Person:Desire Whitney (1)

Name	Desire Whitney
Gender	Female
Birth^[1]	31 Oct 1749	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	9 Mar 1769	Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Edward Ward
Death^[2]	23 Jun 1778	Orange, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
Vol. 1, p. 371.

WHITNEY, Desire, d. Jonas and Sarah, [born] Oct. 31, 1749.
↑ Ward, Andrew Henshaw. Ward Family: Descendants of William Ward Who Settled in Sudbury, Massachusetts in 1639. (Boston: S.G. Drake, 1851)
p. 52.

Edward Ward [#102] m. (1) 9 Mar 1769 Desire Whitney of Roxbury. They moved to "Athol, now Orange" where she d. 23 Jun 1778, "aged 26".
[Note: no death record or gravestone located. Alive in 1776 when she turned 27, not clear if both date of death or age at death are valid?]