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222 W/ziling Family.
William received his early education in Greek,
Latin, and mathematics, in Concord, where,
under the eye of"his father, Judge Thomas
Whiting, and by the instruction of his elder
brother, Thomas, who kept the grammar school
there, he was fitted for college ; but the troubles
which grew out of the Revolution, and his fa-
ther's death, caused him to give up his intention
of"completing his education at college and of
entering one of the learned professions. He had
eight children,--four sons and four daughters.
Children of Deacon _amuel Whiting of
Billerica : --
I. Samuel Esq., b., 8 May, 173o._
2. Timothy, b. 24 February, I732 ; d. i2 July,
I799; lived in Lancaster. He served in the
French War of I755, and on the I9th April,
1775, marched side by side with two of his sons,
Timothy and John, in the battle of Concord
and Lexington, pursuing the British troops on
their retreat to Boston.
* Dr. John S_muel Whiting, M.D., of Charlestown, Mass., is a son
of the late Dr. Augustus W. (M.D.), who was a son of Deacon Samuel
W., who was a son of this Samuel, Esq.