Family:Whitney, Jonah (1771-1810)

Jonah⁶ Whitney (Thomas⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Thomas⁵ and Ann (Gould) Whitney, was born 25 Aug 1771, and died 3 Oct 1810, Westborough, MA.

He married, 21 May 1797, Anna Rider.

He was killed while moving a building. His widow requested the Probate Court to grant her an assignment of her dower, according to the law 13 Apr 1813. He resided Shrewsbury and Westborough, Massachusetts.

Children of Jonah⁶ and Anna (Rider) Whitney:

i.	Phila7 Whitney, b. 12 Apr 1798.
ii.	Patty Whitney, b. 17 May 1800.
iii.	Seraph Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1802; d. 16 Oct 1803
iv.	Orlando Whitney, b. 23 Jul 1804; m. Susan M. Wood.
v.	Polly Whitney, b. 9 Oct 1806; m. 1 Jan 1829, Grafton, MA, Solomon L. Prentice,[1] b. 1802; resided Grafton, MA. Ch.: Ann M., b. 18 Mar 1830; Sarah R., b. 2 Feb 1833; Mary E., b. 10 Jul 1835; d. 9 Aug 1837.
vi.	Margaret Ann Whitney, b. 1 Feb 1809.
vii.	Jonah Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1811; m. (int. 30 Dec 1832, Grafton, MA) Mary Ann Wadsworth "of Westborough".[2]

Census

• 1800, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA: Jonah Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, Westborough, Worcester Co., MA: Jonah Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 10-15, and 2 females 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. 193.

1.^  "Polly [Whitney] and Solomon L. Prentice, [married] Jan 1, 1829," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, MA: The Systematic History Fund, 1906).

2.^  "Jonah [Whitney] and Mary Ann Wadsworth of Westborough, int. Dec. 30, 1832," according to Grafton Vital Records.

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