Family:Whitney, Priscilla (1728-?)

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Priscilla5 Whitney (Jason4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), daughter of Jason4 and Arabella (?Bowker?) Whitney,[1] was born 12 Mar 1728, Stow, MA,[2] or 13 Mar 1728, Grafton, MA.[3]

She married, 28 Nov 1754, Sudbury, MA, James Carter,[4] son of Eleazer and Eleanor (-----) Carter, as his third wife. He was born 12 Mar 1724, Woburn, MA.

Children of James and Priscilla5 (Whitney) Carter, all born Sudbury, MA:

i. Lois Carter, b. 16 Aug 1758.
ii. James Carter, b. 6 Sep 1760, d. 28 May 1844.
iii. Eliezer Carter, b. 1761.
iv. Margery Carter, b. 8 Jul 1762.
v. Ruth Carter, b. 12 Nov 1764.

References

1.^  Her parentage is proven by her birth records.

2.^  "Pirscilla, d. Jason and Arabela, Mar. 12, 1728," according to F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

3.^  "Precillah [Whitney], d. Jason and Arrabellah, [born] March 13, 1728," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1906).

4.^  "Priscilla [Whitney] and James Carter, [married] Nov. 28, 1754," according to Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).


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