Ancestry of
John Greenleaf Whittier

American “Fireside” Poet

Joseph Whittier

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• • Great-grandfather of John Greenleaf Whittier — 4th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 8 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Whittier 
  • Mother:
  • Ruth Green   
  • Birth Date:
  • 8 May 1669 
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  • Death Date:
  • 25 Dec 1740 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Peasley
  • Marriage Date:
  • 24 May 1694 
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  Ruth Whittier

  Joseph Whittier Jr. (Ahnentafel No:4 )

• Sources for Joseph Whittier

  • ¹ Cutter, William Richard, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts, Volume 1, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company (1908), 41.
  • ² Greeley, George Hiram, Genealogy of the Greely-Greeley Family, Boston, Massachusetts: Frank Wood, Printer (1905), 42.
  • ³ Holman, Mary Lovering, Ancestry of Charles Stinson Pillsbury and John Sargent Pillsbury, n.p.: n.p. (1938), 501, 534.
  • ⁴ Roberts, Gary Boyd, Notable Kin, Volume 1, Santa Clarita, California: Carl Boyer, 3rd (1998), 184.