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1620 - 1692 (72 years)
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Name |
John Whitney |
Born |
1620 |
England |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
12 Oct 1692 |
Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA |
Person ID |
I831 |
Bishir Family |
Last Modified |
10 Nov 2022 |
Father |
John Whitney, b. 1589, Westminster (London), England , d. 1 Jun 1673, Watertown, Mass. (Age 84 years) |
Mother |
Elinor, b. Abt 1599, England ? , d. 11 May 1659, Watertown, Mass. (Age ~ 60 years) |
Married |
England |
Family ID |
F461 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ruth Reynolds |
Married |
1642 |
Children |
| 1. Hannah Whitney |
| 2. John Whitney, b. 17 Sep 1643, Watertown, MA |
| 3. Ruth Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1645 |
+ | 4. Nathaniel Whitney, b. 1 Feb 1645/46, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA , d. 7 Jan 1731/32, Weston, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 85 years) |
| 5. Samuel Whitney, b. 26 Jul 1648, Watertown, MA |
| 6. Mary Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1650 |
| 7. Joseph Whitney, b. 15 Jan 1650/51 |
| 8. Sarah Whitney, b. 17 Mar 1652/53 |
| 9. Elizabeth Whitney, b. 9 Jun 1656 |
| 10. Benjamin Whitney, b. 28 Jun 1660 |
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Last Modified |
10 Nov 2022 |
Family ID |
F460 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- He was admitted freeman May 26, 1647 ae. 23; was selectman, 1673-80, inclusive. The will of Robert REYNOLDS, of Boston, dated Apr. 20, 1658, mentions his dau. Ruth WHITNEY and her eldest son; his dau. Sarah MASON and her son Robert. John's estate was admr. upon by Ruth and sons, John and Benjamin. Inventory dated Oct. 25, 1692, taken by Elnathan BEERS and Thomas HAMMOND. It embraced 18 lots or parcels of land amounting to 210 acres and prized at 197:15. It embraced one lot of 17 acres, "purchased of father Arnold." His will was not proved, it was written Feb. 27, 1685, subscribed in the year 1690. This will, written by himself, though informal and not on record, may be found, in the files at the Middlesex Probate office and provides inter alia as follows: "If any of my sonnes or sone-inlaws or daughters be quarelsom by going to Law or troublesom to the brethren. they shall lose the share of what I have bequeatted them. I desire they should in love to God and one toward anothr." Mr. WHITNEY first settled (1643) and always resided on a three-acre lot on the east side of Lexington street, on land granted to E. HOW, and the next lot south of the residence of the PHILLIPS family, and is probably the same lot occupied by his great-grandson, Bradshaw WHITNEY. The ground is somewhat elevated, and there is little doubt that it is the "WHITNEY Hill" sometimes mentioned in the records, Dr. BOND thinking it very probable that his supposition, p. 1031, respecting this hill, is incorrect. In 1675, in a warrant issued to the people of Watertown (just a few months prior to the attack on Sudbury) for impressing twenty soldiers with provisions, arms and ammunition and good clothing for the defense of the colony, Capt. Hugh MASON made a return, and in the list is found the names of John WHITNEY, Sr., and Moses WHITNEY (the latter was probably his nephew).
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