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Name John WHITMAN[8], 419, M
Birth 1681
Death 1758 Age: 77
Father Abiah WHITMAN, 87, M (1646-1727)
Mother Mary FORD, 127, F (-1715)
Spouses:
1 Rebecca MANLEY[6], 1900, F
Birth 6 Mar 1687
Death 29 Aug 1742 Age: 55
Father William MANLEY, 1901, M
Marriage 25 Mar 1713
Children: John, 1903, M (1714-)
Terah, 1905, M (1717-1805)
Rebecca, 1910, F (1719-<1751)
Sarah, 1919, F (1721-)
Mary Jane, 1921, F (1724-1761)
2 Jane (Jean) CHAPLIN[6], 1902, F
Marriage 4 Sept 1750 or 1752
Children: Rebecca, 1922, F (1751-)
Jacob, 1924, M (1753-1842)
Notes for John WHITMAN
Settled in Easton; his house was built near Whitman's or Manley's Brook on land laid out by his father in 1704; he also held land in the name of his father for nearly a mile up and down the stream. In 1758 he sold his homestead to Paul Packard. This was the site upon which the Baptists erected a meeting house in 1767. HIs will executed 12 July 1758 and proven 14 Aug 1758 mentions his wife Jane, sons John, Terah and Jacob, his daughters Sarah Owen, Mary and Rebecca Randall; appoints his son Terah executor. In 1759 Samuel Philips was appointed guardian of Jacob and Rebecca, 2d, minors; his widow married 26 Sept. 1769, Eben Dunham.
Notes for Rebecca (Spouse 1)
Rebecca was from Weymouth.
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