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Richard Whitney

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Richard Whitney

Birth
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
27 Apr 1775 (aged 82)
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Stow, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Richard, the son of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell was a lifetime resident of Stow, MA. All 8 of his children were born in Stow. His first wife was Hannah Whitcomb, born in Lancaster, MA (married November 24, 1714); his second wife was Mrs. Hannah Eyres (Ayers) of Stow (married October 26, 1745.
Children:
Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1715
Dorothy, b. Apr. 13, 1718
Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1720 - d. Sep. 30, 1782, Stow
Richard, b. Jul. 31, 1725
Elizabeth, b. Jul. 23, 1728 - Jul 6, 1754, Harvard
---married Joseph Wetherbee
Josiah, b. Oct. 12, 1731 - d. Jan. 4, 1806, Ashby
Sarah, b. 1734
Richard, the son of Richard Whitney and Elizabeth Sawtell was a lifetime resident of Stow, MA. All 8 of his children were born in Stow. His first wife was Hannah Whitcomb, born in Lancaster, MA (married November 24, 1714); his second wife was Mrs. Hannah Eyres (Ayers) of Stow (married October 26, 1745.
Children:
Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1715
Dorothy, b. Apr. 13, 1718
Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1720 - d. Sep. 30, 1782, Stow
Richard, b. Jul. 31, 1725
Elizabeth, b. Jul. 23, 1728 - Jul 6, 1754, Harvard
---married Joseph Wetherbee
Josiah, b. Oct. 12, 1731 - d. Jan. 4, 1806, Ashby
Sarah, b. 1734

Inscription

Here lies ye body of
Lieut Richard Whitney
who departed this
Life April ye 27
AD 1775 aged
82 years 5 months
& 18 Days

Stone carver was Moses Worster.



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