Richard WhitneyAge: 82 years1692–1775

Name
Richard Whitney
Given names
Richard
Surname
Whitney
Name suffix
Lt.
Birth December 9, 1692 32 24
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a sisterHannah Whitney
about 1694 (Age 12 months)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a brotherJonathan Whitney
February 27, 1695 (Age 2 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a sisterElizabeth Whitney
about 1696 (Age 3 years)
Of Stow, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of parentsRichard Whitney — Elizabeth Sawtell — View this family
about 1698 (Age 5 years)

Birth of a sisterSarah Whitney
1703 (Age 10 years)

Birth of a brotherRuhamah Whitney
about 1705 (Age 12 years)

Birth of a brotherJoshua Whitney
about 1706 (Age 13 years)
Stow(Concord), MA

Birth of a sisterHepzibah Whitney
1710 (Age 17 years)
Prob. Stow, Middlesex, MA

MarriageHannah Whitcomb — View this family
about 1714 (Age 21 years)

Birth of a daughter
#1		Mary Whitney
November 24, 1715 (Age 22 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a daughter
#2		Dorothy Whitney
April 13, 1718 (Age 25 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Death of a paternal grandfatherRichard Whitney
September 20, 1719 (Age 26 years)
Concord, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#3		Daniel Whitney
February 13, 1720 (Age 27 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a daughter
#4		Hannah Whitney
May 20, 1723 (Age 30 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Death of a motherElizabeth Sawtell
November 24, 1723 (Age 30 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Death of a fatherRichard Whitney
December 5, 1723 (Age 30 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#5		Richard Whitney
July 31, 1725 (Age 32 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Death of a sisterHepzibah Whitney
October 25, 1727 (Age 34 years)

Birth of a daughter
#6		Elizabeth Whitney
July 23, 1728 (Age 35 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a son
#7		Josiah Whitney
October 12, 1731 (Age 38 years)
Of Stow, Middlesex, MA

Death of a wifeHannah Whitcomb
November 17, 1743 (Age 50 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of a childDaniel Whitney — Dorothy Goss — View this family
November 11, 1745 (Age 52 years)
Prob Lancaster, Worcester, MA

Shared note: Intent published in Lancaster 9 Nov and in Stow 11 Nov 1744. Marriage probably took place in the town of the bride's residence.
MarriageHannah Ayers — View this family
October 26, 1746 (Age 53 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of a childRichard Whitney — Mary Perry — View this family
December 10, 1747 (Age 55 years)
Sudbury, Middlesex, MA

Shared note: Intent published in Harvard in Oct. 1747.
Marriage of a childJoseph Wetherby — Elizabeth Whitney — View this family
April 16, 1749 (Age 56 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA

Marriage of a childJosiah Whitney — Sarah Farr Or Farrar — View this family
September 9, 1751 (Age 58 years)
Ashby, Middlesex, MA

Shared note: Intent published in Stow, 9 Sep 1751.
Marriage of a childHezekiah Whitcomb — Sarah Whitney — View this family
December 23, 1769 (Age 77 years)

Death of a brotherJonathan Whitney
November 8, 1773 (Age 80 years)
Harvard, Worcester, MA

Marriage of a childJosiah Whitney — Sarah Dwelly — View this family
February 3, 1774 (Age 81 years)
Harvard, Massachuetts

