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12 Memoir of
led subsequently to his emigration to the
American colonies." " He was married to his
second wife, Elizabeth, daughter* of Oliver St.
John, own cousin of Oliver Cromwell, and after-
wards chief justice of E/_gland, at Boston, on
the 6th of August, I629. His brother John
was mayor of Boston in 1626, i633 , 1644, and
I645.t James, another brother, was mayor in ..
164o. Robert Whiting surrendered the office
of sergeant-at-mace, 28th June, 1631 , and was
elected marshal of the admiralty, which office
he resigned I7th November, 1632.* The Rev.
Samuel Whiting resigned the rectory of Skir-
beck in 1636, and emigrated to America. He
arrived in Boston (N.E.)May 26, and in the
following November removed to Lynn, in
Massachusetts, where he officiated as minister
until his death there, on the I lth December,
Elizabeth was the daughter of Rt. lion. Sir Oliver St. John ; but
Oliver St. John, who was the chief justice, was her brother.
t The only instaace of any person {previous to the Municipal Act
of _$35) having been mayor four times.
_t James Whiting, another descendant of this family, was mayor of
Boston in I7tS; aud in I76o, Rev. Samuel Whiting, the las( of his
family in Englanc, "was elected m_-mber of the Council, being the
eldest son of an alderman." This office he resigned the year of his
death, I78I. {See Corporation Records, p. 233. )