Josiah Whitney (1731 - 1806)

Born 11 Sep 1731 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Farr) Whitney — married after 9 Sep 1751 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Sarah (Dwelly) Whitney — married 3 Feb 1774 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 24 Jan 1806 at age 74 in Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Colonel Josiah Whitney served with 2nd Regiment, Worcester County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.

Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Whitney served with 5th Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Josiah Whitney is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 319249
Rank: Colonel

Josiah Whitney is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A125185.

Josiah Whitney was born on September 11, 1731 in Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. His parents were Richard Whitney and Hannah Whitcomb. ^{[citation needed]}

He married Sarah Farr on September 09, 1751. ^{[1] [2]}

Together they had these children: ^{[3] [2]}

1. Josiah Whitney, b. 1753.
2. Elizabeth Whitney, b. 1755.
3. Steven Whitney, b. 1757.

He married Sarah Dwelly on February 03, 1774. ^{[3] [2]}

Together they had these children: ^{[3] [2]}

1. Sarah Whitney, b. 1775.
2. Oliver Whitney, b. 1776.
3. Artemus Whitney, b. 1778.
4. Susanna Whitney, b. 1780.
5. Dwelly Whitney, b. 1782.
6. Lemuel Whitney, b. 1784.
7. Daniel Whitney, b. 1785.
8. John Whitney, b. 1788.
9. Moses Whitney, b. 1791.

Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Whitney marched on the alarm of 1775 in Colonel Asa Whitcomb's Regiment, and on the 25th of that month was engaged to hold the same rank under Colonel Asa Whitcomb in the Provincial Army where he served through the year. On Jan. 23, 1776, he was Colonel of the Second Worcester County Regiment, one of the six regiments raised to serve before Boston until April 1, 1776. April 10, 1776 he was Colonel of a regiment raised to fortify the town and harbor of Boston, and to be stationed at Boston under General Artemas Ward. The regiment was stationed at Camp Howe. On April 17, 1777 he was nominated to command one of two regiments destined for Rhode Island. In August 1777 he was Colonel of a regiment which marched on the alarm of Bennington. In the Rhode Island campaign in August 1778 he was Colonel of a Regiment comprising 630 rank and file in Brigadier General Titcomb's Brigade. In 1779 he was Colonel of the Second Worcester County Regiment in Brigadier General Jonathan Warner's Brigade. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Colonel Josiah Whitney commanded the 2nd Worcester MA Regiment. In 1776 he had total 616 men, with 555 fit for service, others on furlough or sick, one dead. In Cambridge MA 25 Feb 1776, 24 privates, 8 ensigns ...by 3 March 1776 only 503 were fit for service, 101 were sick, now only 23 privates. At 10 April 1776 Paul Revere was a Major in this regiment. ^[11]

Josiah Whitney died on January 24, 1806 at age 74 years, 4 months, and 13 days in Ashby.^[12]

He is buried in West Cemetery in Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850
4. ↑ DAR
5. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
6. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
7. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
8. ↑ United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783
9. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
10. ↑ Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution
11. ↑ National Archives; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Service Records of Soldiers who Served in the American Army During the Revolutionary War; Record Group Title: War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records; Record Group Number: 93; Series Number: M881; NARA Roll Number: 478
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Josiah's tombstone is on findagrave.com

• Ancestry.ca US to Canada Immigration index
• Ancestry.ca Profile, US Sons of the American Revolution membership application

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 2021-11-15), "Record of Josiah Whitney", Ancestor # A125185.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131113808/josiah-whitney : accessed 15 November 2021), memorial page for Josiah Whitney (11 Sep 1731–24 Jan 1806), Find A Grave: Memorial #131113808, citing West Cemetery, Ashby, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by DASG (contributor 48025799) .

