NOTE: THE FOLLOWING DATA on findagrave which I have entered on Francis Whitmore, 1726/27 has been proven through land, probate, town and church records. Four other Francis Whitmores lived in Middletown at the same time, an uncle and three cousins of this Francis, who was the son of WILLIAM WHITMORE and REBECCA BASSETT and the husband of ELIZABETH HALE.
Another Francis Whitmore, 1725, a son of Joseph Whitmore and Mary Warner, did NOT marry Elizabeth Hale, but married (1) Rachael White and after her death, married (2) her sister, Sybil White. Later court records prove that Joseph Whitmore left land to this son, Francis and wife, Mary, and then after Mary died and Francis (son of Joseph) made a will 25 November 1757 leaving his estate to his "beloved wife Sibil" and to his two daughters, Mary Whitmore and Sibil Whitmore. (Middletown Probate Records, I, 281)
Noted researchers, Jacobus and Waterman, have confirmed (Hale House and Related Families, p. 39) that "Elizabeth Hale married 15 November 1750 to Francis Whitmore, 1727, son of William Whitmore and Rebeckah Bassett Whitmore." [because of the earlier Gregorian calendar, the year could have been between 1726/1727]
Some thought that Francis Whitmore, 1726/27 married Elizabeth Kenney (or Henry), but she in fact married Francis Whitmore Jr., 1730, the son of Francis Whitmore, 1700 and Sarah Pryor.
Beginning in 1625, there were seven Francis Whitmores in this line to 1727; four of them were direct line sons of the first Francis, and his line on down; and the other two were sons of the second generation's brothers - got confusing, but I have documentation of these findings.
BIOGRAPHY: FRANCIS WHITMORE, BORN 17 June 1726/27, was a son of Rebeckah Bassett and William Whitmore, who had married 18 April 1714. He was their sixth child and was named for his grandfather and great grandfather. He grew up in Middletown, Connecticut.
Francis' name appears on the Middletown's enlistment records in 1756, 1758 and 1759 during the French and Indian War.
After marriage to Elizabeth Hale, 15 November, 1750, he became a tinker, a maker and mender of pots and pans. They removed to Meridian Parish in Wallingford Township. There, two sons were born and died, both named Samuel. A daughter, Philena, was born in 1755. Next, their son, William only lived about four years, dying in February of 1763. They purchased land at The Grants in 1763 and by the end of May, set across Massachusetts; they were the second settlers in Marborough. Their daughter, Philena was their only surviving child, AT THAT TIME.
A second daughter was born July 11, 1769 at Marborough and they named her Sabra. She later said her christian name was Saboria. She was the first female and the second child born in the township and would became my 5th great grandmother.
As tension rose throughout The Grants and Ethan Allen organized the Green Mountain Boys, Captain Whitmore's name was the first on a petition to the king for separation from New York.
As retaliations from the British over the Boston Tea Party erupted, the citizens of Marlborough joined with eleven other towns in forming a Convention at the County of Cumberland. They declared themselves "form'd into a body February ye 7th, 1775" and Convention Minutes list Charles Philips and Capt Whitmore as Marlborough's delegates. Francis was assigned to the Standing Committee of Correspondence to keep delegates informed of convention proceedings in other colonies.
Marlborough formed its town militia and Francis Whitmore was chosen Captain of the first military company organized in the town. (Ref: Newton, page 30)
As the first shot rang out on the early morning of April 19, 1775, the beginning of the Revolutionary War was signaled. The next town meeting, May 8, 1775, of Marborough reflected that they had chosen Captain Francis Whitmore as Moderator and two weeks later, the breaking point had come: at a legal town meeting on the 22nd of May, calling themselves freeholders, they passed six resolutions condemning the "cruel and unjust and oppressive acts of the British Parliament", chose to send delegates to the Provincial Congress, resolved that all Courts in the Colony, held by the authority of George the Third, King of England, be "suspended until such time as the unhappy dispute between England and America shall subside".
Further they voted and resolved that they each would, "at the expense of our lives and fortunes to the last extremity, unite and oppose the late cruel, unjust and arbitrary acts of British Parliament.....of all unconstitutional acts..." these they labeled "unjust and in every sense illegal".
They then activated the town militia and re-commissioned Francis Whitmore, Captain.
Francis Whitmore represented them at the next Convention September 25, 1776, voting with the other delegates, "To stand by the cause of American Liberty". He was their delegate when the "Honorable Continental Congress" met June 24, 1777 at Windsor when their first order of business was to vote to name their new colony, VERMONT.
