Family:Whitney, Margaret (1749-1824)

Margaret⁵ Whitney (John⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), daughter of John⁴ and Margaret (Coffin) Whitney, was born 22 Jul 1749, York, Maine,^[1] and died 2 Aug 1824, Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[2]

She married firstly, 18 Dec 1766, Nantucket, MA, Robert Barnard "of Nantucket", son of Robert and Hepsibeth (Coffin) Barnard.^[3] He was born 24 Oct 1748, Nantucket, MA, and died 29 Dec 1776, Nantucket, MA; lost at sea.

She married secondly, after 1776, Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada, John Sargent^[4], son of Eppes and Catherine (Winthrop) Sargent. He was born 24 Dec 1749, Boston, MA, and died 24 Jan 1824.

Children of Robert and Margaret⁵ (Whitney) Barnard, all born Nantucket, MA:

i.	Nathaniel Barnard, bapt. 20 Mar 1768.
ii.	Margaret Barnard, b. 11 Jul 1770; bapt. 5 Nov 1769, Nantucket, MA; d. 6 or 25 Mar 1836, Nantucket, MA, aged 65 years 8 months, m. 25 Jun 1793, Nantucket, MA, Stephen Chase, son of Charles and Jane (Coleman) Chase.
iii.	Robert Barnard, bapt. 17 May 1772; d. 25 Jul 1843, Brookville, IN; m. 1810, Fairfield, CT, Catherine Peck.
iv.	Sarah Barnard, bapt. 23 Apr 1775; m. 11 Oct 1792, Barrington, Nova Scotia, Canada, Josiah Harding, son of Theodore and Martha (Sears) Harding.

Children of John and Margaret⁵ (Whitney)(Barnard) Sargent, all born Boston, MA:

i.	Sophia Sargent, b. 26 Dec 1785.
ii.	William Brown Sargent, b. 12 Aug 1787; m. 22 Jul 1819, Elizabeth Burbidge.
iii.	John Sargent, b. 6 Apr 1792; m. Sarah Wright Doane.
iv.	Winthrop Sargent, b. 6 Jun 1794; m. 22 Jul 1819, Mary Jane Allison.

References

1.^  "Margaret Whitney [d. of Dr. John and Margaret (Coffin)] born in York July 22^d. 1749," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

2.^  Arnold Family Tree, a public tree from Ancestry.com.

3.^  "Margaret [Whitney] and Robert Barnard, [married] Dec. 18, 1766 [Margaret d. Dr. John and Margaret and Robert Barnard, s. Robert and Hepsibeth (Coffin), P.R.38.]," according to Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1925-1928).

4.^  Source

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