Birth: 1759 Wingfield, Suffolk, UK
Father: John Whiting 1735-1763
Mother: Elizabeth ? c1735-1822
Christening: 25 June 1759 Wingfield, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: 17 April 1781 St James, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Wife: Susan (Susanna) Harden (Horden) 1760-a1799
Death: June 1807 Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Burial: 14 June 1807 St Mary, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
Elizabeth Whiting (Whitting) 1783
William Whiting (Whitting) 1784
Sarah Whiting [Empson] 1786-1852
Susan Whiting 1788
Mary Whiting 1791
Margaret Whiting 1799
Christening of John Whiting in the IGI on 25 June 1759 in Wingfield, Suffolk, parents John and Elizabeth Whiting. The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Marriage of John Whiting born about 1754 of Bury, Suffolk and Susan Harden in a submitted entry in the IGI and two children Elizabeth in 1784 and Sarah in 1786, but no date given for the marriage.
Entry in Ancestry Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1850 for the marriage of John Whiting and Susanna on 17 April 1781 at Bury St Edmunds St James.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for the marriage of John Whiting, single, and Susanna Horden on 17 April 1781 in Suffolk.
All the children were christened at St. James, Bury St. Edmunds but often after a delay, the first two on 12 October 1784 (spelt Whitting) and the next three on 27 December 1791. Margaret is given as born on 30 August 1779 and christened on 8 September 1799 so I assume there is an error in her year of birth.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925 for John Whiting, a serjeant in 1st or West Scoff, Regiment of Militia discharged 19 June 1797 aged 39
There is an entry in FamilyHistoryOnline Suffolk Burials for John Whiting on 14 June 1807 aged 48 at Bury St Edmunds St Mary.
Note that there is a Whiting Street in Bury St. Edmunds between Abbeygate Street and Westgate Street.
There are twenty one entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for John Whiting.
Wingfield is 28 miles ENE of Bury St Edmunds.
Note that a John Whiting married Catherine Cale in St James, Bury St Edmunds on 23 October 1782.
John Whiting was Felicity's fourth great grandfather.
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