Reverend Phinehas Whitney

   * Phineas 68-3 Whitney

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   * Birth

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o 23 Apr 1740
o in Weston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
* Death
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o 13 Dec 1819
o in Shirley, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Parents

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William Jr Whitney
– 1789
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Hannah 68 Harrington
– 1740
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Rev. Phinehas Whitney (I318872)

Given Names: Phinehas

Surname: Whitney

Prefix: Rev.

Gender: Male Male

Birth: 23 April 1740 -- Weston, Middlesex, MA

Death: 13 December 1819 -- Shirley, Middlesex, MA

Birth 23 April 1740 Father33 yearsMother23 years Weston, Middlesex, MA

Source: Weston, MA, Vital Records, 1707 to 1850

Death of mother 30 April 1740 (Age 7 days) Mother: Hannah Harrington (I318871) (Age 23 years)

Christening 11 May 1740 (Age 18 days) Weston, Middlesex, MA

Source: Weston, MA, Vital Records, 1707 to 1850

Birth of a half-sibling 12 December 1742 (Age 2 years) Half-Sister: Mary Whitney (I320926)

Death of a half-sibling 30 March 1743 (Age 2 years) Half-Sister: Mary Whitney (I320926) (Age 3 months)

Birth of a half-sibling 6 March 1744 (Age 3 years) Half-Sister: Mary Whitney 2 (I320927)

Birth of a half-sibling 6 September 1746 (Age 6 years) Half-Sister: Sarah Whitney (I320929)

Birth of a half-sibling 1 May 1748 (Age 8 years) Half-Brother: Nathaniel Whitney (I320928)

Birth of a half-sibling 22 December 1749 (Age 9 years) Half-Brother: Joel Whitney (I320925)

Death of a half-sibling 20 February 1750 (Age 9 years) Half-Brother: Joel Whitney (I320925) (Age 2 months)

Death of a half-sibling 10 October 1751 (Age 11 years) Half-Brother: Nathaniel Whitney (I320928) (Age 3 years)

Birth of a half-sibling 23 December 1751 (Age 11 years) Half-Sister: Susanna Whitney Sucky (I320930)

Birth of a half-sibling 30 December 1753 (Age 13 years) Half-Sister: Abigail Whitney (I320924)

Death of a grand-parent 15 September 1759 (Age 19 years) Grandmother: Martha Pierce (I61354) (Age 77 years)

Marriage 28 April 1762 (Age 22 years) Miriam Willard Mrs. - ‎[View Family ‎(F15228)‎‎] Weston, Middlesex, MA

Note: Intent published in Weston 25 Mar 1762, and in Harvard 27 Mar 1762.

Death of spouse 20 March 1769 (Age 28 years) Spouse: Miriam Willard Mrs. (I318874) (Age 26 - 27 years)

Marriage 3 May 1770 (Age 30 years) Lydia Bowes - ‎[View Family ‎(F15229)‎‎] Shirley, Middlesex, MA

Birth of a child

1. 1 19 March 1771 (Age 30 years) Son: Thomas Whitney (I318920)

Birth of a child

1. 2 21 March 1772 (Age 31 years) Son: Nicholas Bowes Whitney (I321249)

Birth of a child

1. 3 8 September 1773 (Age 33 years) Daughter: Lydia Whitney (I321248)

Birth of a child

1. 4 8 November 1775 (Age 35 years) Daughter: Elizabeth Whitney (I321247)

Birth of a child

1. 5 30 October 1778 (Age 38 years) Son: William Whitney (I321253)

Birth of a child

1. 6 2 September 1781 (Age 41 years) Daughter: Rebecca Cooke Whitney (I321251)

Death of a father's sibling 1 January 1782 (Age 41 years) Uncle: Samuel Whitney Lt. (I319903) (Age 62 years)

Birth of a child

1. 7 6 July 1785 (Age 45 years) Son: Phinehas Sullivan Whitney (I321250)

Birth of a child

1. 8 19 December 1787 (Age 47 years) Daughter: Sarah Whitney (I321252)

Birth of a child

1. 9 2 December 1790 (Age 50 years) Daughter: Clarissa Whitney (I321246)

Birth of a child

1. 10 2 January 1794 (Age 53 years) Son: Charles Whitney (I321245)

Death of spouse 11 October 1805 (Age 65 years) Spouse: Lydia Bowes (I318875) (Age 55 years)

Marriage 8 March 1809 (Age 68 years) Jane Garfield Mrs. - ‎[View Family ‎(F15230)‎‎] Shirley, Middlesex, MA

Note: Intent published in Shirley 19 Feb 1809.

