Archive Talk:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 27
p. 27, #10: The will of his nephew, Benjamin3 WHITNEY [Jonathan2, John1], was dated 4 Feb 1713/4, not 1718. He died 26 Mar 1723, according to Sherborn vital records. There was one proven additional child:
- Elinor WHITNEY, who had an illegitimate son Daniel WHITNEY, born 27 Feb 1704/5, Sherborn, MA, and was still living in 1754.
I believe that there were at least two further children:
- Josiah WHITNEY, who married about 1705, Miriam BARRETT, and had seven children born in Chelmsford. He died 19 Nov 1766, Willington, CT.
- Huldah WHITNEY, who married 16 Nov 1724, Framingham, MA, Zachariah MORSE of Marlborough, and had six children born in Southborough, MA.
Elinor and Josiah would be by the first wife Jane, and Huldah by the second wife Mary. The reason for placing those children here is essentially a process of elimination. A discussion of Josiah's parentage is available on-line, and most of the same reasoning applies to Huldah.
p. 27, #65: John3 WHITNEY married secondly Susannah (BARTON) SMITH.
p. 27, #67: Jonathan3 WHITNEY married Susannah FAIRBANKS (not Susannah WHITNEY), according to Medfield vital records.
p. 27, #11: The marriage date of 4 Mar 1669 has been seen, but no source for it has yet been found. Certainly it is not found in any vital records. "Elizabeth Whitney owned covenant at Roxbury chh. 30. 2. 1671," which means 30 Apr 1671, not 30 Mar 1671, according to Harris, Dr. L. M., "A Branch of the Whitney Family," NEHGR, volume XII (1858), page 215. John Whitney was admitted freeman on 7 May 1684.
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