Family:Whitney, Nathan (1724-1801)

Nathan⁵ Whitney (Nathan⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Nathan⁴ and Mary (Holman) Whitney,^[1] was born 6 Mar 1723/4, Stow, MA,^[2] and died 28 Oct 1801, Conway, MA, aged 77 years, of cancer.^[3]

Nathan "of Stow" married, 22 Jan 1752, Holden, MA, Tabitha Bennett "of Holden",^[4] daughter of Samuel and Tabitha (Wheeler) Bennett.^[5] She was born 27 Oct 1724, Lancaster, MA,^[6] and died on 12 May 1804, Conway, MA, "an aged woman."^[7]

On 17 May 1763, Stow, MA, he wrote a letter to the probate judge about the estate of his father, over which he and his mother had had a falling out.

Pierce says the following:^[8]

He was a farmer; resided in Stow. May 18, 1777, they moved to Conway, Mass., and united with the Cong. church there and ever after resided in that town.

Children of Nathan⁵ and Tabitha (Bennett) Whitney:

i.	Aaron6 Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1752, Stow, MA;[9] m. ----- -----.
ii.	Persis Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1754, Stow, MA;[10] d. 2 Oct 1754, Stow, MA.[11]
iii.	Miriam Whitney, b. 25 Aug 1755, Stow, MA.[12]
iv.	Asaph Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1759, Stow, MA;[13] m. Lucretia Murphy.
v.	Ira Whitney, b. circa 1761; m.(1) Jane Bird; m.(2) Rebekah Hartwell.
vi.	Abijah Whitney, bapt. 8 May 1768, Harvard, MA;[14] m. Jane Murphy.

Census

• 1771, Conway, MA (tax list): Nathan Whitney
• 1790, Conway, Hampshire Co., MA: Nathan Whitney, 2 males over 16 and 3 females.
• 1800: not found.

References

1.^  His parentage is proven by his birth record.

2.^  "Nathan [Whetney], s. Nathan and Mary, [born] Mar. 6, 1723-4," according to F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

3.^  "Nathan [Whitney], cancer, [died] Oct. 28, 1801, a. 77," according to Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1943).

4.^  "Nathan [Whitney] of Stow and Tabitha Benett, [married] Jan. 22, 1752," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Holden, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904). Also, "Nathan [Whitney] and Tabitha Benett [int. Bennett] of Holden [int. Houlden], [married] Jan. 22, 1752, in Holden," according to Stow Vital Records.

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7.^  "_____ [Whitney], wid., [died] May 12, 1804, "an aged Woman"," according to Conway Vital Records.

8.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 92.

9.^  "Aaron [Whitney], s. Nathan and Tabitha, [born] July 31, 1752. "old Stile"," according to Stow Vital Records.

10.^  "Persis [Whitney], d. Nathan and Tabitha, [born] Aug. 22, 1754," according to Stow Vital Records.

11.^  "Persis [Whitney], d. Nathan and Tabitha, [died] Oct. 2, 1754," according to Stow Vital Records.

12.^  "Miriam [Whitney], d. Nathan and Tabitha, [born] Aug 25, 1755," according to Stow Vital Records.

13.^  "Asaph [Whitney], s. Nathan and Tabitha, [born] Apr. 29, 1759," according to Stow Vital Records.

14.^  "Abijah [Whitney], s. of Nathan, bp. May 8, 1768. C.R.1," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

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