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ANCESTRY OF EVA BELLE KEMPTON

  6 ly. I give unto my son Joshua Whitney: twenty acres of my land called devedend: and a cubard and a liffle table and a cheste and a great kittle and a warming pan and a skillit.

  7 ly. I give unto my son Benjamin Whitney: the old mare if she live:

  8 ly. My wili is yt what of my estate be left over after all is paid out as abeve sd namely of my movables yt it be equally divided betweene my executors and I doo nominate and apoynt my well beloved son John Whitney and Joshuah Whitney; to be my executors to this my Will and testament and doo desire my loving frind Wililam Bond Senior: to see yt this my will be performed according to ye true intent of it as is aforesaid and doo set to my hand this 3rd of Aprill: 1673.

This is an Inventory of ye estate of Mr. John Whitnie Senior: taken this 4th of June, 1673: by us whose names are hereunto subscribed.

Imprs:
Wearing cloths.
a sad colorid Sute coat and breeches:	1.10.0
ye rest of bethe linin and woolin and shoos
stoclins hats gloves: being much wome:	2.10.0
ye bed whereon he lay with all the furniture
thereunto belonging	5.0.0
three pillow beers three sheets and three small
old table cloaths	1.0.0
an old fether bolster and fether pillow	0.12.0
A sea chest	0.14.0
two old chests an old trunk an old box and
an old cubard	0.14.0
two old tables one forme four old chairs	1.0.0
three pewter platters and basson a sacer an
old great pot an old pewter bode and a
chamber pot	0.12.0
a brass kitle 2 brass skillits a brass skimer
a warming pan a small brass morter a litle
ladle of brass	1.2.0
an iron pot and pot hooks a tramell a iron kitle
a spit a smoothing iron and two old frieing pans	1.5.0
three earthen vessells a great grater two cheeny dishes
a dozen of trenchers a wooden dish three chees moals	0.3.0
a small trevet a paire of tongs and a small paire
of scalls pund and haif ain weights a spindle for
a wheele and a iron bullet	0.2.0
a churne and other lumber	0.5.0
foure cows	10.0.0
two oxen	9.10.0
an old mare	2.10.0
an old saddle and pillon	0.10.0
an old paire of hoops and boxes for a cart a
peire of iron pins for ye extree a paire of

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lince pins and washers	0.10.0
a chaine a iron bar a spoone of iron an old adze a set
for a saw 2 wedges and an iron pin for a cart
a hay crouse and other old iron	0.12.0
a grind stone with ye iron to it	0.4.0
an old hame a cart rope an old bage 2 old cushions	0.12.0
fifty acres of land called dividend	25.0.0
three acres of meadow at Beever brooke with an acre
and half of upland to it	20.0.0
an acre of meadow called plaine meadow	10.0.0
a forke and shovall	0.2.0
also...	0.14.0
Joseph Underwood
William Bond
Nathan Fiske Senior.
At a court at Charlestown 17.4.1673
Sworn by ye executors (Middlesex Probate #24680)

Children, surname WHITNEY:

i.	MARY2, baptized Isleworth, Middlesex 23 May 1619; buried St Mary Aldermary, London 15 February 1626/7.
ii.	JOHN, baptized Isleworth, Middlesex 14 September 1621; died Watertown 12 October 1692 (WVR 1:65); married Watertown circa 1643 RUTH REYNOLDS, born say 1620s, living 27 May 1695 when her daughters mention the reversion of what may be left by their mother (Middlesex Probate #24681), daughter of Robert and Mary (_____) Reynolds.   John served in King Philip's War (Bodge, 171).   Children, all named in their father's will, surname Whitney: 1) John, born Watertown 17 September 1643 (WVR 1:10) 2) Ruth, born Watertown 15 2mo 1645 (WVR 1:12) 3) Nathaniel, born Watertown 1 l2mo 1646/7 (WVR 1:12) 4) Samuel, born Watertown 28 Smo 1648 (WVR 1:13) 5) Mary, born Watertown 23 2mo 1650 (WVR 1:14) 6) Joseph, born Watertown 15 January 1651/2 (WVR 1:15) 7) Sarah, born Watertown 17 March 1653/4 (WVR 1:16) 8) Elizabeth, born Watertown 9 June 1656 (WVR 1:18) 9) Hannah, named in her father's will (Middlesex #24681) 10) Benjamin, born Watertown 28 9mo 1660 (WVR 1:23)
iii.	RICHARD, baptized Isleworth, Middlesex 4 January 1623/4; living Stow, MA 8 April 1691 when he petitioned the General Court to be dismissed from military service being now above seventy years of age, and not being able to serve in the capacity of a soldier (Middlesex Co. Court 1690-143-I); married Watertown 19 1mo

