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Lemuel Whitney
b.Abt 1767
d.Aft 11 Mar 1824
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2] |
Lemuel Whitney |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1] |
Abt 1767 |
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| Marriage |
Bef 1790 |
Based on birth of eldest known child
to Mary Wood |
| Marriage |
Bef 1817 |
Based on birth of eldest known child
to Anna Wood |
| Death[2] |
Aft 11 Mar 1824 |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Whitney Research Group (WRG)
[1].
Lemuel Whitney, "parentage unknown", b. "say" 1767, d. after 1820 [last found 1820 census], m. (1) about 1788 Mary Woods, m. (2) 17 Nov 1816 Anna Woods.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Franklin deed Vol. 6, p. 49: 27 May 1791: Jabez Whitney of Orange yeoman and Elizabeth his wife for £40 convey to Lemuel Whitney of the County of Worcester Yeoman a house with 1/4 acre of land in Orange. About the same time Lemuel purchased about 22+ acres from an apparently unrelated man. No relationship between Jabez and Lemuel is mentioned, and none may exist, but it may be the presence of a brother (Jabez) in Orange is part of what caused Lemuel to move there.
The Whitney Research Group thinks Lemuel, s/o Jacob and Rachel, bp. Roxbury 1765, was the Lemuel "of Watertown" that m. 1798 Grace (Morse) Esty of Newton (here). No explanation is seen for this (the alleged death date of Oct 1814 has no source, hasn't been found, so no age at death is found to match to the birth date confirming the reasonableness of such an identification; no will of the father Jacob to offer any identifying clues; no children named Jacob or Rachel born to Jacob and Grace). So it appears to be assumption because this is the only Lemuel about the age of Grace. But we would not be surprised if the man marrying a widow like Grace is an older man, i.e., possibly older than Jacob's son, especially since he also died so much sooner than Grace (41 years: 1814 vs. 1855).
Besides the lack of supporting evidence, WRG's presentation also seems suspect because their Lemuel (s/o Jacob) was the brother of the Jabez of Orange, making him a likely candidate to be the man of this page who participated in the deed cited above. The parentage of the man of this page is allegedly unknown (here) but no evidence is given to justify their pairing of the two Lemuels with their wives. In fact, this Lemuel actually does name a daughter Rachel. No explanation for the birth estimate of "say 1767" is given, but it obviously is close enough to the 1765 of Jacob and Rachel's son to not be in conflict.
Franklin deed Vol. 56, p. 91 (also recorded in Worcester deed, Vol. 236, p. 589), 11 Mar 1824: Lemuel Whitney, then of Athol, with wife Anna, sell 105 acres partly in Orange, partly in Athol, to Moses Whitney of Milton (also a son of Jacob, and hence, potential brother).
Worcester deed Vol. 106, p. 214: 23 Apr 1788: Oliver Estey of Roxbury for £60 conveys to Lemuel Whitney of the same town (Roxbury) 100 acres in Royalston. Vol. 129, p. 49: 6 Sep 1791: The same parcel (100 acres in Royalston) is sold by Lemuel Whitney of Royalston and his wife Mary for £120 to Elisha White of Orange. All this precedes the 1798 marriage of Grace Esty to a man named Lemuel Whitney so there can be no inferred relationship to Oliver Estey. Rather, it demonstrates that the Lemuel Whitney of this page, who married Mary Wood, came originally from Roxbury. (Warwick, part of which became Orange, was originally known as Roxbury Canada. See a History of Warwick for elaboration on the connection.)
Clearly this is a circumstantial argument, but barring more evidence, it seems quite likely WRG is wrong. More specifics are needed about both this Lemuel and the Lemuel "of Watertown" that married Grace (Morse) Esty.
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