Person:Jonathan Whitney (11)

source: Source:Browning, Charles H. Some Colonial Dames of Royal Descent, p 230

2. Jonathan WHITNEY was born 14 Apr 1681 in York County, Maine, and died 2 Feb 1753 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of 4. Benjamin WHITNEY and 5. Jane. 3. Susanna Fayrbanke FAIRBANKS was born 17 May 1682 in Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA. She was the daughter of 6. George FAIRBANKS and 7. Susanna.

Children of Susanna Fayrbanke FAIRBANKS and Jonathan WHITNEY are:

 i.

Susanna WHITNEY was born 20 Jan 1703 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 29 Apr 1739 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She married Gershom EAMES. He was born 29 Dec 1698 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died Abt 1762.

 ii.

Jonathan WHITNEY was born 17 Oct 1704 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 28 Jan 1755 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He married Lydia JONES 26 Jan 1726 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She was born 17 Sep 1705 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, and died 4 Mar 1783 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

 iii.

Kezia WHITNEY was born 31 Jul 1706 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 29 Jul 1791 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She married Abraham JONES 1730. He was born 2 Jul 1708 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

 iv.

Dorothy WHITNEY was born 28 Aug 1708 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She married Ebenezer HUNT 9 May 1734 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

 v.

Mary WHITNEY was born 28 May 1710 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 9 Jul 1788 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. She married Joseph JONES 1732. He was born 27 Dec 1709 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

 vi.

Lydia WHITNEY was born 3 Mar 1712 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 9 Jul 1788. She married Isaac HILL 2 May 1745 in Hopkinton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, son of David HILL and Sarah THAYER. He was born 11 Aug 1720 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 1773.

 vii.

Hannah WHITNEY was born 11 Feb 1715 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. 1.

 viii.

Elias WHITNEY was born 14 Nov 1716 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He married Elizabeth MELLEN 6 Feb 1745 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was born 21 Aug 1721 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.

 ix.

George WHITNEY was born 12 Aug 1721 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died 26 Sep 1752 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. He married Sarah COUZENS 21 Nov 1745 in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA. She was born 22 Nov 1723 in Sherborn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, and died in Holliston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA.

1. ↑ Whitney Research Group (WRG)
   [1].

   Jonathan Whitney, s/o Benjamin Whitney and Jane ---, b. abt. 1681, probably York, Maine, d. Holliston 16 Jan 1754.
   [Note source for death date is Holliston VRs, no page number given. Death record is not found there under Whitney.]

2. ↑ Browning, Charles H. (Charles Henry), and National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Some Colonial Dames of royal descent: pedigrees showing the lineal descent from kings of some members of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and of the Order of the Crown... (Baltimore [Maryland]: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1969)
   320.

   Jonathan WHITNEY was born 14 Apr 1681 in York County, Maine, and died 2 Feb 1753 in Milford, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. He was the son of 4. Benjamin WHITNEY and 5. Jane.
   [Note: no such death date found in Milford VRs. Only the son Jonathan's death in 1755 is listed there.]

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 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)
   38.

   Jonathan Whitney resided Sherborn, Holliston and Milford. Will dated 2 Feb 1753, proved Middlesex co. 11 Feb 1754. "He d. Jan., 1753."
   [There is no record of his death in the vital records of any of these three towns. Probate in Middlesex County seems to rule out Milford.]