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	1650/1 (WVR 1:15) MARTHA COLDHAM, born say 1630s, living 30 June 1672 when her last child was born.   Children, surname Whitney: 1) Sarah, born Watertown Smo 1653 (WVR 1:17) 2) Moses, born Watertown 1 6mo 1655 (WVR 1:17) 3) Johanah, born Watertown 16 limo 1656[/7] (WVR 1:18) 4) Deborah, born Watertown 12 October 1658 (WVR 1:20) 5) Rebecca, born Watertown 15 December 1659 (WVR 1:22) 6) Richard, born Watertown 13 January 1660/1 (WVR 1:22) 7) Elisha, born Watertown 26 August 1662 (WVR 1:24) 8) Ebenezer, born Watertown 30 June 1672 (WVR 1:35)
iv.	NATHANIEL, born say 1626; died after 1635 when he came to the Massachusetts Bay Colony with his parents.
v.	THOMAS, baptized St Mary Aldermary, London 10 December 1627; died Watertown, MA 20 September 1719 (WVR 2:65); married Watertown 11 lImo 1654/5 (WVR 1:17) MARY KEDEL, born say 16305, died after 30 January 1673/4 when her last child was born.   Thomas served in King Phillip's War (Bodge, 375).   Children, surname Whitney: 1) Thomas, born Watertown 24 6mo 1656 (WVR 1:18) 2) John, born Watertown 19 May 1659 (WVR 1:21) 3) John, born Watertown 22 6mo 1661 (WVR 1:22) 4) Eleazer (twin), born Watertown 7 2mo 1662 (WVR 1:24) 5) Elnathan (twin), born Watertown 7 2mo 1662 (WVR 1:24) 6) Mary, born Watertown 22 10mo 1663 (WVR 1:25) 7) Bezaleel, born Watertown 16 7mo 1665 (WVR 1:27) 8) Sarah, born Watertown 23 March 1666/7 (WVR 1:28) 9) Mary, born Watertown 6 August 1668 (WVR 1:31) 10) Isaiah, born Watertown 16 September 1671 (WVR 1:35) 11) Martha, born Watertown 30 January 1673/4 (WVR 1:37)
vi.	MARGARET, baptized St Mary Aldermary, London 25 December 1629; evidently died before 1635 when her family sailed for the Massachusetts Bay Colony and she did not appear on the passenger list.
+ vii.	JONATHAN, born about 1635.
viii.	Deacon JOSHUA, born Watertown, MA 15 February 1635/6 (WVR 1:4); died Groton, MA 1 August 1719, age 83 years (GVR, 278); married first LYDIA (_____); married second say 1669 MARY (_____), died Watertown 17 March 1671 (WVR 1:35); married third Watertown 30 September 1672 (WVR 1:36) ABIGAIL TARBELL, who served as executrix of John's estate in 1719 (Middlesex Probate #24703), daughter of Thomas and Mary (_____) Tarbell.   Joshua's 1713 will identifies many of his children who were not otherwise recorded (Middlesex Probate #24703).

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	Children with first or second wife, surname Whitney: 1) Joshua, born Groton 14 June 1665 (GVR, 252) 2) Sarah, born Groton 10 October 1668 (GVR, 252) 3) Hannah, born say 1670; wife of Thomas Wood, deceased by 1713   Children with third wife, surname Whitney: 4) Abigail, born say 1673; wife of John Hutchins, deceased by 1713, had children John and 3 daughters (first child born 14 September 1698 in Groton [GVR]) 5) Mary, born Groton 1 5mo 1675 (GVR, 252) 6) William, born Watertown 28 February 1677/8 (WVR 1:43) 7) Cornelius, born say 1680; m by 1715, named in father's will 8) David, born say 1682; named in father's will 9) Eleanor, born say 1684; m by 1701/2 Samuel Shepard of Plainfield, CT, named in father's will 10) Elizabeth, born say 1686 (based on marriage in 1706/7 [GVR 2:18]); named in father's will 11) Martha, born say 1688 (based on marriage in 1708/9 [GVR 2:18]); named in father's will
ix.	CALEB, born Watertown, MA 12 July 1640 (WVR 1:8); may have died young.
x.	BENJAMIN, tailor, born Watertown, MA 6 4mo 1643 (WVR 1:11); died Sherborn, MA 26 March 1723 (SVR, 227); married first Watertown or York, ME say 1669 JANE (_____), died Sherborn 14 November 1690 (SVR, 228); married second Marlborough 13 April 1696 (MVR, 396) MARY POORE.   Children with first wife, surname Whitney: 1) Jane, born Watertown 29 7mo 1669 (WVR 1:32) 2) Benjamin of Framingham 3) Jonathan of Sherborn 4) John of York 5) Nathaniel, born York 14 April 1680 (LND, 750) 6) Joshua, born Sherborn 21 September 1687 (SVR, 94).

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