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Wakefield, Robert S., "Benjamin2 EATON," Mayflower Descendant, vol. XLII (1992), pp. 13-14.
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- Sarah [Hoskins]'s birth date is calculated from the 28 January 1643[/4] court record where William Hoskins of Plymouth put Sarah, his daughter, to Thomas Whitney and Winnefride his wife until she reached the age of twenty years, she being six years of age the 16 of September last past (PCR. 2:67-8).
Pizziferri, Shirley Robinson, "Early Worcester County Probate Records," Mayflower Descendant, vol. XLII (1992), pp. 37-40, 133-136.
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- . . . Depositions, were taken 8 May 1738 from Israel (Whitney?), Isaac Harrington, Hannah Haven, Ephraim Sherman, John Foster, John Sherman, Phinehas Rice and Sarah Barrett, all written in Judge Chandler's nearly illegible handwriting, and they do not appear to have been recorded, probably being indecipherable to the recorder also. . . . .
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Elizabeth Whitney became the executrix for the estate of her husband, Isaiah Whitney of Harvard, blacksmith, and a bond was issued to her on 20 Sep 1737 for £1600. John Whitney, yeoman, and Jonas Houghton, gentlemen, both of Lancaster, were sureties (179:338).
- An inventory was taken by Lieut. Jonathan Whitney, Mr. Jonathan Rand and Mr. Solomon Taylor, all of Harvard, County of Worcester, "saving said Taylor who is often in Middlesex", deated 5 Sept 1737 and totaling £731:6:9 which included a house, lot of land, barn and shop for £530 (1:277-78).
- Elizabeth's account was allowed on 13 May 1746 and was signed by Jonathan Sawyer and Elizabeth [mark] Sawyer, showing that she had remarried in the interim (2:466).
Gadbois, Carol Tucker, and Gadbois, George S., "The Diary of Jabez Fitch, Jr.," Mayflower Descendant, vol. XLII (1992), pp. 67-74.
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- September, 1781
- Mond: ye 3rd. I attended a Meeting of the Select Men, who were this day much crouded with business; I cal'd in at Mr. Whitneys on an Errend.
"Newspapers," Mayflower Descendant, vol. XLII (1992), pp. 150-160.
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January 6, 1837 - December 29, 1837 (Volume 11, Nos. 1-52)
- December 15, 1837
- Marriages:
- In Quincy, at the Hancock House, by the Rev. Mr. Whitney, Mr. George H. French to Miss Eliza E. Thayer.
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