William Whitney (1678 - 1754)

Born 28 Feb 1678 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Perham) Whitney — married 16 Mar 1699 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Husband of Margaret (Mirick) Whitney — married 27 Apr 1717 in Newton Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 May 1754 at age 76 in Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut

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Biography

William Whitney was born in Watertown, Massachusetts on 28 Feb 1677/78 to Joshua Whitney and Abigail Tarbell ^[1][2]

He married first, in about 1699, Lydia (Perham; 1673-1716). Three children are listed in the captions of their online memorial sites:

• William Whitney Jr. (1701-1761)
• Lydia Whitney (1710-)
• Joshua Whitney (abt.1714-)

After the death of his first wife, 22 Aug 1716 at Groton, Massachusetts, William Whitney married second, in 1717, Margaret (Mirick; 1682-1757). Their children were:

• John Whitney (1718-1793)
• Elizabeth Whitney (1719-)
• Caleb Whitney (1721-1760)
• Mary (Whitney) Williams (1724-1800)

William Whitney died 4 May 1754 in Lebanon, Connecticut ^[3]. His grave is in Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London, Connecticut ^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Ward. Robert L. Whitney Research Group. Retrieved from: http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Main_Page
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (20 May 2022), Entry for William Whitney, 28 Feb 1677; citing Birth, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
3. ↑ Sexton's Records, 1733-1927, of Goshen Cemetery in Lebanon, Connecticut (Connecticut State Library) [1]
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45349532/william-whitney: accessed 03 August 2022), memorial page for William Whitney (28 Feb 1677–4 May 1754), Find A Grave: Memorial #45349532, citing Goshen Cemetery, Lebanon, New London County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).

• Hutchins, Marvin Clayton. Nicholas Hutchins of Lynn and Groton, Massachusetts, and His Descendants: With a Genealogy of Allied Families. Santa Clarita, CA: C. Boyer, 3rd, 1989. pg 333.

• Contributions of The Lowell Historical Society (Lowell, Mass., 1907) Vol. 1, Page 306 William Whitney, Groton, son of Joshua and Abigail (Tarbell) Whitney; born February 26, 1677-78; died in Plainfield, Conn. in 1754.