Judith (Judah) Whitney

Judah Whitney (1592 - bef1673), daughter of unknown parents, was born about 1592 in England; she died before her second husband made his will in April 1673. She married (1) Robert Clement (died before September 1659) between 1642 and 1657 at Haverhill, Massachusetts, and (2) John Whitney (1592-1673), son of Thomas and Mary Bray, on 29 September 1659 at Watertown. John was baptized 20 July 1592 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, England, and died at the age of 80 on 1 June 1673 at Watertown, Massachusetts.

Robert Clements & Judith ____ Robert Clements was baptized 14 Dec 1595 in Cosby, Leicestershire, England and died 29 Sep 1658 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts. Robert was married (2) to Judith after 1642. Judith ____ died before 1669.

Discussion

• If Judah really was born in 1592 (citation?), then her marriage to Robert Clement "between 1642 and 1657" would have been very very late for a first marriage. Could she have been married prior? [A. 7.^ "John Whetny & Judah Clement, m. 29 Sep 1659," according to Watertown Records, vol. 1, p. 22. See also William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699 and Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols.

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• Her death is supposed to have been prior to the June 1673 death of her husband John Whitney, as she was not mentioned in his will, made in April 1673.
• Judah was a man's name, taken from the Biblical chapter of Lot. It would be very unusual as a woman's name. Is it possible that her name was actually Judith, and has been subjected to an early transcription error, or simply misspelled in an early record? Indeed, further research reveals that Savage lists her as "Judith".

Sources

• Whitney Research Group cites:

"John Whetny & Judah Clement, m. 29 Sep 1659," according to Watertown Records, vol. 1, p. 22. See also William Montgomery Clemens, American Marriage Records Before 1699 and Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols.
* James Savage, A Genealogical Dictionary of First Settlers of New England (Boston, MA: 1860-1862), vol. IV, p. 529. *https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Unknown-393978]

• Belknap, Henry Wyckoff. The English Ancestry of The Clements Family of Haverhill, Mass., Essex Institute Historical Collections (Salem, Massachusetts, 1917) Vol. 53, Page 253 < Archive.Org >