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214 Whiting Fami_.
gular hospitality and generosity, who never
detracted from the character of any man;
and was a universal lover of mankind. ''_
He died, 4 May, I752, aged 7i. This epitaph
was cut upon a tablet, which was originally
placed over his grave in the old burying-
ground in Concord, and was copied by Mr.
Shattuck about the time when his history of
that town was printed (I835). Since then, a
ruthless and sacrilegious hand has stoIen this
tablet. A new monument, with the same in-
scription, has been placed over the grave of this
venerable clergyman.
Mr. Whiting's will is dated 3o January, i75o,
and was probated I7 July, 1752. It contains
bequests to his sons, John, Thomas, and
Stephen, and to his daughters, Sarah, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Webster. His lands in Concord,
Acton, and elsewhere, were given to Stephen;
"a silver kann" to Mrs. Webster, as an heir-
loom to descend to eldest daughters of suc-
cessive families; and to Mr. Webster, a portion
of his library.
* History of Concord, p. I6 5.