Family:Whitney, Abigail (1763-a1815)

Abigail⁶ Whitney (Jonathan⁵, Jonathan⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), daughter of Jonathan⁵ and Sarah (Holt) Whitney, was born 29 Jan 1763 (twin), Harvard, MA,^[1] and died after 1815.

Marriage intentions were published 21 Dec 1788, Littleton, MA, for her and Josiah Reed, both "of Littleton".^[2]

She married, 25 Oct 1789, Littleton, MA, Benjamin Hoar, both "of Littleton".^[3] She married, 17 Nov 1789, Harvard, MA, Benjamin Hoar, both "of Littleton".^[4]

He petitioned the State of New York to change his name and those of his children from Hoar to Whitney.

Children of Benjamin and Abigail⁶ (Whitney) Hoar:

i.	Abel7 Hoar alias Whitney, b. 25 Jun 1793, Londonderry, VT.
ii.	Silence Hoar alias Whitney, b. 8 Jun 1795, Londonderry, VT; unmarried in 1860.
iii.	Oliver Winship Francis Hoar alias Whitney, b. 13 Jul 1799, Londonderry, VT; m. Rachel Sayre or Westfall.
iv.	Mary "Polly" Hoar alias Whitney, b. 2 May 1804, Londonderry, VT; d. 23 Apr 1870, Shelbyville, MO; m. 23 May 1855, Shelbyville, MO, William Hatfield; bur. Bonnel Cemetery, Bethel, MO.
v.	Abigail Hoar alias Whitney, b. ca. 1804, VT; unmarrried in 1850.

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 187-188.

1.^  "Abigail [Whitney], d. of Jonathan Jr. and Sarah, [born] Jan. 29, 1763. Twin," according to Harvard Vital Records.

2.^  "Abigail [Whitney] and Josiah Reed, both of Littleton, Dec. 21, 1788. Int. not recorded," according to Records of Littleton, Massachusetts, Printed by Order of the Town. First Installment: Births and Deaths from the Earliest Records in the Town Books, Begun in 1715 (Littleton, MA: Town of Littleton, 1900), p. 275.

3.^  "Abigail [Whitney] and Benj[amin] Hoar, both of Littleton, [married] Oct. 25, 1789. Int. not recorded," according to Littleton Vital Records, p. 275.

4.^  "Abigail [Whitney] and Benjamin Hoar of Littleton, [married] Nov. 17, 1789," according to Harvard Vital Records.

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