When Francis Whitmore was born on 5 September 1696, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Thomas Whitmore, was 23 and his mother, Mary Waters, was 20. He married Elizabeth Bassett in 1721. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died in 1750, at the age of 54.
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English: habitational name from Whitmoor (Devon) or Whitmore (Staffordshire and Dorset), or from any of numerous other places in England with names denoting a white moor or mere (from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + mōr ‘moor’ or mere ‘pool’).
History: Francis Whitmore settled in Cambridge, MA, before 1648.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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