John WHITNEY

1643 - 1726  (82 years)

• Name	John WHITNEY  [1]
  	John Whitney was made freeman in May, 1684. The name of John Whitney appears in the list of members of the Second church in Roxbury when gathered by 'ye Rev. Nehemiah Walter, Nov. 2, 1712,' and doubtless he had previously been a member of the first church in Roxbury. His houselot, containing nine acres, was situated in that part of Roxbury called Jamaica Plain, and lying on the right as you pass up Pond street to the south part of Brookline, which town was called Muddy River until the year 1705. He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1676 from Roxbury, and owned Covenant at Roxbury in Feb., 1684. He was a tailor by trade. His will was made in Sept., 1718; proved March 13, 1726-7; mentions his wife Elizabeth. [1]
  Birth	17 Sep 1643	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Mar 1726	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I92095	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	John WHITNEY,   b. 1620, England d. 12 Oct 1692, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Ruth REYNOLDS
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	1642  [1]
  Family ID	F27908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HARRIS,   b. 9 Nov 1644
  Marriage	1669  [1]
  Family ID	F38464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

• 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).