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Aaron WhitneyAge: 76 years1740–1817

Name: Aaron Whitney

Given names: Aaron

Surname: Whitney

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Birth	June 2, 1740 41 35 Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death of a paternal grandmother	Sarah Knight March 23, 1755 (Age 14 years)
Marriage	Anna Lawrence — View this family December 16, 1765 (Age 25 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA Shared note: Married on the 16th in C.R.1, 18th in the VR.
Birth of a daughter #1	Anna Whitney November 18, 1766 (Age 26 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Birth of a daughter #2	Sarah Whitney May 23, 1769 (Age 28 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death of a father	Jonas Whitney September 18, 1770 (Age 30 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Birth of a son #3	Moses Whitney May 3, 1772 (Age 31 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death of a son	Moses Whitney April 25, 1773 (Age 32 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death of a wife	Anna Lawrence July 16, 1773 (Age 33 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Marriage	Sarah Pollard — View this family April 21, 1774 (Age 33 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA Shared note: Married as Sally in the Harvard VR's, but shown as Sarah in birth of children and in the record of her death in 1820.
Birth of a son #4	Moses Whitney October 5, 1775 (Age 35 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Birth of a son #5	Aaron Whitney November 7, 1777 (Age 37 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Birth of a son #6	Abel Whitney February 17, 1786 (Age 45 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Christening of a son	Abel Whitney May 28, 1786 (Age 45 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death of a brother	Jonas Whitney December 23, 1791 (Age 51 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Marriage of a child	Moses Whitney — Polley Baker — View this family April 18, 1797 (Age 56 years) Littleton, Middlesex, MA Shared note: Intent published in Harvard on 27 Mar 1897; wife given as "of Littleton."
Death of a brother	Ephriam Whitney July 26, 1801 (Age 61 years) Petersham, Worcester, MA
Death of a brother	Timothy Whitney June 23, 1803 (Age 63 years) Harvard, Massachusetts
Marriage of a child	Aaron Whitney — Sally Flagg — View this family September 15, 1807 (Age 67 years) Holden, Worcester, MA Shared note: Marriage intent published in Harvard on 3 Aug 1807.
Death of a brother	Moses Whitney June 26, 1810 (Age 70 years) Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts
Death of a son	Moses Whitney January 11, 1816 (Age 75 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Marriage of a child	Aaron Whitney — Susannah H. Fletcher — View this family June 3, 1816 (Age 76 years) Littleton, Middlesex, MA
Death	April 13, 1817 (Age 76 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dorcas Wood Jonathan Whitney Dorcas Whitney Family with spouse Margaret Stratton Jonas Whitney Ephriam Whitney Timothy Whitney Jonathan Whitney Moses Whitney Dorcas Whitney Ruth Whitney Aaron Whitney Margaret Whitney Jonas Whitney Birth: February 1, 1699 43 42 — Stow-Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: September 18, 1770 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jonas Whitney Jonas Whitney Ephriam Whitney Timothy Whitney Jonathan Whitney Moses Whitney Dorcas Whitney Ruth Whitney Aaron Whitney Margaret Whitney Margaret Stratton Birth: about 1705 Death:
	Marriage: March 12, 1726 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
16 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Zebudah Davis Levi Whitney Miriam Whitney Ephraim Whitney Jonas Whitney Lydia Whitney Salmon Whitney Joel Whitney Israel Whitney Peter Whitney Lucy Whitney Jonas Whitney Birth: July 2, 1727 28 22 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: December 23, 1791 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
15 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Marcy Winslow John Whitney Susanna Whitney Lemuel Whitney Richard Whitney Samuel Winslow Whitney Ephraim Whitney Rufus Whitney Harriet Whitney Ephriam Whitney Birth: September 19, 1728 29 23 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: July 26, 1801 — Petersham, Worcester, MA
16 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alice Whitney Abel Whitney Oliver Whitney Simon Whitney Relief Whitney Peter Whitney Silas Whitney Otis Whitney Timothy Whitney Hezekiah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Jonas Whitney Alice Whitney Oliver Whitney Paul Whitney Barnabas Whitney Timothy Whitney Birth: February 1, 1730 31 25 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: June 23, 1803 — Harvard, Massachusetts
brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jonathan Whitney Death:
elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Betty Hutchins Betty Whitney Bethiah Whitney Lucy Whitney Moses Whitney Notnamed Whitney Susa Whitney Abigail Whitney Aaron Whitney Ruth Whitney Moses Whitney Sarah Whitney Family with spouse Martha Cunningham Priscilla Whitney Moses Whitney Birth: October 17, 1733 34 28 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: June 26, 1810 — Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts
2 years elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Dorcas Whitney Birth: about 1735 35 30 Death:
20 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ruth Whitney Birth: September 8, 1736 37 31 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death:
4 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Anna Lawrence Anna Whitney Sarah Whitney Moses Whitney Family with spouse Sarah Pollard Moses Whitney Aaron Whitney Abel Whitney Aaron Whitney Birth: June 2, 1740 41 35 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: April 13, 1817 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Margaret Whitney Death:

