Background
Whiteway was the only surviving son of William Whiteway of Dorchester and his wife Mary Mounsell, daughter of John Mounsell, merchant of Weymouth, Dorset. His father was a woollen merchant and had been Member of Parliament for Dorchester.
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John Whiteway
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Career
He was a captain of militia at Dorchester in 1643 and a commissioner for assessment for Dorset from 1643 to 1652. In 1645 he became mayor of Dorchester 1645. In 1646 he inherited two farms near Dorchester on the death of a nephew and became a Justice of the Peace for Dorset from 1647 to July 1660.
In 1648 he was again commissioner for militia and in 1653 a commissioner for prisoners and for piracy.
He was a commissioner for scandalous ministers in 1654. He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in 1656 for the Second Protectorate Parliament.
He was commissioner for assessment for Dorset in 1657and became mayor of Dorchester again in 1658. In 1659 he was commissioner for militia again and from January 1660 he was commissioner for assessment for Dorset until 1661.
In March 1660 he was commissioner for militia again and in April 1660 was re-elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in the Convention Parliament.
Whiteway"s will was proved in February 1679 by a creditor. Whiteway married firstly Mary White daughter of Stephen White of Stanton Street John, Oxfordshire on 28 February
Membership
In 1654, Whiteway was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in the First Protectorate Parliament.
