Nathan Whiting

7 Years War Nathan Whiting (4 May 1724 – 9 April 1771) was a soldier and merchant in Colonial America.

Whiting's parents died while he was a child, and he was raised by father's sister Mary and her husband, Reverend Thomas Clap.

[1] In 1745, Ensign Nathan Whiting joined the New England army being raised to capture Fort Louisbourg from the French.

At the start of the 7 Years War, Whiting was appointed as Lieutenant Colonel of the 2nd Connecticut Provincial Regiment.

In 1757, his provincial regiment was at Fort at Number 4 on the Connecticut River in New Hampshire guarding the frontier.