Jane Whitney (1669)

Born 29 Sep 1669 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Daughter of Benjamin Whitney 1643 – 1723 and Jane Poor 1648 – 1690. On 4 Jan 1693 in Sherborn, MA she Married Jonathan Morse 1667 – 1717 son of Jonathan Morse Lt 1643 – 1727 and Mary Barbour 1644 – 1726.

Children:

Abagail Morse 1695 – 1739

Isaac Morse 1698 – 1721

Paul Morse 1700 – 1760

Jane Morse 1703 –

Eunice Morse 1706 – 1785

Abiah Morse 1711 – 1793

Note: The previously entered death date was the marriage date not her death date.

Sources

• Watertown Records of BMD

Morse, Abner. Memorial of the Morses: containing the history of seven persons of the name, who settled in America in the seventeenth century : with a catalogue of ten thousand of their descendants : to which are added biographica sketches of many of their number. (Boston: William Veazie, 1850), p 20. link

"Jane-3 WHITNEY (Benjamin-2, John-1), daughter of Benjamin and Jane (-----) WHITNEY was born 29 Sep 1669, Watertown, MA; died after 1710/1." Cites the Watertown Records.

"She married 4 Jan 1693, Sherborn, MA, Jonathan MORSE, son of Lieut. Jonathan and Mary (BARBOUR) MORSE. He was born 11 Jul 1667, Sherborn, MA, and died after 1710/1." Cites Early Massachusetts Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1897-1914).

"Children of Jonathan and Jane (WHITNEY) MORSE, all b. at Sherborn, MA" -- Abigail; Isaac; Paul; Jane; Eunice; and Abi. link main link direct

Hill, Don Gleason, Editor. The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths, and Intentions of Marriage: in the Town of Dedham, Massachusetts, Volumes 1 & 2. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Marriage

U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Marriage

Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth

U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 2 citations provide evidence for Name, Birth

Jane Whettny, d. Benjamin & Jane Whettny, b. 29 7mo 1669," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Book of Town Proceedings, with the Land Grants and Possessions. Also, the Proprietors' Book, and the First Book of and Supplement of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1894), vol. 1, p. 32.

This marriage does not appear any of in the published vital records of Massachusetts. "Jonathan Morss & Jane Whitney, [married] 4 Jan. 1692/3," according to Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages, as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols., Sherborn; also 4 Jan 1693/4, according to Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston; to Which is Appended the Early History of the Town. With Illustrations, Maps, and Notes (2nd ed., Watertown, MA: 1860), p. 645.

"Jonathan [Morse], s. of Jonathan and Mary, [born] July 11, 1667," according to Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).

"Abigail [Morse], d. of Jonathan and Jean, [born] Apr. 23, 1695," according to Baldwin, Thomas W., ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).

"Isaac [Morse], s. of Jonathan and Jean, [born] Mar. 27, 1698," according to Sherborn Vital Records.

"Paule [Morse], s. of Jonathan and Jane, [born] Feb. 14, 1700-1," according to Sherborn Vital Records.

"Jane [Morse], d. of Jonathan and Jane, [born] Jan. 5, 1703-4," according to Sherborn Vital Records.

"Unis [Morse], d. of Jonathan and Jane, [born] Aug. 10, 1706," according to Sherborn Vital Records.

"Abi [Morse], d. of Jonathan and Jane, [born] Jan. 7, 1710-1," according to Sherborn Vital Records. References Not Consulted

Some of the Descendants of John & Elinor Whitney, William L. Whitney, (EF#41, SN#46, 3 Mar 1977).

Whitney: The Descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Mass. in 1635, Frederick Clifton Pierce, (EF#29, SN#31, 26 Feb 1977).

Find a Grave for her father: Find A Grave Memorial# 112990642 http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112990642

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