The Road to Rotherwick William Whistler was buried at St Michael’s Church, Basingstoke, on 30 October 1778. His brother John Whistler lived in the village of Rotherwick situated about seven miles north-east from Basingstoke (1). John Whistler’s funeral was recorded in the parish register of Rotherwick on 14 December 1791. His son and namesake married Mary Kernett in a wedding at nearby Heckfield on 29 April 1793. John and Mary Whistler made their home in Rotherwick. Their son John, baptised at Rotherwick on 22 November 1802, was the third generation to raise a family in Rotherwick.   The Church at Rotherwick, Hampshire.   Photograph taken May 2005, Geograph British Isles   Copyright © John Salmon Appendix: The Whistler Family of Rotherwick in Census Returns Source Notes Notes (1) Description of Rotherwick is ‘Rotherwick’, V.C.H. Hampshire, Vol. 4. Copyright © WhistlerHistory All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer     Home Revision date: December 2009