Early Modern Whitney Families

The Early Modern period is typically used to describe the time period from 1500 to 1750 A.D. It was preceeded by the Medieval period.

See also Whitney Households in 1550.

Whitneys of the Wye Valley

The following list of towns follows the Wye river as it flows downstream. The early Whitneys resided in many towns along the Wye.

Whitneys of Boughrood

• In 1358, Robert de Whitney purchased land in Boughrood
• Thomas, 1589

Whitneys of Clyro

• Watkin, say 1530?
• Thomas, 1587
• Thomas, 1622
• Blanche, 1636

Whitneys of Cusop

• Thomas, 1544
• Austons, 1544 (probably Eustace)
• Anne, 1593

Whitneys of Clifford

• Jacob (James), 1542, 1545, 1547

Whitneys of Whitney

• Robert, 1547

Whitneys of Castleton / The Bage

• Robert, 1542, 1545, 1547

Whitneys of Brobury

• James 1524
• William, 1544, 1545

Whitneys of Blakemere

• Walter, 1544

Whitneys of Staunton

• Richard Sr., 1544, 1545
• Richard Jr., 1544, 1545
• Roger, 1544, 1545

Whitneys of Norton

• William Whytney, of Norton, yeoman. v. Margaret Whytney, widow., about 1493-1500 (C 1/234/35) concerning lands in Coule [Pilate?], Chester [Cheshire]
• John, 1524
• John Sr., 1544, 1545
• John Jr., 1544, 1545
• George (s1675-?)

Whitneys of Yazor

• John, 1544, 1545

Whitneys of Hereford

• Robert A., 1545