Family:Whitney, Josiah (1663-1717)
Josiah3 Whitney (Jonathan2, John1), son of Jonathan2 and Lydia (Jones) Whitney,[1] was born 19 May 1663, Watertown, MA,[2] and died 29 Dec 1717, Wrentham, MA, in his 53rd year.[3]
He married firstly, say 1694,[4] Mary -----,[5] parentage and birth unknown. She died 18 Jul 1710, Wrentham, MA.[6]
He married secondly, 3 Nov 1713, Dorchester, MA, Abigail Martin.[7] She was probably the same Abigail Martin, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Gay) Martin, who was born 14 Nov 1669, Boston, MA.[8] She died 6 Dec 1734, Wrentham, MA.[9]
On 21 Dec 1702 he was mentioned as a son in the will of his father.[10]
On 4 Feb 1713/4 he was mentioned as a brother in the will of Benjamin3 Whitney of Sherborn.[11]
His inventory was taken on 15 Jan 1717/8.[12]
Children Jonathan, Abigail, Mary, and Josiah were mentioned in the division of his estate.[13]
Children of Josiah3 and Mary (----) Whitney, all born in Wrentham, MA:
i. Mary3 Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1696;[14] living in 1718. ii. Josiah Whitney, b. 21 Feb 1698;[15] m. Elizabeth Whitney. iii. Jonathan Whitney, b. 16 Jun 1703;[16] m. Tryphena Daniel. iv. Abigail Whitney, b. 22 May 1708;[17] m. Preserved Hall. v. Hannah Whitney, b. 11 Jul 1710;[18] likely the unnamed daughter who d. 24 Apr 1719, Wrentham, MA.[19] vi. ---ill Whitney, a daughter, name incomplete and birthdate unknown; d. 24 Nov 1711, Wrentham, MA.[20]
Josiah3 and Abigail (Martin) Whitney had no children.
References
1.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record and his mention in his father's will.
2.^ "Josiah Whetny, s. Jonathan & Lydia Whetny, b. 19 May 1663," according to Watertown Records, vol. 1, p. 26.
3.^ "Josiah [Whitney], [died] Dec. 29, 1717, (in his 53d y., G.R.1.)" according to Baldwin, Thomas W., ed., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910), vol. II, p. 515.
4.^ The date of marriage is estimated from the birth date of their oldest child.
5.^ "Mary [Whitne], w. of Josiah, [died] July 18, 1710," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. II, p. 514.
6.^ "Josiah [Whitney] of Wrentham and Abigail Martin, [married] Nov. 3, 1713," according to Record Commisioners of the City of Boston, A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825, vol. 21 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1891), p. 106. Also "Josiah [Whitney] and Abigail Marten of Dorchester, [married] Nov. 3, 1713. In Dorchester," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. II, pp. 396-397.
7.^ Record Commisioners of the City of Boston, A Report of the Record Commissioners Containing Boston Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1630-1699, vol. 9 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1883).
8.^ "Abigail [Whitney], wid. of _____, [died] Dec. 6, 1734 v.vol. II, p. 514.
9.^ Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,690.
10.^ Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,605.
11.^ Whitney, Henry Austin, "The Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, of Watertown, Mass.," NEHGR, vol. XI (1857), p. 121.
12.^ Dean Crawford Smith and Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908. Part I: The Ancestry of Warren Francis Kempton, 1817-1879 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996), p. 540, citing Suffolk County, Massachusetts, probate records, vol. 20, p. 386.
14.^ "Josiah [Whittne], s. of Josiah and Mary, [born] Feb. 21, 1698," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. I, pp. 221-222.
15.^ "Jonathan [Whitne], s. of Josiah and Mary, [born] June 16, 1703," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. I, pp. 221-222.
16.^ "Abigaell [Whittne], d. of Josiah and Mary, [born] May 22, 1708," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. I, pp. 221-222.
17.^ "Hannah [Whitne], d. of Josiah and Mary, [born] July 11, 1710," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. I, pp. 221-222.
18.^ "[torn] [Whitney], d. of Josiah and Mary, [died] Apr. 24, 1719," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. II. p. 514.
19.^ "[torn]ill [Whitne], d. of Josiah, [died] Nov. 24, 1711," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. II. p. 514.
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