Family:Whitney, Isaiah (1735-1818)

Isaiah⁵ Whitney (Isaiah⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Isaiah⁴ and Elizabeth⁵ (Whitney) Whitney, was born 28 Nov 1735, Harvard, MA, and died 23 Feb 1817 or 1818, Harvard, MA, aged 83 or 82 years, of typhus.

Marriage intentions were published 27 Sep 1756, Stow, MA, for him and Persis Randall. She was born circa 1735, and died 5 Jul 1812, Harvard, MA, aged 76 years.

He resided on the farm which his father purchased in 1722, before the town was incorporated. There were in Harvard two others by the same name as his: one was called "one thumb Zaiah," because he had but one thumb, and the other "Pond Zaiah," because he lived near Bare Hill pond. He was in the Revolutionary army, in the company from Harvard, commanded by Capt. Davis. On the rolls in the State House at Boston he is reported dead. His gravestone gives his age as 83. His will having been probated 19 May 1818, mentions son Jonah; gives to two grandchildren, Lois Turner, wife of James, and Amos Whitney, children of my said son Jonah, sons Isaiah and Cyrus, dau. Dorcas, wife Ezra Barker. Cyrus Whitney, exec. 19 May 1818. He resided Harvard and Stow, Massachusetts.

Children of Isaiah⁵ and Persis (Randall) Whitney, all born Harvard, MA:

i.	Jonah6 Whitney, b. 19 Jun 1758; m.(1) Lois Hill; m.(2) Jane Stone.
ii.	Dorcas Whitney, b. 20 Apr 1760; died 28 Jun 1832, Lunenburg, MA; m. 18 Jun 1784, Ezra Baker, of Stoddard, NH; they resided in Littleton, MA, and she was grandmother of Isaac's wife, son of Cyrus. They had 7 ch.: Susannah, Susannah, James, James, Rebecca (m. ----- Hoar of Littleton), William, and Lydia.
iii.	Isaiah Whitney, b. 13 Dec 1764; m. Dorcas Whitman.
iv.	Amos Whitney, b. 27 Dec 1768; m. Rhoda Cutter.
v.	Cyrus Whitney, b. 17 Aug 1771; m.(1) Asenath Harris; m.(2) Mary/Polly Whitney.

Census

• 1790, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Isaiah Whitney, 3 males over 16 and 3 females.

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 94-95.

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