William Whiting (1788 - 1862)

Born 20 Oct 1788 in Sterling, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Died 29 Sep 1862 at age 73 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

• Fact: Burial (29 September 1862) Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Fact: Residence (29 Sep 1862) Concord, MA
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch From “Memoirs of Members of the Social Circle in Concord: 2nd ser., from 1795 to 1840”

“Mr. [William] Whiting [William Whiting, Sr.] of Sterling, earned his living in that little inland town by following the handicraft of a saddler; and his son William [William Whiting, Jr.] came to that home of privation, poverty, and hardship with no other equipment for the battle of life than a vigorous physical constitution, and such instincts, qualities, and ambitions as he had inherited from more remote ancestors. Among such surroundings his infancy was passed, and he did not begin to go to school until his father removed to Westminster in 1795.

“….When [William, Jr.] was eight years old he was sent by his father to live with a farmer in Westminster named Woodward, who lived about half a mile from his father’s house, and with whom he lived for three years, and from this early age seems to have earned his own living, and to have been the architect of his own fortunes….[he was] never again to return to [his parents’] care at home.”

“Of his relations to his parents after he left home he gives this account:--‘I think it was in the spring of 1811 that my father moved from Westminster to Lancaster. He lived about twenty years from that time, and I have the heartfelt satisfaction of knowing that I paid most, if not quite all, his house rent during that period, and for a number of years previous to his death, paid all the expenses of supporting my parents until the death of my father in 1832. After his decease I paid all the funeral expenses. My mother went to live with my brother Prentice at Uxbridge. She died there in 1848.’”

Sources

• "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWRZ-TBK : 24 May 2018), William in entry for Stephen Barker and Louisa J. Whiting, 14 Sep 1858; citing Concord, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,016.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7NF-XX8 : 10 March 2018), William Whiting, 29 Sep 1862; citing Concord, Massachusetts, v 157 p 139, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,181.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWWN-SHV : 10 March 2018), William Whiting in entry for William Whiting, 29 Jun 1873; citing Boston, Massachusetts, v 258 p 130, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,203.

• "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7PY-BJL : 10 March 2018), William in entry for Louisa Jane Whiting Barker, 07 Dec 1875; citing Northampton, Massachusetts, v 275 p 30, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 960,207.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 15 February 2019), memorial page for Col William Whiting (20 Oct 1788–29 Sep 1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #66090279, citing Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Capricorn 95~Maine (contributor 47312104) .

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 16 February 2019, 00:45), entry for Col. William Whiting(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KZNT-FVF); contributed by various users.