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Dorothy Weld (Whiting)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Skirbeck, Westville, Lincolnshire, England
Death: July 31, 1694 (64-65)
Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Place of Burial: 20 Eustis Street, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02119, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting and Unknown wife of Samuel Whiting
Wife of Thomas Weld
Mother of Samuel Weld; Rev. Thomas Weld; Samuel Weld; John Weld; Edmund Weld and 4 others
Sister of Infant Whiting and Infant Whiting
Half sister of James Whiting; Unknown Whiting; Rev. Samuel Whiting, Jr.; Rev. John Whiting; Unknown Whiting and 3 others

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About Dorothy Weld

Dorothy Whiting Weld

  • BIRTH 1628 England
  • DEATH 31 Jul 1694 (aged 65–66) Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • BURIAL Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
  • PLOT C306 MEMORIAL ID 137458435 Photos by DGB, birth is derived from date of death/age on the marker.

Dorothy Whiting was a daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting and his first wife. He arrived in Boston in 1636 with his second wife.

Inscription
Here Lyes Ye Body
Of Mrs. Dorothy Weld
Ye Widow of Mr. Thomas
Weld Who Died July Ye
31st. 1694
1n Ye 66th Year of
Her Age.

Gravesite Details
Plot number is from a 1984 Boston City cemetery survey.

Parents
Samuel Whiting 1597–1679
First wife of Reverend Samuel Whiting

Spouse
Thomas Weld 1626–1683 (m. 1650)

Half Siblings
Samuel Whiting 1633–1713
Joseph Whiting 1641–1723

Children 9x
Thomas Weld 1653–1702
Samuel Weld 1655–1737
John Weld 1657–1686
Edmund Weld 1659–1748
Daniel Weld 1661–1663
Margaret Weld Brewer 1669–1704

References

[1] https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/137458435/dorothy-weld

[2] https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M49P-N2X?view=basic

Source

[3] The pioneers of Massachusetts, a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns and churches and other contemporaneous documents (1900)

[4] https://archive.org/details/pioneersofmassac00pope

[5] https://archive.org/stream/pioneersofmassac00pope#page/494/mode/1up Pg.494

[6] http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr03/rr03_059.html#P21047

  • *WHITING, WHYTING, WHITINGE,
  • Rev. Samuel, b. in Boston, Lincolnshire, Eng. 20 Nov. 1570, son of John Whiting, Esquire, sometime mayor of Boston; grad. at Emanuel Coll. Camb.; was chaplain to Sirs Nathaniel Bacon and Roger Townsend 3 years, then colleague to Rev. Mr. Price 3 more. [C. M.] He was rector of the parish of Skirbeck, adjoining Boston till 1635, when he came to N. E. Became pastor of the chh. at Lynn, where he spent the rest of his life. Scholarly, devoted, popular, he had a strong hold on the regard of his people and was esteemed very highly by the leaders of the state. Frm. Dec, 1636. Had large estate. He m. 1, — , by whom he had two sons that d. in Eng. and a dau. that m. Mr. Thomas Weld in another land. [C. M.] He m. 2, Aug. 6, 1629, Elizabeth, dau. of Right Hon. Oliver St. John and his wife Sarah Bulkley. Her bro. Hon. Oliver St. John, was lord chief justice of England under Cromwell. [See account of Mrs. Whiting's pedigree, with its strains of royal blood, in the Whiting Memorial. See wills of her father, brother and other relatives in Reg. LII, 255.] Children, Samuel b. in Skirbeck March 25, 1633, (became minister of the chh. at Billerica,) Joseph, (also resided here,) John, Dorothy, (m. 4 June, 1650, Thomas Weld of Roxbury.) Elizabeth, (m. Rev. Jeremiah Hubbard). The wife d. 3 March, 1676-7, in her 73d year. [C. M.]
  • He d. Dec. 11, 1679. Will dated 25 Feb. 1678, prob. 30 March, 1680, beq. to son Samuel, living at Billerica; John, living at Leverton, Lincolnshire, Eng.; Joseph, at Lynn; dau., wife of Jeremiah Hubbard, of Topsfield.
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Dorothy WHITING gender: female birth: 1629 England death: 31 July 1694 Roxbury,Massachusetts,USA marriage: 4 June 1650 Probably Ma

Parents father: Samuel WHITING, I ;[REVEREND] mother: (Samuel's First Wife) (UNKNOWN)

Marriages (1) spouse: Thomas WELD marriage: 4 June 1650 Probably Ma

 	Hide children (8)

child 1: Samuel WELD

   gender:  	male
   birth:  	20 July 1651     Roxbury, , Massachusetts
   death:  	26 August 1953
   child 2:  	Thomas WELD  
   gender:  	male
   birth:  	12 June 1653     , Probably, Massachusetts
   death:  	9 June 1702     Dunstable Mass
   christening:  	12 June 1653     Roxbury, , Massachusetts
   child 3:  	Samuel WELD 
   gender:  	male
   birth:  	10 August 1655     Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
   death:  	2 September 1737
   child 4:  	John WELD  
   gender:  	male
   birth:  	9 October 1657     Roxbury, , Massachusetts
   death:  	1686
   child 5:  	Edmund WELD  
   gender:  	male
   birth:  	29 September 1659     Roxbury, MA
   death:  	1718
   child 6:  	Dorothy WELD  
   gender:  	female
   birth:  	28 April 1664     Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts
   death:  	
   child 7:  	Joseph WELD 
   gender:  	male
   birth:  	3 May 1666     Roxbury, , Massachusetts
   death:  	
   child 8:  	Margaret WELD 
   gender:  	female
   birth:  	29 November 1669     Roxbury, , Massachusetts
   death:  	25 July 1704     Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts 

Source: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:1:M49P-N2X?view=basic

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Dorothy Weld's Timeline

1629
1629
Skirbeck, Westville, Lincolnshire, England
1651
July 20, 1651
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1653
1653
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1655
August 10, 1655
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1657
October 9, 1657
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1659
September 29, 1659
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1661
1661
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
1664
April 28, 1664
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony
1669
November 29, 1669
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony