Family:Whitney, Abraham (1716-a1796)

Abraham⁵ Whitney (John⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹), son of John⁴ and Sarah (Cutting) Whitney, was born 8 Aug 1716, Watertown, MA,^[1] and died between 1796 and 1797, Framingham, MA.^[2]

Marriage intentions for him and Tabitha Allen were published 17 Jun 1741, Watertown, MA. He married, 17 Jun 1742 or 20 Jan 1742/3, Weston, MA, Tabitha Allen "both of Weston", daughter of Joseph and Abigail (-----) Allen. She was born 26 Oct 1722, Watertown, MA. She was born circa 1731, calculated from age at death. She died 28 Jul 1821, Westminster, MA, aged 90 years. Tabitha Allen, c[hurch] m[ember] 1741, now w[ife] of Abr[aham] (Weston VR., p. 448).

He was admitted to the church in Weston, member 31 May 1741 (p.429, Weston VR), and resided in Weston in 1781.

Pierce says the following:^[3]

His father John⁴ was one of the original proprietors of Paris, Me., in 1735. Abraham was given this land in 1771.

Barry says the following:^[4]

Tradition supposes Eph. to have been son [actually, he was a nephew--RLW] of Abraham, a blacksmith, who had a br. John, and lived in the, S. part of the town, and was living, 1796; his widow is noticed, 1797. T. Rec.

Children of Abraham⁵ and Tabitha (Allen) Whitney, all born Weston, MA:

i.	Elisha6 Whitney, b. 2 Mar 1743/4; bapt. 4 Mar 1743/4, Weston, MA; "b. last w." He may be identical with Elisha Whitney of Roxbury, Marblehead and Newburyport, MA.
ii.	Simeon Whitney, b. 21 Nov 1745; bapt. 15 Dec 1745, Weston, MA; b. last night; bapt. 22 Dec 1745, Weston, MA; b. last night; d. 25 Apr 1751, Watertown, MA, "of ye terrible Throat distemper."
iii.	Abigail Whitney, 20 May 1748; bapt. 22 May 1748, Weston, MA; b. Friday; d. 23 Apr 1751, Weston, MA, "of ye Cankr Quincy."
iv.	Levi Whitney, b. 16 May 1750; bapt. 20 May 1750, Weston, MA.
v.	Sarah Whitney, b. 18 May 1752; bapt. 24 May 1752, Weston, MA.
vi.	Andrew Whitney, bapt. 30 Mar 1754, Weston, MA; d. 26 Oct 1818, Princeton, MA, aged 64 years; marriage intentions for him and Lucy Miles "of Westminster" were published 1 Oct 1787, Princeton, MA; m. 27 Nov 1787 at Westminster, MA, Lucy Miles.
vii.	Lemuel Whitney, bapt. 17 Aug 1755.
viii.	Abigail Whitney, bapt. 24 Jul 1757; d. 20 May 1838, Royalton, VT; m. 1774, Croydon, NH, Benjamin Thomson.
ix.	Abraham Whitney, b. between 24 Sep 1758 and 30 Sep 1758 at Weston, MA, calculated from age at baptism; bapt. 8 Oct 1758, b. w. before last. Perhaps he was the Abraham Whitney who married, 10 Mar 1780, Brookline, MA, Abigail Grafton.[5]
x.	Tabitha Whitney, b. circa 13 Jan 1760, Weston, MA, calculated from age at baptism; bapt. 3 Feb 1760, 3 weeks old; d. 14 Jun 1818, Liberty, VA; m. circa 1781, Charles Markle.

Census

• 1771, Sudbury, MA (tax list): Abraham Whitney
• 1790, Framingham, Middlesex Co., MA: Abrah^m Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 1 female.

References

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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. 73.

4.^  William Barry, A history of Framingham, Massachusetts, including the plantation, from 1640 to the present time : with an appendix containing a notice of Sudbury and its first proprietors, also a register of the inhabitants of Framingham before 1800, with genealogical sketches (Boston: J. Munroe and Co., 1847), p. 438, note.

5.^  "Abraham and Abigail Grafton, Mar. 10, 1780. 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. 445.

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