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'''Eustace Whitney''', Esq.
 
'''Eustace Whitney''', Esq.
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([[Family:Whitney, John (s1475-?)|John]],
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([[Family:Whitney, John (b1450-?)|John]],
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[perhaps] [[Family:Whitney, Robert (c1436-a1473)|Robert]],
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[Possibly] [[Family:Whitney, Eustace (c1411-c1468)|Eustace]],
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[[Family:Whitney, Eustace (1410-c1468)|Eustace]],
 
 
[[Family:Whitney, Robert (c1379-1441)|Robert]],
 
[[Family:Whitney, Robert (c1379-1441)|Robert]],
 
[[Family:Whitney, Robert (1348-1402)|Robert]],
 
[[Family:Whitney, Robert (1348-1402)|Robert]],
 
[[Family:Whitney, Robert de (1318-c1380)|Robert]],
 
[[Family:Whitney, Robert de (1318-c1380)|Robert]],
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[[Family:Whitney, Eustace de (c1287-c1352)|Eustace]],
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[[Family:Whitney, Eustace de (b1283-c1352)|Eustace]],
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[[Family:Whitney, Eustace de (s1256-?)|Eustace]],
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[[Family:Whitney, Eustace de (b1256-a1301)|Eustace]],
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[[Family:Whitney, Robert de (s1225-?)|Robert]], ...),
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[[Family:Whitney, Robert de (b1210-a1242)|Robert]], ...),
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perhaps son of [[Family:Whitney, John (s1475-?)|John and ----- (Walter) Whitney]],
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son of [[Family:Whitney, John (b1450-?)|John and ----- (Walter) Whitney]],
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was born say 1497, Gorsington, Clifford, Herefordshire, and died unknown.
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was born say 1475, possibly Gorsington, Clifford, Herefordshire, and died before 9 Oct 1525 when the will of "Ustans Whitney of Clifforde" was recorded.{{ref|1}}
  
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He married '''----- Vaughan''', "dau. and heir of William Vaughan, the tyrant of Clifford."{{ref|1}}
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He married '''Ellen Vaughan''', "dau. and heir of William Vaughan, the tyrant of Clifford." "Elen = Eustace ap John Whitney of Rhydhelyg" William ap Watkin Vaughan of Rhydhelyg and Clifford f. 1471-5, married Ann f. (Sir) T(hom)os Cornwall of Burford (descendant of King Edward I of England. William Vaughan of Rhydhelyg was the son of Watkin ap Roger Vaughan of Brewardine by his first wife Elsbeth f. Henry Wogan. William's brother Thomas Vaughan of Bredwardine married Elinor, daughter of Robert Whitney.{{ref|2}}
  
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He was of Gorsington.{{ref|2}}
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He was of Gorsington.{{ref|3}}
  
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Children of Eustace and ----- (Vaughan) Whitney, possibly incomplete:
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Children of Eustace and Ellen (Vaughan) Whitney, order uncertain, and possibly incomplete:
  
 
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| [[Family:Whitney, James (s1520?-1564)|'''James Whitney''']], b. say 1520; m. Sibyl Parry.{{ref|3}}
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| [[Family:Whitney, James (s1500-1564)|'''James Whitney''']],{{ref|4}} b. say 1500; m. Sibyl Parry.{{ref|5}}
 
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| Richard Whitney, named in brother James's will in 1562.  He seems to be the Richard Whitney who left a will in 1583 naming his wife Anne, his daughter Mary, wife of Thomas Vaughan, daughter Isabell, wife of [___] ap Pritcharde, Richard Whitney the bastard son of his deceased son James Whitney, Joan Whitney, bastard daughter of the said son James, and made his executors James ap Parrie, Esquire, and Eustace Whitney, gentleman.
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| [[Family:Whitney, Richard (s1525-1583)|'''Richard Whitney''']],{{ref|6}} of Hardwicke, m. Anne -----.
 
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| John Whitney, d. 1597, had made a claim on the estate of his niece Eleanor (Whitney) Bull, when he stated his residence was at Lambeth.  He died without issue, his will stating he was a servant of the Archbishop of Canterbury, his nephew Eustace Whitney of Clifford, and Eustaces's son James, and Thomas Whitney of Clifford.
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| [[Family:Whitney, John (s1510?-1597)|'''John Whitney''']],{{ref|7}} d. 1597, a servant of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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|}
  
  
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Transcribed from Melville, Henry, The Ancestry of John Whitney (New York, NY: DeVinne Press, 1896), pp. 202-204.
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The following are probably NOT children of this family. William Whitney of Abergaveney & Aberllynfi mentions his uncle [[Family:Whitney, Robert (s1525-1567)|Sir Robert Whitney]] in his will, and thus he more likely belongs in the Whitneys of Whitney.
  
