John WHITMAN

Abt 1602 - 1692  (90 years)

• Name	John WHITMAN
  Birth	Abt 1602	Chesham Parish, Buckinghamshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Nov 1692	Weymouth, Norfolk, MA   [3]
  Person ID	I1095	A Few Relatives of Bob and Mary Hegerich
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard WHITMAN,   b. of Leigh, Buckinghamshire, England
  Family ID	F113213	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth REED,   b. England d. 17 Aug 1662, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA
  Marriage	Abt 1628	England   [2, 4]
  Children	1. John WHITMAN,   b. England d. 1 Feb 1713, MA   2. Elizabeth WHITMAN,   b. England d. 2 Feb 1720, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA   3. Judith WHITMAN,   b. England d. MA   4. Thomas WHITMAN,   b. 1629, Holt, Norfolk, England d. 17 Nov 1712, Bridgewater, Plymouth, MA (Age 83 years)   5. Mary WHITMAN,   b. 1634, England d. 10 Jul 1716, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA (Age 82 years)   6. Sarah WHITMAN,   b. Between 1635 and 1638, England d. 11 Jun 1718, MA (Age 83 years)   7. Hannah WHITMAN,   b. 24 Aug 1641, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA d. Bef 1685, MA (Age < 43 years)   8. Zechariah WHITMAN,   b. 1644, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA d. 5 Nov 1726, Hull, Plymouth, MA (Age 82 years)   9. Abiah WHITMAN,   b. 1646, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA d. 28 Jan 1728, Weymouth, Norfolk, MA (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F539	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2026

  
  

• Notes

  He probably arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1635-1638. On 13 Mar 1638, he was made a freeman, i.e. given voting rights, in the town of Dorchester, MA, but soon moved to Weymouth. He was one of the earliest settlers there, and “soon advanced to prominence”. He became Deacon of the church there, and was a town officer in 1643. In 1645 the General Court appointed him Ensign in the Military Company “to end small Causes”. Family tradition holds that his wife, “with son Thomas (age 12). and others of their children”, came over around 1641, and Walt Whitman [the noted poet, who descends from bother Zechariah] claims that she arrived on the Truelove in 1640. Since it is known that daughter Hannah was born in Weymouth in Aug 1641, there would appear to be some connection between these two events. [Bob H]

  
  

• Sources

  [S219] Banks, Charles Edward; “Topographical Dictionary o. [S126] A Genealogical Dictionary Of The First Settlers Of New England. [S12399] History of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, 1889, Nr. 1. [S9124] Observation--Youngest Child's DOB.