Family:Whitney, Hannah (1689-1768)
Hannah4 Whitney (Nathaniel3, John2, John1), daughter of Nathaniel3 and Sarah (Hagar) Whitney,[1] was baptized 10 Mar 1688/9 at Watertown, MA,[2] and died 31 Dec 1768, Lincoln, MA, in her 79th year.[3]
Hannah "of Watertown" married, 11 Oct 1708, Marlborough, MA, Nathaniel Billing "of Concord",[4] son of Nathaniel and Jane (Goodenow) Billing.[5] He was born 29 May 1688, Concord, MA,[6], and died 21 Feb 1769, Lincoln, MA, in his 80th year.[7]
On 15 Jan 1734/5, daughter Hannah Billing was named as a heir in the estate of her father.[8]
Children of Nathaniel and Hannah4 (Whitney) Billing, all born Concord, MA:
i. Thomas Billing, b. 9 May 1712;[9] m. Sarah (?Fay?). ii. Jane Billing, b. 10 Dec 1714;[10] no further record. iii. Hannah Billing, b. say 1717;[11] m. Silas Fay. iv. Grace Billing, b. 15 Apr 1720;[12] m. Jacob Baker.
References
1.^ Her parentage is proven by her baptismal record at Watertown, her father's estate records, and her marriage record.
2.^ "10 Mar 1688/9, Hannah, d. of Nathanaell Whitney, bapt.," according to Watertown Records, Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697 to 1737. Also, Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819, (1906), p. 127.
3.^ "Hannah [Billing], w. Nathanel, [died] Dec. 31, 1768, in 79th y.," according to Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908).
4.^ "Hannah [Whittney] of Watertown and Natthaniell Billins of Concord, [married] Oct. 11, 1708," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1908), p. 326.
5.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record.
6.^ Town of Concord, Concord, Massachusetts. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Boston, MA: Todd, 1895).
7.^ "Nathanel [Billing], [died] Feb. 17, 1769, in 80th y.," according to Lincoln Vital Records.
8.^ Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,731.
9.^ Concord Vital Records.
10.^ Ibid.
11.^ Her presence in this family is from the L.D.S. International Genealogical Index. The birth date is an estimate based on her marriage date and the birth dates of her siblings.
12.^ Concord Vital Records.
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