Family:Whitney, Johanna (1729-?)
Johanna5 Whitney (Daniel4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), daughter of Daniel4 and Dorothy (Tainter) Whitney, was born 20 Sep 1729, Watertown, MA,[1] and was baptized 19 Sep 1736, Watertown, MA.[2]
She married, 20 Sep 1750, Watertown, MA, John Cook "both of Watertown",[3] son of Stephen and Hannah (Fuller) Cook. He was born 31 Mar 1724, Watertown, MA.
Pierce says the following:[4]
- JOANNA [WHITNEY], b. Sept. 20, 1729; m. Sept. 20, 1750, John COOKE, b. Mar. 31, 1724; res. Watertown. Ch.: Daniel, b. May 22, 1752; Daniel, b. Mar. 25, 1754; m. Esther COOK; Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1756; m. Edmund FOWLE, Jr.; John, b. Sept. 12, 1757; m. Susanna -----; Lucy, b. Nov. 29, 1759; Israel, b. Oct 21, 1761; Stephen.
Children of John and Johanna5 (Whitney) Cook, all born Watertown, MA:
i. Daniel Cook6, b. 22 May 1752; d. before 25 Mar 1754, Watertown, MA. ii. Daniel Cook, b. 25 Mar 1754; m. 1 Nov 1779, Waltham, MA, Esther Cooke. iii. Mary Cook, b. 27 Apr 1756; m. 11 May 1772, Watertown, MA, Edmund Fowle, son of Edmund and Abigail5 (Whitney) Fowle, as his first wife. iv. John Cook, b. 12 Sep 1757; m. circa 5 Aug 1781, Newton, MA, Susanna Fuller, daughter of Joseph and Mindwell (Stone) Fuller. v. Lucy Cook, b. 29 Nov 1759. vi. Israel Cook, bapt. 21 Oct 1761; m. 21 May 1795, Watertown, MA, Sarah Robbins. vii. Stephen Cook, b. circa 1763.
References
1.^ "Johanna Whitney, d. Daniel & Dorothy Whitney, b. 20 Sep 1729," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Fourth Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, from 1738 to 1822 (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, c1903), volume 3, page 116.
2.^ "19 Sep 1736, Simon, Daniel, Joanna, Abigail, Mary, Dorothy, ch. of Daniel Whitney, bapt.," according to Watertown Records, Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697 to 1737. Also, Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819 (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1906), volume 4, page 142.
3.^ "John Cook & Joanna Whitney, b. of Watertown, m. 20 Sep 1750," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Fourth Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, from 1738 to 1822 (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, c1903), volume 3, page 133.
4.^ Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 45.
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