Joshua WhitneyAge: 83 years16871771

Name
Joshua Whitney
Given names
Joshua
Surname
Whitney
Birth September 21, 1687 44 40
Death of a motherJane
November 14, 1690 (Age 3 years)
Marriage of a parentBenjamin WhitneyMary PoorView this family
April 13, 1696 (Age 8 years)
Shared note: Both the Framingham and Marlborough VR's show him as "of Framingham".
Birth of a half-brotherMark Whitney
about 1700 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherIsaac Whitney
about 1702 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterHuldah Whitney
about 1704 (Age 16 years)

MarriageHannah RockwoodView this family
November 26, 1709 (Age 22 years)
Shared note: Name given as Rockett in this record.
Birth of a daughter
#1
Hannah Whitney
October 12, 1710 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Joshua Whitney
after November 12, 1712 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Ezekiel Whitney
August 29, 1716 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Bethia Whitney
September 29, 1720 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherBenjamin Whitney
March 26, 1723 (Age 35 years)
Death of a daughterBethia Whitney
before February 1727 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Bethia Whitney
February 24, 1727 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Gershom Whitney
about 1729 (Age 41 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Mary Whitney
October 27, 1732 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a childJoshua WhitneyPhebe (--?--)View this family
about 1732 (Age 44 years)

Marriage of a childMoses TenneyHannah WhitneyView this family
March 16, 1738 (Age 50 years)
Shared note: Marriage intentions were published 30 Aug 1735 in Uxbridge between Hannah Whitney and Abraham Daniels of Mendon, but these intentions probably never resulted in a marriage (R.L.Ward).
Death of a brotherJohn Whitney
after 1739 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childEzekiel WhitneyJennet PattersonView this family
interpreted May 31, 1743 () (Age 55 years)
Death of a half-brotherIsaac Whitney
before October 23, 1749 (Age 62 years)
Marriage of a childThomas JonesBethia WhitneyView this family
October 1, 1750 (Age 63 years)
Marriage of a childGershom WhitneySarah WoodView this family
March 21, 1751 (Age 63 years)
Death of a sonEzekiel Whitney
May 1753 (Age 65 years)
Marriage of a childGeorge AbbottMary WhitneyView this family
January 16, 1754 (Age 66 years)
Death of a brotherJonathan Whitney
January 16, 1754 (Age 66 years)
Death of a sisterElinor Whitney
after April 9, 1754 (Age 66 years)
Death of a half-brotherMark Whitney
June 23, 1760 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherNathaniel Whitney
about 1768 (Age 80 years)
Death June 16, 1771 (Age 83 years)
LDS baptism

Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1667York, York Co. Maine
21 months
elder sister
2 years
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
4 years
elder sister
Elinor Whitney
Birth: about 1675 31 28Prob. York, York, ME
Death: after April 9, 1754Prob. Mendon, Worcester, MA
4 years
elder brother
2 years
elder brother
21 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
5 years
himself
Father’s family with Mary Poor - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: April 13, 1696Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
5 years
half-brother
3 years
half-brother
3 years
half-sister
Family with Hannah Rockwood - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: November 26, 1709Medfield, Norfolk, MA
11 months
daughter
2 years
son
4 years
son
4 years
daughter
Bethia Whitney
Birth: September 29, 1720 33 31Mendon, Worcester, MA
Death: before February 1727Mendon, Worcester, MA
6 years
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
daughter

  1. Generation 1
    1. Joshua Whitney, son of Benjamin Whitney and Jane , was born on September 21, 1687 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA and died on June 16, 1771 in Ware, Hampshire, MA at the age of 83. He married Hannah Rockwood on November 26, 1709 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. She was born about 1689 in Of Medfield, Norfolk, MA and died on August 8, 1772 in Ware, Hampshire, MA.

      Children of Joshua Whitney and Hannah Rockwood:

      1. Hannah Whitney (1710)
      2. Joshua Whitney (1712)
      3. Ezekiel Whitney (17161753)
      4. Bethia Whitney (17201727)
      5. Bethia Whitney (1727)
      6. Gershom Whitney (17291791)
      7. Mary Whitney (1732)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Hannah Whitney, daughter of Joshua Whitney and Hannah Rockwood, was born on October 12, 1710 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. She married Moses Tenney on March 16, 1738 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1715 in Of Mendon, Worcester, MA.

    2. Joshua Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney and Hannah Rockwood, was born after November 12, 1712 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA. He married Phebe (--?--) about 1732. She was born about 1712.

      Children of Joshua Whitney and Phebe (--?--):

      1. Isaac Whitney (1733)
      2. Nathaniel Whitney (1736)
      3. Joshua Whitney (1739)
      4. Joseph Whitney (1740)
      5. Benjamin Whitney (1743)
      6. Phebe Whitney (1745)
      7. Hannah Whitney (1746)
      8. John Whitney (1749)
      9. Jabez Whitney (17501825)
    3. Ezekiel Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney and Hannah Rockwood, was born on August 29, 1716 in Mendon, Worcester, MA and died in May 1753 in Sutton, Worcester, MA at the age of 36. He married Jennet Patterson interpreted May 31, 1743 () in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1720 in Of Mendon, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Ezekiel Whitney and Jennet Patterson:

      1. Susanna Whitney (1745)
      2. Jennet Whitney (17461749)
      3. Margret Whitney (17481751)
      4. Jennet Whitney (1749)
      5. Margaret Whitney (1751)
    4. Bethia Whitney, daughter of Joshua Whitney and Hannah Rockwood, was born on February 24, 1727 in Mendon, Worcester, MA. She married Thomas Jones on October 1, 1750 in Wrentham, Norfolk, MA. He was born about 1725 in Of Medway, MA.

