Family:Whitney, Job (1729-1761)
Job5 Whitney (Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of Benjamin4 and Sarah (Barrett) Whitney, was born 22 Oct 1729, Marlborough, MA,[1] and died 13 Jun 1761, Marlborough, MA, unmarried.
He graduated from Harvard College in 1758. He left a will dated 24 Mar 1761, Cambridge, MA; will of Job Whitney of Cambridge; sister Deborah Wheeler, wife of Joseph Wheeler of Marlborough; sister Persis Gooddel, wife of Nathan Gooddel of Marlborough; sister Sarah Joslin, wife of Abraham Joslin of Marlborough; cousin Silas Whitney; cousins, children of brother Solomon Whitney of Petersham, deceased, namely Meriam, Benjamin, Job, and Sarah; cousin Abigail Livermore of Waltham; brother Samuel Whitney of Boston; sister Abigail Whitney of Boston; sister Anna Whitney of Boston; Mrs. Elizabeth Wells; Nathan Gooddel of Marlborough, executor; witnesses, Robert Baker, Lidia Baker, and Daniel Stewart. The will was proved 27 Jun 1761, Cambridge, MA. On 4 Jul 1761, Cambridge, MA, his inventory was taken by John Weeks, Robert Baker, and Micah Newton, all of Marlborough, amounting to £80-6s-9d.
Pierce says the following:[2]
- JOB [WHITNEY], b. Oct. 22, 1729; gr. Harvard College, 1738; d. unm. June 13, 1761. He was the second of the name to graduate at Harvard, and died three years later. Every member of his class, excepting himself, was present at commencement to take the degree of A.M., and it is the only class of which every surviving member has been present in person to take the second degree. Before graduating he "supplied ye desk" for several months on the south side of the river (Brighton). At the time of his death, he was about preaching as a candidate at Marblehead, to be colleague with Rev. John BARNARD. In his will, 1761, he mentions his cousin, Silas WHITNEY.
References
1.^ "Job [Whitney], s. Benjamin and Sarah, [born] Oct. 22, 1729," according to Marlborough Vital Records.
2.^ Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 51.
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