Family:Whitney, Jonas (1771-1845)

Jonas⁶ Whitney (Timothy⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Timothy⁵ and Alice (Whitney) Whitney,^[1] was born 21 Oct 1771, Petersham, MA,^[2] and died in 1845, Otis, MA.

Marriage intentions were published 25 Nov 1790, Blandford, MA, for him "Mr." and "Mrs." Mary Noble, "both of Blandford".^[3] She died aged 77 years.

He was a blacksmith. He resided Otis, MA.

Children of Jonas⁶ and Mary (Noble) Whitney:

i.	Barnabas7 Whitney, b. 1 May 1791; resided New York state.
ii.	Harvey Whitney, b. 23 Jul 1795; d.s.p.
iii.	Erastus Marvin Whitney, b. 28 Jul 1797; m. Mrs. Mary E. (Jackson) Davidson.
iv.	Mary Whitney, b. 20 Feb 1801; d. Chester, MA, and left one dau.; m. (int. 5 Jan 1823, Chester, MA), Eli Gibbs.[4]
v.	Alice Whitney, b. 21 Mar 1803; d. Hartford, CT, leaving one dau.
vi.	Silas Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1805; m. Ann Fay.
vii.	Milton Whitney, b. 17 Apr 1807; resided in Iowa.

Census

• 1800, Loudon, Berkshire Co., MA: Jonas Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 3 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.
• 1810, Otis, Berkshire Co., MA: Jonas Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 3 males 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 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. 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]]

3.^  "Jonas [Whitney], Mr., and Mrs. Mary Noble, both of Blandford, int. 25 Nov 1790 (2:124)," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital Records, Blandford (Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1987).

4.^  "Mary [Whitney] of Otis, and Eli Gibbs, int. Jan. 5, 1823," according to Vital Records of Chester, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

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