Death April 27, 1775 (Age 82 years)
Stow, Middlesex, MA
Family with parents - View this family
father
Richard Whitney
Birth: January 13, 1660 36 34 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Death: December 5, 1723 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
mother
Elizabeth Sawtell
Birth: February 3, 1668
Death: November 24, 1723 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: about 1698 —
-5 years
himself
Richard Whitney
Birth: December 9, 1692 32 24 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: April 27, 1775 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
2 years
younger sister
Hannah Whitney
Birth: about 1694 33 25 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death:
3 years
younger sister
Elizabeth Whitney
Birth: about 1696 35 27 — Of Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death:
-10 months
younger brother
Jonathan Whitney
Birth: February 27, 1695 35 27 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: November 8, 1773 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
9 years
younger sister
Sarah Whitney
Birth: 1703 42 34
Death:
3 years
younger brother
Ruhamah Whitney
Birth: about 1705 44 36
Death:
2 years
younger brother
Joshua Whitney
Birth: about 1706 45 37 — Stow(Concord), MA
Death: March 15, 1787 — Boxborough, Middlesex, MA
5 years
younger sister
Hepzibah Whitney
Birth: 1710 49 41 — Prob. Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: October 25, 1727
Family with Hannah Whitcomb - View this family
himself
Richard Whitney
Birth: December 9, 1692 32 24 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: April 27, 1775 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
wife
Hannah Whitcomb
Birth: March 28, 1694 — Lancaster, Worcester, Massacheutts
Death: November 17, 1743 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: about 1714 —
23 months
daughter
Mary Whitney
Birth: November 24, 1715 22 21 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death:
2 years
daughter
Dorothy Whitney
Birth: April 13, 1718 25 24 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death:
22 months
son
Daniel Whitney
Birth: February 13, 1720 27 25 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: September 30, 1782 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
3 years
daughter
Hannah Whitney
Birth: May 20, 1723 30 29 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death:
2 years
son
Richard Whitney
Birth: July 31, 1725 32 31 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: May 4, 1798 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
3 years
daughter
Elizabeth Whitney
Birth: July 23, 1728 35 34 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death:
3 years
son
Josiah Whitney
Birth: October 12, 1731 38 37 — Of Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: January 24, 1806 — Ashby, Middlesex, MA
daughter
Sarah Whitney
Death:
Family with Hannah Ayers - View this family
himself
Richard Whitney
Birth: December 9, 1692 32 24 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: April 27, 1775 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
wife
Hannah Ayers
Birth: 1704 — Of Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: September 27, 1775 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: October 26, 1746 — Stow, Middlesex, MA

  1. Generation 1

    1. 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
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Daniel Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Hannah Whitcomb, was born on February 13, 1720 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on September 30, 1782 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 62. He married Dorothy Goss on November 11, 1745 in Prob Lancaster, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1723 in Of Lancaster, Worcester, MA and died on October 11, 1813 in Stow, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss:

      1. Hannah Whitney (1746–)
      2. John Whitney (1747–1782)
      3. Daniel Whitney (1749–1805)
      4. Dorothy Whitney (1751–)
      5. Silas Whitney (1754–1756)
      6. Ephraim Whitney (1755–1784)
      7. Silas Whitney (1758–)
      8. Elizabeth Whitney (1760–)
      9. Katharine Whitney (1763–)
      10. Susannah Whitney (1766–)
      11. Mary Whitney (1769–)

    2. Richard Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Hannah Whitcomb, was born on July 31, 1725 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on May 4, 1798 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 72. He married Mary Perry on December 10, 1747 in Sudbury, Middlesex, MA. She was born in January 1723 in Of Sudbury and died on February 18, 1804 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 81.

      Children of Richard Whitney and Mary Perry:

      1. Jacob Whitney (1749–1825)
      2. Richard Whitney (1752–1835)
      3. Mary Whitney (1755–)
      4. Reuben Whitney (1758–1823)
      5. James Whitney (1760–1816)
      6. Hannah Whitney (1763–1768)
      7. Sarah Whitney (1767–)

    3. Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Hannah Whitcomb, was born on July 23, 1728 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Joseph Wetherby on April 16, 1749 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1723 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.

    4. Josiah Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Hannah Whitcomb, was born on October 12, 1731 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on January 24, 1806 in Ashby, Middlesex, MA at the age of 74. He married 2 times. The first time he married Sarah Farr Or Farrar on September 9, 1751 in Ashby, Middlesex, MA. She was born on January 19, 1735 and died on April 21, 1773 in Harvard, Massachusetts at the age of 38. The second time he married Sarah Dwelly on February 3, 1774 in Harvard, Massachuetts. She died on February 18, 1817 in Whitington, Vermont.

