Several books have been discussed on the Whiting-L@rootsweb.com email research list that are relevant to this branch of the family. They are:
William Whiting WHITING. Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D. and His Wife,
Elizabeth St.John
With References to Some of Their English Ancestors and American
Descendants.
Second Edition, with notes and corrections. 1873 334pp. & large fold
chart.
PHOTOCOPY; FLEX. VINYL COVERS
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies order no. MAIN008163I inquire
offered by: Tuttle Antiquarian Books
2. "The Whitings of Fryeburg, Maine" on
p. 230-232 of "The American Genealogist", July 1940 issue. This also
references Rev. Samuel, born at Boston, Lincolnshire, England on 20 November
1597, son of John, mayor of that city. Several lines are referenced
including:
1. John Whiting, b. 1759 in Billerica, MA, married in Conway, NH
2. Joshua, b, 1760 in Billerica, MA, married in Fryeburg, ME
3. Oliver, b. 1761 in Billerica, MA...married in Amherst, NH.
3. This is from the Fayette Co., PA, Wills Book, 1, Volume 2,
Strawn, Hannah, Washington Twp. dated 12-21-1821, prob. 12-7-1821
p.722
son Nathaniel McColley, Samuel McColley (under 21)
sons Jesse & William Strawn
daughter Rachel to remain with my sister Ann Whiting until she is 18
executors my relative George Whiting
witnesses Jane Traner, Joshua Newbold, Samuel Cope
4. The text from the "Old and New Monongahela" is as follows:
THE OLD AND NEW MONONGAHELA
J. B. Gould.
Death Of Mrs. Mary Finley.
page 454
John B. Gould was born in Hillsborough county, New Hampshire, June 6, 1795.
He left the paternal roof at an early age to try his fortune amid the hills of the
coast bound State of Maine, but in 1810 he emigrated from that State and came to the
neighborhood of what is now known as the Red Lion, above Fayette City, Pennsylvania. In 1811, in
company with the families of a man named McCalla and Ziba Whiting, father of the
late Geo. Whiting, of Fayette City, in all fifteen persons, immigrated to the
territory of Louisiana.
[p.454] Two of the men died there together with four of their children.
Gould returned in 1812, and was the last to die of the company. Shortly after his return to
the Red Lion he became an apprentice to a Mr. Coldron to learn the scythe and sickle trade,
and remained with him over four years. Miss Jane Trainer, an inmate of the household of
the widow Whiting, early attracted the attentions of the young Gould, and after an
engagement of five years, he concluded one day whilst "hoeing corn," that if Jane was
willing and the next 4th of July came on Thursday and in the light of the moon, they would get
married. He hastily consulted the never failing almanac, and to his great joy he found
all right in accord with his wishes. They were married on the 4th day of July, A.D. 1824, and to
use his own words, "in the year that Jackson first ran for President." They located on
the farm just above Bellevernon, a part of which he owned to the day of his death.
5. Title: History of Buckland 1779 - 1935
Author: Fannie Shaw Kendrick, with genealogies by Lucy Cutler Kellogg
Publication: Town of Buckland, Buckland, Mass. 1937
Note: [Deane Merrill, June 2004]
There may be two editions of The History of Buckland 1779-1935. Deane Merrill
owns a reprint. An original is in Arms (Pratt) Library, Main Street, Shelburne
Falls.