Benjamin Whitney

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Benjamin Whitney

Birth
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
26 Mar 1723 (aged 79)
Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
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Father: John WHITNEY
b: 20 JUL 1592 in Westminster, Greater London, England
d: 01 JUN 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Mother: Elinor ARNOLD
b: 1597 in St. Margarets, London, England
d: 11 MAY 1659 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Marriage: Jane POOR
b: 29 SEP 1648 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
(dau. of Daniel POOR and Mary FARNUM)
d: 14 NOV 1690 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Married: 19 JAN 1668 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Children:
Jane WHITNEY
b: 29 SEP 1669 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Jonathan MORSE, Jr.
b: 11 JUL 1667 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA
(son of Jonathan MORSE and Mary BARBOURE)
d: 30 AUG 1727 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Married: 04 JAN 1693 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA

Timothy WHITNEY
b: 1673 in York, York, ME
(In 1703 he was a member of the company commanded by Capt. Preble, defending York, Me. from an Indian attack)

John WHITNEY (twin)
b: 14 APR 1680 in York, York, ME
d: 1739 in New Meadows, Brunswick, ME
Marriage: Letty FORD

Nathaniel WHITNEY* (twin)
b: 14 APR 1680 in York, York, ME
d: 1768 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME
Marriage: Sarah FORD
b: 1685 in Kittery, York, ME
(dau. of John FORD and Joanna ANDREWS)
d: aft 1730 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME
Married: 1705 in York, York, ME

Jonathan WHITNEY
b: 14 APR 1681 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
d: 01 JAN 1703 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Susanna WHITNEY

Benjamin WHITNEY
b: 31 JAN 1683 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA
d: 29 AUG 1718 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Esther MAVERICK (widow)

Joshua WHITNEY
b: 21 SEP 1687 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
d: JAN 1738 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA
Marriage: Hannah ROCKWOOD

Marriage2: Mary POOR
b: Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Married: 13 APR 1696 in Framingham, and in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
(NE Marriage Prior to 1700)

birth: Vital Records of Watertown, Mass. to 1800, p. 11.
WHITNEY, Benjamin, s. John & Elinor Whitney,
b. 6(4)1643
death: Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, p. 227-228

"By 1662 Benjamin WHITNEY had witnessed in a case in York, ME. In 1668 John Whitney requested his son, Benjamin, who had settled in York, Me, to return and live with him on his homestead, with the assurance that it should be his own after his father's decease. In 1671 Benjamin and Jane, with his father's consent, conveyed his rights and obligations in this homestead to his brother Joshua, who had settled in Groton, for 40 pounds. After the decease of his father, Joshua returned to Groton, and on the 19th of October, 1697, sold this ancient homestead to Dea. Nathan FISKE. It is situated at a little distance north of Belmont street and east of Common street. (See the map of the original allotments in BOND's" Early History of Watertown). In 1685, Benjamin and Jane sold their land granted by the town of York, Me., he relocated to Sherborn, near the Natick town line."
Source: Pierce, Frederick C. "The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635". Chicago, 1895. p.27

Father: John WHITNEY
b: 20 JUL 1592 in Westminster, Greater London, England
d: 01 JUN 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Mother: Elinor ARNOLD
b: 1597 in St. Margarets, London, England
d: 11 MAY 1659 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Marriage: Jane POOR
b: 29 SEP 1648 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
(dau. of Daniel POOR and Mary FARNUM)
d: 14 NOV 1690 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Married: 19 JAN 1668 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA

Children:
Jane WHITNEY
b: 29 SEP 1669 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Jonathan MORSE, Jr.
b: 11 JUL 1667 in Medfield, Norfolk, MA
(son of Jonathan MORSE and Mary BARBOURE)
d: 30 AUG 1727 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Married: 04 JAN 1693 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA

Timothy WHITNEY
b: 1673 in York, York, ME
(In 1703 he was a member of the company commanded by Capt. Preble, defending York, Me. from an Indian attack)

John WHITNEY (twin)
b: 14 APR 1680 in York, York, ME
d: 1739 in New Meadows, Brunswick, ME
Marriage: Letty FORD

Nathaniel WHITNEY* (twin)
b: 14 APR 1680 in York, York, ME
d: 1768 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME
Marriage: Sarah FORD
b: 1685 in Kittery, York, ME
(dau. of John FORD and Joanna ANDREWS)
d: aft 1730 in Gorham, Cumberland, ME
Married: 1705 in York, York, ME

Jonathan WHITNEY
b: 14 APR 1681 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
d: 01 JAN 1703 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Susanna WHITNEY

Benjamin WHITNEY
b: 31 JAN 1683 in Framingham, Middlesex, MA
d: 29 AUG 1718 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
Marriage: Esther MAVERICK (widow)

Joshua WHITNEY
b: 21 SEP 1687 in Sherborn, Middlesex, MA
d: JAN 1738 in Uxbridge, Worcester, MA
Marriage: Hannah ROCKWOOD

Marriage2: Mary POOR
b: Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
Married: 13 APR 1696 in Framingham, and in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA
(NE Marriage Prior to 1700)

birth: Vital Records of Watertown, Mass. to 1800, p. 11.
WHITNEY, Benjamin, s. John & Elinor Whitney,
b. 6(4)1643
death: Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, p. 227-228

"By 1662 Benjamin WHITNEY had witnessed in a case in York, ME. In 1668 John Whitney requested his son, Benjamin, who had settled in York, Me, to return and live with him on his homestead, with the assurance that it should be his own after his father's decease. In 1671 Benjamin and Jane, with his father's consent, conveyed his rights and obligations in this homestead to his brother Joshua, who had settled in Groton, for 40 pounds. After the decease of his father, Joshua returned to Groton, and on the 19th of October, 1697, sold this ancient homestead to Dea. Nathan FISKE. It is situated at a little distance north of Belmont street and east of Common street. (See the map of the original allotments in BOND's" Early History of Watertown). In 1685, Benjamin and Jane sold their land granted by the town of York, Me., he relocated to Sherborn, near the Natick town line."
Source: Pierce, Frederick C. "The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635". Chicago, 1895. p.27