Family:Whitney, Samuel (1714-1748)

Samuel⁵ Whitney (Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Thomas⁴ and Mary (Baker) Whitney was born 22 Jul 1714 at Stow, MA^[1] and died before 31 Oct 1748 at Stow, MA^[2], 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.

Samuel married Grace (--?--) before 10 Dec 1742; first husband.

Grace (--?--) was born between about 1715-0-0 and 17 at Stow?, MA. Marriage banns for she and Josiah Houghton were published on 15 Nov 1755 at Lancaster, MA; husband "of Lancaster", wife "of Harvard." Marriage banns for she and Josiah Houghton were published on 22 Nov 1755 at Harvard, MA; husband "of Lancaster." She married Josiah Houghton on 6 Jan 1756 at Lancaster, MA. She died on 6 Jun 1763. She No marriage record in Stow, but husband born there and child Samuel born there. She was also known as Whitney.

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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