Family:Whitney, Elijah (1707-1755)

Elijah⁴ Whitney (Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹, Thomas^A), son of Isaiah³ and Sarah (Woodward) Whitney, was born 2 Aug 1707 at Cambridge, MA^[1], b. 2 Aug 1707 at Lexington, MA; baptized 3 Aug 1707 at Lexington, MA and died 19 Feb 1755 at Harvard, MA, at age 47; aged 47 years 6 months^[2].

Elijah married Mercy Heald, daughter of Oliver and Hannah (Gates) Heald, 11 Mar 1730/31 at Lancaster, MA; wife "of Lancaster;".

Marriage banns for Elijah and Rebecca Winship were published 30 Oct 1736 at Harvard, MA; wife "of Lexington;" m. Rebecca Winship, daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Peirce) Winship, 8 Dec 1736 at Lexington, MA.

He was "of Harvard", admitted to the church.

Mercy Heald was born circa 1714 at of Lancaster. She died before 30 Oct 1736.

Children of Elijah⁴ and Mercy (Heald) Whitney:

i.	Elias5 Whitney, b. Dec 1731 at Lancaster, MA; christened 25 Dec 1731 at Lancaster, MA; baptized 26 Dec 1731 at Lancaster, MA; d. before 11 Jun 1740.

Rebecca Winship was born on 7 Dec 1717 at Cambridge, MA. She was born circa 1718; calculated from age at death. Marriage banns for she and Dea. Joshua Whitney were published on 25 Jan 1764 at Harvard, MA; husband "of Stow", wife "of Harvard." She died on 3 Dec 1769 at Stow, MA, at age 51; in 51st year.

Children of Elijah⁴ and Rebecca (Winship) Whitney all b. at Harvard, MA:

i.	Mary5 Whitney, b. 26 Jun 1738; m. Micah Stone.
ii.	Elias Whitney, b. 11 Jun 1740; d. 19 Apr 1755 at Harvard, MA, at age 14; aged 14 years 9 months 21 days.
iii.	Rebecca Whitney, b. 25 May 1743; m. Paul Whitcomb.
iv.	Lydia Whitney, b. 7 May 1746; m. Phineas Warner.
v.	Israel Whitney, b. 29 Dec 1748; d. 9 Jan 1748/49 at Harvard, MA; aged 10 days.
vi.	Dea. Israel Whitney, b. 22 Jun 1751; m. Hannah Mead; m. Abigail Puffer.
vii.	Elijah Whitney Jr., b. 8 Jul 1755; m. Lydia McElwain.

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