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. He died 18 Aug 1799, Ludlow, VT.

He married, 14 Jun 1763, Brookline, MA, Mary Thayer,^[1] 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; no further record.
ii.	Orlando Whitney, b. 30 Nov 1766, Winchester, NH; m. Asenath Stiles.
iii.	Katherine Whitney, b. 21 Mar 1768, Winchester, NH; no further record.
iv.	Sabina Whitney, b. 6 Dec 1769, Winchester, NH; m. Ebenezer Sanger; resided St. Johnsbury, VT.
v.	Daniel Thayer Whitney, b. 26 Feb 1772, Winchester, NH; m. Content Stiles.
vi.	Lydia Whitney, b. 23 Oct 1774, Winchester, NH; no further record.
vii.	James Whitney, b. 23 Sep 1776, Winchester, NH; no further record.
viii.	James Whitney, b. 24 Jul 1778, Winchester, NH; 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] 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.

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