Family:Whitney, Samuel (1714-1748)
Samuel5 Whitney (Thomas4, Thomas3, Thomas2, John1), son of Thomas4 and Mary (Baker) Whitney[1] was born 22 Jul 1714, Stow, MA,[2] and died before 31 Oct 1748, Stow, MA.[3]
Samuel married before 10 Dec 1742, Grace -----.[4] She was born say 1717, and died 6 Jun 1763.[5]
On 15 Nov 1755, Lancaster, MA, marriage intentions for her "of Harvard" and Josiah Houghton "of Lancaster" were published.[6] On 22 Nov 1755, Harvard, MA, marriage intentions for her and Josiah Houghton "of Lancaster" were published.[7] She married 6 Jan 1756, Lancaster, MA, Josiah Houghton.[8] No marriage record is found in Stow, but her husband was born there and child Samuel was born there.
His estate was probated 31 Oct 1748 at Stow, MA; inventory taken by Ebenzer Graves, Oliver Sheril[?], and Peter Graves; his estate was probated 31 Oct 1748 at Stow, MA; administration granted to widow Grace Whitney of Stow, with Peter Graves and David Ran[?] of Stow as sureties; his estate was probated 19 Dec 1763 at Stow, MA; administration granted to Josiah Houghton of Lancaster; mention is made of the widow Grace and "the children" on 29 Dec 1763.
Children of Samuel5 and Grace (--?--) Whitney both b. at Stow, MA:
i. Jemima6 Whitney, b. 10 Dec 1742. ii. Samuel Whitney, b. 10 Sep 1745.
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8.^ Source of marriage. Also see Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols.
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