Francis Whitney (abt. 1598 - 1643)

Ancestors

Died Aug 1643 at about age 45 in Westminster, Middlesex, England

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Biography

Francis Whitney, son of Thomas and Mary (Bray) Whitney, was baptized 27 Jan 1598/9 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, England and was buried 26 Aug 1643 at St. Margaret's, Westminster.

He married, perhaps not far from 1625, Elizabeth -----, parentage and birth data unknown. She was buried at St. Margaret, Westminster, 15 January 1670[/1]

On 22 May 1637, (Francis) he and his brother Robert Whitney were appointed adminstrators of their father's estate.

In her will, Elizabeth requested that she be buried "by her husband and two children at the west end of the new Chappel by the greate window" (Dean and Chapter of Westminster 6:48).

Children of Francis and Elizabeth (-----) Whitney:

i. (child) Whitney, buried at St. Margaret's, as specified in its mother's will.

ii. (child) Whitney, buried at St. Margaret's, as specified in its mother's will.

Baptism

27 Jan 1598/9

St. Margaret's, Westminster, England

Death

Aug 1643

Westminster, England

Burial

26 Aug 1643

St. Margaret's, Westminster.

Marriage

abt. 1625

Elizabeth -----(Unknown name) Possible Marsh

NOTATED records:

"There is a marriage recorded at St. Margaret's, Westminster, on 14 Oct 1630 of a Francis Whitly to Elizabeth Marsh. It is possible that this is the marriage of the above Francis Whitney, with a scribal error.

Parish register of St. Margaret's, Westminster,"[1]>

Prior GEDCOM information

Name: Francis /Whitney/^[1]

Birth:

Date: BET 1601 AND 1624^[2]

Source: Footnote: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #6293, Date of Import: Apr 13, 1997

FOOT Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #6293, Date of Import: Apr 13, 1997

Imported only 1601 from Birth Date and marked as uncertain.

Death:

Date: 1643

Place: WESTMINSTER, England^[3]

Source: Footnote: Brøderbund WFT Vol. 3, Ed. 1, Tree #6293, Date of Import: Apr 13, 1997

Date of Import: Apr 13, 1997

Reference

Reference: 16591

1. ↑ Source: #S14873 Data: Text: Date of Import: Feb 11, 2001
2. ↑ Source: #S14873 Data: Text: Date of Import: Feb 11, 2001
3. ↑ Source: #S14873 Data: Text: Date of Import: Feb 11, 2001

• Source: S14873 Title: Beadle-McKnight2.GED NOTESource Medium: Other CONT

Sources

• WRG Whitney Research Group

:Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group

• Archive:Great Britain, Vital Records > Parish Register, St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Copied by Allan E. Green, from the transcriptions in the Society of Genealogists Library, to supplement the ones found in the Registers themselves in the Library of Westminster Abbey.