Archive Talk:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 44
p. 44, #282: Sarah5 WHITNEY was born 19 Aug 1723, not 29 Aug 1723, according to Stratford, CT, vital records, volume LR2, page 487a. She and Daniel FOOTE had eight children born in Stratford and Newtown, CT.
p. 44, #280: Edward and Mary5 (WHITNEY) OSBORNE had two children born in Stratford, CT, and one in Fairfield, CT.
p. 44, #284: Samuel5 WHITNEY married secondly Martha HOWES.
p. 44, #89: John4 WHITNEY married secondly, 28 Nov 1754, Weston, MA, Beriah (BEMIS) (CHILD) PIERCE, daughter of John and Mary (HARRINGTON) BEMIS, and widow of Daniel CHILD and Joseph PIERCE. Beriah did not marry his cousin John4 WHITNEY [Benjamin3, John2, John1], #98 on page 44. This John WHITNEY died 11 Nov 1760, Weston, MA, according to Weston vital records
p. 44, #288: John5 WHITNEY married, 6 Oct 1737, Weston, MA, Bethia CUTTER. She did not marry John4 WHITNEY [Benjamin3, John2, John1], #98 on page 44. They had two sons John6 and Ephraim6, neither treated by Pierce.
p. 44, #290: Joseph5 and Mary (CHILD) WHITNEY had nine children recorded in Weston and Worcester. One of them was Abijah6 WHITNEY, whom Pierce misplaces as #826 on page 150. Another is Mary6 WHITNEY, whom Pierce misplaces as #785 on page 71.
p. 44, #92: Benjamin4 WHITNEY was born 31 Jan 1684/5, not 30 June 1684, according to Watertown vital records, volume 1, page 56. Probably he was the father by Sarah PHILLIPS of an illegitimate daughter Susanna5 WHITNEY, born 28 Sep 1705, died 28 Nov 1705, Watertown, MA, according to Watertown vital records, volume 2, page 31.
p. 44, #291: Joseph5 WHITNEY married secondly, Elizabeth GODDARD. She did not marry his son Joseph6 WHITNEY, #823 on page 150.
p. 44, #292: Benjamin5 WHITNEY married Rebecca -----, and had eight children, which Pierce has erroneously assigned to his uncle Benjamin4 WHITNEY, #96 on page 44. There is a discussion of this matter available.
p. 44, #293: Samuel5 WHITNEY married secondly, Lydia PRENTICE. This marriage is tentatively assigned by Pierce to #298 on page 44.
p. 44, #96: Benjamin4 WHITNEY did not marry Rebecca -----, but instead died 13 Nov 1713, Watertown, MA, unmarried. It was a cousin Benjamin5 WHITNEY [Benjamin4, Joseph3, John2, John1], #292 on page 73 who married Rebecca -----. There is a discussion of this matter available.
p. 44, #295: Mary5 WHITNEY married 15 Feb 1759, Worcester, MA, Jonathan SAWIN, according to Worcester vital records. They had nine children, some born in Worcester, some in Westminster, and some not recorded.
p. 44, #296: Benjamin5 WHITNEY did not go to Norwalk, Conn. Instead he married 29 Jan 1765, Newton, MA, Sarah WHITE, according to Newton vital records. They had a son Amos6 WHITNEY, born in Worcester, MA.
p. 44, #298: It was not this Samuel WHITNEY who married Lydia PRENTICE, but instead she was the second wife of Samuel5 WHITNEY, #293 on page 44. Instead, this man married firstly, 24 Nov 1762, Newton, MA, Mary WHITE, according to Newton vital records. They had six children born in Worcester, MA. Then he married secondly, (intentions 27 Oct 1805, Westminster, MA; intentions 1 Oct 1805, Templeton, MA) Mrs. Hannah WETHERBEE of Westminster.
p. 44, #300: Henry5 WHITNEY was not a child of this family. Instead, this baptism belongs to Henry6 WHITNEY, #874 on page 76, who is the same as #328 on page 78.
p. 44, #301: Lydia5 WHITNEY married 16 Apr 1766, Worcester, MA, Josiah BOYDEN, according to Worcester vital records.
p. 44, #98: John4 WHITNEY married only one wife, Susan -----. Bethia CUTTER married instead John5 WHITNEY [John4, Joseph3, John2, John1], #288 on page 44, and Beriah (BEMIS) (CHILD) PIERCE married instead John4 WHITNEY [Joseph3, John2, John1], #89 on page 44. The estate of John4 WHITNEY was probated on 18 May 1776, according to Middlesex County probate records, File #24685, and the following heirs were cited: Abraham, Ezekiel, and Stephen WHITNEY. Since there is no mention of the other children or their heirs, it may be inferred that all the others had died without surviving issue.
p. 44, #303: This Susanna5 WHITNEY was the one who married firstly, 27 Jul 1749, Watertown, MA, John WARREN, according to Watertown Vital Records, volume 3, page 125. They had four children baptized in Watertown, according to Bond's Watertown, volume 1, page 625 and Watertown Vital Records, volume 4. Then she married secondly, 5 May 1771, Watertown, MA, John DEAN, according to Watertown Vital Records, volume 3, page 157. Neither she nor her heirs were mentioned in the citation of heirs in her father's probate, 18 May 1776, so one might infer that she had died without surviving issue before that date, despite the four Warren children. On the other hand, she might have gotten her portion at marriage, and so deliberately omitted.
p. 44, #304: There is confusion between this John5 WHITNEY and #453 on page 53. Since neither he nor his heirs were mentioned in the citation of heirs in his father's probate, 18 May 1776, I infer that he had died without surviving issue before that date. It seems unlikely that this John5 WHITNEY was the one "of Waltham" who married, 4 Jul 1753, Watertown, MA, Mary BENJAMIN. More likely that was #453.
p. 44, #306: There was an Amos WHITING, not WHITNEY, who lived in Barre, MA.
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