Family:Whitney, Richard (1743-1816)

Richard⁵ Whitney (Israel⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹), son of Israel⁴ and Hannah (Blodgett) Whitney, was born 22 Apr 1743, Oxford, MA,^[1] and died 29 Oct 1816, Brookline, VT.^[2]

Richard married firstly, 26 Mar 1767, Chelmsford, MA, Sarah Butterfield,l^[3] daughter of Capt. John and Anna (Hildreth) Butterfield. She was born 4 May 1744, Chelmsford, MA, and died 16 Feb 1773, Wilton, NH.

Richard married secondly, 1 Oct 1773, Wilton, NH, Hannah Holt, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Holt) Holt. She was born 18 Jan 1754, Andover, MA,^[4] and died Apr 1833.

He lived in 1776 at Wilton, NH. He lived in 1778 at Athens, VT.

Child of Richard⁵ and Sarah (Butterfield) Whitney:

i.	Richard6 Whitney, b. 25 Jun 1770, Wilton, NH; m. Sarah Holt.
ii.	(perhaps) Rebecca Whitney, b. say 1772. A Rebeckah Whitney and John Buxton, both of Wilton, NH, were married 14 Feb 1792, Dunstable, MA.

Children of Richard⁵ and Hannah (Holt) Whitney:

i.	Israel6 Whitney, b. 4 Jul 1774, Wilton, NH; m. Elizabeth Holt.
ii.	Timothy Holt Whitney, b. 10 Nov 1776, Wilton, NH; m. Abigail Blanchard.
iii.	Ebenezer Whitney, b. 3 Jul 1778, Wilton, NH; m. Deborah Fay.
iv.	Abraham Whitney, b. 8 Jan 1780, Wilton, NH; m. Betsey ------.
v.	Isaac Whitney, b. 21 Jan 1782, Wilton, NH; m. Abigail Edson.
vi.	Jacob Whitney, b. 25 Jan 1784, Wilton, NH; d. 9 Jul 1785, Wilton, NH.
vii.	Hannah Whitney, b. 15 Aug 1785, Brookline, VT; d. 6 Jan 1871; m.(1) circa 1806, Wilton, NH, James Campbell; m.(2) 1 Jan 1821, Josephus Orvis.
viii.	Sarah Butterfield Whitney, b. 11 Nov 1787, Wilton, NH; d. 17 Sep 1873, Brookline, VT; m. circa 1808, Wilton, NH, Joel Harwood.
ix.	Solomon Whitney, b. 26 Aug 1790, Wilton, NH; m. Sally Lee.
x.	Chloe Whitney, b. 22 Nov 1795, Brookline, VT; m. David Kidder circa 1816; d. 4 Mar 1874.

Census

• 1771 (tax list): Not found, and thus they had probably already left MA for NH by this date.
• 1790, Wilton, Hillsborough Co., NH: Richard Whitney, 3 males over 16, 5 males 0-15, and 5 females.
• 1800, Brookline, Windham Co., VT: Whitney, Rich^d, 1 male over 45, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 female over 45, 2 females 10-15, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1810: not found. Should be in Brookline, VT

References

1.^  "Richard [Whitney], s. Isreal and Hannah, [born] April 22, 1743," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850 (1905).

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3.^  "Richard [Whitney] and Sarah Butterfield, [married] Mar. 26, 1767," according to Vital Records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1914).

4.^  "18 January 1754 - Hannah daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth Holt" according to Page 200 of "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (ANDOVER BIRTHS) which can be found at Ancestry.com.

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