Family:Whitney, Joseph (1717-a1800)

Joseph⁵ Whitney (Timothy⁴, John³, John², John¹), son of Timothy⁴ and Margaret (Bacon) Whitney, was born 1 or 21 Feb 1716/7, Roxbury, MA, and died after 1784.

Joseph married firstly, 26 Oct 1749, Newton, MA, Mary Hastings, daughter of Samuel and Bethia (Holloway) Hastings. She was born 16 Dec 1725, Watertown, MA, and died before 1776.

He married, between 1761 and 1776, Anna (-----) Palmer. She died after 1784, Lima, NY. She apparently was a widow, but the name of her first husband is unknown.

Children of Joseph⁵ and Mary (Hastings) Whitney:

i.	Abigail Whitney6; b. 18 Dec 1749, Newton, MA.
ii.	Martha Whitney, b. 31 May 1752, Newton, MA.
iii.	Anne Whitney, b. 10 Feb 1755, Newton, MA; m.(int. 13 Feb 1780, Newtown, MA) Joshua Spear.
iv.	Samuel Whitney, b. 7 Aug 1758, Newton, MA; m. Mary6 Whitney.
v.	Lois Whitney, b. 5 Sep 1761, Dorchester, MA.

Child of Joseph⁵ Whitney, maternity uncertain:

vi.	Edward Whitney, b. say 1763-1774. Possibly identical to Edward Whitney of Falmouth/Portland, ME, who m. 1788, Martha Moody, and, if so, then probably son of his father's first wife Mary (Hastings) Whitney.

According to my grandmother Kate (Cole) Whitney's records, Mary and Content were the daughters of Anna Palmer from her first marriage and not from her marriage to Joseph Whitney. She received her information from Joseph Whitney, son of Palmer Whitney who was the son of this Joseph. She writes about Joseph: "Married 2nd a widow with two daughters (Mrs. Gurney and Mrs. Content Fuller)."

Children of ----- and Anna (-----) Palmer:

vii.	Mary Palmer, b. before 1776; m. ----- Gurney.
viii.	Content Palmer, b. before 1776; m. ----- Fuller.

Children of Joseph⁵ and Anna (-----)(Palmer) Whitney:

ix.	Palmer Whitney, b. 11 May 1776, Warwick, MA; d. 6 Oct 1777, Warwick, MA, aged 1 year 4 months 25 days.
x.	Palmer Whitney, b. 12 Jul 1779, Warwick, MA; m. Judah Barber.
xi.	Abigail Whitney, b. 20 Jan 1781 at Warwick, MA; m. Samuel Mark.
xii.	Lemuel Whitney, b. 15 Aug 1784, Warwick, MA; m. Sally Pratt.

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