Family:Whitney, Peter (1738-1826)

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Peter5 Whitney (Josiah4, Josiah3, [prob.] Benjamin2, John1), son of Josiah4 and Mehitable (Fuller) Whitney, was born 10 Apr 1738, Willington, CT,[1] and died 19 Jun 1826, Tunbridge, VT; buried at Tunbridge, VT.[2]

He married, 21 Apr 1763, Tolland or Willington, CT, Mercy Case,[3] daughter of Jonathan and Alice (Hatch) Case. She was born 3 Aug 1745, Tolland, CT, and died 19 Apr 1819, Tunbridge, VT.

She was a descendant of Mayflower passenger Richard Warren as follows:

  1. Richard Warren, m. Elizabeth Walker
  2. Nathaniel Warren, m. Sarah Walker
  3. Mercy Warren, m. Jonathan Delano
  4. Mercy Delano, m. Joseph Hatch
  5. Alice Hatch, m. Jonathan Case
  6. Mercy Case, m. Peter5 Whitney

Pierce says the following:[4]

He was born at Willington, Conn.; married at Tolland. He was a farmer and resided at Ashford and Willington, Conn., until after the birth of his children, when he moved to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt. They were buried in East Bethel, Vt., the village where they had gone to church. He was a soldier in the last French war and also served in the Revolutionary war in the Conn. line. He was pensioned Apr. 6, 1818.

On -- Sep 1765, Peter Whitney and wife Mercy were admitted to the church, Willington, CT.[5]

Children of Peter5 and Mercy (Case) Whitney:

i. Molly6 Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1764, Willington, CT;[6] bapt. 6 Oct 1765, Willington, CT;[7] d. 1783.
ii. Jonathan Whitney, b. 20 Feb 1766, Willington, CT;[8] bapt. [ ] Mar 1766, Willington, CT;[9] m.(1) Eunice Storey; m.(2) Dora Marsh; m.(3) Zilpha Holt; m.(4) Betsy Goodell.
iii. Lois Whitney, b. 31 Mar 1768, Willington, CT;[10] d. 15 Oct 1818; m. 4 Dec 1793, Tunbridge, VT, Lovell Hibbard,[11] son of James and Susannah (Shepard) Hibbard, as his first wife.
iv. Thomas Whitney, b. 18 Sep 1770, Willington, CT;[12] m. Mary Taina Jennings.
v. Rebecca Whitney, b. 15 Aug 1773, Willington, CT,[13] recorded as 16 Aug in Bible record; bapt. [ ] Aug 1772, Willington, CT;[14] d. 1806.
vi. Anna Whitney, b. 12 Sep 1774, Willington, CT,[15] recorded as 10 Sep in Bible record; bapt. [ ] Nov 1774, Willington, CT;[16] d. 9 Mar 1853 or 1858; m. 19 Mar 1807, Tunbridge, VT, Oliver Preson/Preston,[17] b. 13 Feb 1768, Ashford, CT.
vii. Peter Whitney, b. 30 Nov 1776, Willington, CT;[18] recorded as 31 Oct in Bible record; m.(1) Edith Davis; m.(2) Sybil Ainsworth.
viii. Esther Whitney, b. 1 Nov 1778, Ashford, CT;[19] m. 7 Dec 1797, Royalton, VT, Arunah Hibbard, b. 28 Dec 1777, Royalton, VT, d. 19 Oct 1851, St. Joseph, MI.
ix. Lydia Whitney, b. 10 Feb 1781, Ashford, CT;[20] m. 23 Aug 1862, Tunbridge, VT, Joseph Bartlett.[21]
x. Marcy Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1784 (twin).
xi. Molly Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1784 (twin). She may have been the Mary Whitney who m. 7 Aug 1808, Tunbridge, VT, Jonathan Woodman.[22]

Census

  • 1791, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: Peter Whitney, 3 males over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 6 females.
  • 1800, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: Whitney, Peter, 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45, 2 and female 10-15.
  • 1810 - He was probably the male over 45 years of age included in the family of his son, Jonathan Whitney in Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT.
  • 1820: not found.

References

1.^  "Peter [Whitney], s. Josiah, Jr. & Mehetable, b. 10 Apr 1738," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington A:85, TM:79.

2.^  Source for death.

3.^  "Peter [Whitney], m. Marcy CASE, 21 Apr 1763," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

4.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 107.

5.^  "Mercy [Whitney] & h. Peter, adm. ch. [ ] Sep 1765," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Willington Congregational Church 1-A:19, NER-67:2171.

6.^  "Molly [Whitney], d. Peter & Marcy, b. 16 Mar 1764," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

7.^  "Molly [Whitney], d. Peter & Mercy, bp. 6 Oct 1765, by Rev. Gideon NOBLE," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Willington Congregational Church 1-A:27, NER-67:117.

8.^  "Jonathan [Whitney], s. Peter & Marcy, b. 20 Feb 1766," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

9.^  "Jonathan, s. Peter & Sarah ["Mercy&qupt; overwritten], bp. [ ] Mar 1766, by Rev. Gideon NOBLE," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Willington Congregational Church 1-A:27, NER-67:117.

10.^  "Lois [Whitney], d. Peter & Marcy, b. 30 Mar 1768," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

11.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

12.^  "Thomas [Whitney], s. Peter & Marcy, b. 18 Sep 1770," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

13.^  "Rebeckah [Whitney], d. Peter & Marcy, b. 15 Aug 1773," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

14.^  "Rebecca [Whitney], d. Peter & Mercy, bp. [ ] Aug 1772," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Willington Congregational Church 1-A:38, NER-67:120.

15.^  "Anna [Whitney], d. Peter & Marcy, b. 12 Sep 1774," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

16.^  "Anne [Whitney], d. Peter, bp. [ ] Nov 1774," according to the Index of Connecticut Church Records, Willington Congregational Church 1-A:39, NER-67:120

17.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

18.{{note|1718"Peter [Whitney], s. Peter & Marcy, b. 30 Nov 1776," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Willington B:7.

19.^  "Esther [Whitney], d. Peter & Marcy*, b. 1 Nov 1778 (* Perhaps "Marey")," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Ashford 4:100.

20.^  "---dia, d. Peter & Marcy*, b. 10 Feb 1781 (*perhaps Marey)," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Ashford 4:100.

21.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

22.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

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