~~Beginning my DAR Line, next Sabrah~~
Another Francis Whitmore, 1725, a son of Joseph Whitmore and Mary Warner, did NOT marry Elizabeth Hale, but married (1) Rachael White and after her death, married (2) her sister, Sybil White. Later court records prove that Joseph Whitmore left land to this son, Francis and wife, Mary, and then after Mary died and Francis (son of Joseph) made a will 25 November 1757 leaving his estate to his "beloved wife Sibil" and to his two daughters, Mary Whitmore and Sibil Whitmore. (Middletown Probate Records, I, 281)
Noted researchers, Jacobus and Waterman, have confirmed (Hale House and Related Families, p. 39) that "Elizabeth Hale married 15 November 1750 to Francis Whitmore, 1727, son of William Whitmore and Rebeckah Bassett Whitmore." [because of the earlier Gregorian calendar, the year could have been between 1726/1727]
Some thought that Francis Whitmore, 1726/27 married Elizabeth Kenney (or Henry), but she in fact married Francis Whitmore Jr., 1730, the son of Francis Whitmore, 1700 and Sarah Pryor.
Beginning in 1625, there were seven Francis Whitmores in this line to 1727; four of them were direct line sons of the first Francis, and his line on down; and the other two were sons of the second generation's brothers - got confusing, but I have documentation of these findings.
BIOGRAPHY: FRANCIS WHITMORE, BORN 17 June 1726/27, was a son of Rebeckah Bassett and William Whitmore, who had married 18 April 1714. He was their sixth child and was named for his grandfather and great grandfather. He grew up in Middletown, Connecticut.
Francis' name appears on the Middletown's enlistment records in 1756, 1758 and 1759 during the French and Indian War.
After marriage to Elizabeth Hale, 15 November, 1750, he became a tinker, a maker and mender of pots and pans. They removed to Meridian Parish in Wallingford Township. There, two sons were born and died, both named Samuel. A daughter, Philena, was born in 1755. Next, their son, William only lived about four years, dying in February of 1763. They purchased land at The Grants in 1763 and by the end of May, set across Massachusetts; they were the second settlers in Marborough. Their daughter, Philena was their only surviving child, AT THAT TIME.
A second daughter was born July 11, 1769 at Marborough and they named her Sabra. She later said her christian name was Saboria. She was the first female and the second child born in the township and would became my 5th great grandmother.
As tension rose throughout The Grants and Ethan Allen organized the Green Mountain Boys, Captain Whitmore's name was the first on a petition to the king for separation from New York.
As retaliations from the British over the Boston Tea Party erupted, the citizens of Marlborough joined with eleven other towns in forming a Convention at the County of Cumberland. They declared themselves "form'd into a body February ye 7th, 1775" and Convention Minutes list Charles Philips and Capt Whitmore as Marlborough's delegates. Francis was assigned to the Standing Committee of Correspondence to keep delegates informed of convention proceedings in other colonies.
Marlborough formed its town militia and Francis Whitmore was chosen Captain of the first military company organized in the town. (Ref: Newton, page 30)
As the first shot rang out on the early morning of April 19, 1775, the beginning of the Revolutionary War was signaled. The next town meeting, May 8, 1775, of Marborough reflected that they had chosen Captain Francis Whitmore as Moderator and two weeks later, the breaking point had come: at a legal town meeting on the 22nd of May, calling themselves freeholders, they passed six resolutions condemning the "cruel and unjust and oppressive acts of the British Parliament", chose to send delegates to the Provincial Congress, resolved that all Courts in the Colony, held by the authority of George the Third, King of England, be "suspended until such time as the unhappy dispute between England and America shall subside".
Further they voted and resolved that they each would, "at the expense of our lives and fortunes to the last extremity, unite and oppose the late cruel, unjust and arbitrary acts of British Parliament.....of all unconstitutional acts..." these they labeled "unjust and in every sense illegal".
They then activated the town militia and re-commissioned Francis Whitmore, Captain.
Francis Whitmore represented them at the next Convention September 25, 1776, voting with the other delegates, "To stand by the cause of American Liberty". He was their delegate when the "Honorable Continental Congress" met June 24, 1777 at Windsor when their first order of business was to vote to name their new colony, VERMONT.
