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Rev. Samuel tfhitz'ng. I I I
He officiated some forty years as rector of
Leverton, and died October i9th, 1689, "very
extensively respected." *v
His brother, Rev. Joseph, after graduating at
Cambridge, returned to Lynn, studied for his
profession with his father, and was appointed
his assistant. He continued in the ministry
there, and after his father's death in i679 was
ordained as his successor. In 168o he was in-
vited to become pastor of the church at South-
ampton, Long Island, a town which was com-
posed chiefly of families who had migrated
from Lynn.']" He accepted this invitation, and
was settled there, where he remained until his
death, 7th April, 1723, having preached more
than forty-three years.$
The persecution of the Quakers, of which
Mr. Whiting thoroughly disapproved, com-
menced in I656, and was followed up every
year until I66O, § by acts of the General Court,
Annals of Lynn, p. 274. Magnalia, iii., ch. 28.
t Annals of Lynn, 193.
$ Mather's Magnalia. Thompson's Hist. of Long Island, vol. ik,
P. 339-
§ 4 Mass. Rec., 279, &¢.