Family:Whitney, Ezra (1759-a1810)
Ezra6 Whitney (Ezra5, James4, John3, Jonathan2, John1), son of Ezra5 and Mercy (Morse) Whitney, was born 29 Aug 1759, Douglas, MA.[1]
He married, 5 Mar 1788, Brookline, MA, Betsey Marshall.[2]
They resided Douglas, MA.
Children of Ezra6 and Betsey (Marshall) Whitney:
i. Eliza7 Whitney, b. -----. ii. Harriett Whitney, b. -----. iii. William Whitney, b. ca. 9 Dec 1792, Boston, MA;[3] m. Sarah Butler.
Census
- 1790, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Ezra Whitney, 1 male over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 3 females.
- 1800: not found.
- 1810, 11th Ward, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Ezra Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 16-25.
- 1820: not found.
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 203-204.
1.^ "Ezra [Whitney], s. Ezra and Marey, [born] Aug. 29, 1759," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Douglas, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1906).
2.^ "Ezra [Whitney] and Betsey Marshall, [married] Mar. 5, 1788. In Brookline," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 459.
3.^ Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910 From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004, vol. 131, p. 62, line 2694.
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