| Name |
Rev. Samuel WHITMAN, 572, M |
| Birth |
1677 |
| Education |
Graduated Harvard in 1696 |
| Death |
31 Jul 1751 Age: 74 |
| Father |
Rev. Zechariah WHITMAN, 77, M (1644-1726) |
| Mother |
Sarah ALCOCK, 78, F (1650-1715) |
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| Children: |
Elnathan, 1891, M (1709-1777) |
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Solomon, 1892, M (1710-1803) |
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Eunice, 1893, F (1712-) |
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John, 1894, M (1713-1800) |
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Samuel, 1895, M (1716-1751) |
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Sarah, 1896, F (1718-1808) |
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Elizabeth, 1897, F (1721-1795) |
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| Notes for Rev. Samuel WHITMAN |
Was said to have been a tutor at Harvard for a short time. He was employed as a teacher of the Grammar School at Salem where he most likely remained until being called to preach at Farmington, CT, which was one of the largest and wealthiest towns in the state. He had a high repute as a clergyman and was much loved by his congregation. HIs name is among the early subscribers to Prince's Chronology, and wass ranked among the first literary men of New England; interested in all matters of education and culture.During his ministry, the second meeting house was begun in 1709 and completed in 1714.
The one controversy in his ministry was his objection to "the new way of singing the psalms" and the church voted to continue to sing the psalms in "the former way", not the "new way" that had been intriduced by the churches in Boston.
He had by bequest one half of his father's land in Stowe and was appointed executor of the will. HIs homestead stood on the main street in the rear of the Savings Bank
(by Farnam's account) and the property on which it stood remained in the family until after 1863. "His felicity was consummated by the settlement of his children in the vicinity in which he lived, and seeing them highly respected and prosperous."
He died from an attack of dysentery, at that time almost an epidemic, at the age of 75, leaving seven children. |
| Notes for Sarah (Spouse 1) |
| Sarah joined the church at Farmington by letter, 11 Feb. 1710 |
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