Family:Whitney, John (1719-a1776)
John4 Whitney (John3, Benjamin2, John1), son of John3 and Lettice (Ford) Whitney,[1] was born 14 May 1719, York, ME,[2] and died after 1776.[3]
On 22 Jan 1743, Kittery, ME, marriage intentions were published for him and Elizabeth Foy,[4] parentage, birth, and death unknown.
On 3 Jul 1742, Kittery, ME, John Whitney was admitted to full communion with the church.[5]
On 28 Feb 1776, Kittery, ME, John Whitney renewed his baptismal covenant.[6]
Child of John4 and Elizabeth (Foy) Whitney:
i. Mary5 Whitney, bapt. 1 Apr 1744, Kittery, Maine;[7] no further record.
Census
- 1790: not found.
- 1800: not found.
- 1810: not found.
References
1.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record.
2.^ "Jno. Whitney the Beaths of John Whitneys Children Born in York of his Wife Lettes the dafter of John Foord of Kittery her Mothers name Johanah . . . John Whitney borne May 14: 1719," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992), p. 465.
3.^ He died after renewing his baptismal covenant.
4.^ L.D.S. International Genealogical Index.
5.^ "1742, July ye 3d . . . John Whitney . . . Admitted into full communion with the Church," according to Robert J. Dunkle and Valerie Ruocco, "Parish Records of The First Church and Society of Kittery, Maine, 1714 to 1791," NEHGR, Volume 151 (1997), p. 48.
6.^ "1776, Febry: 28, John Whitney Recognized his Baptismal Covt.," according to Dunkle and Ruocco, op. cit., p. 357.
7.^ "1744, April 1st, Mary Whitney Infant Baptized Daughter of Jno Whitney," according to Dunkle and Ruocco, op. cit., p. 360.
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