Jonathan WhitneyAge: 78 years16951773

Name
Jonathan Whitney
Given names
Jonathan
Surname
Whitney
Birth February 27, 1695 35 27
Birth of a sisterElizabeth Whitney
about 1696 (Age 10 months)
Marriage of parentsRichard WhitneyElizabeth SawtellView this family
about 1698 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a sisterSarah Whitney
1703 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a brotherRuhamah Whitney
about 1705 (Age 9 years)

Birth of a brotherJoshua Whitney
about 1706 (Age 10 years)
Birth of a sisterHepzibah Whitney
1710 (Age 14 years)
MarriageAlice WillardView this family
February 25, 1719 (Age 23 years)
Shared note: Date of 29 Jan 1717/18 was shown in Whitney Database, but Lancaster Town records shows Feb 25, 1718/19 on p. 17 of the first Book. The earlier date (probably in 1718/9 may well have been an intention recorded.
Birth of a son
#1
Simon Whitney
March 20, 1719 (Age 24 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherRichard Whitney
September 20, 1719 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Betsey Whitney
about 1722 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Jonathan Whitney
about 1723 (Age 27 years)
Death of a motherElizabeth Sawtell
November 24, 1723 (Age 28 years)
Death of a fatherRichard Whitney
December 5, 1723 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Phinehas Whitney
September 5, 1727 (Age 32 years)
Death of a sisterHepzibah Whitney
October 25, 1727 (Age 32 years)

Birth of a son
#5
Caleb Whitney
October 4, 1729 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Oliver Whitney
July 22, 1731 (Age 36 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Alice Whitney
April 2, 1733 (Age 38 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Hezekiah Whitney
April 14, 1735 (Age 40 years)
Birth of a daughter
#9
Ruhamah Whitney
July 19, 1737 (Age 42 years)
Birth of a daughter
#10
Sarah Whitney
June 1, 1740 (Age 45 years)
Marriage of a childPhinehas WetherbeeBetsey WhitneyView this family
March 5, 1741 (Age 46 years)
Marriage of a childSimon WhitneyOlive WetherbeeView this family
June 10, 1744 (Age 49 years)
Shared note: Intent published 10 Jun 1744 in Harvard.
Marriage of a childJonathan WhitneySarah HoltView this family
November 27, 1746 (Age 51 years)
Shared note: Not in Harvard Vital Records.
Death of a daughterSarah Whitney
December 26, 1746 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childCaleb WhitneyAnnes ChurchView this family
November 16, 1749 (Age 54 years)
Marriage of a childTimothy WhitneyAlice WhitneyView this family
May 20, 1752 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childOliver WhitneyAbigail HutchinsView this family
November 16, 1752 (Age 57 years)
Death of a sonSimon Whitney
1752 (Age 56 years)
Marriage of a childAbel DavisRuhamah WhitneyView this family
September 24, 1757 (Age 62 years)
Shared note: This is shown in the VR as an intention.
Marriage of a childSimon WhitneyPatience HaseltineView this family
May 5, 1768 (Age 73 years)
Death of a sonJonathan Whitney
January 20, 1770 (Age 74 years)
Death November 8, 1773 (Age 78 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: about 1698
-5 years
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
3 years
younger sister
-10 months
himself
9 years
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
2 years
younger brother
5 years
younger sister
Family with Alice Willard - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: February 25, 1719Lancaster, Worcester, MA
1 month
son
4 years
daughter
2 years
son
5 years
son
2 years
son
22 months
son
20 months
daughter
2 years
son
2 years
daughter
3 years
daughter
Sarah Whitney
Birth: June 1, 1740 45 40Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death: December 26, 1746Harvard, Worcester, MA
Jonathan Whitney + Alice Willard - View this family
wife’s husband
wife
Marriage: January 29, 1719Stow, MA
2 months
son
18 years
step-son

  1. Generation 1
    1. Jonathan Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell, was born on February 27, 1695 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on November 8, 1773 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 78. He married Alice Willard, daughter of , on February 25, 1719 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. She was born in December 1699 in Lancaster, MA and died on February 14, 1792 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 92.

      Children of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard:

      1. Simon Whitney (17191752)
      2. Betsey Whitney (1722)
      3. Jonathan Whitney (17231770)
      4. Phinehas Whitney (1727)
      5. Caleb Whitney (1729)
      6. Oliver Whitney (1731)
      7. Alice Whitney (1733)
      8. Hezekiah Whitney (1735)
      9. Ruhamah Whitney (1737)
      10. Sarah Whitney (17401746)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Simon Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born on March 20, 1719 in Stow, MA and died in 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 32. He married 2 times. The first time he married Olive Wetherbee on June 10, 1744 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born in 1707 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA and died in 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 45. The second time he married Patience Haseltine on May 5, 1768 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Simon Whitney and Olive Wetherbee:

      1. Wetherbee Whitney (17461775)
      2. Sarah Whitney (17491773)
      3. Rachel Whitney (17481766)
      4. Silas Whitney (1751)
      5. Lois Whitney (17531756)
      6. Alice Whitney (1755)
      7. Judah Whitney (17571761)
      8. Lois Whitney (17591772)
      9. Judah Whitney (1761)
      10. Lucy Whitney (17651765)
      11. Simon Whitney (17671767)

      Children of Simon Whitney and Patience Haseltine:

      1. Simon Whitney (1770)
    2. Betsey Whitney, daughter of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born about 1722 in Prob. Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Phinehas Wetherbee on March 5, 1741 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1715 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.

