William Whiting Jr (1758 - 1849)

Born 16 Dec 1758 in West Hartford, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Flower) Whiting — married 1782 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1849 at age 90 in Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York, United States

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Biography

Private William Whiting Jr served with 8th Regiment, Connecticut Militia during the American Revolution.

William Whiting Jr is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A124836.

William WHITING, Sen., was born in Hartford, CT, in 1748 or ‘49, & married Abigail Flower, of the same place. They removed, with several children, to Granville, NY thence to Hampton, & from there to Warsaw about the year 1820. Mr. WHITING was a soldier of the Revolution, a good citizen & a member of the Baptist church. His wife died 25 Aug 1882, aged 73 years. After her death he was married three times. His second wife was Mrs. Lucinda WHITING, a brother’s widow, who died 10 Sep 1838, aged 67; this third, Mrs. Phebe RICH, widow of Peter RICH; his fourth, the widow of Lyman NOBLE, who also is dead. He died March 22, 1849, aged 90 years. He had eight children all by his first wife, viz: Lucy, Catharine, William, Abigail, Nathan, Sophrona, Demmon, Timothy.

1818 granted pension from the Revolutionary War. Soldier of the Revolution In a pension request, William Whiting stated he was living in a house owned by Silas C. Fargo "which in stormy weather does not protect our gray hairs from the wind & rain." Mr. Whiting appears to have been at or near destitution. The Warsaw vital records show William as being a carpenter who died of old age.

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Sources

• findagrave.com

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LTP4-XGR

• Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 57-58. Mrs M Eleanor Willcox DAR# 57204.

• The Minute Man, Volume 18. Chauncey Sheldon McDonald SAR# 40383.

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 20 Dec 2021), "Record of William Whiting", Ancestor # A124836.