Simon WhitneyAge: 70 years17271797

Name
Simon Whitney
Given names
Simon
Surname
Whitney
Birth May 20, 1727 26 21
Birth of a sisterJohanna Whitney
September 20, 1729 (Age 2 years)
Birth of a sisterMary Whitney
September 10, 1731 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a sisterDorothy Whitney
May 31, 1733 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a brotherDaniel Whitney
December 7, 1735 (Age 8 years)
Christening September 19, 1736 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherBenjamin Whitney
1736 (Age 8 years)
Christening of a sisterAbigail Whitney
September 19, 1736 (Age 9 years)
Christening of a sisterJohanna Whitney
September 19, 1736 (Age 9 years)
Christening of a sisterMary Whitney
September 19, 1736 (Age 9 years)
Christening of a sisterDorothy Whitney
September 19, 1736 (Age 9 years)
Christening of a brotherDaniel Whitney
September 19, 1736 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJoshua Whitney
April 3, 1737 (Age 9 years)
Christening of a brotherJoshua Whitney
April 3, 1737 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherHenry Whitney
December 31, 1738 (Age 11 years)
Christening of a brotherHenry Whitney
December 31, 1738 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brotherIsrael Whitney
August 6, 1741 (Age 14 years)
Christening of a brotherIsrael Whitney
August 16, 1741 (Age 14 years)
Christening of a sisterLydia Whitney
April 10, 1743 (Age 15 years)
Birth of a sisterGrace Whitney
October 22, 1744 (Age 17 years)
Christening of a sisterGrace Whitney
October 28, 1744 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a brotherElisha Whitney
February 27, 1747 (Age 19 years)
Christening of a brotherElisha Whitney
March 8, 1747 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a sisterLucy Whitney
June 30, 1749 (Age 22 years)
Christening of a sisterLucy Whitney
July 2, 1749 (Age 22 years)
MarriageMary RugglesView this family
May 26, 1757 (Age 30 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney
March 19, 1759 (Age 31 years)
Christening of a sonNathaniel Ruggles Whitney
March 25, 1759 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorothy Whitney
July 22, 1760 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3
Simon Whitney
July 22, 1760 (Age 33 years)
Christening of a daughterDorothy Whitney
July 27, 1760 (Age 33 years)
Death of a daughterDorothy Whitney
August 9, 1761 (Age 34 years)
Death of a sonSimon Whitney
August 9, 1761 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#4
Mary Whitney
January 10, 1762 (Age 34 years)
Christening of a daughterMary Whitney
January 10, 1762 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Grace Whitney
July 12, 1763 (Age 36 years)
Christening of a daughterGrace Whitney
July 17, 1763 (Age 36 years)
Death of a daughterGrace Whitney
September 5, 1763 (Age 36 years)
Death of a daughterMary Whitney
June 26, 1765 (Age 38 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherAbigail Hagar
1767 (Age 39 years)

Christening of a daughterLucy Whitney
October 25, 1767 (Age 40 years)
Christening of a daughterAnna Whitney
July 23, 1769 (Age 42 years)
Death of a wifeMary Ruggles
March 12, 1773 (Age 45 years)
Death of a brotherIsrael Whitney
September 11, 1774 (Age 47 years)
MarriageSarah (--?--)View this family
before 1775 (Age 47 years)
Death of a fatherDaniel Whitney
before March 28, 1775 (Age 47 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Sarah Whitney
June 25, 1775 (Age 48 years)
Birth of a son
#7
Simon Whitney
April 18, 1778 (Age 50 years)
Marriage of a childNathaniel Ruggles WhitneyAbigail FrothinghamView this family
about 1781 (Age 53 years)
Birth of a son
#8
Richard Whitney
January 2, 1782 (Age 54 years)
Christening of a sonRichard Whitney
January 6, 1782 (Age 54 years)
Death of a motherDorothy Tainter
August 7, 1788 (Age 61 years)
Death of a brotherBenjamin Whitney
before September 8, 1790 (Age 63 years)
Death of a brotherHenry Whitney
before September 8, 1790 (Age 63 years)

