Abraham Whitney 1692–1778 – The Haley, Lawrence, Saunders and Cotter Family trees

Abraham WhitneyAge: 86 years1692–1778

Name: Abraham Whitney

Given names: Abraham

Surname: Whitney

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Birth	May 29, 1692 36 35 Stow, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a brother	Jonas Whitney February 1, 1699 (Age 6 years) Stow-Harvard, Worcester, MA
Birth of a sister	Rebeckah Whitney about 1701 (Age 8 years) Of Stow, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a brother	Jason Whitney 1704 (Age 11 years)
Birth of a brother	Lemuel Whitney August 1, 1706 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a brother	Ephraim Whitney 1713 (Age 20 years)
Marriage	Mary Stone — View this family about 1714 (Age 21 years)
Birth of a daughter #1	Jemima Whitney October 14, 1715 (Age 23 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a daughter #2	Keziah Whitney October 8, 1716 (Age 24 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a son #3	Isaac Whitney between 1718 and 1721 (Age 25 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death of a paternal grandfather	Richard Whitney September 20, 1719 (Age 27 years) Concord, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a son #4	Ephriam Whitney April 6, 1723 (Age 30 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death of a brother	Ephraim Whitney May 4, 1723 (Age 30 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a son #5	Abraham Whitney July 31, 1724 (Age 32 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death of a son	Isaac Whitney before January 24, 1726 (Age 33 years) Stow?, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a son #6	Isaac Whitney January 24, 1726 (Age 33 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Birth of a daughter #7	Mary Whitney October 28, 1729 (Age 37 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Marriage of a child	Abraham Whitney — MarcyMary Perry… — View this family December 19, 1745 (Age 53 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death of a son	Isaac Whitney August 21, 1746 (Age 54 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Marriage of a child	Silas Jewell — Mary Whitney — View this family November 22, 1749 (Age 57 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death of a brother	Lemuel Whitney January 23, 1755 (Age 62 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death of a mother	Sarah Knight March 23, 1755 (Age 62 years)
Death of a wife	Mary Stone October 7, 1766 (Age 74 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Marriage	Elizabeth Farley — View this family July 16, 1767 (Age 75 years) Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death of a daughter	Jemima Whitney before May 1768 (Age 75 years)
Death of a son	Ephriam Whitney before May 1768 (Age 75 years)
Death of a brother	Jonas Whitney September 18, 1770 (Age 78 years) Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death of a brother	Moses Whitney May 7, 1778 (Age 85 years) Littleton, Middlesex, MA
Death	September 15, 1778 (Age 86 years) Stow, Middlesex, 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 Sarah Knight Sarah Whitney Moses Whitney Abraham Whitney Jonas Whitney Rebeckah Whitney Jason Whitney Lemuel Whitney Ephraim Whitney Moses Whitney Birth: August 1, 1655 31 29 — Watertown, Middlesex, MA Death:
mother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Moses Whitney Sarah Whitney Moses Whitney Abraham Whitney Jonas Whitney Rebeckah Whitney Jason Whitney Lemuel Whitney Ephraim Whitney Sarah Knight Birth: about 1657 Death: March 23, 1755
	Marriage: September 30, 1686 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
9 months elder sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Sarah Whitney Birth: July 2, 1687 31 30 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death:
23 months elder brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Lydia Taylor Salmon Whitney Aaron Whitney Sarah Whitney Lydia Whitney Barnabas Whitney Ephraim Whitney Bezaleel Whitney Mary Whitney Family with spouse Sarah Hutchens Family with spouse Elizabeth (--?--) Moses Whitney Birth: June 15, 1689 33 32 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: May 7, 1778 — Littleton, Middlesex, MA
3 years himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Stone Jemima Whitney Keziah Whitney Isaac Whitney Ephriam Whitney Abraham Whitney Isaac Whitney Mary Whitney Family with spouse Elizabeth Farley Abraham Whitney Birth: May 29, 1692 36 35 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: September 15, 1778 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
7 years younger brother	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
3 years younger sister	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Whitney John Whitney Sarah Whitney Beulah Whitney Ezra Whitney Abner Whitney Rebeckah Whitney Birth: about 1701 45 44 — Of Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: July 27, 1780 — Harvard, MA
4 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Arabella (--?--) Priscilla Whitney Micah Whitney Bulah Whitney Lois Whitney Damaris Whitney Eunice Whitney Sarah Whitney Aaron Whitney Jason Whitney Birth: 1704 48 47 Death: February 19, 1785 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
3 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sibel (--?--) Elias Whitney Lemuel Whitney Sibil Whitney Lemuel Whitney Sibbel Whitney Marcy Whitney Anna Whitney Isaac Whitney Lydia Whitney Lemuel Whitney Birth: August 1, 1706 51 49 Death: January 23, 1755 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
7 years younger brother	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ephraim Whitney Birth: 1713 57 56 Death: May 4, 1723 — Stow, Middlesex, MA

