Family:Whitney, Hugh (s1575-1611)

Hugh Whitney, gent. (Robert), son of Robert and Mary (Rutter) Whitney,^[1] born say 1575,^[2] died 11 Mar 1610/1, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[3]

He married, 21 Aug 1599, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England, Elizabeth Egerton.^[4]

He resided at Coole.^[5]

Children of Hugh and Elizabeth (Egerton) Whitney:

i.	Hugh Whitney,^[6] b. ca. 1600.^[7], bp. 16 Feb 1600/1, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[8] He, listed as "Hugh Whitney, Gent. of Coole, Cheshire, aged 48", was a deponent in a Chancery Deposition in 1648.^[9]
ii.	George Whitney, bp. 23 Jan 1602/3, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England,^[10] bur. 2 Nov 1603, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[11]
iii.	Maria Whitney, bp. 23 Aug 1604, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England,^[12] bur. 29 Apr 1606, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[13]
iv.	Elizabeth Whitney,^[14] bp. 30 Jan 1605/6, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[15] Some sources state that "she married while under 5 years of age, Chalmondeley Salmon, 4 Jul 1610, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England,"^[16] however, this seems unlikely. Note that Hugh Whitney's sister Elizabeth (Whitney) Massey had a daughter who married Cholmondeley Salmon of Cowlane.
v.	Margaret Whitney, bp. 21 Feb 1606/7, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[17] She was probably the "Margaret Whitnay" who m. 26 Aug 1630, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England, John Weatherill.^[18]
vi.	Robert Whitney, bp. 26 Jul 1608, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England,^[19] bur. 9 Apr 1612, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[20]
vii.	John Whitney, bp. Feb 1609/10, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England,^[21] bur. Apr 1612, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[22]
viii.	Maria Whitney, bp. 1 May 1611, Wrenbury, Cheshire, England.^[23]

References

1. ^ "She died 1616. Her son Hugh being dead, administration was granted, Oct. 25, 1616, to her daughter and next of kin, Elizabeth, wife of Hugh Massey, of Denfield, Esq.", Pedigree of Whitney, of Coole, in Wrenbury, in the County of Chester, Whitney, Henry Austin, Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England, (Boston: 1859), p. 5.

2. ^ Estimated.

3. ^ "1610/1 Mar 11. Hugh Whitnay, virili aetate, gent", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

7. ^ "When [Elizabeth] was in her sixth year, her father, Hugh Whitney, died; and the widow, Elizabeth Whitney, was left with the care of a large and young family; her eldest son, Hugh Whitney, being under age, became a ward of the Crown for ten years.", Archive:Journal of the Architectural, Archaeological, and Historic Society for the County and the City of Chester, and North Wales

8. ^ "1600/1 Feb 16. Hugh Whitnay s/o Hugh Whitnay, gent", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

9. ^ Bernau Index, referencing C 21/B27/15.

10. ^ "1602/3 Jan 23. George Whitnay s/o Hugh Whitnay", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

11. ^ "1603 Nov 2. George Whitnay, infant", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

12. ^ "1604 Aug 23. [Maria] Whitnay d/o Hugh Whitnay", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

13. ^ "1606 Apr 29. Marie Whitnay, infant", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

17. ^ "1606/7 Feb 21. Margaret Whitnay d/o Hugh Whitnay", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

18. ^ "1630 Aug 26. John Weatherill & Margaret Whitnay", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

19. ^ "1608 July 26. Robert Whitnay s/o Hugh Whitnay", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

20. ^ "1612 Apr 9. Robert Whitnay, puerelli aetate", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

21. ^ "1609/0 Feb _. John Whitnay s/o Hugh Whitnay", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

22. ^ "1612 Apr __. John Whitnay, infant", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.

23. ^ "1611 May 1. Maria Whitnay d/o Hugh Whitnay ", Cheshire Parish Record Extracts.