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.[2] 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.
Children of Eustace Whitney, with perhaps Anne (Vaughan), perhaps an unknown first wife:
i. Eustace Whitney; m. Blanche Delahaye.
Children of Eustace and Anne (Vaughan) Whitney:
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".
2. ^ C 33/137, p. 66_v, C 33/142, p. 732v, C 33/142, p. 814, C 33/143, p. 14v, C 33/143, p. 615v, C 33/143, p. 915, C 33/144, p. 16, C 33/144, p. 624, C 33/144, C 33/145, p. 213v, & C 33/146, p. 261v.
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