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Stone Jemima Whitney Keziah Whitney Isaac Whitney Ephriam Whitney Abraham Whitney Isaac Whitney Mary Whitney Family with spouse Elizabeth Farley Abraham Whitney Birth: May 29, 1692 36 35 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: September 15, 1778 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Abraham Whitney Jemima Whitney Keziah Whitney Isaac Whitney Ephriam Whitney Abraham Whitney Isaac Whitney Mary Whitney Mary Stone Birth: 1689 Death: October 7, 1766 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
	Marriage: about 1714 —
21 months daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Jemima Whitney Birth: October 14, 1715 23 26 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: before May 1768
1 year daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mister Hale Keziah Whitney Birth: October 8, 1716 24 27 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death:
5 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Isaac Whitney Birth: between 1718 and 1721 25 29 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: before January 24, 1726 — Stow?, Middlesex, MA
5 years son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Ephriam Whitney Birth: April 6, 1723 30 34 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: before May 1768
16 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse MarcyMary Perry… Lucy Sawyer Whitney Isaac Whitney Marcy Whitney Abraham Whitney Jacob Whitney Levi Whitney Ruth Whitney Mary Whitney Mary Whitney Levi Whitney Rhoda Whitney Abraham Whitney Birth: July 31, 1724 32 35 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: April 3, 1818 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
18 months son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Isaac Whitney Birth: January 24, 1726 33 37 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: August 21, 1746 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
4 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Silas Jewell Mercy Jewell Lucy Jewell Mary Jewell Silas C. Jewell Eunice Jewell Mary Whitney Birth: October 28, 1729 37 40 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death:

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himself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Stone Jemima Whitney Keziah Whitney Isaac Whitney Ephriam Whitney Abraham Whitney Isaac Whitney Mary Whitney Family with spouse Elizabeth Farley Abraham Whitney Birth: May 29, 1692 36 35 — Stow, Middlesex, MA Death: September 15, 1778 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Family with spouse Abraham Whitney Elizabeth Farley Birth: March 28, 1704 — Prob. Billerica, MA Death:
	Marriage: July 16, 1767 — Stow, Middlesex, MA

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wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Family with spouse Abraham Whitney Elizabeth Farley Birth: March 28, 1704 — Prob. Billerica, MA Death:
	Marriage: September 6, 1724 — Billerica, Middlesex, MA

