WHITTIER, Thomas

Abt 1620 - 1696  (~ 76 years)

• Name	WHITTIER, Thomas  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Born	Abt 1620	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	28 Nov 1696	Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I5654	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	WHITTIER, Richard,   b. Abt 1580, Landford, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England
  Mother	ROLFE, Mary,   b. 16 Jul 1582, Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England ,   d. Whiteparish, Wiltshire, England
  Married	23/23 Jan 1608/1609	Whiteparish, Wiltshire., England
  Family ID	F794	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	ROLFE, Ruth,   b. 1626, England ,   d. Jul 1710, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 84 years)
  Married	Mar 1645/6	Salisbury, Essex, Massachusetts
  Children	1. WHITTIER, Mary,   b. 9 Oct 1647, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts. ,   d. 29 Jul 1698, Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts.  (Age 50 years)   2. WHITTIER, John,   b. 23 Dec 1649, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 5 Apr 1721  (Age 71 years)   3. WHITTIER, Ruth,   b. 6 Nov 1651, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 16 Dec 1719  (Age 68 years)   4. WHITTIER, Thomas,   b. 12/12 Jan 1653/1654, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 17 Oct 1728  (Age 74 years)   5. WHITTIER, Susanna,   b. 27 Mar 1656, Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts ,   d. 15/15 Feb 1726/1727  (Age 70 years)   6. WHITTIER, Nathaniel,   b. 11 Aug 1658, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 18 Jul 1722  (Age 63 years)   7. WHITTIER, Hannah,   b. 10 Sep 1660, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. WHITTIER, Richard,   b. 27 Jun 1663, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 5/05 Mar 1724/1725  (Age 61 years)   9. WHITTIER, Elizabeth,   b. 21 Nov 1666, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 29/29 Jan 1729/1730  (Age 63 years)   10. WHITTIER, Joseph,   b. 8 May 1669, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts ,   d. 25 Dec 1739, Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 70 years)
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F2209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Whittier, who came in the "Confidence" to the colonies in 1638, from Southampton, England at age 18. Records indicate he was an indentured servant to John Rolfe, his uncle. He married Ruth Green and settled in Salisbury, Massachusetts in 1647/48. He was given liberty to make three barrells of tar in Salisbury. After a short residence there he moved to Newbury. In May 1651 The General Court appointed him a commission to lay out the bounds of Haverhill. Their report was approved the following Oct. 1652. On June 7, 1652 he received 7 1/2 acres in a division of "plough-land," in Haverhill. In May 1653 he signed a petition to the General Court to revoke the sentence of Robert Pike, invoked for preaching on the Sabbath in the absence of a minister. In 1659 Thomas had meadow land at Hawkes meadow in Haverhill, bounded by Daniel Ladd on the south. In February 1663/4, the will of John Rolfe of Newbury, MA, proved 29 Mar 1664, gave items to Thomas Whittier's children. On May 23, 1666 he was admitted a freeman at Haverhill, bringing with him a swarm of bees which were willed to him by Henry Rolfe of Newbury. His property in Haverhill was valued at 80 pounds. In 1668 Thomas Whittier appears on a list of those that built houses upon the common of Haverhill, or their own land, since 15 Mar 1660. Such houses were to have no right to the town's common lands. Thomas Built "the famous Whittier homestead in Haverhill, where his illustrious descendant, the poet John Greenleaf Whittier, 1807-1892, was born." In the spring of 1669 the town of Haverhill, having chosen Thomas constable, voted that he should be excused, provided he presented some one to take his place whom the Selectmen should declare satisfactory. On February 19, 1675 Thomas Whittier, Daniel Ladd, and Peter Ayer were appointed by the Haverhill town meeting to designate which houses should be garrisoned, since the town was anticipating trouble with the Indians. On December 22, 1680 the town meeting of Haverhill appointed Tho. Whittier, Nathl. Saltonstall, Lieut. Browne, Wh. White, and Danl. Ela to a committee to obtain aminister to assist Rev. Ward, whose wife had died and who was getting old. They were also to arrange for the new minister a place to live. On June 24, 1681 The committee reported that they had not been able to get a new minister, and a new committee was chosen. In June 1683 Thomas voted with his son John to build a new meeting house on the site of the old. The motion was defeated. In 1686 he was chosen "lot-layer" when Lt. George Browne resigned. He died there 28 Nov. 1696. Thomas' Estate was administered on February 1, 1696/7, and divided in May 1699. His wife died in 1710. They had ten children.

  
  

• Sources

  [S152] "Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts,". by David W.Hoyt (New England His tory Press, Somersworth, New Hampshire, 1981)p.358,1023. [S153] "The Descendants of Thomas Whittier and Ruth Green of Salisbury andHaverhill, Massachusetts". comp. by Charles Collyer Whittier (Tuttle Pub.Co., Rutland, Vermont, 1937) [S154] "Genealogical and Family History of the State of Maine," Vol. II. comp. by George Thomas L ittle (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York,1909) p.692. [S155] "The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts". by George Wingate Chase(Reprint 1861. New Engl and History Press,Somersworth, New Hampshire, 1983)p.62,67,72,74,77,80,88,93,110,124,134-135,137,145,20 7. [S156] "The Pioneers of Massachusetts,". by Charles Henry Pope (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore , 1969; reprint1900) p.391,495-496. [S157] "Batchelder, Batcheller Genealogy". by Frederick Clifton Pierce(Chicago, Il, 1898; rpt. 1 992) p.78.