Martha ColdamAge: 29 years1626–1655

Name
Martha Coldam
Given names
Martha
Surname
Coldam
Name suffix
(Coldham)
Birth about 1626
Concord, Middlesex, Massachuetts

MarriageRichard Whitney — View this family
March 19, 1650 (Age 24 years)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a daughter
#1		Sarah Whitney
October 1653 (Age 27 years)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#2		Moses Whitney
August 1, 1655 (Age 29 years)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Death 1655 (Age 29 years)

Birth of a daughter
#3		Johanah Whitney
January 16, 1656 (12 months after death)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a daughter
#4		Rebecca Whitney
December 15, 1657 (2 years after death)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a daughter
#5		Deborah Whitney
October 12, 1658 (3 years after death)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#6		Richard Whitney
January 13, 1660 (5 years after death)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#7		Elisha Whitney
August 26, 1662 (7 years after death)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#8		Ebenezer Whitney
June 30, 1672 (17 years after death)
Watertown, Middlesex, MA

LDS baptism

Family with Richard Whitney - View this family
husband
Richard Whitney
Birth: January 6, 1624 32 27 — Isleworth, London, England
Death: September 20, 1719 — Concord, Middlesex, MA
herself
Martha Coldam
Birth: about 1626 — Concord, Middlesex, Massachuetts
Death: 1655
Marriage: March 19, 1650 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
4 years
daughter
Sarah Whitney
Birth: October 1653 29 27 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death:
22 months
son
Moses Whitney
Birth: August 1, 1655 31 29 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death:
6 months
daughter
Johanah Whitney
Birth: January 16, 1656 32 30 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death:
3 years
daughter
Deborah Whitney
Birth: October 12, 1658 34 32 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death:
-10 months
daughter
Rebecca Whitney
Birth: December 15, 1657 33 31 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: February 10, 1658 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
2 years
son
Richard Whitney
Birth: January 13, 1660 36 34 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: December 5, 1723 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
3 years
son
Elisha Whitney
Birth: August 26, 1662 38 36 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death:
10 years
son
Ebenezer Whitney
Birth: June 30, 1672 48 46 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: August 5, 1727 — Pomfret, Windham, CT

  1. Generation 1

    1. Martha Coldam was born about 1626 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachuetts and died in 1655. She married Richard Whitney, son of John Whitney and Elinor Eleanor, on March 19, 1650 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He was born on January 6, 1624 in Isleworth, London, England and died on September 20, 1719 in Concord, Middlesex, MA at the age of 95.

      Children of Martha Coldam and Richard Whitney:

      1. Sarah Whitney (1653–)
      2. Moses Whitney (1655–)
      3. Johanah Whitney (1656–)
      4. Deborah Whitney (1658–)
      5. Rebecca Whitney (1657–1658)
      6. Richard Whitney (1660–1723)
      7. Elisha Whitney (1662–)
      8. Ebenezer Whitney (1672–1727)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Moses Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Martha Coldam, was born on August 1, 1655 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He married Sarah Knight on September 30, 1686 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1657 and died on March 23, 1755.

      Children of Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight:

      1. Sarah Whitney (1687–)
      2. Moses Whitney (1689–1778)
      3. Abraham Whitney (1692–1778)
      4. Jonas Whitney (1699–1770)
      5. Rebeckah Whitney (1701–1780)
      6. Jason Whitney (1704–1785)
      7. Lemuel Whitney (1706–1755)
      8. Ephraim Whitney (1713–1723)

    2. Richard Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Martha Coldam, was born on January 13, 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on December 5, 1723 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 63. He married Elizabeth Sawtell about 1698. She was born on February 3, 1668 and died on November 24, 1723 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 55.

      Children of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell:

      1. Richard Whitney (1692–1775)
      2. Hannah Whitney (1694–)
      3. Elizabeth Whitney (1696–)
      4. Jonathan Whitney (1695–1773)
      5. Sarah Whitney (1703–)
      6. Ruhamah Whitney (1705–)
      7. Joshua Whitney (1706–1787)
      8. Hepzibah Whitney (1710–1727)

    3. Ebenezer Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Martha Coldam, was born on June 30, 1672 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on August 5, 1727 in Pomfret, Windham, CT at the age of 55. He married Anna …. She was born about 1674 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on May 15, 1758 in Pomfret, Windham, CT.