• Stearns, Ezra. History of Ashburnham, Massachusetts (Town of Ashburnham, Mass., 1887); p. 958, p. 148, p. 151, p. 205

• The Massachusetts Magazine (Salem, Mass., 1908-1918); Vol. 7, No. 2, p. 58

• "Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch; citing Military Service, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America, Massachusetts State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilms 2,021,240 2,021,242 2,021,780 2,026,994 2,030,397 2,030,578 2,031,605 2,031,790 2,047,279 2,047,280 2,056,760.
  • Lt. Col. Josiah Whitney, Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt., stationed at Cambridge: 9 May 1775 19 May 1775 20 May 1775 25 May 1775 5 Jun 1775 5 Jun 1775 6 Jun 1775 Sep 1775
  • Col. Josiah Whitney, 2nd Worcester County Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, men from Lancaster, Harvard, Bolton, Princeton
    • 1776 1776 12 Jan 1776 2 Feb 1776 2 Feb 1776 2 Feb 1776
    • 05 Feb 1776 co. from Rutland, Hutchinson, etc. commanded by Capt. John Bowker, joined Whitney's regt to reinforce army
    • 08 Feb 1776 request of Council, dated Dorchester, to deliver commissions to Capt. Seth Washburn and officers in his co.
    • 08 Feb 1776 communication to Council at Watertown, dated Dorchester, commissions be given to Capt. White and officers in his co.
  • Defense of town and harbor, Boston, Camp at Hull
    • Apr 1776 payroll, Capt. Josiah Smith's co. for April/July 1776; defense of town and harbor of Boston
    • 10 Apr 1776 House of Rep. commissioned Josiah Col. of regt. to fortify town and harbor, to be stationed at Boston under Gen. Ward.
    • 10 Apr 1776 muster and pay roll of field officers for April 10 to August 1, sworn to at Hull
    • 10 Apr 1776 list of field officers of Mass. Militia, 1st regt. April 10, for defense of Boston
    • 10 Apr 1776 letter, dated Lancaster, recommending Gershom Flagg of Lancaster be commissioned adjutant
    • 17 Apr 1776 communication to Council recommending adjutant and quartermaster for his regt.
    • May 1776 payroll of Capt. Seth Stower's independent co. under his command, service May,June,July in defense of seacoast, dated Hull
    • 18 May 1776 muster and pay roll of Capt. Jonathan Carriel's co. service from May 18 to August 1
    • 20 May 1776 24 May 1776
    • 26 May 1776 Pvt. Oliver Plympton, Sturbridge, Capt. Jonathan Carriel
    • 28 May 1776 04 Jun 1776 13 Jun 1776
    • 13 Jun 1776 Capt. Nathaniel Winslow, co. rec. for advance pay, dated Point Shirley
    • 18 Jun 1776 Capt. William Warner, co. rec. for advance pay, dated camp at Hull
    • 19 Jun 1776 Pvt. Demps Squiers, rec. for advance pay, Capt. Samuel King's co., roll sworn to in Suffolk Co., residence Sandwich
    • 19 Jun 1776 rec. for advance pay, for non-comm. officers and privates in Capt. Samuel King's co.,
    • 19 Jun 1776 rec. for advance pay, for non-comm. officers and privates in Capt. Zebedee Redding's co.
    • 19 Jun 1776 Pvt. Thomas Macumber, rec. for advance pay, Capt. Zebedee Redding; residence Taunton
    • 19 Jun 1776 return of effectives, dated Hull
    • 20 Jun 1776 payroll of Capt. Nathaniel Winslow's co., paymaster David Jeffries, Lt. Col. Ephraim Jackson
    • 20 Jun 1776 payroll Capt. Aaron Guild's co.
