Archive:Early Bermuda Wills 1629-1835

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Source: C.F.E. Hollis Hallett, Early Bermuda Wills 1629-1835 (Bermuda:Juniperhill Press, 19??)


Name Written Probated Details Reference
Page 657
Whitney, David 1687, Dec. 22 wit to will of Edward Merritt W3,1:15
Whitney, David 1690, Sept. 23 1691, March 23 overseer of will of John Goodall, Sy W2,2:127
Page 658
Whitney, David 1707, April 30 Pm, d, int, admin of his estate to his wd Mary, inventory W3,2:185,187
Whitney, David 1708, April 22 Pm, d, guardian of s Joshua, aged 17, is Daniel Keele, Pg W4:16
Whitney, David 1716, June 17 wit to will of Elizabeth Stafford, wd W12b:189
Whitney, David 1739, April 9 wit to will of Francis Saltus, Pm W12b:207
Whitney, David 1740, Aug. 21 wit to will of John Pitt, Pm W8:258
Whitney, David 1760, June 14 1761, Aug. 4 Pm, w Mary

bro John (ch: David, John), bro Jeffrey (ch David)
niece Mary Pitt (dau of William and Susanna Pitt)
exec: w Mary, Joseph Stowe
wit: Jonathan Tucker, Benjamin Watkins, John Pitt

W12b:362
Whitney, David 1771, Nov. 2 Pm, admin of estate of Thomas Pitt, Pm W8:550
Whitney, David 1773, May 24 wit to will of Frances Eve, Pm W12a:375
Whitney, David 1784, Feb. 9 mariner, Pm, w Susanna, date of indenture to Benjamin Bascome for land in Wk Ad1:228
Whitney, Elizabeth 1733, Aug. 8 1743, April 19 wd, St. David's

ch: Samuel, Elizabeth (principal legatee, father is Leonard White)
g ch Joseph and William Evans, bro Joseph Wright
exec: dau Elizabeth, bro Joseph Wright, Samuel Askew
wit: Edward Roberts, Samuel Askew, James Burchall

W12b:337
Whitney, Elizabeth 1768, Dec. 13 wit to will of Anthony Hayward, St. David's W12a:521
Whitney, Elizabeth, Mrs. 1796, Aug. 30 Pm, d, int, admin of her estate to John Walker, Stowe Wood Ad3:69
Whitney, Jeffrey 1732, Jan. 6 wit to will of John Robinson, Pm W12b:164
Whitney, Jeffrey 1741, Feb. 2 wit to will of Thomas Burton, Pm W12a:153
Whitney, Jeffrey 1761, June 16 1766, Sept. 10 mariner, ch: David, John, William (ch Edward), Samuel (ch Samuel)

s-in-law Daniel Harvey, bequest to Susanna Sears
exec: William Pitt, William Swan, Thomas Gauntlett
wit: none, affidavit by Wm Swan, Thos Gauntlett, Mary Savage (w of Thos)
(will unsigned, testator ill and weak, and aggravated by s William)

W12b:367
Whitney, Jeremiah 1776, April 24 w Jehoaddan, bequest to 2 ch (un-named) in will of Mary Whitney (wd, Pm) W12b:383/9:197
Whitney, Jeremiah 1789, June 16 wit to will of Henry Tucker (Wk/Turks Is.) W11:47
Whitney, Jeremiah 1824, Oct 5. Pm, d, admin of his estate to Mrs. Ruth Whtiney, Mrs. Frances R. Dunscomb Ad4:328
Whitney, John 1741, Feb. 2 1741, Sept. 7 s-in-law and exec of will of Thomas Burton, w Rebecca, ch Burton Whitney W12a:153
Whitney, John 1775, May 13 mariner, Pm, deed of gift to dau Mary, of house and land Ad1:9
Whitney, John 1776, April 24 bequest to dau Mary in will of Mary Whitney (wd, Pm) W12b:383/9:197
Page 659
Whitney, John 1776, June 27 Pm, d, guardian of s David (who is mentally incapable of managing his own affairs)

is Peter Godfrey

W9:194
Whitney, John 1801, Feb. 18 1802, Oct. 15 mariner, Pm, w (not named), ch: John, William, Henry, plus others (not named)

s-in-law Richard Robinson
exec: sons John and Henry, s-in-law Richard Robinson
wit: Thomas Tuzo, Benjamin Stamers, Thomas James

W12:114
Whitney, John 1816, Nov. 14 1817, March 28 mariner, Pm, w Mary Sarah, ch: Samuel Henry, William Richardson, Ann, John

bros-in-law: Samuel Dunscomb, John W. Tilley
exec: w Mary, bros-in-law as named
wit: Joseph H. Saltus, George Hutchings, John Gibson