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father	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Dorcas Wood Jonathan Whitney Dorcas Whitney Family with spouse Margaret Stratton Jonas Whitney Ephriam Whitney Timothy Whitney Jonathan Whitney Moses Whitney Dorcas Whitney Ruth Whitney Aaron Whitney Margaret Whitney Jonas Whitney Birth: February 1, 1699 43 42 — Stow-Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: September 18, 1770 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
step-mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Jonas Whitney Jonathan Whitney Dorcas Whitney Dorcas Wood Birth: about 1703 — Of Concord, Middlesex, MA Death: February 22, 1725 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
	Marriage: January 19, 1723 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
23 months half-brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jonathan Whitney Birth: about 1724 24 21 — Prob. Stow, Middlesex, MA Death:
14 months half-sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Dorcas Whitney Birth: February 21, 1725 26 22 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: February 21, 1725 — Stow, Middlesex, MA

Family with Anna Lawrence - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Anna Lawrence Anna Whitney Sarah Whitney Moses Whitney Family with spouse Sarah Pollard Moses Whitney Aaron Whitney Abel Whitney Aaron Whitney Birth: June 2, 1740 41 35 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: April 13, 1817 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Aaron Whitney Anna Whitney Sarah Whitney Moses Whitney Anna Lawrence Birth: July 19, 1742 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: July 16, 1773 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
	Marriage: December 16, 1765 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
11 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Anna Whitney Birth: November 18, 1766 26 24 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death:
3 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Sarah Whitney Birth: May 23, 1769 28 26 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death:
3 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Moses Whitney Birth: May 3, 1772 31 29 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: April 25, 1773 — Harvard, Worcester, MA

Family with Sarah Pollard - View this family

himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Anna Lawrence Anna Whitney Sarah Whitney Moses Whitney Family with spouse Sarah Pollard Moses Whitney Aaron Whitney Abel Whitney Aaron Whitney Birth: June 2, 1740 41 35 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: April 13, 1817 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Aaron Whitney Moses Whitney Aaron Whitney Abel Whitney Sarah Pollard Birth: 1747 — Of Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: April 10, 1820 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
	Marriage: April 21, 1774 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
17 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Polley Baker Sally Whitney Lucy Whitney Elbridge Whitney Sarah Whitney Eliza Whitney Marian Whitney Harriet Whitcomb Whitney Moses Whitney Birth: October 5, 1775 35 28 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death: January 11, 1816 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
2 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sally Flagg Laurilla Whitney George Whitney Aaron Whitney Nancy Flagg Whitney Sally Flagg Whitney Family with spouse Susannah H. Fletcher Sarah Hartwell Whitney Susan Hartwell Whitney Samuel F. Whitney Sally Fairbank Whitney Daniel Hartwell Whitney Abel W. Whitney Aaron Whitney Birth: November 7, 1777 37 30 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death:
8 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Abel Whitney Birth: February 17, 1786 45 39 — Harvard, Worcester, MA Death:

Generation 1
1. Aaron Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton, was born on June 2, 1740 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on April 13, 1817 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 76. He married 2 times. The first time he married Anna Lawrence on December 16, 1765 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on July 19, 1742 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on July 16, 1773 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 30. The second time he married Sarah Pollard on April 21, 1774 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born in 1747 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on April 10, 1820 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 73.
  Children of Aaron Whitney and Anna Lawrence:
  1. Anna Whitney (1766–)
  2. Sarah Whitney (1769–)
  3. Moses Whitney (1772–1773)
  Children of Aaron Whitney and Sarah Pollard:
  1. Moses Whitney (1775–1816)
  2. Aaron Whitney (1777–)
  3. Abel Whitney (1786–)
Generation 2back to top
1. Moses Whitney, son of Aaron Whitney and Sarah Pollard, was born on October 5, 1775 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on January 11, 1816 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 40. He married Polley Baker, daughter of , on April 18, 1797 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA. She was born in 1778 in Of Littleton, Middlesex, MA and died on September 10, 1816 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 38.
  Children of Moses Whitney and Polley Baker:
  1. Sally Whitney (1798–)
  2. Lucy Whitney (1800–)
  3. Elbridge Whitney (1802–)
  4. Sarah Whitney (1803–)
  5. Eliza Whitney (1806–)
  6. Marian Whitney (1808–)
  7. Harriet Whitcomb Whitney (1811–)
2. Aaron Whitney, son of Aaron Whitney and Sarah Pollard, was born on November 7, 1777 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Sally Flagg on September 15, 1807 in Holden, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1786 in Of Holden, Worcester, MA and died on June 9, 1814 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. The second time he married Susannah H. Fletcher on June 3, 1816 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA. She was born in 1785 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA and died on September 19, 1848 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 63.
  Children of Aaron Whitney and Sally Flagg:
  1. Laurilla Whitney (1808–)
  2. George Whitney (1809–)
  3. Aaron Whitney (1812–)
  4. Nancy Flagg Whitney (1814–)
  5. Sally Flagg Whitney (1814–1815)
  Children of Aaron Whitney and Susannah H. Fletcher:
  1. Sarah Hartwell Whitney (1817–1817)
  2. Susan Hartwell Whitney (1818–)
  3. Samuel F. Whitney (1821–)
  4. Sally Fairbank Whitney (1823–)
  5. Daniel Hartwell Whitney (1825–)
  6. Abel W. Whitney (1830–1840)
Generation 3back to top
1. Aaron Whitney, son of Aaron Whitney and Sally Flagg, was born on December 1, 1812 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.
2. Susan Hartwell Whitney, daughter of Aaron Whitney and Susannah H. Fletcher, was born on October 20, 1818 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.
3. Samuel F. Whitney, son of Aaron Whitney and Susannah H. Fletcher, was born on October 20, 1821 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.
4. Sally Fairbank Whitney, daughter of Aaron Whitney and Susannah H. Fletcher, was born on July 8, 1823 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

