296 Whiton. 



captain of a military company. His gravestone in the Liberty Plain 

 cemetery, which is near the locality where he resided, bears the foil, 

 inscription : — 



IN MEMORY 



of CAP* ENOCH 



WHITON who DEPARTED 



THIS LIFE JUNE THE 



21" 1778 in y« 



45 th YEAR 



OF HIS 



AGE. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Joanna, Oct. 6, 1757. m. June 11, 1787, Thomas Chubbuck, Jr. 



ii. Chloe, 1759. m. Aug. 23, 1789, Samuel Gardner, wid r „ 



iii. Bethia, 1761. m. Oct. 8, 1780, David Loring. 



42. iv. Enoch, Dec. 27, 1763. 



v. Leah, March 8, 1765. m. Jno. Abbott of Newark, N. J. 

 vi. Lurana, March 4, 1767. m. Nov. 11, 1805, Daniel Parks of Lincoln, Mass. 

 vii. Polly, March 5, 1769. m. Lewis Squire of Newark, N. J. 

 viii. Phosbe, Apr. 12, 1771. m. Jan. 11, 1798, Daniel Whiting, Jr., of No. 

 Brookfield. 



28. Elijah 4 (Enoch 3 " 2 James 1 ), b. in Hing. June 8, 1737. m. July 

 13, 1764, Mary Wilder, dau. of Theophilus and Mary (Hersey) Wilder. 

 She was bt. in Hing. July 4, 1742. Elijah d. 15 June, 1797, aet. 60 

 yrs. " Farmer." Constable 1774, and a soldier of the Revolution. 

 Resided on what is now the Seth Sprague place, Main St., So. Hing. 



Ch.,— 



i. Mary, Oct. 7, 1764. m. May 7, 1786, Enoch Dunbar, 



ii. Persis, Sept. 21, 1766, m. June 1, 1794, Jacob Sprague. 



43. iii. Elijah, birth not recorded, 

 iv. Elizabeth, Aug. 7, 1769. 



y. Tamsen, Oct. 2, 1771. m. Dec. 7, 1794, Charles Simmons of Scit. 



vi. Charlotte, Feb. 24, 1774. m. Nov. 26, 1803, Nathaniel Bump of Qoincy. 



vii. Meriel, July 3, 1776. m. Nov. 23, 1800, George B. Lapham of Medford. 



viii. Isaiah, Nov. 7, 1778, d. unm., 5 Sept. 1820. 



ix. Blossom, Apr. 30, 1781 ; lived in Charlestown. 



x. Walter, Nov. 28, 1783; a major in the U. S. army. Was killed, says 

 Barry, at the battle of Bridgewater, in the War of 1812. 



29. Elias 4 (Enoch M James '), b. in Hing. June 10, 1743. m. June 

 22, 1769, Sarah Blossom, dau. of Zaccheus and Sarah (Hersey) Blos- 

 som. She was b. June, 1749, and d. 16 May, 1817, aet. 68th yr. He 

 d. of small-pox, at Dor. 1778, aet. 35 yrs. "Farmer." Constable 

 1775 ; selectman 1777, and at the time of his decease captain of a mil- 

 itary company in active service. Resided on Main, near Gardner St. 



Ch., all b. in Hing., were — 



i. Elias, Dec. 18, 1769. m. July 1, 1804, Mehitable, dau. of Daniel Whi- 

 ton (32), and d. at Brookfield, leaving issue. 



ii. Sarah, Oct. 18, 1771. m. (1) Dec. 28, 1791, Henry Cushing, and (2) Nov. 

 30, 1815, Seth Cushing, wid 1 :. 



iii. Priscilla, Dec. 21, 1773. m. Dec. 28, 1801, Josiah Lane, Jr. 



iv. Patty, Sept. 17, 1775, d. in three dys. 



v. Patty, Oct. 10, 1776. m. Dec. 25, 1808, Thomas Fearing, Jr. 



vi. Margaret, Oct. 1778. m. Feb. 10, 1799, Dimick Bowker of Scit. 