    • 25 Jun 1776 Pvt. Clark Carlton, Lunenburg, Capt. Aaron Guild
    • 21 Jun 1776 Jul 1776 01 Jul 1776 13 Jul 1776 13 Jul 1776 15 Jul 1776 25 Jul 1776 31 Jul 1776 Aug 1776 01 Aug 1776
    • 01 Aug 1776 Capt. Abishai Brown, dated camp at Hull
    • 01 Aug 1776 Pvt. David Matthew, Capt. Nathaniel Winslow
    • 01 Aug 1776 Capt. Joseph Trufant's independent company
    • 01 Aug 1776 01 Aug 1776 01 Aug 1776 01 Aug 1776 01 Aug 1776
    • 01 Aug 1776 Pvt. Thomas Macumber, Capt. Zebedee Redding, reported d. Sept. 19
    • 01 Aug 1776 1 Aug 1776 1 Aug 1776 15 Aug 1776
    • 30 Aug 1776 communication to Richard Devens, Commisary General, signed also by Surgeon Edward Durant, Lt. Col. Ephraim Jackson, requesting vegetables due to illness from too much salted meats.
    • 30 Aug 1776 30 Aug 1776 31 Aug 1776 02 Sep 1776 07 Sep 1776
    • 7 Sep 1776 Jacob Skinner, Surgeon's Mate 7 Sep 1776
    • 14 Sep 1776 Daniel Harris, service in Capt. Brown's co., dated Boston
    • 14 Sep 1776 16 Sep 1776 23 Sep 1776 23 Sep 1776
    • 02 Oct 1776 Capt. Samuel Hill, under Lt. Col. Ephraim Sawyer with northern army
    • 21 Oct 1776
    • 29 Oct 1776 petition, dated Hull, requesting his regiment be placed on same footing as other regts and receive Continental pay
    • 30 Oct 1776 30 Oct 1776 petition signed by Josiah Ellis and others regarding delay in rejoining regt. at Hull due to weather etc...
    • Nov 1776 Nov 1776 Nov 1776 Nov 1776 Nov 1776 Nov 1776 01 Nov 1776 01 Nov 1776 01 Nov 1776 01 Nov 1776
    • 01 Nov 1776 Pvt. Oliver Gould, Dedham, Capt. Aaron Guild
    • 14 Nov 1776
    • 24 Nov 1776 Capt. Joseph Trufant
    • 30 Nov 1776
    • Dec 1776 Capt. Samuel Read Jr., dated Uxbridge, for service at the Jersey's
    • 01 Dec 1776 06 Dec 1776
    • 20 Dec 1776 order on selectmen of Harvard for milage due to Edward Durant and Elisha Skinner, dated Watertown
  • service in Rhode Island
    • 04 Apr 1777 Capt. William Tucker, dated Charlton
    • 04 May 1777 Capt. Isaac Martin, service at RI under Gen. Spencer
    • 4 May 1777 4 May 1777 Capt. Israel Trow, service at RI
    • 05 May 1777 Capt. Edmund Hodge, service at RI
    • 5 May 1777 5 May 1777 Capt. William Henry, service at RI
    • 9 May 1777 Pvt. Nathaniel Francis, Medford, Capt. Stephen Dana, service at RI
    • 9 May 1777 9 May 1777 Capt. Stephen Dana, service at RI, dated South Kingston
    • 10 May 1777 Pvt. Benjamin Easterbrook, Westford, Capt. John Minot, service at RI, dated Warwick
    • 10 May 1777 Cap. John Minot, service at RI, dated Warwick Neck
    • 10 May 1777 Pvt. John Stevens, Groton, Capt. John Minot, dated Warwick Neck
    • 13 May 1777 Pvt. Comfort Chaffee, Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter, marched from Rehoboth to Point Judith in South Kingston
    • 13 May 1777 Capt. Nathaniel Carpenter
    • 13 May 1777 Capt. Joseph Palmer
    • 14 May 1777 14 May 1777 Pvt. Gideon Stanly, Capt. Israel Trow, service at RI
    • 14 May 1777 14 May 1777 Pvt. George Stanley, Capt. Israel Trow
    • 20 Jun 1777 Capt. Joseph Sargent, milage roll
    • Jul 1777 04 Jul 1777 Pvt. William Carpenter, Capt. Israel Trow, service at RI
    • 4 Jul 1777
    • 22 Jul 1777 Pvt. Manasseh Sawyer, Capt. Hezekiah Whitney, marched on alarm to RI
    • 1 Aug 1777 Capt. Jesse Wyman, RI
