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196 W_itin K Family.<br />

dained minister ofBillericc_, I I November, 1663;<br />

preached the artillery-election sermon in I682;<br />

died 28 February, I713, aged 79._ He married,<br />

Nov. I2, I656 , Dorcas, daughter of Leonard<br />

Chester, one of the founders and first settlers<br />

of Weathersfield, Conn., and had eleven chil-<br />

dren. His will is dated _o September, I7_I,<br />

probated 27 March, i7I 3. It mentions his wife<br />

and daughter Dorothy, his son Samuel (now in<br />

captivity), Oliver, his daughter Elizabeth Clark,<br />

his daughter Mary Burchstead of Lynn, and<br />

Timothy Clark, his grandson.<br />

The following biographical notice of Rev.<br />

Samuel Whiting, jun., is found in the American<br />

Quarterly Register for I836, vol..ix., p. 23o. It<br />

was written by John Farmer, corresponding<br />

member of the New Hampshire Historical<br />

Society, and presents a brief history of Mr.<br />

Whiting's descendants. It is quoted in full,<br />

although it contains a repetition of some facts<br />

which have been previously stated. After giv-<br />

ing an account of his father and mother, it<br />

thuscontinues : "Samuel was born at Skirbeck<br />

* Farmer says he died 14 March, I71g.

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