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Samuel Whiting Jr.
The Reverend Samuel Whiting Jr. (1633–1713) was Billerica's first settled minister, serving in that role for 50 years. This longevity gave him a major role in shaping the town's early moral, religious, and civic life.
The Rev. Samuel Whiting Jr. graduated from Harvard in 1653. His father Rev. Samuel Whiting Snr. had written Oratio Quam Comitijs Cantabrigiensibus Americanis Peroravit reverendissimus D.D. Samuel Whiting Pastor Linnensis; in aula sci-licet Harvardina in 1649 as an opening address at Harvard University to celebrate its success. While some sources indicate Whiting Jr. had a brother, Nathaniel, this is in error. In his father's memoir, it is clear he had no son named Nathaniel.
Samuel Whiting Jr.'s student/assistant for one year was Samuel Ruggles, who succeeded him as Billerica's next pastor. Ruggles married Whiting Jr.'s daughter, Elizabeth on 19 December 1710.
The Rev Samuel Whiting Jr. was born on 25 March 1633 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of a Puritan, the Reverend Samuel Whiting Snr. (1597-1679) and his second wife, Elizabeth St. John. Elizabeth belonged to the prominent landowning family of St. John of Lydiard Tregoze; she was the sister of Sir Oliver St. John, a man from a Puritan background and a leading lawyer and judge who was one of the foremost opponents of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
The Rev. Samuel Whiting (Samuel Whiting Snr.) was from Boston, Lincolnshire in England, himself the son of John Whiting, Mayor of Boston. The will of Mayor Whiting, father of Samuel Snr., recorded in the parish register of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in England, is dated 20 Oct 1617. The parents of the Rev. William Skepper – who would study at Cambridge University with Whiting Snr. and sail in 1638 to join the Boston settlement before moving to nearby Lynn – were married in England in the Whiting family church, St Botolph's, on 11 August 1592. From 1630 to 1638, Rev. Skepper was the Church of England rector at Thorpe St Peter, Lincolnshire (also known as "Thorpe in the Marsh"), when the Whiting family were still prevalent in this area: both John and Robert Whiting of Thorpe, near Wainfleet, are recorded as living in the parish in 1560 in William Whiting's publication: Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John, with references to some of their English ancestors and American descendants.
Sharing the same age, Whiting Snr. and the Rev William Skepper continued their friendship from their St Botolph's days through to university. The Rev. Skepper received holy orders after completing his B.A. degree at the Puritan-focused Sidney Sussex College (1618). Similarly, Whiting Snr. received his B.A. and Master of Arts degrees from Cambridge University's other Puritan college - Emmanuel (1618 and 1620) and proceeded to take holy orders.
Whiting Snr. was married at Boston, on 6 August 1629 at St Botolph's Church to his second wife, Elizabeth, sister of Rt. Hon. Sir Oliver St. John. St John was later chief justice of England and one of the leaders of the Parliamentary opposition to King Charles I of England.
The Rev. Samuel Whiting Snr. travelled from King's Lynn England to Boston, arriving there on May 26, 1636 where his presence was officially recorded by the colony's governor, John Winthrop. Whiting Snr. lived in Boston – the colony's "hub" – for six months before moving to Lynn, Massachusetts where the residents soon changed the name of their settlement in his honour. Whiting's assistants were his neighbour Rev. Thomas Cobbett and the Rev. William Skipper/Skepper of Lynn who had been his contemporary at Cambridge University; Skepper studying at Sidney Sussex, the university's other Puritan college. As with Whiting, both Cobbett and Skepper had Lincolnshire connections - Cobbett had "first settled in the ministry at a small place in Lincolnshire". Lincolnshire man Skepper also assisted Cobbett at the church in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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Samuel Whiting Jr.
The Reverend Samuel Whiting Jr. (1633–1713) was Billerica's first settled minister, serving in that role for 50 years. This longevity gave him a major role in shaping the town's early moral, religious, and civic life.
The Rev. Samuel Whiting Jr. graduated from Harvard in 1653. His father Rev. Samuel Whiting Snr. had written Oratio Quam Comitijs Cantabrigiensibus Americanis Peroravit reverendissimus D.D. Samuel Whiting Pastor Linnensis; in aula sci-licet Harvardina in 1649 as an opening address at Harvard University to celebrate its success. While some sources indicate Whiting Jr. had a brother, Nathaniel, this is in error. In his father's memoir, it is clear he had no son named Nathaniel.
Samuel Whiting Jr.'s student/assistant for one year was Samuel Ruggles, who succeeded him as Billerica's next pastor. Ruggles married Whiting Jr.'s daughter, Elizabeth on 19 December 1710.
The Rev Samuel Whiting Jr. was born on 25 March 1633 in Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England. He was the son of a Puritan, the Reverend Samuel Whiting Snr. (1597-1679) and his second wife, Elizabeth St. John. Elizabeth belonged to the prominent landowning family of St. John of Lydiard Tregoze; she was the sister of Sir Oliver St. John, a man from a Puritan background and a leading lawyer and judge who was one of the foremost opponents of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
The Rev. Samuel Whiting (Samuel Whiting Snr.) was from Boston, Lincolnshire in England, himself the son of John Whiting, Mayor of Boston. The will of Mayor Whiting, father of Samuel Snr., recorded in the parish register of St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire in England, is dated 20 Oct 1617. The parents of the Rev. William Skepper – who would study at Cambridge University with Whiting Snr. and sail in 1638 to join the Boston settlement before moving to nearby Lynn – were married in England in the Whiting family church, St Botolph's, on 11 August 1592. From 1630 to 1638, Rev. Skepper was the Church of England rector at Thorpe St Peter, Lincolnshire (also known as "Thorpe in the Marsh"), when the Whiting family were still prevalent in this area: both John and Robert Whiting of Thorpe, near Wainfleet, are recorded as living in the parish in 1560 in William Whiting's publication: Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John, with references to some of their English ancestors and American descendants.
Sharing the same age, Whiting Snr. and the Rev William Skepper continued their friendship from their St Botolph's days through to university. The Rev. Skepper received holy orders after completing his B.A. degree at the Puritan-focused Sidney Sussex College (1618). Similarly, Whiting Snr. received his B.A. and Master of Arts degrees from Cambridge University's other Puritan college - Emmanuel (1618 and 1620) and proceeded to take holy orders.
Whiting Snr. was married at Boston, on 6 August 1629 at St Botolph's Church to his second wife, Elizabeth, sister of Rt. Hon. Sir Oliver St. John. St John was later chief justice of England and one of the leaders of the Parliamentary opposition to King Charles I of England.
The Rev. Samuel Whiting Snr. travelled from King's Lynn England to Boston, arriving there on May 26, 1636 where his presence was officially recorded by the colony's governor, John Winthrop. Whiting Snr. lived in Boston – the colony's "hub" – for six months before moving to Lynn, Massachusetts where the residents soon changed the name of their settlement in his honour. Whiting's assistants were his neighbour Rev. Thomas Cobbett and the Rev. William Skipper/Skepper of Lynn who had been his contemporary at Cambridge University; Skepper studying at Sidney Sussex, the university's other Puritan college. As with Whiting, both Cobbett and Skepper had Lincolnshire connections - Cobbett had "first settled in the ministry at a small place in Lincolnshire". Lincolnshire man Skepper also assisted Cobbett at the church in Lynn, Massachusetts.