Benjamin WHITNEY
- BIRTH: 06 Jun 1643; Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (now part of USA)
- DEATH: 26 Mar 1723; Sherborn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (now part of USA)
- BURIAL: Sherborn Center Cemetery; Sherborn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, USA
Father: John WHITNEY
Mother: Elinor //
Family 1: Jane POOR [?]
- MARRIAGE: circa 1668
- CHILDREN:
- Jane WHITNEY
- Benjamin WHITNEY
- Timothy WHITNEY
- Elinor WHITNEY
- John WHITNEY
- Nathaniel WHITNEY
- Jonathan WHITNEY
- Josiah WHITNEY
- Joshua WHITNEY
Family 2: Mary POOR
- MARRIAGE: 13 Apr 1696; Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts (now USA)
- CHILDREN:
- Mark WHITNEY
- Isaac WHITNEY
- Huldah WHITNEY
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_Thomas WHITNEY_|
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_John WHITNEY _|
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| |_Mary BRAY______|
| |_Margaret HASLONDE_
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|--Benjamim WHITNEY
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|_Elinor // ____|
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Notes
Updated March 3, 2023. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):- Children of Benjamin and Jane (-----) WHITNEY: Jane; Benjamin; Timothy; Elinor; John; Nathaniel; Jonathan; (prob.) Josiah; and Joshua. - Children of Benjamin and Mary (POOR) WHITNEY: Mark; Isaac and Huldah.
"BENJAMIN, tailor, Dover, York, b. at Watertown 6 June 1643"
"It appears by the Registry of Deeds, Vol.III, p. 451-2, that he first settled in York, Me., and in 1668, his father desired him to leave York, and settle with him on the homestead during his lifetime, promising him his house, and barn, and all his land about home (about 17 acres, bounded N. by John Sherman; E. and S. by William Bond; W. by Martin Underwood), which promise he confirmed by a deed, dated Ap. 5, 1670. Mar. 9, 1670-1, Benjamin and wife Jane, with the consent of his father, sells to his brother Joshua, for £40, his right in his father's homestead, obtained as above stated. He probably moved to Sherburne soon after the above sale. He m. (probably in York), JANE -----, who d. in Sherburne, Nov. 14, 1690."
(2) Some of the descendants of John and Elinor Whitney : who settled in Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635 via Ancestry.com
"BENJAMIN WHITNEY, of York, Cocheco, Wat, and Sherburne. Received an inhabitant in Cocheco, 1667; d. in Sherburne, 1723. Sold to his brother Joshua, in 1670, house and land in Wat., given him by his father. Wives: Jane, d. in Sherburne, 14 Nov., 1690. Mary POOR, m. in Marlborough, 11 Apl., 1695."
(3) Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records via Ancestry.com
- Name: Benjamin WHITNEY
- Spouse: Mary POOR
- Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1696
- Marriage Place: Marlboro
- Source: Vital Records of Framingham
- Full Text: WHITNEY, Benjamin and Mary Poor of Marlboro, Apr. 13, 1696. In Marlboro.
(4) Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 via Ancestry.com
- Name: Benjamin WHITNEY
- Event Type: Death
- Event City: Sherborn
- Death Date: 26 Mar 1723
(5) Millennium File via Ancestry.com
- Name: Benjamin WHITNEY
- Birth Date: 6 Jun 1643
- Birth City: Watertown
- Birth County: Middlesex
- Birth State: Massachusetts
- Birth Country: USA
- Death Date: 26 Mar 1723
- Death City: Watertown
- Death County: Middlesex
- Death State: Massachusetts
- Source Information: Heritage Consulting. Millennium File [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.
(6) Family Data Collection - Individual Records via Ancestry.com
- Name: Benjamin WHITNEY
- Spouse: Mary Esther POOR
- Parents: John Whitney
- Birth Place: Middlesex, Watertown, MA
- Birth Date: 6 Jun 1643
- Marriage Date: 13 Apr 1696
- Death Place: Watertown, Mdlsx, MA
- Death Date: 26 Mar 1723
(7) Benjamin WHITNEY via Find a Grave
- Name: Benjamin WHITNEY
- Birth: Jun. 6, 1643; Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Death: Mar. 26, 1723; Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Burial: Sherborn Center Cemetery; Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 112990642