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Name Solomon WHITMAN[6], 1892, M
Birth 20 Apr 1710, Farmington
Death 13 Sep 1803 Age: 93
Father Rev. Samuel WHITMAN, 572, M (1677-1751)
Mother Sarah STODDARD, 1888, F (1680-1755)
Spouses:
1 Susanna COLE[6], 2087, F
Birth 1715, Farmington
Death 19 Mar 1772 Age: 57
Marriage 17 Dec 1736
Children: Chloe, 2094, F (1737-1779)
Lemuel, 2095, M (1739-)
Solomon, 2096, M (1743-1801)
Elnathan, 2097, M (1746-1813)
Mary, 2098, F (1751-1751)
Samuel, 2099, M (1752-)
2 Ruth HOOKER[6], 2088, F
Birth 16 Apr 1708
Death 18 Sep 1777 Age: 69
Father John HOOKER, 2089, M
Mother Abigail STANLEY, 2090, F
Marriage 19 Nov 1772
3 Ruth HART[6], 2091, F
Birth 16 Apr 1708
Death 20 Feb 1779 Age: 70
Father Thomas HART, 2092, M
Mother Mary THOMSON, 2093, F
Marriage 30 Jul 1778
Notes for Solomon WHITMAN
Settled on a portion of the homestead, he learned the trade of shoemaker but apparently never followed it.
Though not a college graduate, he was well educated and deeply interested in all literary matters; was appointed in early life a magistrate by the colonial government and was honored by the inhabitants of his native town with offices of every grade in their power to bestow.:
Justice of the Peace, 1751
Deputy to the General Assembly , 1751
First Judge appointed to the Probate Court of the Farmington District
Town Clerk (at age 92

He is said to have celebrated his 90th birthday by making a pair of shoes.
His death was said to have been caused by over-fatigue in settling a fence boundary dispute between two brothers.
He lived to be 93.
Notes for Ruth (Spouse 2)
Widow of Ashael Strong
Notes for Ruth (Spouse 3)
Widow of William Wadsworth
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