John Whitney (1716 - abt. 1774)

Born 27 Nov 1716 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret (Coffin) Whitney — married [date unknown] in Nantucket, Massachusetts

Husband of Jerusha (Knowles) Whitney — married 20 Sep 1739 in Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died about 1774 at about age 57 in York County, Maine

Biography

John Whitney was born 27 November 1716 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Whitney and Sarah Ford Whitney.

He married three times - and had children by all his wives:

• First, in September 1739, in Eastham, Massachusetts to Jerusha Knowles, daughter of Samuel and Bethia Brown Knowles.

• Second, about 1744-1745 in Nantucket, Massachusetts to Mrs. Margaret Coffin Gardner, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Coffin) Coffin and widow of Shubael Gardner. John and Margaret had children Mary, Sarah, Margaret and John Coffin Whitney, the last two certainly born in York, Maine.

• Third, about 1753, in York, Maine to Mrs. Hepzibah Adams (formerly Adams), daughter of Hezekiah and Mary (Weare) Adams and widow of Richard Adams.

John Whitney was a physician. In many of the deeds he executed in Maine, he described himself as a physician as he did in this 1759 conveyance that secured Hepzibah's inheritances: " John Whitney of York, York Co., Province of Massachusetts Bay, physician, sends greetings.."

Dr. John Whitney died sometime between January 1774 - when he sealed a deed - and October 1775 when the widow Hepzibah Whitney sealed a deed regarding her dower rights.

Sources

• "John [Whitney], s. of Nathaniel and Sarah, [born] Nov. 27, 1716," Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).

• "John [Whitney], Dr., of Harwich, and Mrs. Jerushah Knowls of Eastham, int. 25 Aug 1739," Louise H. Kelley and Dorothy Straw, Vital Records, Town of Harwich, Massachusetts, 1694-1850 (Harwich, MA: Harwich Historical Society, 1982).

• "John [Whitney] of Harwich and Jerusha Knowls of Eastham, [married] Sept. 20, 1739, in Eastham, by Mr. Joseph Crocker, an ordained Minister in Eastham," "Vital Records of Eastham, Massachusetts," Mayflower Descendant, XVII, XIX.

• "Josiah [Whitnee], s. Dr. John, [born] Nov. 7, 1741," according to Eastham Vital Records.

• "John [Whitney], M.D., of Boston and Margaret Coffin, d. Maj. Josiah and Elizabeth (Coffin), [married] ___ *, P.R.38," according to Vital Records of Nantucket, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1925-1928).

• "John Whitney his Children born of his Wife Margaret the Daughter of Josiah Coffin Esqr. of Sherbourn on the Island of Nantucket," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

• "Margaret Whitney [d. of Dr. John and Margaret (Coffin)] born in York July 22d. 1749," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

• The Whitney Research Group, York County, Maine Registry of Deeds, Alfred, Maine, Grantor Books, 43, 46.

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 October 2017, 17:33), entry for John Whitney(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVV6-XMQ); contributed by various users.

• Dr. John Whitney in entry for Hephzibah Whitney, "Maine births and Christenings, 1739-1900"

• Barney Genealogical Record, Nantucket Historical Association. Person ID I2190.

• Coffin, Louis, ed. The Coffin Family. (Published by Nantucket Historical Association, Nantucket, Mass., 1962). Page 122
• Source: S412514222 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Record Collection 1030Ancestry Family Tree