Individual Details

Elizabeth St John

( - 3 Mar 1677)

Elizabeth St John married Rev. Samuel Whiting on 6 August 1629 in St. Botolph's Church, Boston, Lincolnshire. She was a daughter of Sir Oliver St John, MP of Caysoe, Bedfordshire, and his wife Sarah Bulkeley.
Elizabeth was a great granddaughter of Oliver St John, Baron of Beauchamp, who was created the first Lord St John of Bletsoe after his third cousin Elizabeth Tudor ascended the throne as Queen Elizabeth I. Elizabeth St John was a descendant of Margaret Beauchamps, the grandmother of King Henry VII.
Samuel and Elizabeth Whiting had four children who lived to adulthood:
Samuel Whiting (1633 - 1713)
John Whiting (1637 - 1689)
Joseph Whiting (1641 - 1723)
Elizabeth Whiting Hobart (1645 - 1733)

Source:
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
by Whiting, William, 1813-1873, Boston : Press of Rand, Avery & Co., 1873.

Events

Christen12 Jan 1604Bletsoe, Bedfordshire, England
Marriage6 Aug 1629Boston, Lincolnshire, England - Samuel Whiting
Death3 Mar 1677Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
BurialWestern Burial Ground, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts

Families

SpouseSamuel Whiting ( - 1679)
ChildSamuel Whiting Jr. (1633 - 1713)
ChildRev. John Whiting ( - 1689)
ChildJoseph Whiting (1641 - 1723)
ChildElizabeth Whiting (1645 - 1717)
FatherOliver St John (1565 - 1626)
MotherSarah Bulkeley (1580 - 1611)

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