Jonas WhitneyAge: 71 years16991770

Name
Jonas Whitney
Given names
Jonas
Surname
Whitney
Birth February 1, 1699 43 42
Birth of a sisterRebeckah Whitney
about 1701 (Age 23 months)
Birth of a brotherJason Whitney
1704 (Age 4 years)

Birth of a brotherLemuel Whitney
August 1, 1706 (Age 7 years)

Birth of a brotherEphraim Whitney
1713 (Age 13 years)

Death of a paternal grandfatherRichard Whitney
September 20, 1719 (Age 20 years)
MarriageDorcas WoodView this family
January 19, 1723 (Age 23 years)
Death of a brotherEphraim Whitney
May 4, 1723 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a son
#1
Jonathan Whitney
about 1724 (Age 24 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Dorcas Whitney
February 21, 1725 (Age 26 years)
Death of a daughterDorcas Whitney
February 21, 1725 (Age 26 years)
Death of a wifeDorcas Wood
February 22, 1725 (Age 26 years)
MarriageMargaret StrattonView this family
March 12, 1726 (Age 27 years)
Shared note: This date (March 12) is marked as "intention" in the VR's for Stow. It (the marriage) does not appear at all in the Chelmsford VR's, so the place of marriage, once listed as Chelmsford (by whom submitted to Whitny12?) has been changed to Stow, Middlesex, MA. [AEG]
Birth of a son
#3
Jonas Whitney
July 2, 1727 (Age 28 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Ephriam Whitney
September 19, 1728 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#5
Timothy Whitney
February 1, 1730 (Age 31 years)
Birth of a son
#6
Moses Whitney
October 17, 1733 (Age 34 years)
Birth of a daughter
#7
Dorcas Whitney
about 1735 (Age 35 years)

Birth of a daughter
#8
Ruth Whitney
September 8, 1736 (Age 37 years)
Birth of a son
#9
Aaron Whitney
June 2, 1740 (Age 41 years)
Marriage of a childJonas WhitneyZebudah DavisView this family
September 13, 1750 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childTimothy WhitneyAlice WhitneyView this family
May 20, 1752 (Age 53 years)
Death of a brotherLemuel Whitney
January 23, 1755 (Age 55 years)
Death of a motherSarah Knight
March 23, 1755 (Age 56 years)

Marriage of a childMoses WhitneyBetty HutchinsView this family
July 7, 1756 (Age 57 years)
Marriage of a childEphriam WhitneyMarcy WinslowView this family
January 11, 1759 (Age 59 years)
Marriage of a childAaron WhitneyAnna LawrenceView this family
December 16, 1765 (Age 66 years)
Shared note: Married on the 16th in C.R.1, 18th in the VR.
Death September 18, 1770 (Age 71 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: September 30, 1686Stow, Middlesex, MA
9 months
elder sister
23 months
elder brother
3 years
elder brother
7 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
4 years
younger brother
3 years
younger brother
7 years
younger brother
Family with Dorcas Wood - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 19, 1723Stow, Middlesex, MA
23 months
son
14 months
daughter
Dorcas Whitney
Birth: February 21, 1725 26 22Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: February 21, 1725Stow, Middlesex, MA
Family with Margaret Stratton - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: March 12, 1726Stow, Middlesex, MA
16 months
son
15 months
son
16 months
son
son
son
2 years
daughter
20 months
daughter
4 years
son
daughter

  1. Generation 1
    1. 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 (17251725)

      Children of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton:

      1. Jonas Whitney (17271791)
      2. Ephriam Whitney (17281801)
      3. Timothy Whitney (17301803)
      4. Jonathan Whitney
      5. Moses Whitney (17331810)
      6. Dorcas Whitney (1735)
      7. Ruth Whitney (1736)
      8. Aaron Whitney (17401817)
      9. Margaret Whitney
  2. Generation 2back to top
    1. Jonas Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton, was born on July 2, 1727 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on December 23, 1791 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 64. He married Zebudah Davis, daughter of , on September 13, 1750 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on April 11, 1728 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on November 21, 1812 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 84.

      Children of Jonas Whitney and Zebudah Davis:

      1. Levi Whitney (17511785)
      2. Miriam Whitney (17521775)
      3. Ephraim Whitney (1754)
      4. Jonas Whitney (17561803)
      5. Lydia Whitney (17571759)
      6. Salmon Whitney (17601844)
      7. Joel Whitney (17621842)
      8. Israel Whitney (17671842)
      9. Peter Whitney (1772)
      10. Lucy Whitney
    2. Ephriam Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton, was born on September 19, 1728 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on July 26, 1801 in Petersham, Worcester, MA at the age of 72. He married Marcy Winslow on January 11, 1759 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1738 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Ephriam Whitney and Marcy Winslow:

