Family:Whitney, Solomon (1721-1758)

Solomon⁵ Whitney (Benjamin⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Benjamin⁴ and Sarah (Barrett) Whitney, was born 20 Dec 1721, Marlborough, MA,^[1] and died 1758.^[2].

Solomon married, 5 Oct 1749, Marlborough, MA, Elizabeth Smith. She was born 1728.

Jesse Taylor of Marlborough, Guardian, 20 Dec 1737, of Solomon Whitney of Boston.^[3]

His death is not in Petersham Vital Records, but he supposedly died in 1758 and his last child was born in Petersham in 1757.

Pierce says the following:^[4]

The inventory of Solomon's estate was taken Apr. 18, 1758.

Children of Solomon⁵ and Elizabeth (Smith) Whitney:

i.	Meriam6 Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1751, Marlborough, MA; on 11 Apr 1771, she had guardian John Stower of Petersham; m. (int. 29 Sep 1769, Petersham, MA) William Bullock "of Gilford, Province of N.Y,"; d. after 11 Apr 1771.
ii.	Benjamin Whitney, b. 10 Jun 1753, Marlborough or Harvard, MA; on 11 Apr 1771, he had guardian David Sanderson of Petersham; m. ----- -----.
iii.	Job Whitney, b. 25 Jun 1755, Petersham, MA; m. ----- -----.
iv.	Sarah Whitney, b. 11 Aug 1757, Petersham, MA; on 11 Apr 1771 she had guardian John Stower of Petersham; m. (int. 18 Jan 1792, Petersham, MA) 6 Feb 1792, Phillipston, MA, Moses Wheeler, both "of Petersham".

Census

• 1790: not found.

References

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3.^  Middlesex County, MA, Probate Files, #24607. See also Middlesex County, MA, Probate Records, vol. 22, p. 116.

4.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), pp. 90-91.

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