Family:Whitney, Solomon (1721-1758)

Solomon⁵ Whitney (Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Benjamin⁴ and Sarah (Barrett) Whitney, was born 20 Dec 1721, Marlborough, MA,^[1] and died 1758.^[2].

Solomon married, 5 Oct 1749, Marlborough, MA, Elizabeth Smith,^[3] apparently daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Curtis) Smith. She was baptized "Sarah" 10 Apr 1726, Marlborough, MA, and died probably after 1791, when her second husband and family are enumerated in Guilford, VT. Marriage intentions were published 24 Jul 1760, Westborough, MA, for her "of Marlborough" and Ithamar Goodenow.^[4] She married secondly (as "Sarah"), 18 Sep 1760, Marlborough, MA, Ithamar Goodenow,^[5] as his second wife.

Jesse Taylor of Marlborough, Guardian, 20 Dec 1737, of Solomon Whitney of Boston.^[6]

His death is not in Petersham Vital Records, but he supposedly died in 1758 and his last child was born in Petersham in 1757.

Pierce says the following:^[7]

The inventory of Solomon's estate was taken Apr. 18, 1758.

Children of Solomon⁵ and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitney:

i.	Meriam6 Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1751, Marlborough, MA;[8] on 11 Apr 1771, she had guardian John Stower of Petersham; d. 29 Jan 1825, Guilford, VT, aged 74 years; bur. Blanchard Cemetery, Guilford, VT; m.(1) (int. 29 Sep 1769, Petersham, MA) William Bullock "of Gilford, Province of N.Y.",[9] b. 26 Mar 1743 or 1744, Rehoboth, MA, d. 19 Aug 1785, Guilford, VT, son of William and Susannah (Kent) Bullock; m.(2) ----- Stewart; m.(3) 8 Jun 1815, Capt. Isaac Orr, as his second wife.
ii.	Benjamin Whitney, b. 10 Jun 1753, Marlborough[10] or Harvard, MA; on 11 Apr 1771, he had guardian David Sanderson of Petersham; m. ----- -----.
iii.	Job Whitney, b. 25 Jun 1755, Petersham, MA;[11] m. ----- -----.
iv.	Sarah Whitney, b. 11 Aug 1757, Petersham, MA;[12] on 11 Apr 1771 she had guardian John Stower of Petersham; m. (int. 18 Jan 1792, Petersham, MA[13]) 6 Feb 1792, Phillipston, MA, Moses Wheeler, both "of Petersham".[14]

Census

• 1790: not found.

References

1.^  "Soloman [Whitne] [Whitney, C.R.], s. Benjamin and Sarah, [born] Dec. 20, 1721," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1908).

2.^  The inventory of his estate was taken 18 Apr 1758.

3.^  "Solomon [Whitney] and Elizabeth Smith, [married] Oct. 5, 1749

4.^  "Elizebath [Whitney] of Marlborough and Ithamar Goodenow, int. July 24, 1760," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).

5.^  "Sarah [Whitney] and Ithamar Gooddenow, [married] Sep. 18, 1760," according to Marlborough Vital Records.

6.^  Middlesex County, MA, Probate Files, #24607. See also Middlesex County, MA, Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 116.

7.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), pp. 90-91.

8.^  "Meriam [Whitney] [Miriam C.R.], d. Solomon and Elizabeth, [born] Jul. 31, 1751," according to Marlborough Vital Records.

9.^  "Miriam and William Bullock of Gilford [province of New York], int. Sept. 29, 1769," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).

10.^  "Benjamin [Whitney], s. Solomon and Elizabeth, [born] Jun. 10, 1753," according to Marlborough Vital Records.

11.^  "Job [Whitney], s. Solomon and Elizabeth, [born] June 25, 1755," according to Petersham Vital Records.

12.^  "Sarah [Whitney], d. Solomon and Elizabeth, [born] Aug. 11, 1757," according to Petersham Vital Records.

13.^  "Sarah [Whitney] and Moses Wheeler, int. Jan. 18, 1792," according to Petersham Vital Records.

14.^  "Sarah [Whitney] and Moses Wheeler, both of Petersham, [married] Feb. 6, 1792," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1906).

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