Nathaniel Whiting immigrated in 1638 from England to Lynn, Massachu- setts, and soon moved to Dedham, Massachusetts. He married Hannah Dwight in 1643. Daniel Whiting (1732-1807), direct descendant in the fourth generation, married Mehetable Haven in 1761, and served in both the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. Descen- dants and relatives lived in New England, New York and elsewhere.