      Children of Ebenezer Whitney and Anna …:

      1. Zachariah Whitney (1701–)
      2. Ezekiel Whitney (1703–1751)
      3. Esther Whitney (1705–1729)
      4. Enoch Whitney (1708–)
      5. Israel Whitney (1710–)
      6. Ebenezer Whitney (1712–)
      7. Anna Whitney (1714–)
  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Moses Whitney, son of Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight, was born on June 15, 1689 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on May 7, 1778 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA at the age of 88. He married 3 times. The first time he married Lydia Taylor, daughter of ,. She was born on June 11, 1686 in Of Littleton, Middlesex, MA and died on September 7, 1744 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA at the age of 58. The second time he married Sarah Hutchens on April 13, 1773 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1720 in Of Lunenburg, Worcester, MA. The third time he married Elizabeth (--?--) after September 1744 in Poss. Littleton, Middlesex, MA. She was born on August 2, 1698 in Of Littleton, Middlesex, MA and died on July 17, 1772 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA at the age of 73.

      Children of Moses Whitney and Lydia Taylor:

      1. Salmon Whitney (1712–1759)
      2. Aaron Whitney (1714–1779)
      3. Sarah Whitney (1716–)
      4. Lydia Whitney (1719–1774)
      5. Barnabas Whitney (1721–)
      6. Ephraim Whitney (1724–)
      7. Bezaleel Whitney (1726–1730)
      8. Mary Whitney (1729–)

    2. Abraham Whitney, son of Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight, was born on May 29, 1692 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on September 15, 1778 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 86. He married 2 times. The first time he married Mary Stone, daughter of , about 1714. She was born in 1689 and died on October 7, 1766 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 77. The second time he married Elizabeth Farley on July 16, 1767 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born on March 28, 1704 in Prob. Billerica, MA.

      Children of Abraham Whitney and Mary Stone:

      1. Jemima Whitney (1715–1768)
      2. Keziah Whitney (1716–)
      3. Isaac Whitney (1718–1726)
      4. Ephriam Whitney (1723–1768)
      5. Abraham Whitney (1724–1818)
      6. Isaac Whitney (1726–1746)
      7. Mary Whitney (1729–)

    3. Jonas Whitney, son of Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight, was born on February 1, 1699 in Stow-Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on September 18, 1770 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 71. He married 2 times. The first time he married Dorcas Wood on January 19, 1723 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1703 in Of Concord, Middlesex, MA and died on February 22, 1725 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. The second time he married Margaret Stratton on March 12, 1726 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1705.

      Children of Jonas Whitney and Dorcas Wood:

      1. Jonathan Whitney (1724–)
      2. Dorcas Whitney (1725–1725)

      Children of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton:

      1. Jonas Whitney (1727–1791)
      2. Ephriam Whitney (1728–1801)
      3. Timothy Whitney (1730–1803)
      4. Jonathan Whitney
      5. Moses Whitney (1733–1810)
      6. Dorcas Whitney (1735–)
      7. Ruth Whitney (1736–)
      8. Aaron Whitney (1740–1817)
      9. Margaret Whitney

    4. Rebeckah Whitney, daughter of Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight, was born about 1701 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on July 27, 1780 in Harvard, MA. She married John Whitney, son of Isaiah Whitney and Sarah Woodward, on May 20, 1724 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He was born on December 6, 1698 in Cambridge Farms, Middlesex, MA and died about 1765.

      Children of Rebeckah Whitney and John Whitney:

      1. John Whitney (1725–)
      2. Sarah Whitney (1727–1771)
      3. Beulah Whitney (1730–1763)
      4. Ezra Whitney (1731–)
      5. Abner Whitney (1734–1802)

    5. Jason Whitney, son of Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight, was born in 1704 and died on February 19, 1785 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 81. He married Arabella (--?--). She was born in 1703 and died on September 25, 1785 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 82.

      Children of Jason Whitney and Arabella (--?--):

      1. Priscilla Whitney (1728–)
      2. Micah Whitney (1730–)
      3. Bulah Whitney (1732–)
      4. Lois Whitney (1735–)
      5. Damaris Whitney (1737–)
      6. Eunice Whitney (1739–)
      7. Sarah Whitney (1741–)
      8. Aaron Whitney (1743–)

    6. Lemuel Whitney, son of Moses Whitney and Sarah Knight, was born on August 1, 1706 and died on January 23, 1755 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 48. He married Sibel (--?--). She was born about 1710 and died in 1799 in Prob. Stow, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Lemuel Whitney and Sibel (--?--):

      1. Elias Whitney (1733–)
      2. Lemuel Whitney (1735–1738)
      3. Sibil Whitney (1737–1740)
      4. Lemuel Whitney (1738–1803)
      5. Sibbel Whitney (1741–1753)
      6. Marcy Whitney (1743–1753)
      7. Anna Whitney (1745–1753)
      8. Isaac Whitney (1747–1815)
      9. Lydia Whitney (1749–1753)

    7. Richard Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell, was born on December 9, 1692 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on April 27, 1775 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 82. He married 2 times. The first time he married Hannah Whitcomb about 1714. She was born on March 28, 1694 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massacheutts and died on November 17, 1743 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 49. The second time he married Hannah Ayers on October 26, 1746 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born in 1704 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on September 27, 1775 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 71.