W14:174
Whitney, Joshua 1720, Dec. 26 mariner, Pm, indenture giving Francis Landy land in Pm

indenture dated 1783, June 21 transferring same land through Patton family
to James Parker

Ad1:163
Whitney, Joshua 1731, May 12 w Mary, ref. to land in Pm sold to Samuel Sherlock (his will) W6:237
Whitney, Mary 1776, April 24 1776, June 18 Pm, wd, bro Jeffrey Whitney (ch David), sis Elizabeth Vesey

nphs: Frances Eve (d, ch David), Ephraim Eve, David Whitney
nieces: Susanna Pitt (ch: Mary, Honora), Susanna Tynes, Mary Vesey
kin Mary Mitchell
bequests to: children of Mary Beek, and of late George Eve, and of Elizabeth Swan,
3 ch of Robert and Mary Robinson, Mary Whitney (dau of John), Mary Eve (wd),
Martha Eve (w of Abraham), Susanna Eve, (w of Adam), Abraham Vesey
exec: Samuel Saltus, Henry Todd
wit:Peter Godfrey, Benjamin Pitt, Witter Saltus
inventory of her estate

W12b:383/9:197
Whitney, Mary 1816, May 31 dau of Robert Robinson, Pm W9:200
Whitney, Mary 1816, May 31 dau of Robert Robinson, Pm W14:315
Whitney, Paul 1795, Nov. 23 Pm, d, wd Frances, guardian of dau Frances is Richard Wood Ad3:54
Whitney, Robert 1785, Nov. 28 wit to will of John Coverley W10:196
Whitney, Robert 1797, Jan. 11 1797, Nov. 2 mariner, Pm, w Sarah, ch: Sally, Honor

bro John Whitney
exec: w Sarah, bro John, Joseph Gibson
wit: Henry Robinson, Thomas Newbold, Benjamin Robinson

W11:191
Whitney, Robert P. 1796, Dec. 15 wit to will of Peter Godfrey, Pm W11:182
Whitney, Robert P. 1816, May 31 wit to will of Robert Robinson, Pm W14:315
Whitney, Robert P. 1817, April 2 wit to will of Samuel Beek, Pm W14:177
Whitney, Ruth 1778, Oct. 10 d, dau of John Roberts (Sg), ch: Elizabeth and Ruth Whitney W12b:179
Whitney, Ruth 1815, Sept. 25 niece of Miss Elizabeth Place, Dv W15:48
Page 660
Whitney, Samuel date obscured 1674, April 10 w Catherine, ch: Samuel, David, Ruth, Abigail Liddell, Elizabeth King

kin Florentius and Thomas Seymour
exec: w Catherine, overseers kin Florentius and Thomas Seymour
wit: Samuel Trott, Florentius Seymour, Thomas Seymour

W1:178
Whitney, Samuel 1690, Sept. 23 education provided for s David in will of John Goodall of Sy W2,2:127
Whitney, Samuel 1722, Sept. 18 1730, April 11 planter, St. David's, w Sarah, daus: Love Whitney, Mary Todd

exec: w Sarah, 2 daus as named
wit: Thomas Sharpe, George Fox, Asser Sharpe

W6:197
Whitney, Samuel 1745, March 4 wit to will of John Masters, Pm W12b:73
Whitney, Samuel 1746, June 9 1765, Oct. 24 mariner, Sg, w Elizabeth, sons and 2 daus (not named)

exec: w Elizabeth
wit: John Slater, Daniel Phillips, Margaret Johnson

W12b:366
Whitney, Samuel 1777, July 3 wit to will of John Hayward, St. David's W12a:536/9:242
Whitney, Samuel 1783, Feb. 16 mariner, Pm, date of indenture with Nathaniel Butterfield,

transferring 6 acres in Pm to Whitney

Ad1:74
Whitney, Thomas 1771, Nov. 2 app of inventory of estate of Thomas Pitt, Pm W8:550
Whitney, Thomas 1779, Dec. 3 1786, Jan. 10 mariner, Pm, w Martha, ch:Thomas, Robertm John, Francis, Parnel, Elizabeth, Mary

exec: w Martha, son John, Robert, Francis
wit: Joseph Harriott, Daniel Harriott, Jeremiah Whitney

W10:163
Whitney, William 1763, April 11 wit to will of Richard Butterfield, Pm W12a:136
Whitney, William 1795, Oct. 1 Pm, d, int, admin of his estate to John Walker Ad3:44