Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameJoseph WHILLDIN 
Birthabt 1660, Yarmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts [18, p 29]
Birthabt 1660, Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts [1382, p 44]
Settlementabt 1689, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey [1382, p 44] Age: 29
Deathabt 1727, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey [18, p 29], [1382, p 44] Age: 67
Occupationsea captain and farmer [1382, p 45]
FatherJohn WHELDEN (<1632-1711)
MotherMary FOLLAND
Individual Notes
• One of the earliest settlers in Cape May, New Jersey, was Joseph Whilldin and his wife, Hannah Gorham, who left Yarmouth, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod, and settled in Cape May about 1689. [1382, p 44]
General
• Whalers from Long Island and New England settled permanently on the Delaware Bay at Portsmouth (Town Bank), Cape May County, New Jersey, late in the 17th century. Later the site of the settlement was inundated by waters from the bay and the town was moved to higher ground. [1382, p 45]
Spouses
Birth28 Nov 1663, Barnstable, Barnstable, Massachusetts [13, p 2], [18, p 29], [582, p 122], [1383, p 97]
Deathabt 1728, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey [18, p 29], [1382, p 45] Age: 64
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherCapt. John GORHAM (1621-1676)
MotherDesire HOWLAND (~1625-1683)
Individual Notes
• In Colonel John Gorham’s “Wast Book” is the following entry: “Hannah maryd a Wheelding boath movd to Cape May.” [185], [1380, p 733], [1382, p 45]
Marriageabt 1682, Yarmouth?, Barnstable, Massachusetts [17, p 802], [1382, p 45]
ChildrenHannah (~1683-1728)
Joseph (~1690-1748)
Mary (~1693-)
Experience (~1696-)
Isaac (~1698->1730)