Family:Whitney, Robert (c1536-1590)
Robert Whitney, son of Nicholas Whitney of Saffron Walden, Essex, was born about 1536, and died between 17 Aug and 17 Dec 1590, Thetford, Norfolk.
He married Jane -----, who survived her husband. License of marriage granted to George Somerset, Esq., of Wickhambrook, in Suffolk, and Jane Whitney, of Thetford, widow, 11 Jun 1591 (Registry Office, Bury St. Edmunds).[1]
Member of Parliament for Thetford in 1584.[2]
1590, June 17. -- Robert Whitney licensed to convey the manor of Bottomflock, in Thetford, co. Norfolk.[3]
Will of Robert Whitney of Thetford, County Norfolk, gent. Will dated August 17, 1590. Desires to be buried in the church of St. Peter at Thetford. Wife, Jane. Sons, Francis and George, not twenty-one. Daughter, Anne. To his brothers, Henry, Thomas the elder, Thomas the younger, and George, 40s. each to buy them rings for a remembrance. To his brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas Stuteville and his wife, testator's sister, 40s. each for rings. To Mr. John Sheringe and Edward Eaden, 20s. each for rings. Proved December 17, 1590.[4]
Children of Robert and Jane (-----) Whitney:
i. Francis Whitney, b. aft. 1569. ii. George Whitney, b. aft. 1569. iii. Anne Whitney.
References
^ Henry Austin Whitney, The First Known Use of Whitney as a Surname: Its Probable Signification, and Other Data (Boston, MA: Henry Austin Whitney, 1875), p. xv.
^ Henry Austin Whitney, Memoranda Relating to Families of the Name of Whitney in England, (Boston: 1859), p. 11.
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