Deacon John WHITING

1722 - 1786  (64 years)

• Name	John WHITING  [1, 2]
  	"A virtuous and worthy character." (Ezra Stiles's Diary, 3, p. 227) He graduated from Yale in 1740; served as tutor there for four years, became clerk of the Probate Court and afterwards Judge of that Court; represented New Haven in the General Assembly for nine sessions and later was a Judge of the County Court. For the last thirty years of his life he was Deacon in the First church. His epitaph truly states that "the last & much the Greater part of his life was Spent in the Service & to the acceptance of the Publick." (N.E. Col.Soc. Papers, 3, p. 607.) "John Whiting, Esq., Clerk of the Courts was also a resident of this neighborhood. He was asked, previous to the possession of the town by the enemy, whether he would not make his escape. His reply was that he had not borne arms, that he was loyal to the king, and pointing to an engraving of King George, which hung on the wall of the room, he added: 'This will protect me.' but when the soldiers came into the house, they did not respect his claim of loyalty. He was holding an office under the "Rebel Government" and moreover was a Deacon in the First church, and they treated him much as the English Cavaliers would treat a Roundhead. He was carried off as a prisoner and so summarily, it is said, that he had not time to put on his wig." (New Haven Colony Historical Society Papers, 2, p. 75.) His father being one of the Governor's Assistants and Judge of the Superior Court in 1740, he was placed at the head of his class at Yale in family rank. During the year 1741/2, he was Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School. [1]
  Prefix	Deacon
  Birth	1 May 1721/2  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Jun 1786  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I83190	Main Tree
  Last Modified	18 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Col. Joseph WHITING,   b. 1680   d. 4 Apr 1748 (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Hannah TROWBRIDGE,   b. 30 Mar 1690   d. 9 Aug 1748 (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	30 Jan 1709/10  [1]
  Family ID	F34007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah INGERSOLL,   b. 22 Oct 1726   d. 24 Jul 1769 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	7 Nov 1751  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F33998	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah TROWBRIDGE,   b. 22 Sep 1720   d. 15 Apr 1795 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	24 May 1770  [2]
  Family ID	F38219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jul 2018

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S9777] Nathaniel Goodwin, Genealogical Notes or Contributions to the Family History of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts, (New England Historic Genealogical Society).