Family:Whitney, Lydia (1695-1790)

Lydia⁴ Whitney (John³, Jonathan², John¹), daughter of John³ and Mary (Hapgood) Whitney, was born 18 Apr 1695, Sherborn, MA,^[1] and died Nov 1790, Athol, MA, in the 91st year of her age.^[2]

Lydia married, 4 Apr 1713/4, Framingham, MA, Richard Haven,^[3] son of Moses and Mary (Ballard) Haven. He was born 8 Jan 1691/2, Framingham, MA, or 28 Jan 1692/3, Lynn, MA, and died 3 Aug 1770, Athol, MA.

Pierce says the following:^[4]

LYDIA [WHITNEY], b. Apr. 18, 1695; m. Feb. 4, 1713, Richard HAVEN, b. Jan. 8, 1692, in Framingham; he d. at Athol, Aug. 3, 1770. They were admitted to the church there May 12, 1717.

Ch.: Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1714; m. Seth BALLARD; Hannah, b. June 10, 1716; m. Isaac FISK; Mary, b. June 5, 1718; m. John HILL; Sarah, b. June 5, 1718, d. July 10, 1718; Sarah b. Sept. 11, 1719; m. Isaac HILL; Richard, b. Dec. 12, 1722; Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1724; m. Ebenezer BULLARD; Dea. John, b. May 7, 1726; m. Mar. 27, 1746, Susannah DRURY; he was dea. of Athol church; she was b. Feb. 2, 1722; Rebecca, b. Mar. 25, 1728, d. Jan. 10, 1729; Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 1730; Jonathan, b. May 3, 1732, res. Athol; Simon, b. Mar. 5, 1734; Elias, b. Feb. 19, 1735, d. July 2, 1735; Simon res. Athol.

Children of Richard and Lydia⁴ (Whitney) Haven, all born Framingham, MA:

i.	Lydia Haven, b. 10 Feb 1714/5; m. Seth Bullard.
ii.	Hannah Haven, b. 10 Jun 1716; m. Isaac Fiske.
iii.	Mary Haven, b. 5 Jun 1718; m. John Hill.
iv.	Sarah Haven, b. 5 Jun 1718; d. 10 Jul 1718, Framingham, MA.
v.	Sarah Haven, b. 11 Sep 1719; m. Isaac Hill.
vi.	Richard Haven, b. 16 Dec 1722; d. 3 Aug 1770, Athol, MA, at age 47.
vii.	Elizabeth Haven, b. 24 May 1724; m. Ebenezer Bullard.
viii.	John Haven, b. 7 May 1726; m.(1) Susannah Drury; m.(2) Martha Perkins.
ix.	Rebecca Haven, b. 26 Apr 1728; d. 10 Jan 1729, Framingham, MA.
x.	Daniel Haven, b. 1 Feb 1730; m. Hannah Wood.
xi.	Jonathan Haven, b. 3 May 1732; m. Hannah Baldwin.
xii.	Simon Haven, b. 5 Mar 1734[3/4]; d. 14 Apr 1734, Framingham, MA.
xiii.	Simon Haven, b. 2 Jul 1735; m. Ruth Baldwin.
xiv.	Elias Haven, b. 19 Feb 1735; b. 2 Jul 1735 at Framingham, MA; d. 2 Jul 1735, Framingham, MA.

References

1.^  "Lydya [Whitney], d. of John and Sarah, [born] Apr. 18, 1695," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).

2. Athol VRs

3. Framingham VRs

4.^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 34.

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