Ancestry of
John Steinbeck

Author of The Grapes of Wrath

Elijah Whiton

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• • 4th Great-grandfather of John Steinbeck — 7th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 90 
  • Father:
  • Joseph Whiton 
  • Mother:
  • Martha Tower   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Jul 1714 
  • Birth Location:
  • Hingham, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Aug 1784 
  • Death Location:
  • Westford, Windham, Connecticut 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Priscilla Russ
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1741 
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  • Child:

  Abigail Whiton (Ahnentafel No:45 )

• Additional marriages for Elijah Whiton

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Crocker
  • Marriage Date:
  • AFT 1755

• Sources for Elijah Whiton

  • ¹ Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut: Containing Biographical Sketches . . ., Chicagl: J. H. Beers and Co. (1903), 91.
  • ² Roberts, Gary Boyd, "#66 Royal Descents, Notable Kin, and Printed Sources: New England Ancestors of Depression-Era Novelist John Steinbeck", (accessed 10/15/2014).
  • ³ Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 611.