William Whiting	Immigrant Ancestor	see FAMILY TREE
Born: 1605 Boxford, SSX, England
Died: Abt. 24 Jul 1647 Hartford, Hartford, CT	Will of William Whiting pg 1 Connecticut State Library Probate Records Hartford District Roll 616 Will of William Whiting 1647	Will of William Whiting pg 2

FATHER

John Whiting

MOTHER

Isabel

WIFE

Susannah Wiggin

CHILDREN

1. John Whiting b. 1635

2. William Whiting b. Bef. 1635 England

3. Samuel Whiting

4. Sarah Whiting b. Abt 1637

5. Mary Whiting b. 1643 Milford, New Haven, CT

6. Joseph Whiting b. 02 Oct 1645 Milford, New Haven, CT

Major William Whiting was one of the early settlers of Hartford. He probably immigrated from England around 1632 or 1633 with Thomas Wiggin.  In his will, William Whiting left a decent legacy to the widow of Thomas Wiggin and her children, leading genealogists to assume Thomas Wiggin was a brother of his wife.  Hence the assumption that his wife was Susannah Wiggin. His home lot in 1639 was on the east side of the street, now, Governor Street.
Trumbull's Mem. Hist. Hartford I, pg 269, says "In 1633 'the Bristol men had sold their interest in Piscataqua to the Lords Say and Brook, George Wyllys and William Whiting who continued Thomas Wiggin their agent.'"
Savage calls him "a wealthy merchant, who had been engaged in a patent for lands at Swampscot with Lord Say and Lord Brooke." He was Treasurer of the Colony 1641-1647, was chosen Magistrate 1642 and continued in the office until his death in 1647.
In 1646 "a plot was laid by Squasson, Sachem of the Naticks, to kill Governors Haynes and Hopkins and Mr. Whiting, on account of the just and faithful protection which these gentlemen had afforded to Uncas. The plot was made known by a friendly Indian and the danger averted."
He had a trading house at the Delaware river, and also at Westfield, and had dealings with Virginia and Piscataqua. Several of his letters written in 1637, now in the state archives, are sealed with his arms which are a variation of the Boston Lincolnshire Whitings.
The last addition to his will was made July 25, 1647, and he probably died soon after. The inventory of his estate amounted to 2854 pounds. He left a widow Susanna, and six children: William, a London merchant, John, Samuel, Mary and Joseph.

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