Death of a sibling 10 July 1817 (Age 77 years) Brother: William Whitney (I320923) (Age 81 years)

Death 13 December 1819 (Age 79 years) Shirley, Middlesex, MA

Source: Shirley, MA, Vital Records to 1850

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1. ID: I24572
2. Name: Phinehas Whitney
3. Sex: M
4. Event: Title (Facts Pg) Reverend
5. Occupation: Minister at Shirley,Middlesex, Mass.
6. Note:

   Source:

WILLARD GENEALOGY, SEQUEL TO WILLARD MEMORIAL
MATERIALS GATHERED CHIEFLY BY JOSEPH WILLARD
AND CHARLES WILKES WALKER
EDITED AND COMPLETED BY CHARLES HENRY POPE
PRINTED FOR THE WILLARD FAMILY ASSOCIATION, BOSTON, MASS., 1915*
Digital Edition © 2001 by Richard Bingham
Oceanport, New Jersey
ISBN 1-930968-20-5
Copyright, 1915
By THE WILLARD FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Murray and Emery Company
Kendall Square
Cambridge
Marriage 1 Miriam Willard b: 25 SEP 1740

   * Married: 27 Mar1762 in Weston,Massachusetts

http://books.google.com/books?id=Ejx-pKM5AGYC&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq...

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Phinehas Whitney b. April 23, 1740; grad. Harvard Coll. 1759; was ordained at Shirley, Mass., June 23, 1762; the first settled minister, and continued in that office more than fifty years (see Caleb Butler - p.367-369 and p. 497. - see insert below)

He m. (1) at Weston, April 28, 1762, Miriam Willard of Harvard, Mass.

She d. Mar 20, 1769 and he m. (2) 1770, Lydia Bowes. She d. Oct 11, 1805

and he m. (3) the widow Jane Garfield who d. Mar 4, 1824. He died 1819.

Children:

  1. Thomas Whitney b. Mar 18, 1771; died Jan 18, 1844; m. Henrietta Parker

2. Nicholas Bowes Whitney b. Mar 21, 1772; d. Nov 6, 1835; m. Nancy Adams
3. Lydia Whitney b. Sept 8, 1773; m. John Watson.
4. Elizabeth Whitney b. Nov 8, 1775; m. Dr. Amos Parker.
5. William Whitney b. Oct 30, 1778; d. Jan 30, 1837; m. (1) Betsey Fiske
and m. (2) Martha Simonds.
6. Rebecca Cook Whitney b. Sept 2, 1781; m. William B. Meriam.
7. Phinehas Sullivan Whitney b. July 6, 1785; m. (1) Lucy Cobb. He m. (2)
Julia Ann Robinson.
8. Sarah Whitney b. Dec 19, 1787.
9. Clarissa Whitney b. Dec 2, 1790; m. Henry Isaacs.
10. Charles Whitney b. Jan 2, 1794; d. Oct 6, 1824; m. Dolly Davenport.
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Subject: Phinehas Whitney, Minister of Shirley, MA

Source: History of Groton by Caleb Butler 1848

Chapter XX

p.367

The first vote of the district of Shirley to raise money for hiring a minister was passed September 27, 1753 when ten pounds were granted. April 4, 1754 a committee was chosen to ask advice of six neighboring ministers about settling a minister. May 2, 1754 "Voted, To hire three months' preaching, and also voted, to try for some other minister besides what we have had." June 18, 1755, was appointed a fast, according to the custom of the times, as a preparation for giving a minister a call to settle in the place.