      Children of Josiah Whitney and Sarah Farr Or Farrar:

      1. Infant Whitney (–1761)
      2. Infant Whitney (–1762)
      3. Infant Whitney (–1763)
      4. Infant Whitney (–1766)
      5. Infant Whitney (–1768)
      6. Joshua Whitney (1753–1827)
      7. Elizabeth Whitney (1755–)
      8. Stephen Whitney (1757–)

      Children of Josiah Whitney and Sarah Dwelly:

      1. Sarah Whitney (1775–)
      2. Oliver Whitney (1777–)
      3. Artemus Ward Whitney (1778–)
      4. Susannah Whitney (1780–)
      5. Dwelly Whitney (1782–)
      6. Lemuel Whitney (1784–1853)
      7. Daniel Whitney (1786–)
      8. John Hancock Whitney (1788–)
      9. Moses Gill Whitney (1791–)

    5. Sarah Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Hannah Whitcomb. She married Hezekiah Whitcomb on December 23, 1769.

  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Hannah Whitney, daughter of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on April 29, 1746 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Phinehas Wetherbee on June 6, 1767 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1743 in Of Ashburnham, Worcester, MA.

    2. John Whitney, son of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on November 24, 1747 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died before March 13, 1782 in Lincoln, Middlesex, MA. He married Mary Farnsworth on February 3, 1778 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1757 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of John Whitney and Mary Farnsworth:

      1. Polly Whitney (1778–)
      2. Jonathan Whitney (1780–)
      3. Sarah Whitney (1782–)

    3. Daniel Whitney, son of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on December 11, 1749 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on September 26, 1805 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 55. He married Sarah Duren on December 10, 1778 in Bedford, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1758 in Of Bedford, Middlesex, MA and died on March 28, 1836 in Stow, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Daniel Whitney and Sarah Duren:

      1. Asa Whitney (1779–)
      2. John Whitney (1780–)
      3. Thomas Whitney (1781–1803)
      4. Anna Whitney (1783–)
      5. Daniel Whitney (1785–)
      6. Sally Whitney (1787–1803)
      7. Artemas Whitney (1791–)
      8. Joseph Whitney (1793–)
      9. Manning Whitney (1795–)
      10. Richard Whitney (1798–)
      11. Lucy Whitney (1801–)

    4. Dorothy Whitney, daughter of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on December 12, 1751 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Nathan Putnam on September 10, 1774 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1750 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.

    5. Ephraim Whitney, son of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on September 29, 1755 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on November 17, 1784 in Ashburnham, Worcester, MA at the age of 29. He married Sarah Burges on December 7, 1780 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1759 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Ephraim Whitney and Sarah Burges:

      1. Rachel Whitney (1783–)
      2. Dolly Whitney (1784–)

    6. Silas Whitney, son of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on February 26, 1758 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He married Patience Goodenough on October 12, 1780 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1760 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Silas Whitney and Patience Goodenough:

      1. Silas Whitney (1781–)
      2. John Whitney (1782–)
      3. Betsy Whitney (1785–)
      4. Ephraim Whitney (1787–)
      5. Samuel Whitney (1789–1795)
      6. James Whitney (1791–1795)
      7. Susan Whitney (1793–)
      8. Polly Whitney (1795–)
      9. Dorothy Whitney (1797–)

    7. Elizabeth Whitney, daughter of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on August 4, 1760 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Eleazer Parks on April 10, 1782 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1758 in Of Lincoln, Middlesex, MA.

    8. Katharine Whitney, daughter of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on April 12, 1763 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Lemuel Wheeler on April 23, 1783 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1758 in Of Lincoln, Middlesex, MA.

    9. Susannah Whitney, daughter of Daniel Whitney and Dorothy Goss, was born on October 11, 1766 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Stephen Weston on March 31, 1784 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1762 in Of Lincoln, Middlesex, MA.

    10. Jacob Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary Perry, was born on March 24, 1749 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on July 11, 1825 in Winchendon, Worcester, MA at the age of 76. He married 2 times. The first time he married Lois Hapgood on May 25, 1772 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1751 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA. The second time he married Mary Patch on June 29, 1794 in Littleton, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1757 in Of Littleton, Middlesex, MA and died on August 29, 1838 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Jacob Whitney and Lois Hapgood:

      1. Lois Whitney (1770–)
      2. Hannah Whitney (1772–)
      3. Mercy Whitney (1774–)
      4. Jacob Whitney (1776–)
      5. Emery Whitney (1791–)

      Children of Jacob Whitney and Mary Patch:

      1. Sarah Whitney (1794–1797)
      2. Elias Whitney (1797–)
      3. Charlotte Whitney (1804–)

    11. Richard Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary Perry, was born on February 2, 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on September 28, 1835 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 83. He married Mercy Willard on December 15, 1772 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born in February 1755 in Probably Harvard, MA and died on August 15, 1836 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 81.

