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Rev. Samuel Whilin_. 23
Rev. Samuel Whiting, the subject of this
sketch, was born the 2oth of November, A.D.
i597, in the city of Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng-
land, which had been the chief place o£ regi-
dence of his family since the sixth year of the
reign of Edward III. (I333), and probably from
a much earlier date. He had two brothers,
John and James, the first older, the second
younger, than himself, and three sisters, Is-
abel, Audrey, and Margaret. who were his
seniors. His ancestors were connected by mar-
riage and consanguinity with several of the
most ancient and respectable families of Lin-
colnshire, whose armorial bearings were quar-
tered with theirs, and have already been referred
tQ in the accompanying genealogy. While he
was yet a youth, his father was twice mayor of
his native city; and subsequently his brothers
were both elected to the same position. De-
scendants of his father's family subsequently
held that office, from time to time, for more than
a hundred years. Similar official responsibili-
ties were devolved upon his uncles and his
brothers-in-law. His kinsman, Mr. Athertor_