Family:Whitney, Jacob (1756-1844)

Jacob⁶ Whitney (Abraham⁵, Abraham⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Abraham⁵ and Marcy (Perry) Whitney,^[1] was born 7 Nov 1756, Stow, MA,^[2] and died 12 Oct 1844, Stow, MA, aged 87 years 11 months 5 days.^[3]

He "of Stow" married, 30 Sep 1779, Stow, MA, Esther Walcott "of Bolton",^[4] daughter of Jesse and Rebecca (Conant) Walcott.^[5] She was born 5 Mar 1761, Marlborough, MA,^[6] and died 18 Dec 1837, Stow, MA, aged 77 years.^[7]

He served in the Revolutionary army, in the Bolton, MA, company, under Capt. Sargent. He resided Stow, MA.

Children of Jacob⁶ and Esther (Walcott) Whitney, all born Stow, MA:

i.	Levi7 Whitney, b. 11 Nov 1780; m.(1) Rebecca Warren; m.(2) Deborah Warren; has son Charles in California.
ii.	Keziah Whitney, b. 11 Nov 1782; m. 11 Jul 1812, Stow, MA, Asahel Page; resided New Salem, MA.
iii.	Josiah Whitney, b. 17 Jun 1785; m. Rhoda Jewell.
iv.	Jacob7 Whitney, b. 8 Oct 1787; m. Maria Goldsmith.
v.	Jesse Whitney, b. 26 Jan 1790; m. Rebecca Newell.
vi.	Abraham Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1794; d. 16 Oct 1815.
vii.	Lydia Whitney, b. 5 Aug 1796; d. 8 Aug 1860, Westford, MA, aged 64 years 3 days, of consumption; m. 26 Mar 1840, Stow, MA, Charles Whitman.
viii.	Isaac Whitney, b. 4 Dec 1798; m. Marcia Jane Barclay.
ix.	Eunice Whitney, b. 8 Nov 1807; d. 1888, Westford, MA; m. 16 Dec 1828, Stow, MA, Eliakam Hutchins Jr., of Westford, MA. Ch.: Isaac Whitney, b. 3 Nov 1829, Westford, MA, resided Templeton, MA; Stephen Eliakim, b. 17 Jan 1832, Westford, MA; Jacob Newton, b. 3 Mar 1833, Westford, MA, resided Lowell, MA; Henry Milo, b. 9 Jan 1835, resided Billerica; Eunice Francenia, b. 11 Mar 1841, Westford, MA; Albert Walcott, b. 27 Nov 1844, Westford, MA; Emerson Everett, b. 6 Feb 1847, Westford, MA; Caroline Maria, b. 8 Dec 1851, Westford, MA, m. 3 Sep 1874, Westford, MA, Emory Jay10 Whitney [Roderick B.9, Solomon8, David7, Silas6, David5, Benjamin4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1], of Highgate, VT, resided Littleton, MA.

Census

• 1790, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male over 16, 4 males 0-15, and 3 females.
• 1800, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 3 males 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1810, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 female over 45, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9.

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), p. 165.

1.^  His parentage is proven by his birth record.

2.^  "Jacob, s. Abraham and Marcy [Mary P.R.26], Nov. 7, 1756," according to Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), pp. 101-106.

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4.^  "Jacob [Whitney] of Stow and Esther Walcott, [married] Sept. 30, 1779. At Stow," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910).

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