Jonathan WHITNEY

1634 - 1702  (68 years)

• Name	Jonathan WHITNEY  [1]
  	Jonathan Whitney was admitted an inhabitant of Sherborn in 1679. That year he signed the social compact entered into by all the inhabitants. In 1681 he was one of a committee about division of common lands and signed an agreement about building a church. He died in Sherborn in 1702, where he was as early as 1679, and settled near Chestnut Brook. About 1659 his father gave him 39 acres of land, which he had purchased of Richard woodward. Nov. 7, 1664, Jonathan Whitney and wife Lydia sold for L40 this land, was situated in the little plain in Watertown, to Thomas Flagg. Nov 7, 1664, he sold to Richard Child 5 acres of meadow, situated on a branch of Stony Brook. Jonathan Whitney took the oath of fidelity in 1652. His will is dated Jan. 12, 1702. The agreement of his heirs is dated Charlestown, Jan. 21, 1714. Res. Watertown and Sherborn, Mass. [1]
  Birth	1634	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1702	Sherborn, Massachusetts   [1]
  Person ID	I92130	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	Lydia JONES
  Marriage	30 Oct 1656  [1]
  Family ID	F38482	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1634 - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• 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).