Samuel Whaley and his sister Joan are the earliest members of the Whalley family for whom valid, verifiable sources have been found documenting the change of the surname from Whalley (with a double "L") to Whaley (with a single "L").
Birth of son James Whalley [James Whaley] Gender: Male Birth Date: 16 Nov 1721 Birth Place: Voluntown Parent: Samll [Samuell] Parent: Pashance
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Sources
↑ Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
Information provided by Robert G. Nohavec <nohavec@xmission.com>, 3 May 2006
William Richard Cutter, ed., Genealogical and Family History of Western New York: a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the holding of a nation. (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912)
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Peterson, E. (1853). History of Rhode Island. New-York: J.S. Taylor
National biographical publishing co., pub. (1881). The Biographical cyclopedia of representative men of Rhode Island. Providence: National biographical Publishing Co.
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Findagrave.com shows Samuel Whaley's wife as Sarah Susannah Hopkins, born 1690, East Greenwich, Kent Co., RI and died 1723, Warwick, Kent Co., RI, #937143352, but there is not known burial site to verify this.
Whalley-213 and Whaley-252 appear to represent the same person because: His parents, siblings and death date all match.
Regarding the difference in birth dates between your entry and mine, I can't give you a definitive answer. I've found no valid, verifiable source citation for the correct date and various Whalley genealogies provide several different dates without source citations, including 1682 (the most popular), 1685, 1686 and 1689.
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Regarding the difference in birth dates between your entry and mine, I can't give you a definitive answer. I've found no valid, verifiable source citation for the correct date and various Whalley genealogies provide several different dates without source citations, including 1682 (the most popular), 1685, 1686 and 1689.