Subject: Marriages, Birth & Deaths recorded at Shirley, MA. Source: History of Groton, Massachusetts by Caleb Butler 1848 John Whitney & wife Hannah Children: Salmon Whitney b. June 28, 1759 John Whitney b. Feb 23, 1761. Ezra Whitney and wife _____ Children: A son born May 17, 1756. A daughter b. Dec 18, 1757 Author says 'names illegible.' Abner Whitney & wife Sarah Children: Abner Whitney b. Oct 22, 1755 Royal Whitney b. Sept 1, 1757 Rev. Phinehas Whitney who died Dec 3, 1819? & his wife Miriam Willard who died Mar 20, 1769 & his 2nd wife Lydia Bowes who died Oct 11, 1805 and his 3d wife Jane Gaffield, widow, who died Mar 4, 1824. He married Lydia Bowes 1770. Children: Thomas Whitney b. Mar 19, 1771; m. Henrietta Parker; died Jan 14, 1844. Nicholas Bowes Whitney b. Mar 21, 1772; m. Nancy Adams; died Nov 6, 1835. Lydia Whitney b. Sept 8, 1773; m. John Watson Elizabeth Whitney b. Nov 8, 1775; m. Dr. Amos Parker. William Whitney b. Oct 30, 1778; m. Betsey Fisk & (2) Martha Simonds; died Jan 30, 1837 Rebecca Cook Whitney b. Sept 2, 1781; m. William B. Meriam. Phinehas Sullivan Whitney b. July 6, 1785; m. Lucy Cobb & (2) Julia Ann Robinson. Sarah Whitney b. Dec 19, 1787. Clarissa Whitney b. Dec 2, 1790 m. Henry Isaacs. Charles Whitney b. Jan 2, 1794 m. Dolly Davenport; died Oct 6, 1832. Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.