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. He and Asa Whitney may be the same person.
v.	Ira Whitney, b. circa 1761; d. 6 Mar 1839, either NY or PA; "of Conway" m.(1) (int. 23 Nov 1789, Conway, MA) Jane Bird "of Williamsburg"; m.(2) (int. 22 Jun 1798, Conway, MA) Rebekah Hartwell, both "of Conway".
vi.	Abijah Whitney, b. 8 May 1768, Harvard, MA; m. 28 Oct 1788, Conway, MA, Jane Murphy, both "of Conway".

Census

• 1790, Conway, Hampshire Co., MA: Nathan Whitney, 2 males over 16 and 3 females.
• 1790, Conway, Hampshire Co., MA: Abijah Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 2 females.

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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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