Person:Abraham Whitney (1)

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Abraham Whitney
b.Cal 29 May 1692 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
d.15 Sep 1778 Stow, Middlesex, 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.  Abraham WhitneyCal 1692 - 1778
  • W.  Mary Stone1692 - 1766
m. Bef 1715
  1. Jemima Whitney1715 - Bef 1768
  2. Keziah Whitney1716 -
  3. Ephraim Whitney1723 - Bef 1768
  4. Abraham Whitney1724 - 1818
  5. Isaac Whitney1726 - 1746
  6. Mary Whitney1729 - 1797
Spouse and Children
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m. 16 Jul 1767
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Facts and Events
Name[4] Abraham Whitney
Gender Male
Birth[1] Cal 29 May 1692 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage Bef 1715 Based on birth of eldest known child
to Mary Stone
Marriage 16 Jul 1767 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Farley
Death[2][3] 15 Sep 1778 Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1911)
    p. 101.

    WHITNEY, Abraham, [born] May 29, 1692. GR1 [[h. Mary] May 9, PR26]
    [PR26=From private records of Stephen Stow, now in the possession of George Stow of Stow. Note: the birth date comes from the gravestone by calculating based on the age at death. See Find A Grave.]

  2. ↑ Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society at the charge of the Eddy Town Record Fund, 1911)
    p. 267.

    WHITNEY, Abraham, [died] Sept. 15, 1778, a. 86 y. 3 m. 17 d. GR1

  3. ↑ Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. (American Ancestors, 2014)
    Case 24599: Abraham Whitney 1778.

    Will of "Abraham Whitney of Stow ... Husbandman being far advanced in age", dated 13 May 1768, proved 8 May 1782 [legacies paid "on the Supposition of the validity of said Instrument, whereby it appears that it is already executed"], names wife Elizabeth; eldest daughter Keziah Hale; son Abraham Whitney; son & daughter Silas & Mary Jewel; grandson Isaac Witney; grandson Abraham Whitney; four oldest granddaughters [not identified]; grandson Silus Jewel. Son Abraham Whitney and Son in Law Silus Jewel to be executors.
    2 Oct 1778: Receipt of heirs of Abraham Whitney of Stow that have received the legacies will to them. Signed by widow Elizebeth Whitney, Abraham Whitney, Kezia Hale, Silas Jewel Jun'r, Abraham Whitney Jr., Isaac Whitney, Marcy Furbush, Lucy Whitcomb, Eunice Maynard, Mary [Dunton?]. Executors discharged 8 May 1782.

  4. ↑ 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. 30, 46.

    Abraham Whitney [#103], s/o Moses [#22] and Sarah Knight, b. 29 May 1692, d. May 1782 [sic, based on proving of will without any apparent knowledge of death record in 1778], m. (1) Mary Stone, m. (2) Elizabeth ---.

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