Death October 16, 1797 (Age 70 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1722
15 months
elder brother
2 years
elder sister
23 months
himself
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger sister
21 months
younger sister
3 years
younger brother
16 months
younger brother
21 months
younger brother
Henry Whitney
Birth: December 31, 1738 38 32Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: before September 8, 1790
3 years
younger brother
20 months
younger sister
18 months
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
Family with Mary Ruggles - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: May 26, 1757Watertown, Middlesex, MA
22 months
son
16 months
daughter
Dorothy Whitney
Birth: July 22, 1760 33 24Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: August 9, 1761Watertown, Middlesex, MA
son
Simon Whitney
Birth: July 22, 1760 33 24Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: August 9, 1761Watertown, Middlesex, MA
18 months
daughter
Mary Whitney
Birth: January 10, 1762 34 26Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: June 26, 1765Watertown, Middlesex, MA
18 months
daughter
Grace Whitney
Birth: July 12, 1763 36 27Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: September 5, 1763Watertown, Middlesex, MA
4 years
daughter
21 months
daughter
Family with Sarah (--?--) - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: before 1775Prob. Watertown, Middlesex, MA
6 months
daughter
3 years
son
4 years
son

  1. Generation 1
    1. Simon Whitney, son of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Tainter, was born on May 20, 1727 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on October 16, 1797 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA at the age of 70. He married 2 times. The first time he married Mary Ruggles on May 26, 1757 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1736 in Of Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on March 12, 1773 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. The second time he married Sarah (--?--) before 1775 in Prob. Watertown, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1740 in Of Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Simon Whitney and Mary Ruggles:

      1. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney (17591826)
      2. Dorothy Whitney (17601761)
      3. Simon Whitney (17601761)
      4. Mary Whitney (17621765)
      5. Grace Whitney (17631763)
      6. Lucy Whitney (1767)
      7. Anna Whitney (1769)

      Children of Simon Whitney and Sarah (--?--):

      1. Sarah Whitney (1775)
      2. Simon Whitney (1778)
      3. Richard Whitney (17821861)
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney, son of Simon Whitney and Mary Ruggles, was born on March 19, 1759 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on August 7, 1826 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA at the age of 67. He married Abigail Frothingham about 1781 in Prob. Watertown, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1761 in Prob. Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney and Abigail Frothingham:

      1. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney (1782)
      2. Patty Whitney (1784)
      3. James Bradish Whitney (17861815)
      4. Francis Whitney (1788)
      5. Hannah Whitney (1791)
      6. George Call Whitney (1793)
      7. William Whitney (1795)
      8. Simon Whitney (1797)
      9. John Whitney (1800)
    2. Richard Whitney, son of Simon Whitney and Sarah (--?--), was born on January 2, 1782 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on March 25, 1861 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA at the age of 79. He married Mary E. Parker, daughter of , about 1815 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA. She was born about 1795 in Poss. Amherst, Hampshire, MA.

      Children of Richard Whitney and Mary E. Parker:

      1. Simon Woodbridge Whitney (18161894)
      2. Richard Seaver Whitney (1818)
      3. Samuel Frost Whitney (1819)
      4. Sarah Ann Mary Whitney (18211824)
      5. Elisha Parks Whitney (18251892)
      6. Sarah Ann Mary Whitney (18261861)
      7. Caroline Elizabeth Whitney (1828)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney, son of Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney and Abigail Frothingham, was born on May 25, 1782 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

    2. Patty Whitney, daughter of Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney and Abigail Frothingham, was born on February 10, 1784 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

    3. Francis Whitney, son of Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney and Abigail Frothingham, was born on June 29, 1788 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

    4. Hannah Whitney, daughter of Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney and Abigail Frothingham, was born on July 5, 1791 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA.

    5. Simon Woodbridge Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary E. Parker, was born on November 21, 1816 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA and died on October 24, 1894 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA at the age of 77.

    6. Richard Seaver Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary E. Parker, was born on February 13, 1818 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA.

    7. Samuel Frost Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary E. Parker, was born on July 18, 1819 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA.

    8. Elisha Parks Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary E. Parker, was born on June 18, 1825 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA and died on April 22, 1892 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA at the age of 66.

    9. Sarah Ann Mary Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Mary E. Parker, was born on October 14, 1826 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA and died on March 2, 1861 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA at the age of 34.

    10. Caroline Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Mary E. Parker, was born on August 2, 1828 in Amherst, Hampshire, MA.

Shared note

His estate was probated 7 Nov 1797, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA; Sarah Whitney, widow, declined administration on the estate of Simon Whitney, late of Watertown, deceased, and nominated Nathl. R. Whitney; est/pro 8 Nov 1797, Wat/Mid/MA; Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney, Esq., of Watertown, was appointed administratior of the estate of Simon Whitney, late of Watertown, deceased, and posted bond with Edmund Fowle and John Fowle, both of Watertown, as sureties; est/pro 20 Dec 1797 Wat/Mid/MA; inventory taken by Francis Faulkner, Leonard Bond, and Moses Coolidge, amounting to $988.47, with an addition of $5611.75.

At the time of his death in 1798 his two sons by his second wife, Sarah, both minors over agew 14, chose Thomas Clark as their guardian.

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