Family:Whitney, Joseph (1715-1796)

Joseph⁵ Whitney (Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Thomas⁴ and Mary (Baker) Whitney, was born between 8 Apr 1715 and 7 Apr 1716,^[1] and died 7 Apr 1796, Shelburne, MA, aged 80 years.^[2]

Joseph married, 7 Aug 1744, Harvard, MA, Hannah Chandler, daughter of Moses and Anna (Sanborn) Chandler. She was born 9 Nov 1721, Stratham, NH, and died 2 Apr 1788, Shelburne, MA, aged 67 years.^[3]

He lived at Roadstown (now Shutesbury), MA. He lived in 1776 at Surry, NH.

Pierce says the following:^[4]

He was born in Stow, Mass., where his ancestors had been among the earliest settlers. His marriage was solemnized in Harvard, in which town her parents resided, and is one of the first to be found on the record of marriages. Soon after his marriage he moved to a farm in Hampshire county and in the will of a relative he is referred to as "Joseph WHITNEY, of Roadstown, Hampshire Co." In Feb., 1780, he resided north of Deerfield river in the northwest part of Shelburne. He was a respectable farmer in that town, was a member of the church and died there. His wife was admitted to the church by letter.

Children of Joseph⁵ and Hannah (Chandler) Whitney:

i.	Moses6 Whitney, b. 19 Apr 1746, Shelburne Falls, MA; d. 25 Oct 1756, Shelburne Falls, MA.
ii.	Joseph Whitney, b. 28 Feb 1748, Shutesbury, MA;[5] m. Abigail Barnard. In the Shelburne Vital Records, his birthplace is given as Shutesbury.
iii.	David Whitney, b. 23 Aug 1751, Shelburne, MA; d. 27 Sep 1756, Shelburne, MA.
iv.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. 30 Sep 1753, Shelburne, MA; d. 26 Sep 1756, Shelburne, MA.
v.	Molly Whitney, b. 7 Apr 1755, Shelburne, MA; m. Ephraim Barrows.
vi.	Hannah Whitney, b. 1 Jun 1757, Shelburne, MA; d. 24 Jul 1757, Shelburne, MA.
vii.	Anna Whitney, b. 17 Jun 1759, Shelburne, MA; d. 23 Nov 1842; m. Moses Chandler.
viii.	Lucy Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1762, Shelburne, MA;[6] d. 10 Jan 1844; m. 15 Nov 1781, Shelburne, MA, Martin Severance "of Shelburne".[7]
ix.	Hannah Whitney, b. 26 Aug 1764, Shelburne, MA; d. 4 or 24 May 1768, Shelburne, MA, aged 24 years.[8]

Census

• 1771, Shutesbury, MA (tax list): Joseph Whitney
• 1790: not found. Undoubtedly one of the 4 adult males in the family of his son Joseph.

References

1.^  Calculated from age at death.

2.^  "Joseph [Whitney], [died] Apr. 7, 1796, a. 80 y. P.R. 18," according to Vital Records of Shelburne, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1931).

3.^  "Hannah [Whitney], w. Joseph, and [d. Moses and Anna Chandler. P.R.14.], [died] Apr. 2, 1788, a. 67 y. P.R. 18," according to Shelburne Vital Records.

4.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), pp. 90-91.

5.^  "Joseph [Whitney], jr., s. Joseph and Hannah (Sanborn), at Shutesbury, [born] Feb. 28, 1748. P. R. 14," according to Shelburne Vital Records.

6.^  "Lucy [Whitney], March 20, 1762, P. R. 14. [SIC]," according to Shelburne Vital Records.

7.^  "Lucy [Whitney], d. Joseph and Hannah (Chandler), and Martin Severance of S., [married] Nov. 15, 1781. P. R. 14," according to Shelburne Vital Records.

8.^  "Hannah [Whitney], d. Joseph [and Hannah, G.R. 4.], [died] May 4 1788, a. 24 y. P.R. 18," according to Shelburne Vital Records.

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