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| − | '''Benjamin Whitney''' ([[Family:Whitney, John (1659-1673)|John]]), born Watertown, 6 Jun 1643; married probably at York, Me: Jane -----. She died 14 Nov 1690; married 2d, [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, Errors#26-3|11 Apr 1695]], Mary Poor of Marlboro.
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| − | The early records of York, Maine, were destroyed by the Indians in the memorable massacre of 1692, and there are now no records of this ancient town, which was originally called Agamenticus, from a mountain in the northern part of the town. In 1632 the inhabitants signed articles of submission to Massachusetts and at that time there were no persons by the name of Whitney residing there.
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| − | The first record I can find of Benjamin in Maine is in 1662-6-8 he witnessed at York an agreement of John Doves, He was at Cocheco, Maine, near Dover, in 1667-8. April 13, 1674. The selectmen of York laid out 10 acres of upland to Benjamin. His father desired that he should return to Watertown and settle with him on the homestead during his lifetime, promising him his house and barn and all his land about home if Benjamin would do so. This property consisted of about 17 acres, bounded by land of John Sherman, William Bond and Martin Underwood, which promise John confirmed by deed April 15, 1670. Benjamin and Jane, March 9, 1671, with the consent of their father John, sold to his brother Joshua for £40 his right in his father's estate ("the mansion house of John Whitney") obtained as above stated. As will be seen by this Benjamin did not then return to Watertown, but continued to reside in York.
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| − | In 1685 Benjamin and Jane Whitney, of York, sell to Jonathan Saywood for £10 and 14s, "a certain tract and parcel of land which I have improved, possessed and have builded a small tenant upon ----- these several years," which was granted by the town of York in 1680, and ten other acres granted by the town of York in 1674, as stated above. It is probable that his wife died about this time and soon after, leaving his young children with relatives of his wife, he returned to Watertown and soon located in Sherborn, near the Natick town line. He married his second wife in Marlboro in 1695 and lived on land belonging to Harvard College, which he leased of Gov. Danforth. In [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, Errors#27-1|1718]] he received a legacy of 10s, per annum from his nephew, Benjamin, son of his brother Jonathan. He died in [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, Errors#27-1|1723]], resided York and Cocheco, Maine, and Sherborn, Massachusetts
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| − | | [[Family:Whitney, John (1678-?)|'''John''']], born in York abt. 1678; [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, Errors#27-2|married Letty Ford]].
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| − | | [[Family:Whitney, Jonathan (1680-1753)|'''Jonathan''']], born in 1681; married Susanna [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, Errors#27-3|Whitney]].
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| − | | [[Family:Whitney, Benjamin (?-?)|'''Benjamin''']], born -----; married Mrs. Esther Maverick.
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| − | | [[Family:Whitney, Joshua (1687-1734)|'''Joshua''']], born 21 Sep 1687; married Hannah Rockwood.
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| − | | [[Family:Whitney, Isaac (?-1749)|'''Isaac''']], b.-----; married Elizabeth Bridges.
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| − | 1. All data imported from [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 26|Frederick Clifton Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'', (Chicago: 1895), pp. 26-27]].
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| − | Copyright © 2006, The Whitney Research Group
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