Waitstill Hastings (1714 - 1748)

Born 3 Jun 1714 in Hatfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Marsh) Little — married 1 Oct 1736 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut

Descendants

Died 22 Apr 1748 at age 33 in Hatfield, Massachusetts

Biography

Dr. Waitstill Hastings (1714-1748) m. 1736 Abigail Marsh (daughter of John Marsh & Hannah Barnard and great-granddaughter of Governor John Webster of Connecticut), Hatfield, MA

One family supplied many of Hatfield's physicians for generations. The Hastings family, descendants of English Puritan immigrant Thomas Hastings, was originally settled at Watertown, but within a generation members of the family had relocated to Hatfield, where they produced a succession of Hatfield physicians, including Dr. Thomas Hastings (1652–1712); Dr. Thomas Hastings (1679–1728); Dr. Waitstill Hastings (1714–1748); and Dr. John Hastings (1765–1845).[1] The first Thomas Hastings, aside from serving as physician to Hatfield and surrounding communities, was also the town's first schoolteacher.[2] He authored a contemporary account of the devastating Indian attack on nearby Deerfield in 1704.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield,_Massachusetts

Sources

• http://sprague-database.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I131280&tree=SpragueProject

• http://www.hastingscountry.com/hastings.html

• https://books.google.com/books?id=_oc6AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA289&dq=dr+waitstill+hastings&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zHFVVbq2E4-1sQSWooDQDQ&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=dr%20waitstill%20hastings&f=false

• https://www.geni.com/people/Waitstill-Hastings/6000000001837194980

• Mayflower Families Through Five Generations, Silver Books, Volume Sixteen, Part 2, The Descendants of John Alden Through His Daughter Elizabeth (Alden) Pabodie, 2002 Edition, Published 2002, Page 220