Whitneys of Northamptonshire, England

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Early Whitneys of Northamptonshire

• John de Whiteneye, imprisoned 12 Mar 1278

"March 12, Woodstock, Commission to Geoffrey de Leukenore and Geoffrey Russel to deliver the gaol of Northampton of John de Whiteneye, taken and imprisoned there for the death of Adam de Stanford." - Parliamentary Papers, Calendar of Patent Rolls (PDF), m. 22d (44), 7 Edward I (1278)

Note: Woodstock, which is now in Oxfordshire, is just 8 miles from Witney, Oxfordshire.

• Whitney, Simon (fl. 1296)

Whitneys of Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire

• Whitney, William (d. bef.1615)
• Whitney, William (d.aft.1654)

Whitneys of Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire

The parish registers of Yardley Hastings show that Whitneys were residents here as early as the 1550s.

William Whitney, agricultural laborer, m. Elizabeth (-----)

• Lucy, b. 29 Jun 1803, bp. 2 Jul 1804, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801)
• Rebecca, b. 14 Nov 1807, bp. 30 Oct 1808, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801)
• Mary, bp. 15 Apr 1810, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801)
• Sarah, b. 3 Oct 1812, bp. 12 Apr 1813, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801), m. Thomas Longland
• Rebecca
• Mary
• Lucy

William Whitney, sexton, m. (second wife?) Elizabeth (-----)

• Elizabeth
• Robert
• Mary

John Whitney, agricultural laborer, m. Charlotte (-----)

• Sarah, b. 9 May 1829, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801)
• Joseph, b. 24 Dec 1830, bp. 17 JAN 1831, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801)

George Whitney, agricultural laborer, m. Mary (-----)

• Thomas
• Eliz
• Eliz
• Fred
• Anne
• Stephen

Richard Whitney, m. Mary (-----)

• Charlotte, b. 29 Dec 1819, bp. 9 Apr 1820, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801)

John Whitney, m. Lidia (-----)

• Lidia, bp. 31 May 1824, Yardley Hastings (IGI batch C074801)