~~Beginning my DAR Line, next Sabrah~~
NOTE: THE FOLLOWING DATA on findagrave which I have entered on Francis Whitmore, 1726/27 has been proven through land, probate, town and church records. Four other Francis Whitmores lived in Middletown at the same time, an uncle and three cousins of this Francis, who was the son of WILLIAM WHITMORE and REBECCA BASSETT and the husband of ELIZABETH HALE.
Another Francis Whitmore, 1725, a son of Joseph Whitmore and Mary Warner, did NOT marry Elizabeth Hale, but married (1) Rachael White and after her death, married (2) her sister, Sybil White. Later court records prove that Joseph Whitmore left land to this son, Francis and wife, Mary, and then after Mary died and Francis (son of Joseph) made a will 25 November 1757 leaving his estate to his "beloved wife Sibil" and to his two daughters, Mary Whitmore and Sibil Whitmore. (Middletown Probate Records, I, 281)
Noted researchers, Jacobus and Waterman, have confirmed (Hale House and Related Families, p. 39) that "Elizabeth Hale married 15 November 1750 to Francis Whitmore, 1727, son of William Whitmore and Rebeckah Bassett Whitmore." [because of the earlier Gregorian calendar, the year could have been between 1726/1727]
Some thought that Francis Whitmore, 1726/27 married Elizabeth Kenney (or Henry), but she in fact married Francis Whitmore Jr., 1730, the son of Francis Whitmore, 1700 and Sarah Pryor.
Beginning in 1625, there were seven Francis Whitmores in this line to 1727; four of them were direct line sons of the first Francis, and his line on down; and the other two were sons of the second generation's brothers - got confusing, but I have documentation of these findings.
BIOGRAPHY: FRANCIS WHITMORE, BORN 17 June 1726/27, was a son of Rebeckah Bassett and William Whitmore, who had married 18 April 1714. He was their sixth child and was named for his grandfather and great grandfather. He grew up in Middletown, Connecticut.
Francis' name appears on the Middletown's enlistment records in 1756, 1758 and 1759 during the French and Indian War.
After marriage to Elizabeth Hale, 15 November, 1750, he became a tinker, a maker and mender of pots and pans. They removed to Meridian Parish in Wallingford Township. There, two sons were born and died, both named Samuel. A daughter, Philena, was born in 1755. Next, their son, William only lived about four years, dying in February of 1763. They purchased land at The Grants in 1763 and by the end of May, set across Massachusetts; they were the second settlers in Marborough. Their daughter, Philena was their only surviving child, AT THAT TIME.
A second daughter was born July 11, 1769 at Marborough and they named her Sabra. She later said her christian name was Saboria. She was the first female and the second child born in the township and would became my 5th great grandmother.
As tension rose throughout The Grants and Ethan Allen organized the Green Mountain Boys, Captain Whitmore's name was the first on a petition to the king for separation from New York.
As retaliations from the British over the Boston Tea Party erupted, the citizens of Marlborough joined with eleven other towns in forming a Convention at the County of Cumberland. They declared themselves "form'd into a body February ye 7th, 1775" and Convention Minutes list Charles Philips and Capt Whitmore as Marlborough's delegates. Francis was assigned to the Standing Committee of Correspondence to keep delegates informed of convention proceedings in other colonies.
Marlborough formed its town militia and Francis Whitmore was chosen Captain of the first military company organized in the town. (Ref: Newton, page 30)
As the first shot rang out on the early morning of April 19, 1775, the beginning of the Revolutionary War was signaled. The next town meeting, May 8, 1775, of Marborough reflected that they had chosen Captain Francis Whitmore as Moderator and two weeks later, the breaking point had come: at a legal town meeting on the 22nd of May, calling themselves freeholders, they passed six resolutions condemning the "cruel and unjust and oppressive acts of the British Parliament", chose to send delegates to the Provincial Congress, resolved that all Courts in the Colony, held by the authority of George the Third, King of England, be "suspended until such time as the unhappy dispute between England and America shall subside".
Further they voted and resolved that they each would, "at the expense of our lives and fortunes to the last extremity, unite and oppose the late cruel, unjust and arbitrary acts of British Parliament.....of all unconstitutional acts..." these they labeled "unjust and in every sense illegal".
They then activated the town militia and re-commissioned Francis Whitmore, Captain.
Francis Whitmore represented them at the next Convention September 25, 1776, voting with the other delegates, "To stand by the cause of American Liberty". He was their delegate when the "Honorable Continental Congress" met June 24, 1777 at Windsor when their first order of business was to vote to name their new colony, VERMONT.