A Mr. Goodhue from Hollis, New Hampshire, preached some time as a candidate, and received two several invitations to settle; the first which he accepted conditionally, and the last he declined. April 30, 1760, it was again voted to take advice of the neighboring ministers and probably another fast was kept. A Mr. Sparhawk of Lynn then preached some time, received a call to settle, but declined. At length, Mr. Phinehas Whitney of Weston, a graduate at Harvard college, 1759, having preached some time as a candidate, received a unanimous invitation to become the minister of the district. To this invitation Mr. Whitney gave an affirmative answer. His ordination took place June 23, 1762 on which day a church was duly organized, a church covenant adopted and signed by the pastor and twelve male members. July 26, 1762, a church meeting was held when John Longley and Hezekiah Sawtell were chosen deacons.

The church covenants and confession of faith were taken from those in the church at Groton. They were plain, simple expressions of Christian duties and obligations without the unscriptural and unintelligible formulas which at a later period became general in the churches.

The church received a present of 1 pound, 6 shillings, 8d from Mr. Samuel Barron of Groton, which was expended for a cloth and cups for the communion tables; and Capt. B. Bancroft of Groton presented a flagon for the church's use. John Ivory was chosen Deacon December 2, 1777; Joseph Brown, July 5, 1784 and John Heald September 13, 1790.

Mr. Whitney's ministry exceeded half a century. It was peaceful, harmonious, prosperous. The only controversy he had with his people, and that seems to have been conducted with friendly feelings on both sides, was respecting the competency of his support. His salary at his ordination was fixed at 66 pounds, 13 shillings, 4 d. This, at the time, Mr. Whitney acknowledged to be liberal. But as the revolutionary war soon after commenced, deranging the currency, and enhancing the price of the necessaries of life, that sum paid in paper currency was evidently inadequate to his support. Several communications passed on the subject between the pastor and the people, and the matter was finally adjusted to the satisfaction of the parties by some temporary grants and a method of equalizing the salary by the price of grain.

During his ministry, one hundred and thirty-seven persons were admitted to the church in full communion; one hundred and ten acknowledged the baptismal covenant; eight hundred and forty-one persons were baptized. No record of marriages is found.

Having suffered several years from a paralytic affection, and arrived at the age of almost 80 years, he expired, December 13, 1819. His family are named in the list of families in the Appendix. (see p. 497, below)

Mr. Whitney was a prudent manager of his temporal affairs; so that, notwithstanding the smallness of salary, he provided well for the education of his children and left them some property.

He was one of the trustees of Groton Academy from its foundation till his death, and patronized science and literature. His standing among the clergymen of his time and vicinity was respectable, and he was often called to take part in ecclesiastical councils, and to deliver occasional discourses, some of which were published. In his religious sentiments, he was liberal, as were most of the clergy with whom he associated. He was a kind parent, affectionate husband and faithful friend.

p.497 Reverend Phinehas Whitney m. Meriam Willard.

He m. (2) Lydia Bowes and m. (3) Jane Garfield, widow. He died December 13, 1819

Meriam Willard died March 20, 1769

Rev. Whitney m. (2) in 1770 Lydia Bowes d. Oct 11, 1805.

Rev. Whitney m. (3) Jane Garfield who died March 4, 1824.

1. Thomas Whitney b. Mar 19, 1771 m. Henrietta Parker; died Jan 14, 1844.

2. Nicholas Bowes Whitney b. March 21, 1772, m. Nancy Adams; died Nov 6, 1835.

3. Lydia Whitney b. Sept 8, 1773, m. John Watson.

4. Elizabeth Whitney b. Nov 8, 1775, m. Dr. Amos Parker.

5. William Whitney b. Oct 30, 1778, m. Betsey Fisk and Martha Simonds; died Jan 30, 1837.

6. Rebecca Cook Whitney b. Sept 2, 1781, m. William B. Meriam.

7. Phineas Sullivan Whitney b. July 6, 1785, m. Lucy Cobb and Julia Ann Robinson.

8. Sarah Whitney b. Dec 19, 1787.

9. Clarissa Whitney b. Dec 2, 1790, m. Henry Isaacs.

10. Charles Whitney b. Jan 2, 1794 m. Dolly Davenport; died Oct 6, 1832.