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| − | | '''Isaac Whitney''', b. 27 Nov 1761; m. Susannah Fletcher 22 Mar 1785 at Harvard, MA; d. 10 Apr 1825 at Harvard, MA, at age 63; aged 64 years. | + | | [[Family:Whitney, Isaac (1761-?)|'''Isaac Whitney''']], b. 27 Nov 1761; m. Susannah Fletcher 22 Mar 1785 at Harvard, MA; d. 10 Apr 1825 at Harvard, MA, at age 63; aged 64 years. |
:He An Isaac Whitney of Harvard married a Susanna Fletcher, also of Harvard, on 22 Mar 1785. Although the VR says (int. Jr.), it is probably this man, despite his father's name being David, because there was also an older Isaac Whitney in Harvard at that time. | :He An Isaac Whitney of Harvard married a Susanna Fletcher, also of Harvard, on 22 Mar 1785. Although the VR says (int. Jr.), it is probably this man, despite his father's name being David, because there was also an older Isaac Whitney in Harvard at that time. | ||
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Revision as of 16:48, 2 July 2006
David5 Whitney (Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of Thomas4 and Mary (Baker) Whitney[1] was born 4 Oct 1722, Stow, MA,[2] and died d. 13 Feb 1802 at Harvard, MA, aged 75 years [sic], widower, of consumption.[3]
David married, 25 Aug 1747, Harvard, MA Olive Sawyer,[4] daughter of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Wheelock) Sawyer.[5] She was baptized 29 May 1726, Lancaster, MA,[6] and died 19 Aug 1750, Harvard, MA, aged about 24 years.[7]
Marriage intentions for David "of Harvard" and Sarah (Rugg) Hill "of Lancaster" were published 25 Oct 1755, Lancaster, MA.[8] He married 25 Nov 1755, Harvard, MA, Sarah (Rugg) Hill,[9] daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Priest) Rugg,[10] as her second husband. She was born 9 Sep 1728, Lancaster, MA.[11] She married firstly 24 Oct 1752, Lancaster, MA, Enoch Hill. She died 16 Oct 1800, Harvard, MA.
Pierce has the following:
Mr. Enoch Hill and Mrs. Sarah Rugg were married in Lancaster, Oct. 24, 1752. They had one child, Anna, b. May 25, 1753, posthumous, for the father, Enoch, died Dec. 11, 1752. Aug. 3, 1761, according to the Worcester probate records, David and Sarah Whitney, of Harvard, late widow of said deceased Enoch Hill, "Do hereby resign our rights to Anna Hill, only child of said deceased by said Sarah."
He Listed under Whetney rather than Whitney.**From F. C. Pierce, p. 90: He was a prominent resident in Harvard; was a farmer and member of the church. In seating the meeting-house he was given the fifth seat. When the Revolutionary war broke out he was a member of the Harvard Minute men, commanded by Capt. Davis, and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington Alarm, Apr. 19, 1775, in Col. Whitcomb's regiment. In July, 1777, he was in Capt. Hezekiah Whitney's company and Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment. See also notes for Sarah, his second wife. He was signed a petition on 31 Dec 1746 at Harvard, MA.
There were no children of David5 and Olive (Sawyer) Whitney.
Children of David5 and Sarah (Rugg)(Hill) Whitney both b. at Harvard, MA:
i. Enoch6 Whitney, b. 25 Sep 1756; m. Hannah Davis 2 Sep 1780 at Ashburnham, MA; wife "of Ashby." ii. Isaac Whitney, b. 27 Nov 1761; m. Susannah Fletcher 22 Mar 1785 at Harvard, MA; d. 10 Apr 1825 at Harvard, MA, at age 63; aged 64 years. - He An Isaac Whitney of Harvard married a Susanna Fletcher, also of Harvard, on 22 Mar 1785. Although the VR says (int. Jr.), it is probably this man, despite his father's name being David, because there was also an older Isaac Whitney in Harvard at that time.
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9.^ Source of marriage. See also Frederic W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols.
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