Deacon
John
Whitney
Born in Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of William Whitney
and Margaret (Mirick) Whitney
Brother of
William Whitney Jr. [half], Lydia Whitney [half], Joshua Whitney [half], Elizabeth Whitney, Caleb Whitney and Mary (Whitney) Williams
Husband of
Elizabeth (Adams) Whitney
— married
6 Aug 1744 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut,
Descendants 
Died
at age 75
in Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Jul 2016
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Biography
Deacon John Whitney. Born 30 JAN 1718. Plainfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, USA.
Died 13 NOV 1793. Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA. Cemetery: Under Mountain
Marriage Husband Deacon John Whitney. Wife Elizabeth Adams. Child: Elijah Whitney. Child: Betsey Whitney. Child: John Whitney. Child: Ruby Whitney. Marriage 06 AUG 1744. Lebanon, New London, Connecticut, USA.
Sources
- Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F726-9QD : 16 January 2020), Deacon John Whitney,
- Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3W-KQCJ : 21 September 2019), John Whitney, 6 Aug 1744; citing Marriage, Lebanon, Windham, Connecticut, British Colonial America, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272262.
- http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_John_(1718-1793)
- Find A Grave, database and images, accessed 24 February 2020), memorial page for John Whitney (30 Jan 1718–13 Nov 1793, Find A Grave: Memorial #34590359, citing Under Mountain Cemetery, Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Linda Mac (contributor 47062703) .
- Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Microfilm, 508 rolls. volume 320
- Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1034&h=63146&tid=&pid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=OHI395&_phstart=successSource
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ernest Whitney
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #90584 - Johnny Whitney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #882201
- Curtis Whitney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #8223
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~0.78%
George Kellogg :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A417177 [compare], Ancestry member geokellogg
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