Benjamin Whitney

Biography

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitney-379
Whitney-379 created 27 May 2011 | Last modified 22 Jul 2022

Benjamin Whitney, youngest son of John Whitney, the emigrant, and his wife, Elinor, was born at Watertown, Massachusetts June 6, 1643.

He married twice: first, about 1668, probably in New Hampshire or Maine, to Jane ____ , who died Nov 14, 1690 in Sherborn, Massachusetts; and second, to Mary Poor of Marlborough, Massachusetts 11 April 1695.

Benjamin Whitney decided to move to northern New England by the early 1660s. He witnessed at York, Maine in 1662, 1666 and 1668, respectively, agreements of John Doves. He was taxed in Cocheco, NH (near Dover) in 1667-1668. The selectmen of York, Maine, about 1679-1680, laid out ten acres of upland for Benjamin Whitney (he had previously received 10 acres from York in 1674).

John Whitney, Benjamin's father, had wanted him to return to Watertown, which he did, indeed, do for a while. Jane Whitney, oldest child of Benjamin and Jane, was born in Watertown in September 1669. In a deed dated 5 April 1670: "..whereas I John Whitney Senior of Watertowne..in the year ..1668 .. did desire Benjamin Whitney my youngest son to leave his accomodations at York and ...the said Benjamin my son consenting..."

In April 1670-1671, Benjamin sold to brother, Joshua, in a deed registered at York, Maine, for 40 pounds, his interest in the Watertown homestead given to him by his father. He relinquished all his rights to his father's estate at that time.

In 1684-1685, nonetheless, Benjamin and Jane Whitney of York, Maine, sold and conveyed their land parcels in York to Jonathan Sayward and removed to the Sherborn, Massachusetts area. His first wife, Jane Whitney, died in Sherborn November 14, 1690.

John Whitney married Mary Poor in Sherborn, Massachusetts, where he died in 1723.[1]

Family

http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Benjamin_%...

Children of Benjamin2 and Jane (-) Whitney:

• i. Jane3 Whitney, b. 29 Sep 1669 at Watertown, MA;[15] m. Jonathan Morse.
• ii. Benjamin Whitney, b. circa 1670 at prob. York, Maine; m. Esther (-) Maverick.
• iii. Timothy Whitney, b. circa 1672 at York, Maine In 1703 he, with his brothers John and Nathaniel, was a member of the company in York raised for the defense against the Indians, commanded by Capt. Preble."[16] "This company comprised the flower of York, or the young men of that date." No further record found.
• iv. Elinor Whitney, b. circa 1675, prob. York, ME; d. after 9 Apr 1754.
• v. John Whitney, b. circa 1678, York, ME; m.(1) Letty Ford; d. after 1739; m.(2) Anne Bratt; m.(3) Susannah Barton.
• vi. Nathaniel Whitney, b. 14 Apr 1680, York, ME;[17] d. circa 1768 at Gorham, ME; m. Sarah Ford.
• vii. Jonathan Whitney, b. 1681, prob. York, ME; m. Susannah Fairbanks.
• viii. (prob.) Josiah Whitney, b. circa 1683; m. Merriam Barrett.
• ix. Joshua Whitney, b. 21 Sep 1687, Sherborn, MA;[18] m. Hannah Rockett.

Children of Benjamin2 and Mary (Poor) Whitney:

• i. Mark3 Whitney, b. circa 1700, Framingham, MA; m. Tabitha Mellen.
• ii. Isaac Whitney, b. circa 1702; m. Elizabeth Bridges.
• iii. Huldah Whitney, b. circa 1704; m. Zachariah Morse.

  ---

References

1. http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Benjamin_%... cites
   1. His parentage is established by his birth record, deeds, and his mention in his father's will.
   2. "Benjamin, s. John & Elinor Whitney, b. 6 (4) 1643," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Book of Town Proceedings, with the Land Grants and Possessions. Also, the Proprietors' Book, and the First Book of and Supplement of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1894}, p. 31.
   3. "Benjamin [Whitney], [died] Mar. 26, 1723," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).
   4. The marriage occurred before the birth of their oldest child. That it may have been in York, Maine, is a reasonable guess, but only a guess. Her given name is revealed in the birth record of two of her children, and her death record. The suggestion that her maiden name was Poor is not substantiated by any credible evidence.
   5. "Jane [Whitney], w. of Benjamin, [died] Nov. 14, 1690," according to Sherborn Vital Records.
   6. "Benjamin [Whitney] and Mary Poor of Marlboro, [married] Apr. 13, 1696, in Marlboro," according to Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911), p. 397; also, "Benjamin [Whitney] of Framingham and Mary Poor, [married] Apr. 13, 1696," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1908), p. 326.
   7. Quint, Rev. Alonzo H., "Genealogical Items relating to the Early Settlers of Dover, N. H.", NEHGR, vol. IX, (1855), p. 58.
   8. Sybil Noyes, Charles Thornton Libby, and Walter Goodwin Davis, Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1996), page 750.
   9. Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (2nd ed., Watertown, MA: 1860), p. 645.
   10. Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 27.
   11. Rev. Abner Morse, Genealogical Register of The Inhabitants and History of the Towns of Sherborn and Holliston (Boston: Damrell & Moore, 1856), p. 257.
2. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,680.
   1. "Jane Whettny, d. Benjamin & Jane Whettny, b. 29 7mo 1669," according to Watertown Records, p. 32.
   2. Pierce, loc. cit.
   3. "Nathaniel Whitney the father of these was born in York to [blank] Whitney by his Wife April. 14 1680," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).
   4. "Joshua [Whitney], s. of Benjamin and Jane, [born] Sept. 21, 1687," according to Sherborn Vital Records.
3. Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 11 2017, 15:07:44 UTC
4. Mentioned on page 149 https://archive.org/details/davisfiftyallied00davi/page/n297/mode/2up
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitney-379 cites
   1. Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Book of Town Proceedings, with the Land Grants and Possessions. Also, the Proprietors' Book, and the First Book of and Supplement of Births, Deaths, and Marriages. (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1894}, p. 31.
   2. "Jane Whettny, d. Benjamin & Jane Whettny, b. 29 7mo 1669," according to Watertown Records, p. 32.
   3. "Nathaniel Whitney the father of these was born in York to [blank] Whitney by his Wife April. 14 1680," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).
   4. "Joshua [Whitney], s. of Benjamin and Jane, [born] Sept. 21, 1687," according to Sherborn Vital Records, 92-94.
   5. Jane, w. of Benjamin, Nov. 14, 1690. Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911), pages 227-228.
   6. "Benjamin [Whitney] and Mary Poor of Marlboro, [married] Apr. 13, 1696, in Marlboro," according to Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911), p. 397.
   7. "Benjamin [Whitney] of Framingham and Mary Poor, [married] Apr. 13, 1696," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1908), p. 326.
   8. "Benjamin [Whitney], [died] Mar. 26, 1723," Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911)., 227-228.
6. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/112990642/benjamin-whitney
7. https://www.familytreedna.com/public/whitney?iframe=yresults John Whitney 1589-1673 England R-FT344083