Family:Whitney, Jonas (1756-1803)

Jonas⁶ Whitney (Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), born Harvard, May 3, 1756; married Relief Holt.

He was a member of the company commanded by Capt. David Moore, from Bolton, in the Revolutionary war, and participated in the reoccupation of Rhode Island, 25 Oct 1779. On his return home the following year, 1780, he was elected one of the town comittee on correspondence and safety. In 1786 he was elected selectman. With four others he built the first acqueduct in Harvard, in Nov., 1796, laying wood pipes to carry water to his residence from a spring near by. Jonas Whitney's widow's dower: She is appointed and authorized on oath to appraise all the real estate whereof Jonas Whitney, late of Harvard, deceased, left and to set off to the widow, Relief Whitney, her thirds, 4 Feb 1804. He died 26 Nov 1803; resided Harvard, Massachusetts.

Children of Jonas⁶ Whitney:

i.	Zebudah7 Whitney, born 28 Feb 1782.
ii.	Jonas Whitney, born 10 Jun 1784; died Norfolk, Virginia, 23 Sep 1807.
iii.	Nabby Whitney, born 25 Mar 1786; died unm.
iv.	Rachel Whitney, born 17 Apr 1788; married ----- Russell.
v.	Sally Whitney, born 26 Oct 1789; married John Ellis.
vi.	Levi Whitney, born 23 Aug 1793; married Mary -----. She died 1889. He kept the Commercial Coffee House in Boston, Massachusetts.
vii.	Relief Whitney, born 4 Nov 1799; married 31 Oct 1826, Gillum Barnes, born Mar. 5, 1800; he died 11 Mar 1884; she died 25 Feb 1870. Ch.: Francis Gillum, born 5 Aug 1829; married Lydia J. Coombs, 1 Mar 1854; died May 31, 1888; George Henry, born 8 Jul 1831; married Georgiannia Hartwell, 31 Oct 1855; P. O. address, Brighton, Massachusetts; Luther Edward, born 2 Feb 1834; married H. Louisa Hale, 10 Jan 1861; died 21 Nov 1869; Theodore Loring, born 5 Jul 1836; died 4 Apr 1864; Mary Metcalf, born 25 Mar 1839; married Horace Blaney, 28 Jun 1866, P. O. address, Georgetown, Florida; Levi Whitney, born 4 Feb 1841; married Laura E. Cook, 25 Dec 1863; died 5 Sep 1869.
viii.	Sophronia Whitney, born 3 Sep 1802; married John Ellis.
ix.	Infant Whitney, born -----; died 4 Aug 1780.

References

1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 166.

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