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Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

Key

G.R.1. - gravestone record, Wrentham Centre Cemetery.

Births

Vol. I, Pages 221-222

WHITNE

Hannah, d. of Josiah and Mary, July 11, 1710.

Jonathan, s. of Josiah and Mary, June 16, 1703.

WHITNEY

Adeliza T., d. Moses and Nancy (Mann), Nov. 27, 1811.

Benjamin Franklin, s. of Benjamin and Hepzibah, in Sherborn, Sept. 29, 1808.

Charles Henry, s. of Silas and _____, Feb. 20, 1849.

Charlotte, d. of Moses Esq. and Nancy, Oct. 4, 1801.

Ellen Maria, d. of Col. Moses and Nancy, Feb. 7, 1807.

Esther Mann, d. of Col. Moses and Nancy, June 20, 1803.

George Eliab, s. Eliab and Catharine T., July 24, 1847.

Harriet Augusta, d. of Eliab and Catharine T., Apr. 6, 1842.

Horace Messinger, s. of Eliab and Catharine T., in Dedham, Apr. 1839.

Horace Messinger, s. of Silas and Ann, May 30, 1846.

Irene Morse, d. of Eliab and Catharine T., in Franklin, Mar. 3, 1837.

James, s. of Benjamin and Hepzibah, June 9, 1811.

Jonathan, s. of Jonathan and Thriphene, Mar. 9, 1729-30.

Lucius, s. of Lewis H. and Susan F., of Milford, ----- [prob. 1847].

[NOTE: This was Lewis Hervey⁶ Whiting, b. 7 Jan 1809, Wrentham, son of Hervey⁵ and Susan (Fairbanks) Whiting (Lewis⁴, Eliphalet³, John², Nathaniel¹).--RLW]

Martha Messinger, d. of Eliab and Catharine T., Feb. 3, 1845.

Mary, d. of Jonathan and Tryphene, Jan. 8, 1727-8.

Priscilla, d. of Jabez and Exper[i]ence, Feb. 4, 1774.

Silas Jefferson, s. of Silas and Ann Hardy, May 25, 1843.

Tryphena, d. of Jonathan and Rebekah, Mar. 9, 1753.

WHITTNE

Abigaell, d. of Josiah and Mary, May 22, 1708.

Josiah, s. of Josiah and Mary, Feb. 21, 1698.

Marriages

Vol. II, Pages 396-397

WHITING

Eliab, and Catherine Hardy, Jan. 1, 1836.

WHITNEY

Abigail and Preserved Hall, Sept. 10, 1729.

Adeliza T. and Edmund J. Felt, Nov. 10, 1837. [Int. not recorded.]

Bethiah and Thomas Jones, both of Medway, Oct. 1, 1750.

Ellen Maria and Henry J. Wild of Minersvile, Pa., May 11, 1835.

Frances M. and Ira [C]leaveland Esq. of Dedham, May 16, 1837. [Int. not recorded.]

Jonathan and Tryphene Daniell, Nov. 1, 1726.

Jonathan, Capt., and Rebekah Dunten, June 10, 1752.

Josiah and Abigail Marten of Dorchester, Nov. 3, 1713. In Dorchester.

Julia Ann and Benjamin Allen Tillinghast, Nov. 29, 1821.

Mary and James Whiting, Nov. 28, 1805.

Molly and Luther Follet of Cumberland, Oct. 4, 1796.

Nancy M. and Charles E. Hart, int. Nov. 18, 1838. [NOTE]

Nancy W. and Joseph T. Tillinghast of East Greenwich, R,I., June 30, 1828. [Int. not recorded.]

Olive and John Hall Jr., Jan. 3, 1799.

[NOTE: She was probably Olive⁶ Whiting, b. 28 Dec 1778, Wrentham, MA, daughter of Elkanah⁵ and Dorcas (-----) Whiting (Elkanah⁴, Ephraim³, Samuel², Nathaniel¹).--RLW]

Otis, widr., of Augusta, Me., s. of Nathan and Susan, a. 40y. and Sarah Catherine Jackson, d. of Laban and Mary Ann, a. 21y., Oct. 13, 1846.

Salama of Attleborough, and Joel H. Slack, int. Oct. 1, 1828.

Silas and Anna Hardy, Nov. 9, 1835. [Int. not recorded.]

Trypheney and Abel Witherel, Nov. 1, 1770.

Deaths

Vol. II, Pages 514-515

WHITNE

[torn]ill, d. of Josiah, Nov. 24, 1711.

Mary, w. of Josiah, July 18, 1710.

WHITNEY

[torn], d. of Josiah and Mary, Apr. 24, 1719.

[A]bigail, d. of John Sr. and Mary, Nov. 8, 1725.

    [Note: This was Abigail³ Whiting, daughter of John² and Mary (Billings) Whiting [Nathaniel¹]. --RLW]

Abigail, wid. of _____, Dec. 6, 1734.

Charlotte, d. of Moses Esq. and Nancy, Mar. 4, 1802, a. 5m.

Hannah Tillinghast, d. Col. Moses and Nancy, Feb. 26, 1804, in her 5th y.

Horace Mesinger, s. of Eliab, Feb. 10, 1845, a. 4y. 10m. 7d. Lung Fever.

Jonathan, s. of Jonathan and Tryphene, May 7, 1730, (a. 1m. 28d. G.R.1.).

Jonathan Esq., Apr. 21, 1768 (in his 65th y., G.R.1.).

Josiah, Dec. 29, 1717, (in his 53d y., G.R.1.).

Josiah, Nov. 17, 1748 (a. 51y., G.R.1.).

Moses, Col., Apr. 10, 1826, a. 70y.

