Betsey (Whitney) Wetherbee (abt. 1722 - 1790)

Born about 1722 in Harvard, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Phineas Wetherbee — married 5 Mar 1741 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 5 Jul 1790 at about age 68 in Boxborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Betsey (or Betty) Whitney was the daughter of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard.^[1] She was born about 1722 (aged 68 at 1790 death), probably in Harvard, Massachusetts. No birth record has been found.

Betsey Whitney of Harvard was married to Phineas Wetherbee of Stow on 5 March 1740/1 in Harvard, Massachusetts^[1] by Rev. John Seccomb.^[2][3] Their marriage was also recorded in Stow, Massachusetts. Phineas and Betty had the following children born in Stow:

• Oliver, born 9 April 1743^[4]
• Phineas, born 4 February 1744^[5]
• Sarah, born 11 November 1748^[4]
• Betty, born 11 February 1753^[4]
• Israel, born 18 July 1756^[4]

Betty Wetherbee died in Boxborough, Massachusetts on 5 July 1790 and is buried at North Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Whitney: The Descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. Chicago, IL: F.C. Pierce, 1895, p. 49. Ancestry Sharing Link (free access) - Ancestry Record 15255 #45 ($). Also at Archive.org
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHBQ-MHH : 20 May 2022), Phineas Wetherbee, 5 Mar 1740; citing Marriage, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011039.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-46M4 : 18 October 2022), Phineas Whitney and Betsey Whitney, 5 Mar 1740; citing Marriage, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHV2-NTY : 20 May 2022), Phineas Wetherbee 1716 birth and birth of his 4 children (see image); citing Birth, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony; FHL microfilm 007011039. Children of Josiah and Sarah Wetherbee or Wetherby.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FZVY-F7G : 15 January 2020), Phineas Wetherbee, 1744. (no original birth record found)
6. ↑ Find a Grave (has image), Find A Grave: Memorial #73030316, Memorial page for Betty Wetherbee (1722-5 Jul 1790), citing North Cemetery, Boxboro, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Denise (contributor 46820671).