Subject: A Branch of the Whitney Family. Source: New England Historical and Genealogical Register. A BRANCH OF THE WHITNEY FAMILY. Communicated by Dr. L. M. Harris. p.215 On looking over the genealogy of the Whitney Family, as given in two late numbers of the NEHGS Register, I find that the family name of the wife of John3 Whitney, son of John2 Whitne and Ruth (Reynolds) Whitney, was not known, either to Dr. Bond or H. A. Whitney. Robert Harris, my emigrant ancestor, was married, January 24, 1642-3, to Elizabeth Boughey at Roxbury, Mass. Their eldest child, Elizabeth Harris, was born November 9, 1644. Their next child, John Harris was baptized Aug. 8, 1647. Elizabeth Harris, dau. of Robert Harris, m. in 1669, John3 Whitney; and John2, son of Robert Harris, m. Sept 20, 1670, Mary, born July 26, 1650, dau. of Richard Sanger of Watertown, Mass. Now, by reading the Will of Robert Reynolds, Vol. IX., p.137, Genealogical Register, you will find that Ruth, the mother of John2 Whitney and Mary, mother of John Harris's wife, were both daughters of the said Reynolds. To make this more intelligible, I give the names of the Patriarch Robert's children in full, and in some order. CHILDREN OF ROBERT & ELIZABETH (BOUGHEY) HARRIS: 1. Elizabeth Harris b. Nov 9, 1644, m. 1669, John3 Whitney of Watertown. 2. John Harris bap. Aug 8, 1647, m. Sept 20, 1670, Mary Sanger, b. July 7, 1650, dau. of Richard Sanger of Watertown. 3. Timothy Harris, b. July 9, 1650 m. April 2, 1697, Abigail Morey, b. March 30, 1681, dau. of Thomas & Susannah Morey of Roxbury, Mass. 4. Daniel Harris b. May 14, 1652, m. June 14, 1682, Joanna Brown. (Parentage not ascertained.) 5. Priscilla Harris b. Oct 7, 1653, died Jan 2, 1718, unmarried. Her Will made December 31, 1717. I find no record of the Patriarch, Robert's death; but his signature to a deed, May 19, 1698 is yet in existence; and a legacy, to be paid two years after his decease, to his daughter, Elizabeth Whitney, is receipted for by herself and her husband, January 14, 1702-3, which makes it probable that he died January, 1700-1. John Whitney, the grandson of John & Elinor Whitney, the first settlers, was made freeman in May, 1684 and died March 4, 1726, aged 83 yrs. "Elizabeth Whitney owned the covenant at Roxbury Church, Feb 30, 1671." The name John Whitney appears in the list of members of the 2nd Church in Roxbury, when gathered by "ye Rev. Nehemiah Walter, November 2, 1712," and, doubtless, he had previously been a member of the first church in Roxbury. His houselot, containing nine acres, was situated in that part of Roxbury called Jamaica Plain; and lying on the right as you pass up Pond Street to the south part of Brookline, which town was called Muddy River until the year 1705. Whitney's lot extended back from the street, westerly, to the line separa- ting Roxbury from Brookline. The late Major Weld of Roxbury, who died in 1852, being then in his 86th year, told me, a short time before his decease, that he well remembered the Whitney house to have been standing in his boyhood. The old tabernacle has, probably, been among the things that were, from 75 to 80 years. Within the last 14 years, two hollows, marking the places of the cellar and well have p.216 A BRANCH OF THE WHITNEY FAMILY been visible; but the plough has since passed over, and obliterated all marks of them. The dwelling-house of Robert Harris stood about six rods over the line into Brookline; and the two houses - Harris's and Whitney's - were about 1/4 mile apart, following the road that leads into Brookline. In the rear of the spot where the old Whitney mansion stood, the ground descends on a gradual slope for several rods to a narrow strip of meadow, through which runs a pleasant little brook. Be- yond the meadow, the ground rises abruptly to an elevation many feet higher than the front of the lot; and still rises, gradually, forming a slope of considerable dimensions and extending westerly to its boundary on Brookline. All that part of the lot lying west of the brook is covered with a fine grove of forest trees. On the removal of the Whitneys, the property came, by purchase, into the possession of the Child family, whose premises it joined, and was by them retained until about four years since, Mr. Stephen Child of Boston, lately deceased, sold the to Mr. Abel Adams. On the elevated plain in the rearward portion of his lot, Mr. Adams has erected a magnificent stone edifice, in the Elizabethan style of architecture, which fairly out-gables Hawthorne's Pynchon house. The numbers given in parentheses refer to the same persons mentioned in the Whitney Genealogy, as given in Vol. XI of the Register, beginning on p. 113 and continued on p.225. JOHN WHITNEY3 (13) John Whitney3 (13) the grandson of John & Elinor Whitney, m. Elizabeth Harris, probably in 1649. He was admitted freeman, May, 1684; died March 4, 1726, aged 83 yrs. ISSUE. 