Family:Whitney, William (1778-1837)
William7 Whitney (Phinehas6, William5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Phinehas6 and Lydia (Bowes) Whitney, was born 3 Oct 1778, Shirley, MA, and died 29 Jan 1837.
He "of Sherly" married firstly, 30 Mar 1802, Bedford, MA, Elizabeth Fisk,[1] daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca (Howe) Fisk. She was born 7 Apr 1783, Lexington, MA, and died 24 Feb 1810.
He married secondly, 29 Mar 1819, Burlington, MA, Martha Symonds, daughter of Jonathan and Phebe (Cummings) Simonds. She was born 6 Oct 1791, Woburn, MA.
He resided Shirley, Winchendon and Boston, MA.
Children of William7 and Elizabeth (Fiske) Whitney:
i. William Fiske8 Whitney, b. 19 May 1803, Shirley, MA; m. Frances Ann Rice. ii. George Howe Whitney, b. 24 Mar 1809, Shirley, MA; m. Elizabeth B. White.
Census
- 1810: not found. He was a widower with two children.
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 271.
1.^ "William of Sherly [Shirley, C.R.] and Elizabeth Fisk, [married] Mar. 30, 1802," according to Vital Records of Bedford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).
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