    3. Jonathan Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born about 1723 in Stow, Massachusetts and died on January 20, 1770 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Sarah Holt on November 27, 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. She was born about 1725 and died on October 29, 1769 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Jonathan Whitney and Sarah Holt:

      1. Phinehas Whitney (1747)
      2. Jonathan Whitney (17491756)
      3. Sarah Whitney (1751)
      4. Relief Whitney (17541756)
      5. Hannah Whitney (17561756)
      6. Relief Whitney (17581818)
      7. Anness Whitney (17611761)
      8. Abigail Whitney (1763)
      9. Oliver Whitney (17631763)
      10. Annas Whitney (17651768)
      11. Rachel Whitney (1767)
    4. Caleb Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born on October 4, 1729 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He married Annes Church on November 16, 1749 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1730 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Caleb Whitney and Annes Church:

      1. Joshua Whitney (17491750)
      2. Elizabeth Whitney (1751)
      3. Joshua Whitney (17541812)
      4. Annes Whitney (17561758)
      5. Caleb Whitney (1758)
      6. Joseph Whitney (17601840)
      7. Jonathan Whitney (1769)
      8. Lucy Whitney (17701771)
      9. Oliver Whitney (1772)
    5. Oliver Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born on July 22, 1731 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He married Abigail Hutchins on November 16, 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born in 1731 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on November 8, 1804 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 73.

    6. Alice Whitney, daughter of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born on April 2, 1733 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Timothy Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton, on May 20, 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born on February 1, 1730 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on June 23, 1803 in Harvard, Massachusetts at the age of 73.

      Children of Alice Whitney and Timothy Whitney:

      1. Abel Whitney (1752)
      2. Oliver Whitney (17541772)
      3. Simon Whitney (17561824)
      4. Relief Whitney (1758)
      5. Peter Whitney (1762)
      6. Silas Whitney (1762)
      7. Otis Whitney (1764)
      8. Timothy Whitney (1766)
      9. Hezekiah Whitney (1767)
      10. Jonathan Whitney (17691850)
      11. Jonas Whitney (1771)
      12. Alice Whitney (1773)
      13. Oliver Whitney (17751780)
      14. Paul Whitney (1777)
      15. Barnabas Whitney (1777)
    7. Hezekiah Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born on April 14, 1735 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Lucy Pollard on May 5, 1774 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. The second time he married Lydia.

      Children of Hezekiah Whitney and Lucy Pollard:

      1. Jonathan Whitney (17751776)
      2. Lucy Whitney (1777)
      3. Allice Whitney (1780)
      4. Jonathan Whitney (17821848)
      5. Levi Whitney (17861818)
    8. Ruhamah Whitney, daughter of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, was born on July 19, 1737 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Abel Davis on September 24, 1757 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born on March 1, 1736 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Ruhamah Whitney and Abel Davis:

      1. Sarah Davis (1758)
      2. Ruhamah Davis (1759)
      3. Eleazer Davis (1766)
      4. Abel Davis (1768)
      5. Sarah Davis (1770)
      6. Levi Davis (1772)
      7. Joel Davis (1774)
      8. Moses Davis (1776)
      9. Alice Davis (1778)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Wetherbee Whitney, son of Simon Whitney and Olive Wetherbee, was born on May 3, 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on October 14, 1775 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 29. He married Abigail Warner on July 7, 1774 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1753 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Wetherbee Whitney and Abigail Warner:

      1. Artemus Whitney (1775)
    2. Sarah Whitney, daughter of Simon Whitney and Olive Wetherbee, was born on February 5, 1749 in Harvard, MA and died in 1773 at the age of 23. She married Samuel Wetherbee, son of Ephraim Wetherbee and Johannah Bellows, on April 3, 1767. He was born on April 3, 1745 in Lunenburg, MA and died in 1773 at the age of 27.

      Children of Sarah Whitney and Samuel Wetherbee:

      1. Samuel Wetherbee (17671799)
    3. Alice Whitney, daughter of Simon Whitney and Olive Wetherbee, was born on May 26, 1755 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Jonathan Davis on August 10, 1777 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1752 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

    4. Judah Whitney, son of Simon Whitney and Olive Wetherbee, was born on June 16, 1761 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Mary (Polly) McIntire on August 10, 1791 (int.) in Fitchburg, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1770 in Of Fitchburg, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Judah Whitney and Mary (Polly) McIntire:

      1. Simon Whitney (1792)
      2. Mary Whitney (1794)
      3. Olive W. Whitney (1797)
      4. David Whitney (1800)
      5. Judah W. Whitney (1805)
    5. Simon Whitney, son of Simon Whitney and Patience Haseltine, was born on March 17, 1770 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Polley Welch on May 22, 1792 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1771 in Of Bolton, Worcester, MA.

