Family:Whitney, Richard (s1660-a1697)
Richard Whitney, parentage unknown, born say 1660, died after 1697.
He married, 11 Dec 1684, Church Stretton, Shropshire, Winifrede Cornewall.1
Children of Richard and Winifrede (Cornewall) Whitney, possibly incomplete:
i. Cornwall Whitney, bp. 1 Oct 1685, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. ii. Theophila Whitney, bp. 29 Aug 1686, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. iii. Richard Whitney, bp. 17 Jan 1688, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. Perhaps the same as Richard Whitney (c1688-a1718). iv. Francis Whitney, bp. 2 Nov 1690, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. v. Edward Whitney, bp. 29 Jan 1692, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. vi. George Whitney, bp. 26 Mar 1693, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. vii. Bridgett Whitney, bp. 17 Mar 1695, Ludlow, Shropshire, England. viii. Charles Whitney, bp. 20 Jan 1697, Ludlow, Shropshire, England.
References
1 "1684 Dec. 11. Richard Witney & Winifrede Cornewall, were married.", Registers of Church Stretton, https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/848359/?offset=0#page=34&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
Was he, perhaps, the "Richard Whitney, apothecary, at Ludlow in Salop.", who was left 20 pounds in the 1682 will of his cousin Thomas Evans, citizen and paper stainer of London?
Was he related to Hugh and Mary Whitney who brought suit regarding land in Ludlow in 1687? (C 6/272/63)
For details of apothecaries in Shropshire during this time period, see https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3221480/
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