When Zelpha Whiting was born on 8 September 1743, in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Samuel Whiting, was 41 and her mother, Deborah Hill, was 37. She married Tilley Moore on 26 August 1762, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 24 August 1771, in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 27.
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English: from the Middle English personal name Whiting (Old English Hwīting, a patronymic from the personal name Hwīta, from hwīt ‘white’ applied as a nickname).
History: Rev. Samuel Whiting arrived in Boston, MA, in May 1636, and made his home in Lynn, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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