Person:Jonas Whitney (8)

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Jonas Whitney
b.Cal 1 Feb 1698/99 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.18 Sep 1770 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 30 Sep 1686
  1. Ephraim Whitney - 1723
  2. Sarah Whitney1687 -
  3. Lt Moses WhitneyCal 1689 - 1778
  4. Abraham WhitneyCal 1692 - 1778
  5. Jonas WhitneyCal 1698/99 - 1770
  6. Rebecca WhitneyAbt 1701 -
  7. Jason WhitneyAbt 1704 - 1785
  8. Lemuel WhitneyCal 1706 - 1755
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Jonas WhitneyCal 1698/99 - 1770
  • W.  Dorcas Wood - 1724/25
m. 19 Jan 1723/24
  1. Dorcas Whitney - 1725
  2. Jonathan Whitney
Spouse and Children
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m. Aft 13 Mar 1725/26
  1. Jonas Whitney1727 - 1791
  2. Timothy Whitney1729/30 - 1803
  3. Moses Whitney1733 - 1810
  4. Ruth Whitney1736 -
  5. Aaron Whitney1740 - 1817
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Facts and Events
Name Jonas Whitney
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] Cal 1 Feb 1698/99 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 19 Jan 1723/24 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesIntention
to Dorcas Wood
Marriage Aft 13 Mar 1725/26 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United StatesIntentions
to Margaret Stratton
Death[2][3] 18 Sep 1770 Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Pierce, Frederick Clifton. Whitney: the descendants of John Whitney: who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. (Chicago: Press of W. B. Conkey, 1895)
    p. 29, 47.

    Jonas Whitney [#104], s/o Moses Whitney [#22] and Sarah Knight, b. Stow 1 Feb 1699, d. Harvard 18 Sep 1770, m. (1) 19 Jan 1723 Dorcas Wood; m. (2) 12 Mar 1726 Margaret Stratton.
    [Note: no record of the birth has been located. It is presumed to be calculated using age at death.]

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baldwin, Thomas. Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: Wright & Potter, 1917)
    p. 316.

    WHITNEY, Jonas, [died] Sept. 18, 1770, a. 71 y. (a. 71 y. 7 m. 7 d. GR1)
    [Birth calculates to about 11 Feb 1698/99, plus 11 day adjustment for calendar shift makes it 31 Jan 1698/99.]

  3. ↑ Massachusetts. Probate Court (Worcester County). Probate files, 1731–1881. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Digitized by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 2012)
    Case 64931: Whitney Jonas Harvard 1770.

    Will of "Jonas Whitney of Harvard", dated 12 Dec 1769, proved 26 Nov 1770, names wife Margaret; 2 sons viz Jonas Whitney and Moses Whitney; son Ephraim Whitney; son Timothy Whitney; daughter Margaret Wheeler; daughter Ruth Whitney; grand daughter Margaret Wheeler; grand son Jonas Whitney; son Aaron Whitney. Son Aaron to be executor.
    9 Oct 1770: Assent of widow and heirs to proving of will: Margaret Whitny, Jonas Whitney, Ruth Whitney, Jonas Wheeller, Eph'm Whitney, Timothy Whitney, Moses Whitney.
    21 Nov 1770 (warrant 15 Oct 1770): Inventory of mr Jonas Whitney late of Harvard Dece'd: £537-1-2, by Jeremiah Laughton, Jacob Robins, Josiah Whitney.

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