The family of John Whittemore 1662-1702

 This is the second of four John Whittemore's whose families I'm following.  This John Whittemore, the son of John and Mary Upham Whittemore, has a mostly sad story.  He died before his fortieth birthday, having buried his first wife and five of his children, and leaving a widow and six children to get along as best they could.  The survivors must have been very strong people.  

John was born in 1662.  His first wife was Elizabeth Annable, the daughter of John and Anna Whipple Annable.  (I think I've resolved my confusion in my last post.  Anna Whipple Annable married Nicholas Clapp after the death of John Whipple, which is why I was finding both the Whipple and the Clapp names attached to her.)  John and Elizabeth had just one child, John.

The third John Whittemore was born in 1685 in Charlestown, Massachusetts and died in 1748 in Boston.  His wife was Elizabeth Lloyd, the daughter of Edward and Hannah Griffin Lloyd.  They had two children, John and Elizabeth.  I will follow this family in my next blog post.  

After Elizabeth's death in 1686, John married, about 1688, Sarah Hall, the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Colicott Hall.  They had at least 11 children together.  

Jonathan was born in 1689 and died in 1690.

Richard was born in 1691 and died at sea in about 1726 (several of the Whittemore men were mariners). His wife was Mary Phipps, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Kettell Phipps.  Their children are Joseph, John, Richard, and Mary.

Joseph Whittemore was the next, born in 1693. He married Sarah Welsh, daughter of Thomas and Hannah Mousall Welsh, in 1721.  Their son was Josiah, and there may have been more children but as yet I am unable to locate records to show that.  Joseph died about 1729.

Next were four infants, born annually from 1696 to 1699, none of whom survived more than a few months.  They are Experience, Thomas, Experience, and Jonathan.  I cannot imagine the grief during this time period, and ever after.  

Their first daughter, Abigail, was born in 1700.  She married Stephen Blanchard (Blancher), the son of Joseph and Hannah Shepard Blanchard.  Their children are Joseph, Stephen, Abigail, Sarah, Hannah, Mary, John, Ruth, Josiah, and Anna.  Abigail died in 1736, perhaps worn out from child bearing.

Another daughter, Anna, was born in 1701 and married John Smith, possibly the son of Thomas and Rebecca Glover Smith.  I have not found birth records for any children they may have had.  Anna (seen as Ann also) died in 1746.

And finally, there was Josiah, born in 1702.  He married Catherine Fowle, the daughter of James and Mary Richardson Fowle.  Their children are Katherine, Sarah, and Esther.  Josiah was the only one of this list to live a long life, dying in 1783.  

John Whittemore is somewhat unusual in the families I've studied so far.  Most of them have lived reasonably long lives, but not John.  Most of them have had large families, who in turn had large families, but not John.  Only one of his children, Abigail, is known to have had more than four children.  Only one child, as noted, lived a long life.  Our Whittemore line, at this point, is hanging on by a thread.