      Children of Richard Whitney and Mercy Willard:

      1. Betsey Willard Whitney (1774–)
      2. Polley Whitney (1777–1789)
      3. Levi Whitney (1781–1785)
      4. Polley Whitney (1789–)

    12. Mary Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Mary Perry, was born on July 3, 1755 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Joshua Bowers on September 14, 1777 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1752 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

    13. Reuben Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary Perry, was born on February 21, 1758 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on February 14, 1823 in Lancaster, Worcester, MA at the age of 64. He married Lucy Fairbank on September 21, 1781 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1763 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on November 16, 1843 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Reuben Whitney and Lucy Fairbank:

      1. Lucy Whitney (1782–)
      2. Reuben Whitney (1783–)
      3. Mercy Fairbank Whitney (1786–1822)
      4. Simry Whitney (1795–)

    14. James Whitney, son of Richard Whitney and Mary Perry, was born on May 29, 1760 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on July 15, 1816 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 56. He married 3 times. The first time he married Rachel Laughton on May 27, 1783 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on August 7, 1760 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on April 14, 1803 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 42. The second time he married Lucy Reed on October 20, 1803 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born in 1778 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on January 13, 1810 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 32. The third time he married Susan Whitney, daughter of Isaac Whitney and Lucy Meeds, on December 8, 1811 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on March 26, 1785 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of James Whitney and Rachel Laughton:

      1. Richard Whitney (1784–)
      2. Infant Whitney (1786–1786)
      3. Jeremiah Laughton Whitney (1788–)
      4. Rachel Whitney (1791–)
      5. John Whitney (1796–)

      Children of James Whitney and Lucy Reed:

      1. Lucy Whitney (1804–)
      2. Jefferson Whitney (1806–)
      3. Mary Whitney (1809–)

      Children of James Whitney and Susan Whitney:

      1. Hiram Whitney (1815–)

    15. Sarah Whitney, daughter of Richard Whitney and Mary Perry, was born on February 9, 1767 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Levi Worster on July 7, 1785 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1763 in Of Littleton, Middlesex, MA.

    16. Joshua Whitney, son of Josiah Whitney and Sarah Farr Or Farrar, was born on February 25, 1753 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on January 2, 1827 at the age of 73. He married Anna Scollay on January 10, 1776 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about April 18, 1758 in Harvard, Massachusetts and died on March 8, 1824.

      Children of Joshua Whitney and Anna Scollay:

      1. Lucy Whitney
      2. Nancy Whitney (1777–)
      3. Sally Whitney (1778–)
      4. Lois Whitney (1781–)
      5. James Whitney (1782–)
      6. Steven Whitney (1784–1852)
      7. James Whitney (1789–)
      8. Lydia Whitney (1795–)
      9. Scollay Whitney (1798–)
      10. Betsey Whitney (1801–)

    17. Lemuel Whitney, son of Josiah Whitney and Sarah Dwelly, was born on September 19, 1784 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on July 9, 1853 at the age of 68. He married Betsy Hall on December 4, 1804 in Ashburnham, Worcester, MA. She was born on July 6, 1788 in Ashburnham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts and died on April 30, 1852 in Ashburnham, Worcester Co., Massachusetts at the age of 63.

      Children of Lemuel Whitney and Betsy Hall:

      1. (Twin) Whitney (–1814)
      2. (Other Twin) Whitney (–1814)
      3. … Whitney (–1815)
      4. Henry Hall Whitney (1805–1888)
      5. Dwelle(Y) Whitney (1807–1879)
      6. Otis Whitney (1809–1884)
      7. Betsy Whitney (1812–)
      8. Lemuel Whitney (1818–)
      9. Nancy Whitney (1822–)
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