Ancestry of Colonel
Robert Gould Shaw

U.S. Civil War leader of film “Glory” fame

Samuel Whiting

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of Robert Gould Shaw — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 94 
  • Father:
  • Samuel Whiting Jr.   
  • Mother:
  • Dorcas Chester   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Jan 1662/1663 
  • Birth Location:
  • Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Mar 1714/1715 
  • Death Location:
  • Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Elizabeth Read
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1686 
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  Katherine Whiting

  Elizabeth Whiting (Ahnentafel No:47 )

• Sources for Samuel Whiting

  • ¹ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Billerica Births, Vol. 1, p. 200.
  • ² Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Datebase) , New England Historic Genealogical Society (2001-2008) , Billerica Deaths, Vol. 1, p. 403.
  • ³ The American Genealogist , New Haven, Connecticut: D. L. Jacobus (issues newer than 5 years not online) , 1977, Vol. 53, p. 71, New England Historic Genealogical Society (Online Database).
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd , Notable Ki n, Volume 1 , Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998) , 193.
  • ⁵ Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Royal Descents of 600 Immig rants to the American Colonies or the United States , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. (2008) , 443.
  • ⁶ Roberts, Gary Boyd , The Royal Descents of 900 Immigrants to the American Colonies, Quebec , or the United States (2 vols.) , Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company (2018) , 758.
  • ⁷ Roberts, Gary Boyd, comp. , Ancestor s of American Presidents , Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2009) , 498.
  • ⁸ Watson, Marston , Royal Families: Americans of Royal and Noble Ancestry, Volume 1, Governor Thomas Dudley and D escendants . . ., 2nd Ed. , Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2004) , 88, Ancestry.com (Online Database).
  • ⁹ Whiting, William , Memoir of Rev. Samuel Whiting, D.D., and of his wife, Elizabeth St. John , Boston: Press of Rand, Avery, and Company (1873) , 197-199, 205, Internet Archive (Digital Library).