Ezekiel WhitneyAge: 64 years17411806

Name
Ezekiel Whitney
Given names
Ezekiel
Surname
Whitney
Birth April 12, 1741 46 36
Christening April 12, 1741
Christening of a brotherStephen Whitney
August 7, 1743 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a brotherStephen Whitney
August 14, 1743 (Age 2 years)
Christening of a brotherAaron Whitney
April 12, 1746 (Age 5 years)
Christening of a brotherRuth Whitney
July 6, 1748 (Age 7 years)
Marriage of a parentJohn WhitneyBeriah BemisView this family
November 28, 1754 (Age 13 years)

MarriageKatherine DraperView this family
December 6, 1763 (Age 22 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAbigail Hagar
1767 (Age 25 years)

Birth of a son
#1
Ezekiel Whitney
April 13, 1768 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a son
#2
Francis Whitney
September 23, 1771 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Amasa Whitney
May 4, 1774 (Age 33 years)
Death of a fatherJohn Whitney
1776 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a daughter
#4
Catherine Whitney
March 4, 1777 (Age 35 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Aaron Whitney
June 20, 1780 (Age 39 years)
Marriage of a childEzekiel WhitneyRuth GilbertView this family
September 12, 1790 (Age 49 years)
Marriage of a childAmasa WhitneyAbigail BlundenView this family
October 5, 1794 (Age 53 years)
Marriage of a childEzekiel WhitneyCatherine AnsonView this family
May 16, 1799 (Age 58 years)
Shared note: Intent published in Watertown 26 Apr 1799.
Death before March 3, 1806 (Age 64 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: before May 31, 1730Prob. Watertown, Middlesex, MA
elder sister
22 months
elder brother
1 month
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
13 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
3 years
himself
2 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
Father’s family with Bethia Cutter - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: October 6, 1737Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Father’s family with Beriah Bemis - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage: November 28, 1754
Family with Katherine Draper - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: December 6, 1763Watertown, Middlesex, MA
4 years
son
3 years
son
3 years
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  1. Generation 1
    1. Ezekiel Whitney, son of John Whitney and Susan (--?--), was born on April 12, 1741 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died before March 3, 1806 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He married Katherine Draper on December 6, 1763 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1743 in Of Roxbury, Suffolk, MA and died after May 16, 1806.

      Children of Ezekiel Whitney and Katherine Draper:

      1. Ezekiel Whitney (1768)
      2. Francis Whitney (1771)
      3. Amasa Whitney (17741824)
      4. Catherine Whitney (1777)
      5. Aaron Whitney (1780)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Ezekiel Whitney, son of Ezekiel Whitney and Katherine Draper, was born on April 13, 1768 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Ruth Gilbert on September 12, 1790 in Boston, Suffolk, MA. She was born about 1770 in Prob. Boston, Suffolk, MA and died about 1798 in Prob. Watertown, Middlesex, MA. The second time he married Catherine Anson on May 16, 1799 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1775 in Of Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Ezekiel Whitney and Ruth Gilbert:

      1. Frank Whitney (1791)
      2. Leonard Whitney (1793)
      3. Abigail Whitney (1794)
      4. Otis Whitney (1798)

      Children of Ezekiel Whitney and Catherine Anson:

      1. Alvarus Whitney (1800)
      2. Cromwell Whitney (1801)
      3. Lydia Whitney (1804)
      4. Nahum Whitney (1806)
      5. Otis Whitney (1808)
      6. Washington Whitney (1812)
      7. James Whitney (1815)
      8. Walter Whitney (1817)
    2. Amasa Whitney, son of Ezekiel Whitney and Katherine Draper, was born on May 4, 1774 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on October 17, 1824 in Newton, Middlesex, MA at the age of 50. He married Abigail Blunden on October 5, 1794 in Newton, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1774 in Prob. Newton, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Amasa Whitney and Abigail Blunden:

      1. Relief Whitney (1794)
      2. Nancy Whitney (1796)
      3. Mary Whitney (1798)
      4. Catherine Whitney (1800)
      5. Amasa Whitney (1802)
      6. Caroline Whitney (1804)
      7. Loring Whitney (1806)
      8. Leonard Whitney (1808)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Leonard Whitney, son of Ezekiel Whitney and Ruth Gilbert, was born about 1793 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

    2. Alvarus Whitney, son of Ezekiel Whitney and Catherine Anson, was born on January 13, 1800 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

Shared note

His estate was probated(?) 8 Apr 1805, Watertown, Middlesex, MA; petition by Nathaniel R. Whitney, Thomas Clark, Charles Bond, Edmund Fowle, and Josiah Learned, selectmen of Watertown, that a guardian be appointed for Ezekiel Whitney due to excessive drinking; he seems to have died between that date and 3 Mar 1806, 2) Est/Pro 3 Mar 1806 Wat/Mid/MA; widow renounced executorship; 3) Est/Pro 16 May 1806 Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; Catherine, widow of Ezekiel Whitney, cordwainer, petitioned for setoff of dower.

He left a will on 8 Jan 1801, Watertown, Middlesex, MA; four sons Ezekiel (Jr.), Francis, Amasa, and Aaron Whitney; Christopher Columbus Whitney, son to my late daughter Catherine Whitney, under 21; wife Catherine Whitney, executrix; witnesses Amos Bond, Abigail Bond, and Hannah Bond. He was a cordwainer in 1805 Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

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