      1. John Whitney (1760)
      2. Susanna Whitney (1762)
      3. Lemuel Whitney (1764)
      4. Richard Whitney (1767)
      5. Samuel Winslow Whitney (1769)
      6. Ephraim Whitney (1776)
      7. Rufus Whitney (1781)
      8. Harriet Whitney (1784)
    3. Timothy Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton, was born on February 1, 1730 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died on June 23, 1803 in Harvard, Massachusetts at the age of 73. He married Alice Whitney, daughter of Jonathan Whitney and Alice Willard, on May 20, 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on April 2, 1733 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney:

      1. Abel Whitney (1752)
      2. Oliver Whitney (17541772)
      3. Simon Whitney (17561824)
      4. Relief Whitney (1758)
      5. Peter Whitney (1762)
      6. Silas Whitney (1762)
      7. Otis Whitney (1764)
      8. Timothy Whitney (1766)
      9. Hezekiah Whitney (1767)
      10. Jonathan Whitney (17691850)
      11. Jonas Whitney (1771)
      12. Alice Whitney (1773)
      13. Oliver Whitney (17751780)
      14. Paul Whitney (1777)
      15. Barnabas Whitney (1777)
    4. Moses Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Margaret Stratton, was born on October 17, 1733 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on June 26, 1810 in Templeton, Worcester, Massachusetts at the age of 76. He married 2 times. The first time he married Betty Hutchins on July 7, 1756 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born in 1737 in Prob. Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on March 24, 1782 in Templeton, Worcester, MA at the age of 45. The second time he married Martha Cunningham on December 17, 1782 in Barre, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1740 in Of Barre, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Moses Whitney and Betty Hutchins:

      1. Betty Whitney (1756)
      2. Bethiah Whitney (1757)
      3. Lucy Whitney (1759)
      4. Moses Whitney (17621773)
      5. Notnamed Whitney (1763)
      6. Susa Whitney (1764)
      7. Abigail Whitney (1765)
      8. Aaron Whitney (1769)
      9. Ruth Whitney (1770)
      10. Moses Whitney (1773)
      11. Sarah Whitney (17751851)

      Children of Moses Whitney and Martha Cunningham:

      1. Priscilla Whitney (1785)
    5. 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 (17721773)

      Children of Aaron Whitney and Sarah Pollard:

      1. Moses Whitney (17751816)
      2. Aaron Whitney (1777)
      3. Abel Whitney (1786)
  3. Generation 3back to top
    1. Levi Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Zebudah Davis, was born on June 12, 1751 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died about 1785 in Prob. Marlborough, NH. He married 2 times. The first time he married Sarah Lawrence, daughter of , on September 17, 1772 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on October 11, 1750 in Bolton, MA and died on October 19, 1783 in Rindge, NH at the age of 33. The second time he married Hepsibeth Fay, daughter of , on December 25, 1783 in Rindge, NH. She was born on October 1, 1759 in Westborough, MA and died on May 10, 1827 in Leominster, MA at the age of 67.

      Children of Levi Whitney and Sarah Lawrence:

      1. Sarah Whitney (1774)
      2. Lydea Whitney (1776)
      3. Levi Whitney (17781780)
      4. John Whitney (1780)
      5. Betsey Whitney (1783)

      Children of Levi Whitney and Hepsibeth Fay:

      1. Levi Whitney (1784)
      2. Amos Whitney (1786)
    2. Jonas Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Zebudah Davis, was born on March 3, 1756 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on November 26, 1803 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 47. He married Relief Whitney, daughter of Jonathan Whitney and Sarah Holt, on July 2, 1780 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born on November 13, 1758 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on April 17, 1818 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 59.

      Children of Jonas Whitney and Relief Whitney:

      1. Zebudah Whitney (1782)
      2. Jonas Whitney (17841807)
      3. Nabbe Whitney (1786)
      4. Rachel Whitney (1788)
      5. Salley Whitney (1789)
      6. Levi Whitney (1793)
      7. Emely Whitney (1797)
      8. Relief Whitney (1799)
      9. Sophronia Whitney (1802)
    3. Salmon Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Zebudah Davis, was born on February 16, 1760 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on August 11, 1844 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 84. He married Hepsibeth Raymond, daughter of , on April 22, 1784 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. She was born on December 2, 1761 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA and died on December 6, 1850 in Harvard, Worcester, MA at the age of 89.

      Children of Salmon Whitney and Hepsibeth Raymond:

      1. Merriam Whitney (1785)
      2. Salmon Whitney (1788)
      3. Ephraim Whitney (1791)
      4. Nathan Whitney (1793)
      5. Persis Whitney (1796)
      6. Justin Whitney (1801)
      7. John Whitney (1803)
    4. Israel Whitney, son of Jonas Whitney and Zebudah Davis, was born on January 16, 1767 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on February 12, 1842 in North Hero, VT at the age of 75. He married Susanna Gerry on March 30, 1788 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1767 in Probably Harvard, MA.

      Children of Israel Whitney and Susanna Gerry:

      1. Israel Whitney (17901816)
    5. John Whitney, son of Ephriam Whitney and Marcy Winslow, was born on July 1, 1760 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Hannah Bigelow on November 8, 1787 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1766 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA.

