Family:Whitney, Nathan (1724-1801)

Nathan⁵ Whitney (Nathan⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Nathan⁴ and Mary (Holman) Whitney,^[1] was born 6 Mar 1723/4, Stow, MA,^[2] and died 28 Oct 1801, Conway, MA,, aged 77 years, of cancer.^[3]

Nathan "of Stow" married, 22 Jan 1752, Holden, MA, Tabitha Bennett "of Holden",^[4] daughter of Samuel and Tabitha (Wheeler) Bennett.^[5] She was born 27 Oct 1724, Lancaster, MA,^[6] and died on 12 May 1804, Conway, MA, "an aged woman."^[7]

On 17 May 1763, Stow, MA, he wrote a letter to the probate judge about the estate of his father, over which he and his mother had had a falling out.

Pierce says the following:^[8]

He was a farmer; resided in Stow. May 18, 1777, they moved to Conway, Mass., and united with the Cong. church there and ever after resided in that town.

Children of Nathan⁵ and Tabitha (Bennett) Whitney:

i.	Aaron6 Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1752, Stow, MA; m. ----- -----.
ii.	Persis Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1754, Stow, MA; d. 2 Oct 1754, Stow, MA.
iii.	Miriam Whitney, b. 25 Aug 1755, Stow, MA.
iv.	Asaph Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1759, Stow, MA; "Asa" "of Conway" m. 1 Oct 1786, Conway, MA, Lucretia Murphy "of Williamsburg". He and Asa Whitney may be the same person.
v.	Ira Whitney, b. circa 1761; m.(1) Jane Bird; m.(2) Rebekah Hartwell.
vi.	Abijah Whitney, b. 8 May 1768, Harvard, MA; m. Jane Murphy.

Census

• 1771, Conway, MA (tax list): Nathan Whitney
• 1790, Conway, Hampshire Co., MA: Nathan Whitney, 2 males over 16 and 3 females.
• 1800: not found.

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4.^  Source of marriage. Also see Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols.

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8.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 92.

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