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'''THE WILL OF JOHN WHITNEY, OF ST. SEPULCHRE, LONDON, GENTLEMAN.'''
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Dated 21 May 1597. P.C.C. 46 Cobham
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| [[Family:Whitney, William (?-1563)|'''William Whitney''']], d. 1563; m. ----- Vaughan.{{ref|8}}
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| align=right valign=top | v.
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| '''Eleanor Whitney''',, mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558
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| align=right valign=top | vi.
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| '''Margaret Whitney''', mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558
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| '''Elizabeth Whitney''', mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558
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In the name of God amen The one and twentieth day of May in the nine and thirtieth yeere of the raigne of or Sowaigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England Fraunce and Ireland Defender of the faith &c I John Whitney of London, gentleman, being sick in body but of good and pfect minde and memory (laude and praise be geven to Almightie god therefore), Doe make and declare this my last will and testament in manner and fourme following that is to Say
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==Notes==
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See [[The Royal Descent of Ellen Vaughan]]
  
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First and principally I commend my Soule and Spirite into the hands of Almighty god my heavenly father, assuredly trusting through the death and passion of his deere sonne or lorde and Savyoure Christ Jesus, to obtaine remission of all my sinnes & offences. And my wretched body I committ to the earth in hope of a joyful resurrection the same to be buryed in decent manner according to the discretion of Myne Executor and over Seer heerafter named.
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== References ==
  
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And as touching the distribucion of such mortal goods as god hath blessed and endued me wth all I geue and bestowe the same in manner and fourme following that is to say first and principally I will that all such debtes as I shall owe to any pson or psons at the tyme of my decease shalbe duly and truly paide and satisfied wthin convenient tyme after my decease.
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1. {{note|1}} [[Archive:Bishop of Hereford Court Books|Faraday, Michael A.  and E. J. L. Cole, editors, Calendar of probate and administration acts 1407-1541 and abstracts of wills 1541-1581 in the court books of the Bishop of Hereford, (London: British Record Society: 1989; 1525-1526 Register of William Burghill, Official Principal, Commissary General and Vicar General]], page 223 9 October 1525: Ustans [sic] Whitney of Clifforde. Executor: James his son (p.3.)
  
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Item I geue & bequeath to the most Reverend father in god John by the puydence of God Archbishop of Canterbury my very good lorde and mre my ring of gould set wth a turquoys in tokenn of my good will towards his grace.
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2. {{note|2}} [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 3|Henry Austin Whitney, ''Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England'' (Boston: 1859)]], p. 3. See also: [[Archive:Welsh Genealogies|Bartrum Whitney Table 2]]; Bartrum DRYMBENOG 2(A sub 1-3) for the ancestry of Ellen Vaughan.
  
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Item I geue and bequeath unto my Nephewe Eustace Whitney of Clifford in the County of Hereford Esquier forty poundes of lawfull mony of England and my case of pistoles with a touch box of latten a horne flaske and a moulde for pellet.
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3. {{note|3}} [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 3|''Ibid.'']]
  
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Item I geue and bequeath to my Cosen James Whitney sonne of the saide Eustace, the some of forty poundes of lawfull mony of England and my chaine of goulde waying nine ounces lacking three pence waight and contayning by estymacon three hundred fourescore and seaventeene linkes of french Crowne goulde.
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4. {{note|4}} The executor of "Ustans Whitney" of Clifford was his son James Whitney [[Archive:Bishop of Hereford Court Books]].  
  
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Item I geue and bequeath to the said James Whitney to and for the only and prop use and behoofe of the same James & of his executors and assignes all that my lease intereste terme of yeeres and demaunde wth at the tyme of my decease I shall maie might or ought to have to of and in the Rectorie and tieths of Clifford in the said County of Hereford wth thappurtenaunces and every or any parte thereof.
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5. {{note|5}} [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 3|''Ibid.'']]
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Item I geue and bequeath to my loving freende Henry Maylord my fetherbedd, boulster, pillowes, Twoo Spanish blanckette, and twoo Cadowes.
 
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Item I geue and bequeath to Elizabeth Dicke my Chest, And to Joane Newman my cupbourde, And to Richard Wrighte fourtie Shillings in monny.
 
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Item I make & ordaine the saide James Whitney the sole and only Executor of this my last will and testament To whome I geue and bequeath the resydue of my goods not herein bequeathed after my debtes paide mu funeralls discharges and this my last will and testament pfourmed And over soer of this my last will and testament I make & ordaine my loving freend Richard Watkins of london Staconer to whome for his paines in this behalf to be takenn I geue and bequeath the some of fiue poundes.
 