      Children of John Whitney and Hannah Bigelow:

      1. Augustus Whitney (1788)
      2. Arad Whitney (1789)
    6. Susanna Whitney, daughter of Ephriam Whitney and Marcy Winslow, was born on August 25, 1762 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She married Samuel Dickson on August 26, 1783 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1758 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA.

    7. Lemuel Whitney, son of Ephriam Whitney and Marcy Winslow, was born on October 18, 1764 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Lydia Bryant on September 6, 1787 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1766 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Lemuel Whitney and Lydia Bryant:

      1. Sukey Whitney (1787)
      2. Harry Whitney (1789)
    8. Abel Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on September 1, 1752 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Elisabeth Spenny on November 1, 1775 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1754 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA.

    9. Simon Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on June 28, 1756 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on March 12, 1824 in Petersham, Worcester, MA at the age of 67. He married Lucy Hammond, daughter of , on March 20, 1783 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She was born on December 24, 1766 in Petersham, Worcester, MA and died on January 29, 1847 in Petersham, Worcester, MA at the age of 80.

      Children of Simon Whitney and Lucy Hammond:

      1. Oliver Whitney (17831866)
      2. Nancy Whitney (17851786)
      3. Nancy Whitney (17871846)
      4. Timothy Whitney (1789)
      5. Lucy Whitney (17911876)
      6. Betsey Whitney (1793)
      7. Simon Whitney (1795)
      8. Amory Whitney (17971800)
      9. George Whitney (18001882)
      10. Lewis Whitney (1803)
      11. John Whitney (1805)
      12. Julia Ann Whitney (18071859)
    10. Relief Whitney, daughter of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on February 2, 1758 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married Abel Wilder on May 17, 1777 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He was born on February 10, 1758 in Of Petersham, Worcester, MA and died in February 1831 at the age of 72.

    11. Peter Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 20, 1762 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Mary Blair.

    12. Silas Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 29, 1762. He married Mamre Bradley.

    13. Timothy Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 22, 1766 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Lois Baker. The second time he married Mrs. Smith.

    14. Hezekiah Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on October 14, 1767 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Mehitable Haven.

    15. Jonathan Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on September 14, 1769 in Petersham, Worcester, MA and died in July 1850 in Cayuga, New York at the age of 80. He married Dolly Smith on November 27, 1800. She was born on March 17, 1782 and died in 1846 in Cayuga, New York at the age of 63.

      Children of Jonathan Whitney and Dolly Smith:

      1. William Whitney (18151863)
    16. Jonas Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on October 21, 1771 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Mary Noble.

    17. Alice Whitney, daughter of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on August 3, 1773 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. She married Simeon Pelton.

    18. Paul Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 13, 1777 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married 2 times. The first time he married Dollie Darwin. The second time he married Lucinda Marsh.

    19. Barnabas Whitney, son of Timothy Whitney and Alice Whitney, was born on April 13, 1777 in Petersham, Worcester, MA. He married Harriett Heileman.

    20. Bethiah Whitney, daughter of Moses Whitney and Betty Hutchins, was born on January 22, 1757 in Templeton/Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married George Farrar in April 1783 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1755 in Of Templeton, Worcester, MA.

    21. Susa Whitney, daughter of Moses Whitney and Betty Hutchins, was born on March 7, 1764 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. She married Luis Turner on June 5, 1788 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1763.

    22. Ruth Whitney, daughter of Moses Whitney and Betty Hutchins, was born on December 18, 1770 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. She married Silas Bruce on March 8, 1790 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. He was born about 1765.

    23. Moses Whitney, son of Moses Whitney and Betty Hutchins, was born on July 15, 1773 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. He married Tabitha Keyes on June 23, 1798 in Templeton, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1777 in Of Gerry.

      Children of Moses Whitney and Tabitha Keyes:

      1. Simeon Freyes Whitney (1799)
      2. Abijah Whitney (1800)
      3. Isaac Henry Whitney (1802)
    24. Sarah Whitney, daughter of Moses Whitney and Betty Hutchins, was born on July 11, 1775 in Templeton, Worcester, MA and died on March 27, 1851 in Unknown at the age of 75. She married Levi Maxwell. He was born about 1800.

    25. 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)
    26. 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 (18141815)

      Children of Aaron Whitney and Susannah H. Fletcher:

      1. Sarah Hartwell Whitney (18171817)
      2. Susan Hartwell Whitney (1818)
      3. Samuel F. Whitney (1821)
      4. Sally Fairbank Whitney (1823)
      5. Daniel Hartwell Whitney (1825)
      6. Abel W. Whitney (18301840)
Marriage

This date (March 12) is marked as "intention" in the VR's for Stow. It (the marriage) does not appear at all in the Chelmsford VR's, so the place of marriage, once listed as Chelmsford (by whom submitted to Whitny12?) has been changed to Stow, Middlesex, MA. [AEG]

Shared note

This man's birth does not appear in either the Stow or Harvard Vital Records.

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