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Dorcas Whiting (Chester)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
Death: February 15, 1712 (74)
Billerica, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts
Place of Burial: Billerica, Middlesex, MA, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Leonard Chester and Mary Neville Russell
Wife of Rev. Samuel Whiting, Jr.
Mother of Elizabeth Clark; Samuel Whiting; Rev John Whiting; Oliver Whiting; Mary Burchsteed and 7 others
Sister of Capt. John Chester; Eunice Chester; Stephen Chester; Mary Chester; Mercy Chester and 1 other
Half sister of Samuel Chester

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About Dorcas Whiting

(f/g) Dorcas Chester Whiting Birth: Nov. 1, 1637 Wethersfield Hartford County Connecticut, USA Death: Feb. 16, 1713 ______________________________

Birth: Dorcas, dau. of Leonard and Mary Chester, Nov. 1, 1637 Wethersfield, CT (Savage's Gen. Dict.)

Lynn marriages: WHITING, Samuell, and Mrs. Dorcas Chester, 12 : 9 m: 1656. CT. R.

Billerica deaths: WHITING, Dorcas, w. Rev. Samuell [dup. Samuel, omits Rev.], Feb. 15 or 16 [dup. Feb. 15], 1712-13. dup. w. Rev. Samuel] Feb. 16. GR1] ______________________________

Leonard Chester's uncle was the famous minister, Thomas Hooker. Leonard went with his uncle Hooker to search Connecticut for a suitable place to start a new town. ______________________________

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Parents:
 Leonard Chester (1610 - 1648)
 Mary Chester Russell (1608 - 1688) 
Spouse:
 Samuel Whiting (1633 - 1713)
Children:
 Samuel Whiting (1663 - 1715)*
 John Whiting (1664 - 1697)*
 Oliver Whiting (1665 - 1736)*
 Mary Whiting Burchsteed (1667 - 1740)

Inscription: HERE LYES ye BODY OF MRS DORCAS WHITING WIFE TO ye REVERND. MR. SAMUEL WHITING AGED 76 YEARS DIED FEB 16th 1712 Burial: Old South Burying Ground Billerica Middlesex County Massachusetts, USA Plot: C87 Created by: Bill Boyington Record added: May 26, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 19531526 -tcd Birth: Dorcas, dau. of Leonard and Mary Chester, Nov. 1, 1637 Wethersfield, CT (Savage's Gen. Dict.)

Lynn marriages: WHITING, Samuell, and Mrs. Dorcas Chester, 12 : 9 m: 1656. CT. R.

Billerica deaths: WHITING, Dorcas, w. Rev. Samuell [dup. Samuel, omits Rev.], Feb. 15 or 16 [dup. Feb. 15], 1712-13. [[dup. w. Rev. Samuel] Feb. 16. GR1]

Leonard Chester's uncle was the famous minister, Thomas Hooker. Leonard went with his uncle Hooker to search Connecticut for a suitable place to start a new town. Inscription: HERE LYES ye BODY OF MRS DORCAS WHITING WIFE TO ye REVERND. MR. SAMUEL WHITING AGED 76 YEARS DIED FEB 16th 1712

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Dorcas Whiting's Timeline

1637
November 1, 1637
Wethersfield, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony
1660
October 6, 1660
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1662
December 19, 1662
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1664
July 1, 1664
Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
1665
October 8, 1665
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1667
April 28, 1667
Billerica, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States
1668
August 23, 1668
Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
1670
February 7, 1670
Billerica, Massachusetts, United States
1671
July 20, 1671
Billerica, Massachusetts, United States