Family:Whitney, Jacob (1737-1803)

Sgt. Jacob⁵ Whitney (Jonas⁴, Eleazar³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jonas⁴ and Sarah (Perry) Whitney, was born 24 Feb or 24 Jul 1737, Roxbury, MA^[1], and died 14 Jan 1803, Roxbury, MA, aged 66 years.^[2]

He married, 15 Nov 1759, Roxbury, Massachusetts, Rachel Whiting. She was born circa 1737 (calculated from age at death), and died 12 Aug 1812, Milton or Phillipston, MA, aged 75 years.

During the Revolutionary War he was sergt. in that company commanded by Capt. Corey from Roxbury. Res. West Roxbury, Mass.^[3]

Children of Sgt. Jacob⁵ and Rachel (Whiting) Whitney, all born Roxbury, MA:

i.	Prudence6 Whitney, b. 25 Jul 1760; bapt. 17 Aug 1760; m. 29 Dec 1790, Roxbury, MA, Lewis Jones.
ii.	Reuben Whitney, b. 6 Nov 1762. In 1781 he enlisted in Gen. Knox artillery, served 3 years and was discharged. He was born in Roxbury but served in the Newton Co.
iii.	Lemuel Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1765; bapt. 19 May 1765; "of Watertown" m.(int. 2 Jun 1798, Watertown, MA) 18 Jun 1798, Newton, MA, Grace Esty "of Newton".
iv.	Jabez Whitney, b. 30 Nov 1767; d. 20 Apr 1849, Phillipston or Orange, MA; bapt. 20 Dec 1767, Roxbury, MA; m.(1) before 21 May 1790, Elizabeth -----; m.(2) before 17 Mar 1810, Sally -----.
v.	Hannah Whitney, b. 8 Apr 1772; bapt. 31 May 1772, Roxbury, MA; d. 14 Jul 1789, Roxbury, MA.
vi.	Moses Whitney, b. 1 Jan 1775; "Gen." d. 23 Dec 1859, Milton, MA, aged 85 years; m.(1) circa 1796, Rebecca Dunbar; "Gen." "of Milton" m.(2) 16 Nov 1825, Andover, MA, "Mrs." Mary P. (-----) Kitteredge.

Census

• 1771, Roxbury, MA (tax list): Jacob Whitney
• 1790, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 1 female.
• 1800, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male over 45 and 1 female over 45.

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. 94.

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