      Children of Richard Whitney and Hannah Whitcomb:

      1. Mary Whitney (1715–)
      2. Dorothy Whitney (1718–)
      3. Daniel Whitney (1720–1782)
      4. Hannah Whitney (1723–)
      5. Richard Whitney (1725–1798)
      6. Elizabeth Whitney (1728–)
      7. Josiah Whitney (1731–1806)
      8. Sarah Whitney

    8. Hannah Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell, was born about 1694 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Samuel Farr.

    9. Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell, was born about 1696 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married John Wetherby on December 21, 1722 in Lexington, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1695 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.

    10. 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 (1719–1752)
      2. Betsey Whitney (1722–)
      3. Jonathan Whitney (1723–1770)
      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 (1740–1746)

    11. Sarah Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell, was born in 1703. She married Hezekiah Hapgood on March 28, 1725 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1700 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.

    12. Joshua Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell, was born about 1706 in Stow(Concord), MA and died on March 15, 1787 in Boxborough, Middlesex, MA. He married 4 times. The first time he married Zerviah (--?--) before 1733 in Probably Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1712. The second time he married Azubah (--?--) on April 19, 1762 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. The third time he married Rebecca Winship on January 25, 1764 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on December 7, 1717 in Of Lexington, Middlesex, MA and died on December 3, 1769 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 51. The fourth time he married Mary (--?--) after 1769 in Possibly Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1700 and died on February 27, 1788 in Boxborough, Middlesex, MA.

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

      1. Sarah Whitney (1733–)
      2. Mary Whitney (1743–)
      3. Joshua Whitney (1747–1771)
      4. Caleb Whitney (1749–)

    13. Hepzibah Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell, was born in 1710 in Prob. Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on October 25, 1727 at the age of 17. She married Seth Sawyer on October 12, 1732 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA. He was born on October 31, 1708 in Of Lancaster, Worcester, MA.

    14. Zachariah Whitney, son of Ebenezer Whitney and Anna …, was born about 1701 in Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts. He married Ruth Taylor on July 30, 1730 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut. She was born on September 15, 1704 in Woodstock, Connecticut.

      Children of Zachariah Whitney and Ruth Taylor:

      1. Mary Whitney (1731–)
      2. Zachariah Whitney (1732–1808)
      3. Moses Whitney (1735–1756)
      4. Aaron Whitney (1737–)
      5. Ephraim Whitney (1740–)
      6. Joseph Whitney (1743–)
      7. Benjamin Whitney (1743–)
      8. Ruth Whitney (1746–)
      9. Ebenezer Whitney (1750–1756)

    15. Ezekiel Whitney, son of Ebenezer Whitney and Anna …, was born about 1703 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachetts and died in 1751. He married Isabel Taylor. She was born on June 25, 1702 in Woodstock, Connecticut.

    16. Esther Whitney, daughter of Ebenezer Whitney and Anna …, was born about 1705 in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts and died on October 19, 1729 in Pomfret, CT. She married William Bigginton on January 18, 1726.

    17. Enoch Whitney, son of Ebenezer Whitney and Anna …, was born about 1708. He married Thankful Parker, daughter of , on December 21, 1732 in Plainfield, Connecticut. She was born on June 27, 1717 in Plainfield, Connecticut.

      Children of Enoch Whitney and Thankful Parker:

      1. Samuel Whitney (1734–1812)
      2. Susanna Whitney (1739–)
      3. Rosanna Whitney (1740–)
      4. Asa Whitney (1742–)
      5. Thankful Whitney (1747–)
      6. Hezekiah Whitney (1748–1827)
      7. Joseph Whitney (1753–)
      8. Sarah Whitney (1756–)
Shared note

Mackenzie note says descent included the Hon. William Collins Whitney, Secretary of the Navy, 1885, and the Professors Dwight Whitney of Yale College.

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