Nancy, wid. (of Moses, G.R.1.), d. of David Mann, Sept. 15, 1847, a. 80y. Dysentery.

Rebekah, wid. of Jonathan Esq., Dec. 15, 1814, in her 88th y.

Tryphena, w. of Capt. Jonathan, Sept. 24, 1748 (a. 45y. G.R.1.).

1841-1910

From "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

Births

Whitney, Charles Henry, birth, 1849, vol. 36, p. 104:

[number] 36; [birthdate] Feb. 20, 1849; [date of record] --; [name] Charles Henry Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Wrentham; [parents] Silas Whitney; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, Ellen, birth, 1895, vol. 449, p. 605:

[number] 10; [birthdate] May 15; [date of record] Feby. '96; [name] Ellen Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Wrentham; [parents] Harry N. & Mary J. Lacey; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Laborer; [birthplace of father] Medway; [birthplace of mother] Taunton.

Whitney, George Eliab, birth, 1847, vol. 29, p. 157:

[number] 46; [birthdate] July 24, 1847; [date of record] Jan. 23, 1848[name] George Eliab Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] --; [parents] Eliab & Catharine T. Whitney; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, Horace Messinger, birth, 1846, vol. 23, p. 152:

[number] 15; [birthdate] May 30, 1846; [date of record] May 31, 1847; [name] Horace Messinger Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] --; [parents] Silas & Ann Whitney; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, John J., birth, 1896, vol. 458, p. 615:

[number] 15; [birthdate] Augt. 4; [date of record] --; [name] John J. Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Wrentham; [parents] Harry N. & Mary J. Leary; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Laborer; [birthplace of father] Medway; [birthplace of mother] Taunton.

Whitney, Martha Mason, birth, 1845, vol. 11, p. 130:

[number] 14; [birthdate] February 15, 1845; [date of record] May 31, 1845; [name] Martha Mason Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] --; [parents] Eliab Whitney & Catharine H. Whitney; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, Silas Jefferson, birth, 1843, vol. 5, p. 152:

[number] [24]; [birthdate] May 25, 1843; [date of record] May 31, 1844; [name] Silas Jefferson Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] --; [parents] Silas Whitney & Ann Handy Whitney; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, Smith, birth, 1851, vol. 52, p. 237:

[number] 67; [birthdate] June 1851; [date of record] --; [name] Smith Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Wrentham; [parents] Silas & Ann Whitney; [residence of father] Wrentham; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Medway; [birthplace of mother] Warren.

Marriages

Whitney, Charles A., marriage, 1887, vol. 380, p. 390:

[number] 18; [marriage date and place] October 19th, No. Attleboro; [date of record] Jan'y, 1888; [groom] Charles A. Whitney; [residence] No. Attleboro; [age] 23; [occupation] Salesman; [birthplace] Cumberland, R.I.; [parents] Aaron & Adeline C.; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Josie A. Heaton; [residence] Wrentham; [age] 23; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Franklin; [parents] Albert W. & Nancy A.; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] H. H. Osgood, Minister of the Gospel, Wrentham (Plainville).

NOTE: The surname should be Whiting, not Whitney. He was Charles Aaron⁸ Whiting, b. 4 Jul 1864, Cumberland, RI [Aaron⁷, John⁶, Aaron⁵, John⁴, Nathaniel³, Timothy², Nathaniel¹].

Whitney, Otis, marriage, 1846, vol. 25, p. 120:

[number] 10; [marriage date and place] October 13, 1846; [date of record] November 20, 1846; [groom] Otis Whitney; [residence] --; [age] 40; [occupation] Merchant; [birthplace] Augusta, Me.; [parents] Nathan & Sarah Whitney; [number of marriage] Widower; [bride] Sarah Catherine Jackson; [residence] --; [age] 21; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Wrentham; [parents] Laban & Mary Ann Jackson; [number of marriage] Single; [officiant] Willliam L. Brown, a clergyman, Wrentham.

Deaths

Whitney, Ellen, death, 1895, vol. 455, p. 568:

[number] 42; [death date and place] Augt. 15, Medway; [date of record] --; [name] Ellen Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Single; [age] - 3 -; [cause] Marasmus; [residence] Wrentham; [occupation] None; [birthplace] Taunton; [parents] Henry & Mary; [parents' birthplaces] -----, Taunton; [buried] --.

Whitney, Horace Messinger, death, 1845, vol. 15, p. 82:

[number] 18; [death date and place] Feby. 10, 1845; [date of record] May 31, 1845; [name] Horace Messinger Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] --; [age] 4 10 7; [cause] Lung fever; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Wrentham; [parents] Eliab & ----- Whitney; [parents' birthplaces] --; [buried] --.

Whitney, Nancy [Mann], death, 1847, vol. 33, p. 139:

[number] 17; [death date and place] September 15, 1847; [date of record] June 26, 1848; [name] Nancy Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widowed; [age] 80 - -; [cause] Dysentery; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Wrentham; [parents] David Mann; [parents' birthplaces] --; [buried] --.

Whitney, Susan [Mann], death, 1855, vol. 94, p. 174:

[number] 6; [death date and place] Aug. 8; [date of record] --; [name] Susan Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widow; [age] - - -; [cause] Heart complaint; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Medfield; [parents] Rufus & ----- Mann; [parents' birthplaces] --; [buried] --.

Whitney, Timothy P., death, 1853, vol. 76, p. 189:

[number] 31; [death date and place] November 30, 1853, Wrentham; [date of record] --; [name] Timothy P. Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Married; [age] 68 10 -; [cause] Paralysis; [residence] --; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Douglas; [parents] Moses & Hannah P. Whitney; [parents' birthplaces] --; [buried] --.

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