Generation 1
1. 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–)
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1. Keziah Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and Mary Stone, was born on October 8, 1716 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Mister Hale. He was born about 1790.
2. Abraham Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and Mary Stone, was born on July 31, 1724 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on April 3, 1818 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 93. He married MarcyMary Perry… on December 19, 1745 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born in September 1726 in Of Sudbury, MA and died on December 10, 1828 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 102.
  Children of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…:
  1. Lucy Sawyer Whitney (1746–1834)
  2. Isaac Whitney (1749–1815)
  3. Marcy Whitney (1751–)
  4. Abraham Whitney (1754–)
  5. Jacob Whitney (1756–1844)
  6. Levi Whitney (1759–1770)
  7. Ruth Whitney (1761–)
  8. Mary Whitney (1764–)
  9. Mary Whitney (1767–)
  10. Levi Whitney (1770–1770)
  11. Rhoda Whitney (1771–)
3. Mary Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and Mary Stone, was born on October 28, 1729 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Silas Jewell on November 22, 1749 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born on May 4, 1726 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.
  Children of Mary Whitney and Silas Jewell:
  1. Mercy Jewell
  2. Lucy Jewell
  3. Mary Jewell
  4. Silas C. Jewell (1751–1837)
  5. Eunice Jewell (1754–)
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1. Lucy Sawyer Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on September 29, 1746 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on December 27, 1834 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 88. She married James Whitcomb on November 17, 1768 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1745 in Of Harvard, MA.
2. Isaac Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on February 1, 1749 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on April 28, 1815 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 66. He married Lucy Meeds on May 12, 1774 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on January 12, 1756 in Of Harvard, MA.
  Children of Isaac Whitney and Lucy Meeds:
  1. Isaac Whitney (1775–)
  2. Lucy Whitney (1777–)
  3. Polly Whitney (1779–)
  4. Moses Whitney (1782–)
  5. Susan Whitney (1785–)
  6. Asa Willard Whitney (1787–1839)
  7. Claresy Whitney (1791–)
3. Marcy Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on April 27, 1751 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Abraham Forbush on November 24, 1769 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1745 in Of Acton, Middlesex, MA.
4. Abraham Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on January 3, 1754 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He married 3 times. The first time he married Mehitabel Ware on May 10, 1780 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1759 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on September 25, 1793 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. The second time he married Sarah Weatherbee on March 25, 1794 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1760 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on March 29, 1795 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. The third time he married Catherine Wood on November 13, 1796 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born about 1760 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on April 7, 1802 in Stow, Middlesex, MA.
  Children of Abraham Whitney and Mehitabel Ware:
  1. Nabby Whitney (1780–)
  2. Rhoda Whitney (1781–1785)
  3. Sally Whitney (1783–)
  4. Joseph Whitney (1787–1791)
  5. Lucy Whitney (1790–)
  6. John Whitney (1792–)
  Children of Abraham Whitney and Sarah Weatherbee:
  1. Wetherbee Whitney (1795–1796)
  Children of Abraham Whitney and Catherine Wood:
  1. Jonathan Wood Whitney (1797–)
5. Jacob Whitney, son of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on November 7, 1756 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on October 12, 1844 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 87. He married Esther Walcott on September 30, 1779 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She was born in 1760 in Of Bolton, Worcester, MA and died on December 18, 1837 in Stow, Middlesex, MA at the age of 77.
  Children of Jacob Whitney and Esther Walcott:
  1. Levi Whitney (1780–)
  2. Keziah Whitney (1782–)
  3. Josiah Whitney (1785–)
  4. Jacob Whitney (1787–)
  5. Jesse Whitney (1790–)
  6. Abraham Whitney (1794–)
  7. Lydia Whitney (1796–)
  8. Isaac Whitney (1798–)
  9. Eunice Whitney (1807–)
6. Ruth Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on February 16, 1761 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Ichabod Stow on December 1, 1781 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1756 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.
7. Mary Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on December 15, 1764 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Nathan Brooks on August 26, 1784 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1760 in Of Stow, Middlesex, MA.
8. Mary Whitney, daughter of Abraham Whitney and MarcyMary Perry…, was born on February 3, 1767 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. She married Peter Chaffin on March 20, 1787 in Stow, Middlesex, MA. He was born about 1763 in Of Acton, Middlesex, MA.
9. Mercy Jewell, daughter of Silas Jewell and Mary Whitney.
10. Lucy Jewell, daughter of Silas Jewell and Mary Whitney.
11. Mary Jewell, daughter of Silas Jewell and Mary Whitney.
  Mary Jewell had 4 children.
12. Eunice Jewell, daughter of Silas Jewell and Mary Whitney, was born on November 28, 1754. She married Ephriam Maynard.
  Children of Eunice Jewell and Ephriam Maynard:

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Birthdate calculated from age at date of death. (From RW) He left a will on 13 May 1768, Stow, Middlesex, MA; will of Abraham Whitney of Stow; wife Elizabeth; eldest daughter Keziah Hale; son Abraham Whitney, husbandry tools; son and daughter Silas and Mary Jewel; grandson Isaac Whitney; grandson Abraham Whitney, Jun.; four eldest granddaughters (unnamed); grandson Silas Jewel; son Abraham Whitney and son-in-law Silas Jewel, executors; witnessed by Henry Gardner, Sarah Wood, and Benjamin Bagley. His estate was probated 2 Oct 1778, Stow, Middlesex, MA; agreement of heirs, signed by Elizabeth Whitney, widow; Abraham Whitney; Kezia Hale; Silas Jewel, Jr., Abraham Whitney, Jr.; Isaac Whitney; Marcy Furbush; Lucy Whitcomb; Eunice Maynard; Mary Dranton; Jacob Whitney; and Abigail Wood; his estate was probated 8 May 1782; Stow.

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Family with parents
father Parents Richard Whitney Martha Coldam	Moses Whitney 1655–
mother Parents (unknown)	Sarah Knight 1657–1755
elder sister Family (none)	Sarah Whitney 1687–
elder brother Family Lydia Taylor Salmon Whitney Aaron Whitney Sarah Whitney Lydia Whitney Barnabas Whitney Ephraim Whitney Bezaleel Whitney Mary Whitney Sarah Hutchens Elizabeth (--?--)	Moses Whitney 1689–1778
himself Family Mary Stone Jemima Whitney Keziah Whitney Isaac Whitney Ephriam Whitney Abraham Whitney Isaac Whitney Mary Whitney Elizabeth Farley	Abraham Whitney 1692–1778
younger brother Family Dorcas Wood Jonathan Whitney Dorcas Whitney Margaret Stratton Jonas Whitney Ephriam Whitney Timothy Whitney Jonathan Whitney Moses Whitney Dorcas Whitney Ruth Whitney Aaron Whitney Margaret Whitney	Jonas Whitney 1699–1770
younger sister Family John Whitney John Whitney Sarah Whitney Beulah Whitney Ezra Whitney Abner Whitney	Rebeckah Whitney 1701–1780
younger brother Family Arabella (--?--) Priscilla Whitney Micah Whitney Bulah Whitney Lois Whitney Damaris Whitney Eunice Whitney Sarah Whitney Aaron Whitney	Jason Whitney 1704–1785
younger brother Family Sibel (--?--) Elias Whitney Lemuel Whitney Sibil Whitney Lemuel Whitney Sibbel Whitney Marcy Whitney Anna Whitney Isaac Whitney Lydia Whitney	Lemuel Whitney 1706–1755
younger brother Family (none)	Ephraim Whitney 1713–1723
Family with Mary Stone
himself Parents Moses Whitney Sarah Knight	Abraham Whitney 1692–1778
wife Parents (unknown)	Mary Stone 1689–1766
daughter Family (none)	Jemima Whitney 1715–1768
daughter Family Mister Hale	Keziah Whitney 1716–
son Family (none)	Isaac Whitney 1718–1726
son Family (none)	Ephriam Whitney 1723–1768
son Family MarcyMary Perry… Lucy Sawyer Whitney Isaac Whitney Marcy Whitney Abraham Whitney Jacob Whitney Levi Whitney Ruth Whitney Mary Whitney Mary Whitney Levi Whitney Rhoda Whitney	Abraham Whitney 1724–1818
son Family (none)	Isaac Whitney 1726–1746
daughter Family Silas Jewell Mercy Jewell Lucy Jewell Mary Jewell Silas C. Jewell Eunice Jewell	Mary Whitney 1729–
Family with Elizabeth Farley
himself Parents Moses Whitney Sarah Knight	Abraham Whitney 1692–1778
wife Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth Farley 1704–
… … + Elizabeth Farley
wife Parents (unknown)	Elizabeth Farley 1704–

Abraham WhitneyAge: 86 years1692–1778

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