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And to my Cosen Thomas Whitney of Clifforde I geue and bequeath the some of thirty shillings to buy him a Cloke.
 
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In witnes whereof hereunto I haue Set my hand and seale yeaven the day and yeere first above written.
 
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A Codicill. Item I geue and bequeath to Mris Ellen King, in recompence os such somes of mony and duties as I owe unto her, the some of twenty and one poundes.
 
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John Whitney
 
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Sealed and delivered in the pce of Willm Maylerd Chritofer Stafell.
 
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Proved at London 25 May 1597 by James Whitney the sole Exr
 
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== References ==
 
  
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1.{{note|1}} [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 3|Henry Austin Whitney, ''Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England'' (Boston: 1859)]], p. 3.
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6. {{note|6}} James Whitney mentioned a brother Richard in his will. This Richard named Eustace of Clifford as an overseer of his will. Although Richard of Hardwick was probably one and the same with the Richard in this family, this has not yet been conclusively proven.
  
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2.{{note|2}} [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 3|''Ibid.'']]
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7. {{note|7}} In his will, John mentions his nephew Eustace Whitney of Clifford and his son James, identifying him as being of this family.
  
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3.{{note|3}} [[Archive:Memoranda of Whitney in England, Page 3|''Ibid.'']]
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8. {{note|8}} [[Archive:The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname|Henry Austin Whitney, ''The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname:  Its Probable Signification, and Other Data'' (Boston, MA:  Henry Austin Whitney, 1875)]], p. xv.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:41, 12 November 2011

Eustace Whitney, Esq. (John, [Possibly] Eustace, Robert, Robert, Robert, Eustace, Eustace, Robert, ...), son of John and ----- (Walter) Whitney, was born say 1475, possibly Gorsington, Clifford, Herefordshire, and died before 9 Oct 1525 when the will of "Ustans Whitney of Clifforde" was recorded.[1]

He married Ellen Vaughan, "dau. and heir of William Vaughan, the tyrant of Clifford." "Elen = Eustace ap John Whitney of Rhydhelyg" William ap Watkin Vaughan of Rhydhelyg and Clifford f. 1471-5, married Ann f. (Sir) T(hom)os Cornwall of Burford (descendant of King Edward I of England. William Vaughan of Rhydhelyg was the son of Watkin ap Roger Vaughan of Brewardine by his first wife Elsbeth f. Henry Wogan. William's brother Thomas Vaughan of Bredwardine married Elinor, daughter of Robert Whitney.[2]

He was of Gorsington.[3]

Children of Eustace and Ellen (Vaughan) Whitney, order uncertain, and possibly incomplete:

i. James Whitney,[4] b. say 1500; m. Sibyl Parry.[5]
ii. Richard Whitney,[6] of Hardwicke, m. Anne -----.
iii. John Whitney,[7] d. 1597, a servant of the Archbishop of Canterbury.


The following are probably NOT children of this family. William Whitney of Abergaveney & Aberllynfi mentions his uncle Sir Robert Whitney in his will, and thus he more likely belongs in the Whitneys of Whitney.

iv. William Whitney, d. 1563; m. ----- Vaughan.[8]
v. Eleanor Whitney,, mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558
vi. Margaret Whitney, mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558
vii. Elizabeth Whitney, mentioned in her brother William's will, 1558

Notes

See The Royal Descent of Ellen Vaughan

References

1. ^  Faraday, Michael A. and E. J. L. Cole, editors, Calendar of probate and administration acts 1407-1541 and abstracts of wills 1541-1581 in the court books of the Bishop of Hereford, (London: British Record Society: 1989; 1525-1526 Register of William Burghill, Official Principal, Commissary General and Vicar General, page 223 9 October 1525: Ustans [sic] Whitney of Clifforde. Executor: James his son (p.3.)

2. ^  Henry Austin Whitney, Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England (Boston: 1859), p. 3. See also: Bartrum Whitney Table 2; Bartrum DRYMBENOG 2(A sub 1-3) for the ancestry of Ellen Vaughan.

3. ^  Ibid.

4. ^  The executor of "Ustans Whitney" of Clifford was his son James Whitney Archive:Bishop of Hereford Court Books.

5. ^  Ibid.

6. ^  James Whitney mentioned a brother Richard in his will. This Richard named Eustace of Clifford as an overseer of his will. Although Richard of Hardwick was probably one and the same with the Richard in this family, this has not yet been conclusively proven.

7. ^  In his will, John mentions his nephew Eustace Whitney of Clifford and his son James, identifying him as being of this family.

8. ^  Henry Austin Whitney, The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname: Its Probable Signification, and Other Data (Boston, MA: Henry Austin Whitney, 1875), p. xv.

Copyright © 2006 Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group

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