Family:Whitney, James (1743-1799)

James⁵ Whitney ([prob.] James⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), probably that James, son of James⁴ and Mercy (Flagg) Whitney, who was born 26 Oct 1743, Waltham, MA,^[1] and died 18 Aug 1799, Ludlow, VT.

He married, 14 Jun 1763, Brookline, MA, Mary Thayer,^[2] daughter of Daniel and Ruth (Clark) Thayer. She was born 27 Feb 1743, Braintree, MA, and died unknown.

He served from Marlborough, MA, as a corporal in the Revolutionary War.

He resided in Winchester, NH, and Ludlow, VT.

Children of James⁵ Whitney:

i.	Mary6 Whitney, b. 12 Mar 1764, Winchester, NH;[3] no further record.
ii.	Orlando Whitney, b. 30 Nov 1766, Winchester, NH;[4] m. Asenath Stiles.
iii.	Katherine Whitney, b. 21 Mar 1768, Winchester, NH;[5] no further record.
iv.	Sabina Whitney, "Zenbirne" or "Le*trine" b. 6 Dec 1769, Winchester, NH;[6] m. 7 Jan 1789, Winchester, NH, Ebenezer Sanger,[7] b. 11 Sep 1766, Keene, NH; resided St. Johnsbury, VT. Subvina Whitney & Ebenezer Sanger, m. 7 Jan 1789, Winchester, Cheshire Co., NH
v.	Daniel Thayer Whitney, b. 26 Feb 1772, Winchester, NH;[8] m. Content Stiles.
vi.	Lydia Whitney, b. 23 Oct 1774, Winchester, NH;[9] no further record.
vii.	James Whitney, b. 23 Sep 1776, Winchester, NH;[10] d. 19 Nov 1777, Winchester, NH.[11]
viii.	James Whitney, b. 24 Jul 1778, Winchester, NH;[12] m. Abigail -----.
ix.	Jazaniah Whitney, b. 1 Sep 1780, possibly Ludlow, VT; married Rebecca Whipple.

Census

• 1791, Ludlow, Windsor Co., VT: James Whitney, 2 males over 16, 2 males 0-15, and 2 females.
• 1800, Ludlow, Windsor Co., VT: Widow Whitney, 1 male over 45, 3 males 16-25, and 1 female over 45.

References

• Some data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 109.

1.^  "James [Whitney], s. James and Mary, [born] Oct. 26, 1743," according to Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904).

2.^  "James [Whitney] and Mary Thayer, [married] June 14, 1763. In Brookline," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 398.

3.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

4.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

5.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

6.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

7.^  "Subvina Whitney & Ebenezer Sanger, m. 7 Jan 1789, Winchester, Cheshire Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

8.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

9.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

10.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

11.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

12.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

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