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He was also known as Dr. Ephriam Whitney. | He was also known as Dr. Ephriam Whitney. | ||
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| + | :Doctor Whitney was born in Stow, Mass., but resided in Petersham at the time of his marriage. During the Revolutionary war he was a Tory and on that account was obliged to flee to the provinces. His property was confiscated by the Massachusetts authorities and to partially recompense his loss the Crown granted him a township in Canada called Charlotte. His descendants have a claim there yet, but have not done anything in relation to it, as it would cost more to substantiate it than the property is worth. He died in 1801, aged 72. He was an eccentric man; wore his beard the latter part of his life, and left directions that he should be buried with it unshaven. | ||
Children of Ephraim<sup>5</sup> and Marcy (Winslow) Whitney, all born Petersham, MA: | Children of Ephraim<sup>5</sup> and Marcy (Winslow) Whitney, all born Petersham, MA: | ||
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| + | 3.{{note|3}} [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 81#P351|Frederick C. Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'' (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895)]], p. 81. | ||
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Revision as of 17:59, 18 June 2007
Ephraim5 Whitney (Jonas4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Jonas4 and Dorcas (Wood) Whitney, was born 19 Sep 1728, Stow, MA,[1] and died 26 Jul 1801, Petersham, MA, aged 79 years.[2]
Ephraim married, 11 Jan 1759, Petersham, MA, Marcy Winslow.
He was also known as Dr. Ephriam Whitney.
Pierce says the following:[3]
- Doctor Whitney was born in Stow, Mass., but resided in Petersham at the time of his marriage. During the Revolutionary war he was a Tory and on that account was obliged to flee to the provinces. His property was confiscated by the Massachusetts authorities and to partially recompense his loss the Crown granted him a township in Canada called Charlotte. His descendants have a claim there yet, but have not done anything in relation to it, as it would cost more to substantiate it than the property is worth. He died in 1801, aged 72. He was an eccentric man; wore his beard the latter part of his life, and left directions that he should be buried with it unshaven.
Children of Ephraim5 and Marcy (Winslow) Whitney, all born Petersham, MA:
i. John6 Whitney, b. 1 Jul 1760; m. 8 Nov 1787, Petersham, MA, Hannah Bigelow, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Bond) Bigelow. He appeared on the census of 1790 at Colrain, MA. ii. Susanna Whitney, b. 25 Aug 1762; m. (int. 26 Aug 1783, Petersham, MA) Samuel Dickinson. iii. Lemuel Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1764; m.(1) Lydia Bryant; m.(2) Ruth Banister. iv. Richard Whitney, b. 23 Feb 1767; d. 1806. - B.A., 1787, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA; A.M., 1796, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
v. Samuel Winslow Whitney, b. 17 Dec 1769; m. Pamela -----. vi. Ephraim Whitney, b. 9 Sep 1776. vii. Rufus Whitney, b. 26 Jul 1781. viii. Harriet Whitney, b. 1 Jan 1784.
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3.^ Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 81.
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