    5. Gershom Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney and Hannah Rockwood, was born about 1729 in Prob. Mendon/Uxbridge, MA and died before July 27, 1791 in Weathersfield, Windsor, VT. He married 2 times. The first time he married Sarah Wood on March 21, 1751 in Mendon, Worcester, MA. She was born on September 6, 1732 in Mendon, Worcester, MA and died on January 12, 1770 in Ware, Hampshire, MA at the age of 37. The second time he married Bathsheba Thayer, daughter of , on November 19, 1771 in Ware, Hampshire, MA. She was born on November 16, 1738 in Bellingham, Norfolk, MA and died after 1791.

      Children of Gershom Whitney and Sarah Wood:

      1. Sarah Whitney (17521777)
      2. (--?--) Whitney (17541754)
      3. Gershom Whitney (17571777)
      4. Josiah Whitney (17601792)
      5. Hezekiah Whitney (17621792)
      6. Hannah Whitney (1765)
      7. Ezekiel Whitney (17671778)

      Children of Gershom Whitney and Bathsheba Thayer:

      1. Polly Whitney (17751792)
      2. Mercy Whitney (1780)
    6. Mary Whitney, daughter of Joshua Whitney and Hannah Rockwood, was born on October 27, 1732 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. She married George Abbott on January 16, 1754 in Woodstock, Windham, CT. He was born about 1730 in Of Woodstock, Windham, CT.

  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Isaac Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney and Phebe (--?--), was born about 1733. He married Lydia (--?--). She was born about 1733 in Poss. Of Holliston.

      Children of Isaac Whitney and Lydia (--?--):

      1. Lydia Whitney (1752)
    2. Joshua Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney and Phebe (--?--), was born on February 27, 1739 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Jemima Clark on October 29, 1765 in Medway, Norfolk, MA. She was born about 1745 in Poss. Medway, Norfolk, MA and died on November 22, 1778 in Medway, Norfolk, MA. The second time he married Keziah Hobbs on October 28, 1779 in Medway, Norfolk, MA. She was born about 1742 and died on April 15, 1820 in Medway, Norfolk, MA.

      Children of Joshua Whitney and Jemima Clark:

      1. Simeon Whitney (1766)
      2. Joshua Whitney (17691779)
      3. Silas Whitney (1771)
      4. Adah Lane (17741773)
      5. Nabby Whitney (17741773)
      6. Priscilla Whitney (1776)

      Children of Joshua Whitney and Keziah Hobbs:

      1. Daniel Hobbs Whitney (1781)
      2. Joshua Whitney (1783)
    3. John Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney and Phebe (--?--), was born on May 7, 1749 in Medway, Norfolk, MA. He married Molley Cary on February 16, 1768 in Newton, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1750 in Prob. Newton, MA.

      Children of John Whitney and Molley Cary:

      1. Hannah Whitney (1768)
    4. Jabez Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney and Phebe (--?--), was born on January 8, 1750 in Medway, Norfolk, MA and died on January 30, 1825 in Hinsdale, Berkshire, MA at the age of 75. He married 2 times. The first time he married Experience Fairbanks on October 20, 1771 in Medway, Norfolk, MA. She was born on April 15, 1755 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA and died on November 19, 1805 in Hinsdale, Berkshire, MA at the age of 50. The second time he married (--?--) Davis interpreted July 27, 1806 () in Hinsdale, Berkshire, MA.

      Children of Jabez Whitney and Experience Fairbanks:

      1. Moses Whitney (1772)
      2. Priscilla Whitney (1774)
      3. (--?--) Whitney (1804)
      4. Lealand Whitney
      5. Jabez Whitney (1793)
    5. Susanna Whitney, daughter of Ezekiel Whitney and Jennet Patterson, was born on July 24, 1745 in Sutton, Worcester, MA. She married John Love on March 3, 1768 in Palmer, Hampden, MA. He was born about 1745 in Of Palmer, Hampden, MA.

    6. Sarah Whitney, daughter of Gershom Whitney and Sarah Wood, was born on March 2, 1752 in Woodstock, Windham, CT and died on October 3, 1777 in Upton, Worcester, MA at the age of 25. She married Jonathan Flagg on May 15, 1772 in Upton, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1750 in Of Upton, Worcester, MA.

    7. Hannah Whitney, daughter of Gershom Whitney and Sarah Wood, was born on August 20, 1765 in Palmer, Hampden, MA. She married Eli Gilbert on February 15, 1781 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1760 in Of Brookfield, Worcester, MA.

    8. Mercy Whitney, daughter of Gershom Whitney and Bathsheba Thayer, was born on May 22, 1780 in Brookfield, Worcester, MA and was buried in Harford, PA. She married Amos Ball on June 16, 1799 in Weathersfield, Windsor, VT. He was born about 1775.

Marriage

Name given as Rockett in this record.

Shared note

Purchased from an unknown person land formerly of the Nipmug indians in 1713. Her resided after 1713 in Mendon, Worcester, MA; citing Suffolk Co., MA deeds 27:174. Died at age 83.

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