Family:Whitney, Nicholas (s1505-b1590)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchNicholas Whitney, parentage unknown.
Lived in Saffron Walden, Essex.
Children, mentioned in the will of his son Robert Whitney of Thetford, co. Norfolk:[1]
i. Robert Whitney, m. Jane -----. ii. Henry Whitney, mentioned in his brother Robert's will, 1590. iii. Thomas Whitney the Elder, mentioned in his brother Robert's will, 1590. Will of Thomas Whitney the elder of Brook Walden (Saffron Waldern, Essex.) The date is 1602 and he is described as 'gent.': he mentions his wife Elizabeth, brother Thomas, and brother-in-law Thomas Stuteville.[2] He m. Elizabeth -----. iv. Thomas Whitney the Younger, mentioned in his brother Robert's will, 1590, and his brother Thomas the elder's will, 1602. v. George Whitney, mentioned in his brother Robert's will, 1590. v. Anne Whitney, m. Thomas Stuteville, mentioned in her brother Robert's will, 1590.
References
1.^ 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.
2.^ Thomas K. Butcher, The Pedigree of Whitney, reproduced in "The Whitney Family in Connecticut" by Stephen Whitney Phoenix: an investigation.
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