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Marriage View	Married on the 16th in C.R.1, 18th in the VR.
Marriage View	Married as Sally in the Harvard VR's, but shown as Sarah in birth of children and in the record of her death in 1820.
Shared note	Harvard VR's add information "Revolutionary Soldier" (G.R.1) to the death entry. Provided by: Allan Green [email protected]

Family with parents
father Parents Moses Whitney Sarah Knight	Jonas Whitney 1699–1770
mother Parents (unknown)	Margaret Stratton 1705–
elder brother Family Zebudah Davis Levi Whitney Miriam Whitney Ephraim Whitney Jonas Whitney Lydia Whitney Salmon Whitney Joel Whitney Israel Whitney Peter Whitney Lucy Whitney	Jonas Whitney 1727–1791
elder brother Family Marcy Winslow John Whitney Susanna Whitney Lemuel Whitney Richard Whitney Samuel Winslow Whitney Ephraim Whitney Rufus Whitney Harriet Whitney	Ephriam Whitney 1728–1801
elder brother Family Alice Whitney Abel Whitney Oliver Whitney Simon Whitney Relief Whitney Peter Whitney Silas Whitney Otis Whitney Timothy Whitney Hezekiah Whitney Jonathan Whitney Jonas Whitney Alice Whitney Oliver Whitney Paul Whitney Barnabas Whitney	Timothy Whitney 1730–1803
brother Family (none)	Jonathan Whitney –
elder brother Family Betty Hutchins Betty Whitney Bethiah Whitney Lucy Whitney Moses Whitney Notnamed Whitney Susa Whitney Abigail Whitney Aaron Whitney Ruth Whitney Moses Whitney Sarah Whitney Martha Cunningham Priscilla Whitney	Moses Whitney 1733–1810
elder sister Family (none)	Dorcas Whitney 1735–
elder sister Family (none)	Ruth Whitney 1736–
himself Family Anna Lawrence Anna Whitney Sarah Whitney Moses Whitney Sarah Pollard Moses Whitney Aaron Whitney Abel Whitney	Aaron Whitney 1740–1817
sister Family (none)	Margaret Whitney –
Father’s family with Dorcas Wood
father Parents Moses Whitney Sarah Knight	Jonas Whitney 1699–1770
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Dorcas Wood 1703–1725
half-brother Family (none)	Jonathan Whitney 1724–
half-sister Family (none)	Dorcas Whitney 1725–1725
Family with Anna Lawrence
himself Parents Jonas Whitney Margaret Stratton	Aaron Whitney 1740–1817
wife Parents (unknown)	Anna Lawrence 1742–1773
daughter Family (none)	Anna Whitney 1766–
daughter Family (none)	Sarah Whitney 1769–
son Family (none)	Moses Whitney 1772–1773
Family with Sarah Pollard
himself Parents Jonas Whitney Margaret Stratton	Aaron Whitney 1740–1817
wife Parents (unknown)	Sarah Pollard 1747–1820
son Family Polley Baker Sally Whitney Lucy Whitney Elbridge Whitney Sarah Whitney Eliza Whitney Marian Whitney Harriet Whitcomb Whitney	Moses Whitney 1775–1816
son Family Sally Flagg Laurilla Whitney George Whitney Aaron Whitney Nancy Flagg Whitney Sally Flagg Whitney Susannah H. Fletcher Sarah Hartwell Whitney Susan Hartwell Whitney Samuel F. Whitney Sally Fairbank Whitney Daniel Hartwell Whitney Abel W. Whitney	Aaron Whitney 1777–
son Family (none)	Abel Whitney 1786–

Aaron WhitneyAge: 76 years1740–1817

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