~~Beginning my DAR Line, next Sabrah~~
Another Francis Whitmore, 1725, a son of Joseph Whitmore and Mary Warner, did NOT marry Elizabeth Hale, but married (1) Rachael White and after her death, married (2) her sister, Sybil White. Later court records prove that Joseph Whitmore left land to this son, Francis and wife, Mary, and then after Mary died and Francis (son of Joseph) made a will 25 November 1757 leaving his estate to his "beloved wife Sibil" and to his two daughters, Mary Whitmore and Sibil Whitmore. (Middletown Probate Records, I, 281)
Noted researchers, Jacobus and Waterman, have confirmed (Hale House and Related Families, p. 39) that "Elizabeth Hale married 15 November 1750 to Francis Whitmore, 1727, son of William Whitmore and Rebeckah Bassett Whitmore." [because of the earlier Gregorian calendar, the year could have been between 1726/1727]
Some thought that Francis Whitmore, 1726/27 married Elizabeth Kenney (or Henry), but she in fact married Francis Whitmore Jr., 1730, the son of Francis Whitmore, 1700 and Sarah Pryor.
Beginning in 1625, there were seven Francis Whitmores in this line to 1727; four of them were direct line sons of the first Francis, and his line on down; and the other two were sons of the second generation's brothers - got confusing, but I have documentation of these findings.
BIOGRAPHY: FRANCIS WHITMORE, BORN 17 June 1726/27, was a son of Rebeckah Bassett and William Whitmore, who had married 18 April 1714. He was their sixth child and was named for his grandfather and great grandfather. He grew up in Middletown, Connecticut.
Francis' name appears on the Middletown's enlistment records in 1756, 1758 and 1759 during the French and Indian War.
After marriage to Elizabeth Hale, 15 November, 1750, he became a tinker, a maker and mender of pots and pans. They removed to Meridian Parish in Wallingford Township. There, two sons were born and died, both named Samuel. A daughter, Philena, was born in 1755. Next, their son, William only lived about four years, dying in February of 1763. They purchased land at The Grants in 1763 and by the end of May, set across Massachusetts; they were the second settlers in Marborough. Their daughter, Philena was their only surviving child, AT THAT TIME.
A second daughter was born July 11, 1769 at Marborough and they named her Sabra. She later said her christian name was Saboria. She was the first female and the second child born in the township and would became my 5th great grandmother.
As tension rose throughout The Grants and Ethan Allen organized the Green Mountain Boys, Captain Whitmore's name was the first on a petition to the king for separation from New York.
As retaliations from the British over the Boston Tea Party erupted, the citizens of Marlborough joined with eleven other towns in forming a Convention at the County of Cumberland. They declared themselves "form'd into a body February ye 7th, 1775" and Convention Minutes list Charles Philips and Capt Whitmore as Marlborough's delegates. Francis was assigned to the Standing Committee of Correspondence to keep delegates informed of convention proceedings in other colonies.
Marlborough formed its town militia and Francis Whitmore was chosen Captain of the first military company organized in the town. (Ref: Newton, page 30)
As the first shot rang out on the early morning of April 19, 1775, the beginning of the Revolutionary War was signaled. The next town meeting, May 8, 1775, of Marborough reflected that they had chosen Captain Francis Whitmore as Moderator and two weeks later, the breaking point had come: at a legal town meeting on the 22nd of May, calling themselves freeholders, they passed six resolutions condemning the "cruel and unjust and oppressive acts of the British Parliament", chose to send delegates to the Provincial Congress, resolved that all Courts in the Colony, held by the authority of George the Third, King of England, be "suspended until such time as the unhappy dispute between England and America shall subside".
Further they voted and resolved that they each would, "at the expense of our lives and fortunes to the last extremity, unite and oppose the late cruel, unjust and arbitrary acts of British Parliament.....of all unconstitutional acts..." these they labeled "unjust and in every sense illegal".
They then activated the town militia and re-commissioned Francis Whitmore, Captain.
Francis Whitmore represented them at the next Convention September 25, 1776, voting with the other delegates, "To stand by the cause of American Liberty". He was their delegate when the "Honorable Continental Congress" met June 24, 1777 at Windsor when their first order of business was to vote to name their new colony, VERMONT.
~~Beginning my DAR Line, next Sabrah~~
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