Family:Whitney, Josiah (1741-1810)

Josiah⁵ Whitney (John⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of John⁴ and Jerusha (Knowles) Whitney, was born 7 Nov 1741, Eastham, MA, died Salmon River, Queens County, New Brunswick, 1810.

He married, 24 Jan 1771, Brookline, MA, Hannah Turner, daughter of Eliab and Martha (Barstow) Turner. She was born 1732, Cambridge, MA, and died 1807, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

He resided Gaspé, Nova Scotia, and Salmon River, New Brunswick.

Children of Josiah⁵ and Hannah (Turner) Whitney:

i.	Seth6 Whitney, born -----.
ii.	John Whitney, b. 1781; m. ----- -----.
iii.	Noals Whitney, born -----.
iv.	Eliab T. Whitney, b. 17 Dec 1789; m.(1) Lydia Butterworth; m.(2) Lydia Williams.
v.	Hannah Whitney born -----.
vi.	Margaret Whitney, born -----.
vii.	Sally Whitney, born -----.
viii.	Martha Whitney, born -----.

Notes

• For more information, see My Elusive Josiah Whitney.

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. 120.

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