Archive Talk:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 30
p. 30, #102: If his age at death is accurate, Moses4 WHITNEY was born 15 Jun 1689, not in 1690. He had three wives: Lydia TAYLOR, Elizabeth -----, and widow Sarah (SHED) HUTCHINS. Sarah GEARY married his grandson Moses6 WHITNEY [Ephraim5, Moses4, Moses3, Richard2, John1], #943 on page 80.
p. 30, #103: The second wife of Abraham4 WHITNEY was widow Elizabeth (FARLEY) SHED.
p. 30, #106: Lemuel4 WHITNEY was born 1 Aug 1706, not 1 Aug 1714, if his age at death is accurate.
p. 30, #107: There is no proof of the existence of a son John WHITNEY in this family. It seems more likely that the John WHITNEY who married Rebecca WHITNEY was John4 WHITNEY [Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1], #139 on page 32, and that Rebecca his wife was a daughter of Moses3 WHITNEY. Absolute proof of these identifications has not yet been found, however.
p. 30, #26: The will of Richard3 WHITNEY was dated 2 Dec 1723, not 22 Dec 1723, according to Middlesex County Probate Records, File #24735. His death date on his gravestone is 5 Dec 1723, not 15 Dec 1723.
p. 30, #109: If his age at death is accurate, Richard4 WHITNEY was born 9 Dec 1692. His second wife was Hannah (EVELETH) AYERS.
p. 30, #111: Joshua4 WHITNEY had four wives in all: Zerviah -----, Azubah (BURT) FARNSWORTH, Rebecca (WINSHIP) WHITNEY, and Mary -----.
p. 30, #114: Sarah4 WHITNEY and Hezekiah HAPGOOD published their intentions of marriage on 28 Mar 1724, according to Stow vital records. Their son Ephraim HAPGOOD was born 21 Apr 1725, Stow. The marriage of Col. Jonathan HAPGOOD, Esq., to Mrs. Sarah WHITNEY is recorded as occurring on 5 Oct 1784, Stow, not 1785, according to Stow vital records. Her identity is still not known.
p. 30, #115: Ruhamah4 WHITNEY and Josiah WHETCOMB published their intentions of marriage 20 Mar 1726, Stow, MA. They had seven children recorded in Lancaster and Bolton, MA.
p. 30, #28: Ebenezer3 WHITNEY was born in Watertown, not Concord, according to Watertown vital records, volume 1, page 35. There were four additional children, as revealed in a deed dated 18 Nov 1728, Pomfret, CT, in which Ezekiel4 WHITNEY quitclaimed his rights to his brothers and sisters. For details, see Sandiford, Edward Raymond, Some More Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney (Bloomfield, NJ: The author, 1941). Those four were:
iv. Enoch4 WHITNEY married 27 Jun 1717, Plainfield, CT, Thankful PARKE, and had nine children born in Plainfield, Preston, and Kent, CT. v. Israel4 WHITNEY married Hannah BLODGETT, and is erroneously placed as #270 on page 68 by Pierce. vi. Anna4 WHITNEY married, 11 Dec 1733, Woodstock, CT, Ebenezer ROOD, and had one son born in Stafford, CT. vii. Ebenezer4 WHITNEY was born 15 Sep 1715, Canterbury, CT, was a doctor, died unmarried 23 Jan 1743, Oxford, MA, and is erroneously placed as #274 on page 43 by Pierce.
p. 30, #118: Ezekiel4 WHITNEY married secondly Sarah PARKE, not Sarah FARRAH.
p. 30, #29: Elizabeth LAWRENCE was born 30 Jan 1659, not 30 Feb 1659 (which date never existed).
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