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Dorcas <I>Chester</I> Whiting

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Dorcas Chester Whiting

Birth
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut, USA
Death
16 Feb 1713 (aged 75)
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
C87
Memorial ID
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Birth: Dorcas, dau. of Leonard and Mary Chester, Nov. 1, 1637 Wethersfield, CT (Savage's Gen. Dict.)

Lynn marriages: WHITING, Samuell, and Mrs. Dorcas Chester, 12 : 9 m: 1656. CT. R.
-and-
Charlestown marriages: Mr. Samuel Whiteng & Dorcas Chester, m. by Capt. Danile Gookin, Nov. 12, [16]56.

Billerica deaths: WHITING, Dorcas, w. Rev. Samuell [dup. Samuel, omits Rev.], Feb. 15 or 16 [dup. Feb. 15], 1712-13. [[dup. w. Rev. Samuel] Feb. 16. GR1]

Leonard Chester's uncle was the famous minister, Thomas Hooker. Leonard went with his uncle Hooker to search Connecticut for a suitable place to start a new town.
Birth: Dorcas, dau. of Leonard and Mary Chester, Nov. 1, 1637 Wethersfield, CT (Savage's Gen. Dict.)

Lynn marriages: WHITING, Samuell, and Mrs. Dorcas Chester, 12 : 9 m: 1656. CT. R.
-and-
Charlestown marriages: Mr. Samuel Whiteng & Dorcas Chester, m. by Capt. Danile Gookin, Nov. 12, [16]56.

Billerica deaths: WHITING, Dorcas, w. Rev. Samuell [dup. Samuel, omits Rev.], Feb. 15 or 16 [dup. Feb. 15], 1712-13. [[dup. w. Rev. Samuel] Feb. 16. GR1]

Leonard Chester's uncle was the famous minister, Thomas Hooker. Leonard went with his uncle Hooker to search Connecticut for a suitable place to start a new town.

Inscription

HERE LYES ye BODY
OF MRS DORCAS
WHITING WIFE
TO ye REVERND. MR.
SAMUEL WHITING
AGED 76 YEARS
DIED FEB 16th 1712



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  • Created by: Bill Boyington
  • Added: May 26, 2007
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19531526/dorcas-whiting: accessed ), memorial page for Dorcas Chester Whiting (1 Nov 1637–16 Feb 1713), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19531526, citing Old South Burying Ground, Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Bill Boyington (contributor 46800933).