Jonathan WHITNEY

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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.

Jonathan married Lydia JONES on 30 Oct 1656. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]