Family:Whitney, James (s1575-c1616)

James Whitney, Esq. of Clifford (Eustace, James, Eustace, John, [possibly] Eustace, Robert, Robert, Robert, Eustace, Eustace, Robert, ...), son of Eustace and Constance (Vaughan) Whitney, was born say 1575, Clifford, Herefordshire, and died circa 1616.^[1]

He married Anne Vaughan, daughter and heiress of Oliver Vaughan of Hergest.

From 1620 to 1623, James Whitney's widow, Anne, and second son Oliver were involved in a lawsuit with his eldest son Eustace Whitney. While not impossible for Eustace to have been the son of Anne, it seems more plausible that Anne was his step-mother and Oliver his step-brother, indicating an as yet undiscovered earlier marriage for James.

His will mentions his four sons below.

i.	Eustace Whitney; m. Blanche Delahaye.
ii.	Oliver Whitney; d. 14 Nov 1634, administration to James Whitney his brother, 1636.
iii.	Richard Whitney, d. ca. 1655, mentioned in his father's will; m. Margaret, daughter of Henry Vaughan of Mancy, Esq. Administration granted to his widow 26 Nov 1655.
iv.	James Whitney, b. ca. 1598, d. aft. 1668.
v.	Alice Whitney, m. ----- Poole. Children: Eleanor Poole, James Poole, Alice Poole.
vi.	Katherine Whitney, m. ----- Colly. They had daughters.
vii.	Constance Whitney, m. ----- Hardwicke. Ch: Eleanor Hardwicke.

References

• Elwyn Ll. Evans, "The Whitneys of Clifford, Herefordshire: Forebears of the Duppa Family of Hollingbourne, Kent," typescript at Hereford County Record Office.
• Henry A. Whitney, Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England (Boston: 1859), p. 3.

1. ^  Eustace Whitney of Clifford vs. Oliver Whitney, Gent., Anne Whitney, widow, and Edward Vaughan, TNA C 3/327/30. Folio 1 of this document is dated 28 Jan 1616/7, and folio 2 states that James Whitney "aboute one yere last paste died".

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