Family:Whitney, Jacob (1737-1803)

Sgt. Jacob⁵ Whitney (Jonas⁴, Eleazar³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jonas⁴ and Sarah (Perry) Whitney, was born 24 Feb or 24 Jul 1737, Roxbury, MA^[1], and died 14 Jan 1803, Roxbury, MA, aged 66 years.^[2]

He married, 15 Nov 1759, Roxbury, Massachusetts, Rachel Whiting. She was born circa 1737 (calculated from age at death), and died 12 Aug 1812, Milton, MA, aged 75 years.^[3]

During the Revolutionary War he was sergt. in that company commanded by Capt. Corey from Roxbury. Res. West Roxbury, Mass.^[4]

Children of Sgt. Jacob⁵ and Rachel (Whiting) Whitney, all born Roxbury, MA:

i.	Prudence6 Whitney, b. 25 Jul 1760; bapt. 17 Aug 1760; m. 29 Dec 1790, Roxbury, MA, Lewis Jones.
ii.	Reuben Whitney, b. 6 Nov 1762. In 1781 he enlisted in Gen. Knox artillery, served 3 years and was discharged. He was born in Roxbury but served in the Newton Co.
iii.	Lemuel Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1765; bapt. 19 May 1765; m. Grace (Morse) Esty.
iv.	Jabez Whitney, b. 30 Nov 1767; d. 20 Apr 1849, Phillipston or Orange, MA; bapt. 20 Dec 1767, Roxbury, MA; m.(1) before 21 May 1790, Elizabeth -----; m.(2) before 17 Mar 1810, Sally -----.
v.	Hannah Whitney, b. 8 Apr 1772; bapt. 31 May 1772, Roxbury, MA; d. 14 Jul 1789, Roxbury, MA.
vi.	Moses Whitney, b. 1 Jan 1775; "Gen." d. 23 Dec 1859, Milton, MA, aged 85 years; m.(1) circa 1796, Rebecca Dunbar; "Gen." "of Milton" m.(2) 16 Nov 1825, Andover, MA, "Mrs." Mary P. (-----) Kitteredge.

Census

• 1771, Roxbury, MA (tax list): Jacob Whitney, and ...
• 1771, Dedham, MA (tax list): Jacob Whittney, "nonresident, from Roxbury"
• 1790, Roxbury, Suffolk Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 1 female.
• 1800, Roxbury, Norfolk Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male over 45 and 1 female over 45.

References

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3.^  "Mrs. (Rachel) [Whitney], [died] Aug. 12, 1812, a. 75y.," according to Milton Records. Birth, Marriages and Deaths, 1662-1843, Alphabetically and Chronologically Arranged (Boston, MA: Mudge, 1900).

4.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 94.

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