    6. Relief Whitney, daughter of Jonathan Whitney and Sarah Holt, was born on November 13, 1758 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on April 17, 1818 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 59. She married Jonas Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Zebudah Davis, on July 2, 1780 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born on March 3, 1756 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on November 26, 1803 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 47.

      Children of Relief Whitney and Jonas Whitney:

      1. Zebudah Whitney (1782)
      2. Jonas Whitney (17841807)
      3. Nabbe Whitney (1786)
      4. Rachel Whitney (1788)
      5. Salley Whitney (1789)
      6. Levi Whitney (1793)
      7. Emely Whitney (1797)
      8. Relief Whitney (1799)
      9. Sophronia Whitney (1802)
    7. Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Caleb Whitney and Annes Church, was born on June 27, 1751 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Samuel Pierce on March 13, 1778 (int) in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1750 in Of Jeffery, ?.

    8. Joshua Whitney, son of Caleb Whitney and Annes Church, was born on February 18, 1754 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on July 2, 1812 in Gardner, Worcester, MA at the age of 58. He married Vashti Knight on November 31, 1781 in Sterling, Worcester, MA. She was born in December 1760 in Of Sterling, Worcester, MA and died on October 29, 1832 in Gardner, Worcester, MA at the age of 71.

      Children of Joshua Whitney and Vashti Knight:

      1. Oliver Whitney (1784)
      2. Joshua Whitney (17861792)
      3. Dorcas Whitney (1788)
      4. Dolly Whitney (17901791)
      5. Joseph Whitney (1792)
      6. Dolly Whitney (1793)
      7. Joshua Whitney (17951795)
      8. John Whitney (1796)
      9. Joel Whitney (17981801)
      10. Ebenezer Whitney (1800)
    9. Abel Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on September 1, 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Elisabeth Spenny on November 1, 1775 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1754 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA.

    10. Simon Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on June 28, 1756 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on March 12, 1824 in Petersham, Worcester, MA at the age of 67. He married Lucy Hammond, daughter of , on March 20, 1783 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She was born on December 24, 1766 in Petersham, Worcester, MA and died on January 29, 1847 in Petersham, Worcester, MA at the age of 80.

      Children of Simon Whitney and Lucy Hammond:

      1. Oliver Whitney (17831866)
      2. Nancy Whitney (17851786)
      3. Nancy Whitney (17871846)
      4. Timothy Whitney (1789)
      5. Lucy Whitney (17911876)
      6. Betsey Whitney (1793)
      7. Simon Whitney (1795)
      8. Amory Whitney (17971800)
      9. George Whitney (18001882)
      10. Lewis Whitney (1803)
      11. John Whitney (1805)
      12. Julia Ann Whitney (18071859)
    11. Relief Whitney, daughter of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on February 2, 1758 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Abel Wilder on May 17, 1777 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He was born on February 10, 1758 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA and died in February 1831 at the age of 72.

    12. Peter Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 20, 1762 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Mary Blair.

    13. Silas Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 29, 1762. He married Mamre Bradley.

    14. Timothy Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 22, 1766 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Lois Baker. The second time he married Mrs. Smith.

    15. Hezekiah Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on October 14, 1767 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Mehitable Haven.

    16. Jonathan Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on September 14, 1769 in Petersham, Worcester, MA and died in July 1850 in Cayuga, New York at the age of 80. He married Dolly Smith on November 27, 1800. She was born on March 17, 1782 and died in 1846 in Cayuga, New York at the age of 63.

      Children of Jonathan Whitney and Dolly Smith:

      1. William Whitney (18151863)
    17. Jonas Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on October 21, 1771 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Mary Noble.

    18. Alice Whitney, daughter of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on August 3, 1773 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She married Simeon Pelton.

    19. Paul Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 13, 1777 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Dollie Darwin. The second time he married Lucinda Marsh.

    20. Barnabas Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 13, 1777 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Harriett Heileman.

    21. Levi Whitney, son of Hezekiah Whitney and Lucy Pollard, was born on August 30, 1786 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on April 25, 1818 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 31. He married Sarah Davis on January 6, 1812 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1791 in Possibly Templeton, MA.

      Children of Levi Whitney and Sarah Davis:

      1. Evelina Whitney (18121838)
      2. Drusilia Whitney (1816)
      3. Levi Whitney (1818)
Marriage

Date of 29 Jan 1717/18 was shown in Whitney Database, but Lancaster Town records shows Feb 25, 1718/19 on p. 17 of the first Book. The earlier date (probably in 1718/9 may well have been an intention recorded.

Shared note

Date of birth calculated from age at date of death; 78y, 8m, 12d.

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