Martha Whiton (1767 - 1848)

Born 29 Nov 1767 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Enoch Whiton — married 14 Sep 1786 in Hingham, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Apr 1848 at age 80 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Martha, daughter of Daniel and Desire (Stodder/Stoddard) Whiton, was born at Hingham, MA on November 20, 1767.^[1] She married Enoch Whiton, son of Capt. Enoch and Joanna (Whiton) Whiton, on September 14, 1786.

Martha was born November 29, 1767 per Hingham, MA Town Records Book.

She died on April 3, 1848 in Weymouth, MA and is buried at Liberty Plain Cemetery in Hingham.

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHFX-PZN : 5 November 2017), Martha Whiton, 20 Nov 1767; citing Birth, Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 423,520.

• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.297, p.300

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Ancestry.com, database on-line, Provo, UT, USA, 2011)

• Hingham, MA Town Records, under "W", no page #'s, (birth)

• Deaths Registered in the Town of Weymouth for the year next foreceding May 1, 1848, Oran White, Registrar

• Find A Grave: Memorial #24200690

Notes

• Hingham History states date of birth as November 29, 1768, probably assuming the year 1767 is in error in relation to date of marriage.
• History of the Town of Hingham, Massachusetts (The Town of Hingham, Massachusetts, 1893): Vol III, p.297