724, he gave his father a receipt for the full share of his estate.^[6]

Capt. Nathaniel Whiting died in Medway on September 4th 1779, in his 89th year.^[7][8]

His will was dated April 14th 1770, and proved October 1, 1779. In it he mentioned his wife Margaret, daughter Margaret Clark, son-in-law Nathaniel Clark, husband of daughter Esther, grandsons Nathaniel Clark Jr. and Simeon Clark, two granddaughters, children of Nathaniel, deceased, and son Nathan Whiting.

Sources

1. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Vol. 1, p. 222
2. ↑ “Capt Nathaniel Whiting, Sr (1690-1779) - Find AGrave.“M Margaret Mann Apr 8, 1711 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA. Their Children Include: Ester b. Medfield (Recorded at Wrentham), Mar 20, 1711-12; d. Medway, Mar 24, 1770; m. Medway, June 21, 1732, Nathaniel Clark Margaret b. Medway, Oct. 8, 17 15; Wife of Clark in 1770 Nathaniel b. Medway, Dec. 22, 1725 Nathan b. Dec. 22, 1725...” Death Registration
3. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Vol. 1, p. 222
4. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p. 130
5. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts to the year 1850, Vol. 1, p. 217:"in Medfield".
6. ↑ Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
7. ↑ Norfolk, Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, p. 343
8. ↑ gravestone at West Medway

• Jameson, Ephraim Orcutt, The History of Medway, Mass. 1713-1885, (Medway, 1886), page 528
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol 1, p. 148-153)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #13419416
• Family Search family tree showing Captain Nathaniel Whiting