John WHITNEY

1620 - 1692  (72 years)

• Name	John WHITNEY  [1]
  	"Whitney Genealogy": He was admitted freeman May 26, 1647 age 23; was selectman 1673-80, inclusive. The will of Robert Reynolds, of Boston, dated Apr 20 1658, mentions his dau., Ruth Whitney and her eldest son; his dau. Sarah Mason and her son Robert. John's estate was admr. upon by Ruth and sons, John and Benjamin. Inventory dated Oct 26, 1692, taken by Elnathan Beers and Thomas Hammond. It embraced 18 lots or parcels of land amounting to 210 acres and prized at L197:15. It embraced one lot of 17 acres, "purchased of father Arnold". Hie will was not proved, it was written Feb. 27, 1685, subscribed in the year 1690. This will, written by himself, though informal and not on record, may be found, in the fils at the Middlesex Probate office and provides "inter alia" as follows: "If any of my sonnes or sone-in laws or daughters be quarelsom by going to law or troublesom to the brethren I say they shall lose the share of what I have bequeatted to them. I desire they should live in love to God and one toward another." Mr. Whitney first settled (1643) and always resided on a three-acre lot on the east side of Lexington Street, on land granted to E. How, and the next lot south of the residence of the Phillips family, and is probably the same lot occupied by his great-grandson, Bradshaw Whitney. The ground is somewhat elevated, and there is little doubt that it is the "Whitney Hill" sometimes mentioned in the records.... In 1675, in a warrant issued to the people of Watertown (just a few months prior to the attack on Sudbury) for impressing twenty soldiers with provisions, arms and ammunition and good clothing for the defense of the colony, Capt. Hugh Mason made a return, and in the list is found the names of John Whitney, Sr., and Moses Whitney ( the later was probably his nephew). [1]
  Birth	1620	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Oct 1692	Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I69296	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	John WHITNEY,   b. 1589, England d. 1 Jun 1673, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Elinor UNKNOWN,   b. 1599   d. 11 May 1659, Watertown, Massachusetts (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F27909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth REYNOLDS
  Marriage	1642  [1]
  Children	1. John WHITNEY,   b. 17 Sep 1643, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 4 Mar 1726, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA (Age 82 years)  [Birth] + 2. Ruth WHITNEY,   b. 15 Apr 1645  [Birth] + 3. Nathaniel WHITNEY,   b. 1 Feb 1646, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachsutts d. 7 Jan 1732, Weston, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 85 years)  [Birth]   4. Samuel WHITNEY,   b. 26 Jul 1648, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 1730, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 81 years)  [Birth]   5. Mary WHITNEY,   b. 29 Apr 1650   d. Aft 1693 (Age 43 years)  [Birth]   6. Joseph WHITNEY,   b. 15 Jan 1651, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts d. 4 Nov 1702, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 51 years)  [Birth]   7. Sarah WHITNEY,   b. 17 Mar 1653   d. 8 Jun 1720 (Age 67 years)  [Birth]   8. Elizabeth WHITNEY,   b. 9 Jun 1656  [Birth]   9. Hannah WHITNEY   d. 1693  [Birth]   10. Benjamin WHITNEY,   b. 28 Jun 1660, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachsutts d. 1736, Watertown, Massachusetts (Age 75 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F27908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

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• Sources

  [S4980] Frederick Clifton Pierce, "Whitney" The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England to Watertown, Mass. in 1635, (Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1895).