Dr. Col. Henry Whiting

The Writings of George Washington, Volume 14 By George Washington p.408 :

Tombstone Inscription, Gloucester Co:

'Underneath this Stone lyeth Interred the Body of Mrs Catharine Washington Wife of Major John Washington 27 and Daughter Coll Henry Whiting by Elizabeth his Wife Born May the 22d 1694 She was in her several Stations a Loving and Obedient Wife a tender and ever Indulgent Mother a kind and Compassionate Mistress and above all and Exemplary Christian She departed this Life February ye 7th 1743 Age 49 Years to the Great loss of all that had ye Happiness of her Acquaintance. '

The first of the Whitings in Virginia is believed to have been Henry' Whiting, of Gloucester county, who is mentioned in the records of York county Feb., 1671-2, as "Dr. Henry Whiting." On April 16, 1683 "Mr. Henry Whiting" was brought before the Governor and Council and accused that he had in the Session of Assembly, 1682, said "If care was not taken to make a cessation [of tobacco planting] we must all go a plundering." He was suspended from holding any military or civil office until his Majesty's pleasure be known. But the storm soon passed. Henry Whiting, who had in 1680 been a justice for his county, and major of horse in the militia, was appointed to the Council in 1691 and Treasurer of Virgina July 1612.

In 1670 he bought suit in the General Court is right of his wife Apphia, widow of Richard Bushrod.. He married secondly, Elizabeth _______, who was living in 1729 (Abingdon Register).

Issue:

• 2. Major Henry2 and Ann (Beverley) Whiting had Gloucester. On Oct. 30, 1722, at the age of fifteen, he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, as "son of Henry Whiting, of Virginia, gentleman." Major Henry2nd of Gloucester County, sheriff 1723, was a Burgess for Gloucester 1740- ch and December 1776. He married Ann, widow of Henry Whiting, of Gloucester Co., and eldest daughter and co-heiress of Peter Beverley, Esq.” Dame Susanna Randolph, widow of Sir John Randolph, of Henrico, said Elizabeth being second daughter of Peter Beverley, of Henrico, eldest son of Elizabeth Randolph, late wife of William Randolph, of Henrico, said Elizabeth being second daughter of the said Peter Beverley, of the 1st part; Thomas Whiting, the elder, and Bayley Seaton, of Potsworth parish, Gloucester, of the 2d part, and Henry Whiting, of Middlesex, gent., of the 3d part;
• 3. Col. Francis', of Ware Parish, Gloucester sheriff 1718, married Mary (1684-1731-2), daughter of Thomas Perrin (and had issue: Francis\ John, Elizabeth Mordecai Cooke, and Mary married Warner Thomas”, Betsworth Matthew”, Perrin (and Gloucester Thomas”, (Clerk of Gloucester County). Married He married (1st) Elizabeth: Beverly married John Clayton (1695-1774) (1st) Elizabetii Beverly (161774), botanist, and (Clerk of Gloucester county; 6. Catherine" married John Washington, of “Highgate”, Gloucester. Her tomb there was an epitaph stating she was a daughter of Major Henry and Elizabeth Whiting, and also a coat of arms: Washington impaling: on a cliez'ron between three wolves heads. three trefoils. Crest: A wolf's head (?). This must be intended for Whiting; but none of the ordinary books of heraldry assign such a coat to any of the name.

References

• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVWB-JV2
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whiting-254