J Whiston
1st tier candidate Joseph Whiston
1777 Dorcester, MA -1837 Butternuts, Otsego, NY
son of Joseph in Dorcester (1743-1818)
1802 court case Cabinetmaker in Holliston
1810 Otsego, NY deed, Cabinetmaker
1800 m Pamela Smith in Medway, four children from 1802 to 1808
J Whiston
3 generations of Joseph, starting with Joseph (Sr.) 1716-1794, Boston and Scituate, MA, cordwainer. The trade of John Jr. of Dorcester is not known.
1st tier candidate:
Joseph (III) b in Dorcester 1777 and was living in Medway when he married Pamela Smith in 1800. Their children were born between 1802 and 1808 in Holliston.
A court case lists Joseph Whiston as a cabinetmaker in Holliston in 1802. The Medway / Holliston locations make sense as the Whiston planes appear to closely follow Jo Fuller's designs. Holliston is only 38 miles from Providence.
A Butternuts, Otsego, NY deed from 1810 lists Joseph as a cabinetmaker.
The family was in Butternuts, Otsego, NY by 1810, in Pittsfield, Otsego in 1820 and Butternuts, Otsego, NY in 1830. He died there in 1837 at age 60.
The only other J Whiston found in the MA deed records was Joseph (Sr.) a cordwainer in 1726 through 1734, Gloucester and Attleboro, MA.
A John Whiston was found in 1820 Deerfield, Oneida Co., NY aged 45+. He also was found in Deerfield in a 1835 deed, but no trade was given. 1800 to 1830 US census records only recorded Joseph (III) and the 1810 also recorded John (Jr.) in Holliston, age 45+. A John Whiston was recorded in 1790 Bennington Co., VT and a Joseph Whiston in Cheshire Co., NH. However, a full-text search on FamilySearch yielded only Joseph 1777-1837 as a period craftsman.
1802 Court case with Joseph Whiston a cabinetmaker in Holliston.
1810 deed with Joseph Whiston a cabinetmaker in Otsego.
GAWP5 records two 10" birch planes, a rabbet and a complex molder with relieved wedges, flat chamfers and flutes. A third molder, is a short 6 5/8" hollow that is made of beech. It also has flat chamfers and flutes.
Planes.
10" birch molder.
6 5/8" beech hollow.
