Mrs. Sarah WilderAge: 75 years1725–1800

Name
Mrs. Sarah Wilder
Given names
Mrs. Sarah
Surname
Wilder
Name suffix
(RuggHill)
Birth about 1725
Of Lancaster, Worcester, MA

MarriageDavid Whitney — View this family
November 25, 1755 (Age 30 years)
Harvard, Worcester, MA

Shared note: Intent published in Lancaster on 25 Oct 1755, but the marriage seems to have taken place in Harvard, rather than Lancaster, as that date does NOT say "int.", and is a month later.
Birth of a son
#1		Enoch Whitney
September 25, 1756 (Age 31 years)
Harvard, Worcester, MA

Birth of a son
#2		Isaac Whitney
November 27, 1761 (Age 36 years)
Harvard, Worcester, MA

Marriage of a childEnoch Whitney — Hannah Davis — View this family
September 2, 1780 (Age 55 years)
Ashburnham, Worcester, MA

Shared note: In the Ashburnham VRs there is a parenthetical note that shows [1779, C. R.] as the date for this wedding. Hannah Davis is shown as "of Ashby."
Marriage of a childIsaac Whitney — Susannah Fletcher — View this family
March 22, 1785 (Age 60 years)
Harvard, Worcester, MA

Death of a husbandDavid Whitney
1790 (Age 65 years)

Death October 16, 1800 (Age 75 years)
Harvard, Worcester, MA

LDS baptism

Family with David Whitney - View this family
husband
David Whitney
Birth: October 4, 1722 35 38 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1790
herself
Mrs. Sarah Wilder
Birth: about 1725 — Of Lancaster, Worcester, MA
Death: October 16, 1800 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
Marriage: November 25, 1755 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
10 months
son
Enoch Whitney
Birth: September 25, 1756 33 31 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death:
5 years
son
Isaac Whitney
Birth: November 27, 1761 39 36 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
Death:
David Whitney + Olive Sawyer - View this family
husband
David Whitney
Birth: October 4, 1722 35 38 — Stow, Middlesex, MA
Death: 1790
husband’s wife
Olive Sawyer
Birth: 1726 — Lancaster, Massachusetts
Death: August 19, 1750 — Harvard, Worcester, MA
Marriage: August 25, 1747 — Harvard, Worcester, MA

  1. Generation 1

    1. Mrs. Sarah Wilder was born about 1725 in Of Lancaster, Worcester, MA and died on October 16, 1800 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She married David Whitney, son of Thomas Whitney and Mary Baker, on November 25, 1755 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He was born on October 4, 1722 in Stow, Middlesex, MA and died in 1790 at the age of 67.

      Children of Mrs. Sarah Wilder and David Whitney:

      1. Enoch Whitney (1756–)
      2. Isaac Whitney (1761–)
  2. Generation 2back to top

    1. Enoch Whitney, son of David Whitney and Mrs. Sarah Wilder, was born on September 25, 1756 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Hannah Davis on September 2, 1780 in Ashburnham, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1759 in Of Ashby, Middlesex, MA.

      Children of Enoch Whitney and Hannah Davis:

      1. Sally Whitney (1780–)
      2. William Whitney (1785–1866)
      3. Lydia Whitney (1792–)

    2. Isaac Whitney, son of David Whitney and Mrs. Sarah Wilder, was born on November 27, 1761 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. He married Susannah Fletcher on March 22, 1785 in Harvard, Worcester, MA. She was born about 1764 in Of Harvard, Worcester, MA.

      Children of Isaac Whitney and Susannah Fletcher:

      1. Isaac Whitney (1787–)
      2. David Whitney (1789–1853)
      3. Susanna Whitney (1791–)
      4. Betsey Whitney (1792–)
      5. Polly Whitney (1796–)
      6. Nabby Whitney (1798–)
      7. Samuel Whitney (1807–1807)
      8. Zimri Whitney (1807–1875)
  3. Generation 3back to top

    1. Sally Whitney, daughter of Enoch Whitney and Hannah Davis, was born on February 21, 1780 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

    2. William Whitney, son of Enoch Whitney and Hannah Davis, was born on February 27, 1785 in Harvard, Worcester, MA and died on December 21, 1866 in Windham, New York at the age of 81.

    3. Lydia Whitney, daughter of Enoch Whitney and Hannah Davis, was born on July 27, 1792 in Harvard, Worcester, MA.

    4. Isaac Whitney, son of Isaac Whitney and Susannah Fletcher, was born on January 18, 1787 in Ashburnham, Worcester, MA.

    5. David Whitney, son of Isaac Whitney and Susannah Fletcher, was born on March 14, 1789 in Ashburnham, Worcester, MA and died on October 6, 1853 in Ashby, Middlesex, MA at the age of 64.

    6. Zimri Whitney, son of Isaac Whitney and Susannah Fletcher, was born on July 2, 1807 in Ashby, Middlesex, MA and died on May 23, 1875 in Ashby, Middlesex, MA at the age of 67.

Marriage
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Intent published in Lancaster on 25 Oct 1755, but the marriage seems to have taken place in Harvard, rather than Lancaster, as that date does NOT say "int.", and is a month later.

Shared note

Sarah was first married to a man named Rugg. He must have died young, because Pierce has the following:

Mr. Enoch Hill and Mrs. Sarah Rugg were married in Lancaster, Oct. 24, 1752. They had one child, Anna, b. May 25, 1753, posthumous, for the father, Enoch, died Dec. 11, 1752. Aug. 3, 1761, according to the Worcester probate records, David and Sarah Whitney, of Harvard, late widow of said deceased Enoch Hill, "Do hereby resign our rights to Anna Hill, only child of said deceased by said Sarah."

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