Family:Whitney, Jonas (1771-1845)
Jonas6 Whitney (Timothy5, Jonas4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Timothy5 and Alice (Whitney) Whitney;[1] born 21 Oct 1771, Petersham, Massachusetts;[2] married in Blandford, Massachusetts, Mary Noble. She died ae. 77 years. He was a blacksmith. He died in 1845; resided Otis, Massachusetts.
Children of Jonas6 and Mary (Noble) Whitney:
i. Barnabas7 Whitney, born 1 May 1791; resided New York state. ii. Harvey Whitney, born 23 Jul 1795; d.s.p. iii. Erastus Marvin Whitney, born 28 Jul 1797; married Mrs. Mary E. (Jackson) Davidson. iv. Mary Whitney, born 20 Feb 1801; died in Chester, Massachusetts, and left one dau. v. Alice Whitney, born 21 Mar 1803; died at Hartford, Connecticut, leaving one dau. vi. Silas Whitney, born 4 Apr 1805; married Ann Fay. vii. Milton Whitney, born 17 Apr 1807; resided in Iowa.
References
1. 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. 173.
1.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record.
2.^ "Jonas [Whitney], s. Timothy and Alice, [born] Oct. 21, 1771," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester: The Systematic History Fund, 1904), p. 54]]
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