1.(77) Elizabeth Whitney b. Sept 9, 1670. 2.(78) John Whitney b. April 1, 1671; probably died young. 3.(79) Ruth Whitney b. Aug 31, 1674; m. April 22, 1701, John Adams, son of Roger and Mary Adams. They lived in Brookline where she died Nov. 19, 1762 aged 88 yrs. 4.(80) Timothy Whitney b. April 16, 1678. (see below) 5.(81) Daniel Whitney b. Dec 3, 1681. (see below) 6.(82) Sarah Whitney b. Aug 2, 1684. - A Sarah Whitney died July 4, 1689. Timothy Whitney4, (80) m. Margaret Bacon, June 12, 1706. He purchased land of the Prentice family in Newton, in 1728, where he afterwards resided. (See Bond, p.964) His children, as here given, were born in Roxbury: (211) 1. Sarah Whitney b. Feb 28, 1707. (212) 2. Caleb Whitney b. April 7, 1711, m. Hannah Cheney. (see below.) (218) 3. Moses Whitney b. June 20, 1714, m. Rebecca Hyde. (see below.) (232) 4. Joseph Whitney b. Feb 1, 1716, m. Mary Hastings. Children: 1. Abigail Whitney b. Dec 18, 1749. 2. Martha Whitney b. May 31, 1752. 3. Ann Whitney b. Feb 10, 1755. 4. Samuel Whitney b. Aug 7, 1758. 5. Lois Whitney b. Sept 5, 1761. (240) 5. Timothy Whitney b. April 30, 1720 or 1721. Daniel Whitney4, (81) m. at Roxbury, June 21, 1704, Susanna Curtis. Children: (242) 1. John Whitney b. May 23, 1705. (243) 2. Elizabeth Whitney b. Feb 4, 1706-7 (244) 3. Susanna Whitney b. Feb 21, 1708-9. p.217 A BRANCH OF THE WHITNEY FAMILY. 1858. (245) 4. Daniel Whitney b. Mar 25, 1711; m. at Roxbury, Sarah Gray, Mar 7, 1769. (246) 5. Ann Whitney b. April 4, 1713. (247) 6. Elijah Whitney b. Jan 15, 1715, wife Hannah (see below). (248) 7. Ruth Whitney b. Dec 5, 1719. (249) 8. Elisha Whitney b. Oct 15?, 1722, m. Abigail Dana (see below). 9. Esther Whitney bapt. July 11, 1726 (2nd Church Records, Roxbury) m. John White, Mar 8, 1745 (2nd Church Records). Caleb Whitney (212) son of Timothy & Margaret Whitney, m. Hannah Cheney in 1756, dau. of Joseph & Sarah (Wiswall) Cheney of Newton. Children: 1. Hannah Whitney b. Mar 3, 1737; m. Nathaniel Parker, 1772. 2. Caleb Whitney b. June 17, 1740, m. Elizabeth Hyde (see below). 3. Sarah Whitney b. Oct 23, 1743, m. James Richards, J. 1769. She d. 1771. 4. Thaddeus Whitney b. July 10, 1747, m. Temperance Hyde. (see below) Moses Whitney (218) son of Timothy & Margaret Whitney, m. Rebecca Hyde in 1739, the daughter of Ensign Timothy & Rebecca (Davis) Hyde of Newton. Children: 1. Margaret Whitney b. May 8, 1741. 2. Moses Whitney b. April 9, 1743, died in the Revolutionary Army. 3. Mary Whitney b. Feb 1, 1745, m. Edward Richard of Cambridge. 4. Timothy Whitney b. Feb 12, 1747, m. Mary Hyde (see below) 5. Stephen Whitney b. Feb 12, 1747, twin of Timothy, died in the Army. 6. Elizabeth Whitney b. May 30, 1749, m. Asa Payson, 1777. Had son, Asa Payson and two daughters. 7. Ephraim Whitney b. June 16, 1751, m. Ann Fuller, 1774. He died in the Army. 8. Rebecca Whitney b. March 17, 1754, m. William Buzzard, 1780. Children: 1. Betsey Buzzard. 2. Clara Buzzard. 9. Relief Whitney b. Dec 29, 1756, m. John Woodward of Brookline 1783. 10. Gershom Whitney b. July 25, 1758, died 1759. 11. Persis Whitney b. Feb 19, 1760, m. James Richards, 1797. 12. John Whitney b. April 8, 1762, m. Polly Pope, 1785. Children: 1. Moses Whitney 2. Asa Whitney 3. a daughter 4. a daughter. He died suddenly, August 28, 1816, aged 54 yrs. (247) Elijah Whitney, son of Daniel & Susanna Whitney, m. Hannah _____. Children: 1. Elijah Whitney b. Sept 23, 1744. 2. Elisha Whitney b. Oct 6, 1747; m. Abigail Dana. (see below). 3. John Whitney b. Nov 29, 1749. 4. Hannah Whitney b. June 13, 1756. Caleb Whitney, son of Caleb & Hannah Whitney, m. 1765, Elizabeth Hyde. Children: 1. Oliver Whitney b. Mar 9, 1766; died unmarried. 2. Amariah Whitney b. Nov 18, 1767. 3. Ruth Whitney b. May 31, 1773. 4. Sarah Whitney b. June 4, 1774. 5. Abigail Whitney b. Sept 10, 1775. To be continued Part 2 - p.218 - Thaddeus Whitney son of Caleb & Hannah Whitney who m. 1772, Temperance Hyde. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.