Dorothy (Whiting) Weld (1629 - 1694)

Born 1629 in Lincolnshire, England

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Descendants

Died 31 Jul 1694 at about age 65 in Roxbury, Norfolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

This profile is part of the Whiting Name Study.

In the memoir of Samuel, William Whiting states that Rev. Samuel Whiting was married prior to his marriage to Elizabeth, "Mr. Whiting having lost his first wife and his two sons... married Elizabeth St. John...August 6, 1629."^[1] On page 55, his daughter Dorothy is mentioned as being from his first marriage.

Research Note

Disputed Mother

Dorothy was disconnected from Elizabeth St. John as her mother on 20 Feb 2020. Research is ongoing for the name of Samuel's first wife so her profile can be created.

Other

In 1694 Roxbury in Norfolk Co.: per Wikipedia, when Roxbury it was a separate municipality, it was part of Norfolk County; it is now part of Suffolk County.

Burial (1694) Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States of America^{[citation needed]}

From FamilySearch: Dorothy Whiting was born in 1628 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA. She is the daughter of her father's 1st wife (name not known). She married Rev Thomas Weld, son of Thomas Weld and Margaret Deresleye, on 4 June 1650 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA. Dorothy Whiting died on 31 July 1694 at Roxbury, Suffolk, MA

Sources

1. ↑ Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John, with references to some of their English ancestors and American descendants, by Whiting, William, 1813-1873, p. 36, 1873, Boston : Press of Rand, Avery & Co.[1]

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 21 December 2019, 14:52), entry for Dorothy Whiting(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZNT-DN3); contributed by various users.