Family:Whitney, Israel (1751-1826)
Dea. Israel5 Whitney (Elijah4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), son of Elijah4 and Mercy (Heald) Whitney,[1] was born 22 Jun 1751, Harvard, MA,[2] and died 20 Dec 1826, Harvard, MA, aged 75 years 5 months 15 days,[3] or Feb 1827.[4]
Israel married firstly, 14 May 1772, Harvard, MA, Hannah Mead.[5] She was born about 1754, calculated from age at death, and died 14 Aug 1788, Harvard, MA, aged 34 years.[6] Could this Hannah Mead possibly be a sister to the Mary Mead, born 1 May 1753, Watertown, MA, who married Abraham Whitney?
Israel married secondly, 22 Apr 1789, Bolton, MA, Abigail (Fairbanks) Puffer both "of Harvard,"[7] daughter of Joseph and Abigail (Tarbell)(Hodgman) Fairbanks.[8] She was born 24 Nov 1756, Harvard, MA,[9] and died 13 Sep 1841, Harvard, MA, aged 85 years.[10] She had married firstly, 5 May 1774, Harvard, MA, Jonathan Puffer.[11]
Children of Dea. Israel5 and Hannah (Mead) Whitney, all born Harvard, MA:
i. Hannah6 Whitney, b. 23 Apr 1773; m. 17 May 1791, Bolton, MA, or 19 May 1791, Harvard, MA, Phinehas Sawyer, son of Caleb and Sarah (Patch) Sawyer, both "of Harvard". ii. Israel Whitney, b. 18 Apr 1775. His gravestone says 18 Apr 1776. iii. Rebecca Whitney, b. 13 Apr 1777; m. 26 Apr 1795, Harvard, MA, Amose Fairbank. iv. Lydia Whitney, b. 25 May 1779; m. 18 Jan 1798, Harvard, MA, Samuel Sprague. v. Betsey Whitney, b. 24 May 1782; m. 7 Jun 1803, Harvard, MA, Joseph Fairbank. vi. Arathusa Whitney, b. 12 Dec 1783; m. 22 Jun 1802, Harvard, MA, John Farwell, Jr. vii. Oliver Whitney, b. 16 May 1786; m. 16 Mar 1809, Harvard, MA, Mercy Whitcomb.
Children of Dea. Israel5 and Abigail (Fairbanks)(Puffer) Whitney, all born Harvard, MA:
i. Luther6 Whitney, b. 5 Feb 1790; m. 3 Jan 1814, Harvard, MA, Melinda Wetherbee. ii. Luke Whitney, b. 8 Feb 1793; d. 2 May 1795, Harvard, MA, aged 2 years 2 months 24 days. iii. Naomi Whitney, b. 28 Apr 1797; m. 17 Jun 1817, Harvard, MA, James Sawyer.
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5.^ Source of marriage. Also see Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols.
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12.^ Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 95.
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