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The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895)

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 91

respectable farmer in that town, was a member of the church and died there. His wife was admitted to the church by letter. He d. Apr. 7, 1796, ae. 80; res. Shelburne, Mass. 1127. i. HANNAH, b. Aug. 26, 1764; d. May 24, 1768 [NOTE]. 1128. ii. JOSEPH, b. Feb. 28, 1748 [NOTE], m. Abigail BARNARD. 1129. iii. ANNA, b. June 17, 1759; m. Moses CHANDLER, b. Oct. 25, 1759; d. Aug. 24, 1821. She d. Nov. 23, 1842; res. Shelburne, Mass. Ch.: Louis, m. Elisha EDWARDS; Cynthia, b. July 21, 1788; d. June 9, 1859; Electa, b. Mar. 4, 178-; m. Jan. 24, 1814, Thomas GOODNOW; William, b. May 2, 1794; d. Sept. 1, 1794; Hannah, b. Sept. 12, 1795; m. Amasa SHUMWAY; res. Whitingham, Vt.; Amy, b. Nov., 1797; m. Danforth JOHNSON, of Coleraine. 1130. iv. MOLLY, b. Apr. 7, 1755; m. Ephraim BARROWS, of Shutesbury, 6 ch. 1131. v. LUCY, b. Mar. 20, 1762; m. Martin SEAVERANCE, of Shelburne, Nov., 15, 1781. He d. Dec. 29, 1843. She d. Jan. 10, 1844, 6 ch. 1132a. vi. MOSES, b. Apr. 19, 1746; d. Oct. 25, 1756. 1133a. vii. DAVID, b. Aug. 23, 1751; d. Sept. 27, 1756. 1134a. viii. ELIZABETH, b. Sept. 30, 1753; d. Sept. 26, 1756. 1135a. ix. HANNAH, b. June 1, 1757; d. July 24, 1757. 423. DAVID WHITNEY (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. June 21, 1717 [NOTE]; m. 1737, Mercy ----- [NOTE]; res. Brookfield, Mass. 1132. i. SILAS, b. 1737; m. Jane PEARSON. 425. SOLOMON WHITNEY (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 20, 1721; m. Oct. 5, 1749, Elizabeth SMITH. She m. soon after 1758, Ithamer GOODNOUGH. The inventory of Solomon's estate was taken Apr. 18, 1758; res. Marlboro and Petersham, Mass. 1133. i. MIRIAM, b. July 31, 1751. 1134. ii. BENJAMIN, b. June 10, 1753; m. -----. 1135. iii. JOB, b. June 25, 1755. 1136. iv. SARAH, b. Aug. 11, 1757. 433. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Marlboro, Mass., Sept. 5, 1734; m. Oct. 20, 1757 Abigail CUTLER, b. Mar. 24, 1735, d. July 2, 1813. He resided in Concord from 1767 to 1777. Was delegate from C. to the first provincial Congress so called in 1775, and was a leading member of the town committees of safety, correspondence and inspection. When Concord had raised two hundred men he was appointed muster master, was a participant in the engagement incident to the battles of Concord and Lexington, and at that time had a large amount of the public stores in his dwelling. Mrs. WHITNEY use to relate that on the day of the "Concord fight," she was being conveyed out of the way of danger with several of her children, when a bullet passed through the carriage, grazing the head of one of the boys. He removed to Castine about 1791, the year of its incorporation, where he successfully conducted many important enterprises and accumulated a handsome fortune. He was a man of great integrity of character, and of an enterprising spirit, but is represented to have been of a restless disposition. He was of fine personal appearance, of large size, and dignified in his bearing. His mind was of a thoughtful cast and he cultivated a taste for literature, accumulating for the day quite a valu- able library. In politics he was a federalist. He d. May 29, 1808; res. Concord, Mass., and Castine, Me. 1137. i. SAMUEL, b. July 15, 1759; d. unm, 1783. 1138. ii. DAVID, b. Aug. 14, 1761; m. Betsey DARBY. 1139. iii. BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 11, 1763; d. unm., 1784. 1140. iv. ANNA b. July 30, 1764; m. Sept. 13, 1787, James ADAMS of Antigua, W. I., where she died in 1788. 1141. v. GEORGE, b. Sept. 22, 1765; m. and left one dau. Abigail, who m. Dudley TYLER, and he d. leaving two sons. She m. 2d a Mr. BROWN. She d. Marietta, Ohio, in 1821. 1142. vi. JAMES, b. Dec. 1, 1766; d. unm. Jamaica, W. I., unm. in 1796. 1143. vii. ABIGAIL, b. Apr. 22, 1768; d. unm. at Castine, June 4, 1808. 1144. viii. LYDIA, b. June 19, 1769; d. in infancy. 1145. ix. SAMUEL AUSTIN, b. Sept. 27, 1770; m. Ruth PERKINS. 1146. x. JOSEPH, b. Sept. 19, 1771; m. Sally COLLINS, Catherine SMITH, and Mrs. Catherine WHITNEY. 1147. xi. WILLIAM, b. Nov. 13, 1772; d. Charlestown S. C., unm., in 1809.

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