This website will contain historical and photographic materials documenting the Whiting family of Hartsville, NY and their descendants. Ancestors of this family, specifically Reverend Samuel Whiting, originated in Lincolnshire, England and arrived in Massachusetts in 1636. Samuel was born 20 November 1597 in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Samuel and his wife, Elizabeth (St. John) Whiting arrived in 1636 in Salem Harbor with a 3 year old son, Samuel, and first lived in Lynn, MA. By 1640, Samuel Whiting was the first minister of Lynn, MA. Later, by 1665, Samuel's son, Reverend Samuel Whiting, Jr., was living in Billerica, MA. Their descendants lived there in Billerica for much of the 1700s.
Some time after the Revoltionary War, probably by 1800, Jonathan and his wife Rebecca (Danforth) Whiting took the family west, to Buckland in Franklin County, Massachusetts. Then William or his son David Stearns Whiting again went west to Hartsville in Steuben Co., NY by 1813. Along the way to Hartsville, David S. Whiting met Mary Kennedy and married in 1813. Some of their children were born in nearby Tomkins County. There is evidence of earlier Whitings in Tomkins County. Gravesites of a Samuel Whiting and his son Samuel, Jr. are at Speedsville Cemetery, Plot: #14 Old:
Birth:
Death:
May 2, 1783
Massachusetts, USA
Feb. 12, 1851
Tompkins County
New York, USA
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According to "History of Steuben County, N.Y.", Hartsville was first organized Feb. 7, 1844, taken from Hornellsville. It is bounded on the north by Hornellsville. It occupies an elevated position on the west of the Canisteo river, and the main branch of Bennett's creek.
The first election for town officers was held on the 1st Tuesday of March 1844. David S. Whiting and Russel Amedon, were named overseers of the poor. Chester F. Whiting, constable. David S. Whiting also named as path master.
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Here is a look at the descendant tree from David Stearns Whiting for 4 generations:
1 David Stearns Whiting b: 1788 in Buckland, Franklin Co., MA d: 17 Nov 1864 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., New York
.. +Mary Kennedy b: 1792 d: 09 Feb 1871 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., New York
.. 2 William K. Whiting b: 29 Jun 1814 d: 09 Aug 1814
.. 2 Chester Field Whiting b: 12 Oct 1815 d: 1847
...... +Ophelia Carman
.. 2 Harriet Fish Whiting b: 02 Jun 1817 d: 1878
...... +Henry Acker
.. 2 Xury Whiting b: 24 Feb 1819 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY d: 1882 in Fox Lake, Trenton, Wisconsin
...... +Betsy McQueen
....... 3 Mary Emma Whiting b: Dec 1846 in Trenton, Wisconsin d: 01 Apr 1867 in Trenton, Wisconsin
....... 3 Encie P. Whiting b: 19 Apr 1851 in Trenton, Wisconsin d: 10 Jul 1867 in Trenton, Wisconsin
....... 3 Albert J. Whiting b: 04 Oct 1855 in Trenton, Wisconsin
....... 3 Mertie May Whiting b: 24 Sep 1865 in Fox Lake,Trenton, Wisconsin
.. 2 N.C. Whiting b: 20 Jul 1823 in Groton, Tompkins Co, NY d: 31 Jul 1896 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., NY
...... +James M. Henry b: Jun 1821 in Homer, Cortland Co., NY d: 21 May 1884 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., NY
....... 3 Martha A. Henry b: Abt. 1845 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., NY
....... 3 Xury W. Henry b: Abt. 1846 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., NY d: 1850 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., NY
.. 2 Oliver Whiting b: 20 Jul 1825 in Tompkins Co., New York d: 19 Jan 1894 in Bolivar Village, NY
...... +Charity Adams (Hemphill) b: Jan 1827 in Oneida Co., New York d: 17 Dec 1902 in Bolivar Village, NY
....... 3 John S. Whiting b: Abt. 1851 in Steuben Co., NY
....... 3 May Whiting b: Abt. 1853 in Steuben Co., NY
....... 3 Mark Whiting b: Feb 1855 in Steuben Co., NY
....... 3 Grant Whiting b: 1866 d: 14 Sep 1882 in Bolivar Village, NY
....... 3 Oliver Whiting b: 1865
............ 4 Creston F. Whiting b: 1894
.. 2 Welcome Riley Whiting b: 02 Apr 1827 in Tompkins Co., New York d: 1902 in Hornell, Steuben Co., New York
...... +Electra McGraw b: Abt. 1836 in Steuben Co., NY d: in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY
....... 3 Gertrude Whiting b: in Alfred, NY
........... +William Johnson b: in Alfred, NY
............ 4 Louise Johnson
................ +Arthur
............ 4 Lawrence Johnson
....... 3 Ida (Idaho) Whiting b: in Canisteo, NY d: in Canisteo, NY
........... +Jake Vicker
............ 4 Helen Vicker b: in Canisteo, NY d: in Canisteo, NY
....... 3 Kansas Whiting b: Abt. Dec 1854 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., NY
........... +James Moore
............ 4 Margaret Moore
............ 4 Pearl Moore d: in Wellville, NY
................ +Mr. Tucker d: in Wellville, NY
....... 3 Frederick David Whiting b: 20 Aug 1861 in Hartsville, Steuben Co., NY d: 01 Sep 1928 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY
........... +Ellen (Nellie) Geary b: 26 Dec 1863 in Hornell, Steuben Co., NY d: 22 Mar 1939 in Homestead, Florida
............ 4 William Whiting b: Abt. 1887 d: Abt. 1892 in Hornell, New York
............ 4 Benjamin Harrison Whiting b: Nov 1888
............ 4 Kenneth Paul Whiting b: 02 Feb 1891 in Hornell, New York d: 31 Dec 1975 in Binghamton, New York
................ +Helen Tracy b: 21 Mar 1890 in Hornell New York d: 12 Feb 1963 in Binghamton, New York
............ 4 Evelyn Whiting b: 11 Apr 1892
................ +Joseph Lynch
............ 4 Helen Whiting b: Sep 1894 in Hornellsville, Steuben Co., NY d: in Miami, Florida
................ +Don Ferreyra
............ 4 Er Cleveland Whiting b: 22 Nov 1899
................ +Kay
............ *2nd Wife of Er Cleveland Whiting:
................ +Lex
.. 2 Baby Whiting b: 08 Aug 1829 d: 08 Aug 1829
.. 2 Philip F. Whiting b: 16 Dec 1833
...... +Eveline Leonard