  • Marching on alarm to Bennington, service with Northern army. (may be a detachment under command of Lt. Col. Ephraim Sawyer?)
    • 19 Aug 1777 19 Aug 1777 Capt. Samuel Hill, marched on alarm from Harvard to Bennington
    • 21 Aug 1777 Capt. Solomon Stuart, marched on alarm to Bennington
    • 21 Aug 1777 Capt. Seth Newton, marched on alarm to Bennington, from Southborough to Hadley on horses by order of Brigadier
    • 22 Aug 1777 Capt. William Greenleaf 26 Aug 1777, Bennington
    • 22 Sep 1777 field and staff officers who marched and served 25 days at the Northward per order of General Court
    • 01 Oct 1777 Capt. James Mirick service under Lt. Col. Ephraim Sawyer with Northern Army
    • 26 Oct 1777 Capt. Samuel Hill, marched from Harvard service under Lt. Col. Ephraim Sawyer with Northern army
  • Rhode Island, cont.
    • 12 Nov 1777 Capt. John Minot, service at RI, dated Warwick Neck
    • 28 Nov 1777 Capt. Philip Hathway, RI 29 Nov 1777
    • 1778 1778 1778 mustered to serve 9 mos.
    • 02 Jan 1778 return by Capt. Jonathan Houghton, dated Bolton, to serve in CA 3 yrs.
    • 19 May 1778 return by Lt. Daniel Rugg, dated Lancaster, to serve in CA 9 mos.
    • 21 May 1778 return by Capt. Solomon Stuart, dated Lancaster, to serve in CA
    • 21 May 1778 return by Capt. Manassseh Sawyer, dated Lancaster, to serve in CA
    • 22 May 1778 return by Capt. Fortunas Eager, dated Lancaster, to serve in CA
    • 25 May 1778 return by Capt. Jonathan Houghton and David Nurse to Maj. Silas Bailey at Bolton, to serve in CA 9 mos.
    • 29 Jul 1778 payroll Capt. Calvin Partridge, marched and served at RI, raised in Plymouth
    • 29 Jul 1778 Pvt. Charles Otes, Capt. Joseph Clift, raised in Plymouth and marched/served in RI
    • 29 Jul 1778 Capt. Robert Earl's (Dartmouth) co. service at RI
    • 29 Jul 1778 Capt. Rufus Barney, service at RI
    • 30 Jul 1778 Capt. Manassseh Sawyer, service at RI
    • 30 Jul 1778 Capt. Israel Hick's and his 2 Lts. service at RI, sworn to Bristol Co.
    • 30 Jul 1778 Capt. Reuben Sibley service at RI, dated Sutton
    • 31 Jul 1778 Capt. Joshua Whitney, service at RI, dated Worcester
    • 08 Aug 1778 Brigade order, dated Little Compton, regt. to parade and await orders
    • 11 Aug 1778 return of effectives, 621 men
    • 15 Aug 1778 return of effectives, 500 men
    • 21 Aug 1778 with Lt. Col. Wood and Maj. Williams field officers for the day, dated HQ
    • 26 Aug 1778 return of effectives, 723 men
    • 28 Aug 1778 return of effectives, 627 men, dated before Newport
    • 31 Aug 1778 return of effectives, 635 men, dated Tiverton
    • Sep 1778 payroll Capt. Calvin Partridge, RI
    • 04 Sep 1778 return of effectives, 621 men, dated Pawtuxet Falls, Cranston
    • 13 Sep 1778 payroll Capt. Daniel Gilbert, RI
    • 13 Sep 1778 orders, dated Pawtuxet, to guard cornfields
    • 03 Feb 1779 general return, Worcester Co. regiments
    • 17 Jun 1779 1st Lt. Jacob Moore, 8th co. Capt. Jona. Marriam, 2nd Worcester Co. regt.
    • 25 Jun 1779 list of 9mos. men mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master Worcester Co.
    • 25 Jun 1779 list of men mustered for service in RI by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master Worcester Co.

• Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (Wright & Potter Printing Co., Boston, 1896); Vol. 17, p. 235-6

• "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-8XW4 : 2 March 2020), Josiah Whitney and Sarah Farr, 9 Sep 1751; citing Marriage, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG1K-46HZ : 2 March 2020), Josiah Whitney and Sarah Farr, 9 Sep 1751; citing Marriage, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011040.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPF-Z65 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney, 9 Sep 1751; citing Marriage, Ashby, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011173.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP86-TK52 : 19 April 2021), Josiah Whitney and Sarah Farr, 9 Sep 1751; citing Marriage, Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011038.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJQ : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Josiah Whitney, 25 Feb 1753; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJ4 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Elizabeth Whitney, 7 May 1755; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJZ : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Stephen Whitney, 1 May 1757; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7D-XWG : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney, 3 Feb 1774; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH7D-VQ4 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Sarah Dwelly, 3 Feb 1774; citing Marriage, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJ6 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Sarah Whitney, 11 Apr 1775; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJN : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Oliver Whitney, 9 Jan 1777; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJK : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Artemas Ward Whitney, 17 Nov 1778; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJG : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Susanna Whitney, 2 Oct 1780; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJR : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Dwelley Whitney, 2 Aug 1782; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZJB : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Lemuel Whitney, 19 Sep 1784; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZVQ : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for John Hancock Whitney, 13 Dec 1788; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.
  • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4JL-ZV4 : 10 November 2020), Josiah Whitney in entry for Moses Gill Whitney, 4 Feb 1791; citing Birth, Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009632.

• "United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-W39V : 20 February 2021), Josiah Whitney, 10 Apr 1776; citing 10 Apr 1776, Massachusetts, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,321.
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-GL4H : 20 February 2021), Josiah Whitney, 13 Dec 1776; citing 13 Dec 1776, Massachusetts, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,320. Captain William Tucker's co. payroll
  • (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DG-GLXJ : 20 February 2021), Josiah Whitney, 13 Mar 1777; citing 13 Mar 1777, Massachusetts, United States, citing NARA microfilm publication M246. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Services, 1980. FHL microfilm 830,320. Captain William Tucker's co. payroll with full roster

• "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPMC-SLJH : 1 March 2021), Josiah Whitney, May 1775; citing Military Service, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 103140774. Lt. Col. of Whitcomb's Mass. Regt. May-Dec 1775; Col. Mass. Militia 1776, 1777; d. 1806.

• Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (NEHGS, Boston, Mass., 1917); p. 111-8, p. 231 "Josiah, Capt., and Sarah Dwelly, Feb. 3, 1774.", p. 319

• Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass., 1911); p. 225 "Josiah and Sarah Farr, int. Sept. 9, 1751."

• Pierce, Frederick Clifton. The descendants of John Whitney, who came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, 1895); p. 48, p. 85-8

• Whitney Research Group; [http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Josiah_(1731-1806) Josiah Whitney (1731-1806)

• Heitman, Francis Bernard. Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army During the War of the Revolution (W.H. Lowdermilk & Co., Washington, DC, 1893)
  • p. 33 Lt. Col. in Whitcomb's
  • p. 434 Lt. of Whitcomb's
  • p. 102 Ebenezer Brown, Sgt. in Whitney's

• “To John Adams from James Warren, 2 June 1776”, Founders Online, National Archives, . [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 4, February–August 1776, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1979, pp. 231–234.]; Whitney's regiment is "yet half full"

• Heath, William, 1737-1814, and Rufus Rockwell Wilson. Heath's Memoirs of the American War. New York: A. Wessels Company, 1904.; p. 118