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From: "Steven Wallace" <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Savage on Early Whitneys {see Ruth Reynolds}
Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 01:22:07 -0400


Savage may not be the best authority, but he does have a good bit of data
here .......

"A Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England, Before
1692", By James Savage

WHITNEY

BENJAMIN, Watertown, youngest s. of John the first of the same, sat down
first at York (but was, I think, tax. at Dover 1667 and 8), there got w.
Jane, there went to sw. alleg. 1680, but at W. had Jane, b. 29 Sept. 1669;
rem. prob. next yr. to Shirborn, there had Joshua, 21 Sept. 1687, but
perhaps others bef. His w. d. at S. 14 Nov. 1690; and he took ano. as is
thot. 11 Apr. 1695, Mary Poor, but Barry thinks her name Esther, and he is
said to have liv. to 1723. By that sec. w. he had Benjamin, 22 May 1709.

BENJAMIN, Watertown, youngest s. of John the sec. of the same, m. 30 Mar.
1687, Abigail, d. of William Hager, had Abigail, b. 3 May 1688; Ruth, 1689;
Benjamin, both bapt. 10 July 1698; John, b. 15 June 1694; David, 16 June
1697; and Daniel, 17 July 1700. Harry, Hist. of Framingham, 436, gives him
sec. w. Elizabeth says, his will was pro. 1736, and that he left Benjamin,
Samuel, Joseph, and Elizabeth Yet the last name may be of w. not of ch.

BENJAMIN, Shirborn, youngest s. of Jonathan of the same, m. 24 Oct. 1700,
Mercy Trayis, had prob. no ch. and d. 1718, his will is pro. 25 Sept. of
that yr.

ELEAZER, Sudbury, s. of Thomas of Watertown, [[vol. 4, p. 529]] m. 11 Apr.
1687, Dorothy, d. of James Ross of S. had Sarah, b. 1688, at S. rem. soon to
W. and there had James, wh. d. young Thomas; James, again; Mary; these three
bapt. 28 Jan. 1700; but sec. James d. young; Dorothy, bapt. 16 June 1700;
Eleazer, 5 Apr. 1702; Elnathan, 6 May 1705; James, again, 6 June 1708; and
Jonas perhaps older than the latter nam. but some of these dates of bapt. do
not concur with those in Bond, wh. perhaps had mark. the day of b. at that
of bapt. His w. d. 22 June 1731. His will, prob. 1735, nam. two other s.
Isaac and Timothy, as Dr. Bond many yrs. since wrote to me, but as in his
Geneal. they are omit. I fear he had early mistak. their parentage.

HENRY, Norwalk 1665, had the yr. bef. at Jamaica, L. I. favor. the
jurisdict. of Conn. propound. for freem. 1667, and is found in the list of
1669, project. 1672 the settlem. of a new town, but made his will the same
yr. and d. the next, giv. est. to his w. and only ch. John

ISAIAH, Cambridge, s. of Thomas of Watertown, by w. Sarah, wh. may have been
d. of George Woodward, but could never have been wid. of that John Eddy,
ment. by Bond, had John, Isaiah, John again, Nathaniel, Sarah, Elijah, and
Jonas; but Barry furnish. no dates for any of them. He d. Jan. 1712, at
least, his inv. is of 10 of that mo. and his wid. in 1715, says Bond, was of
Lexington.

JEREMIAH, Plymouth 1643.

JOHN, Watertown, came from London 1635, aged 35, in the Elizabeth and Ann,
with w. Elinor, 30, and five s. John, 11; Richard 9; Nathaniel, 8; Thomas,
6; and Jonathan, 1; but a slight reason may be seen for think. one of these
ages too low; as in the rec. of W. the f. is call. at his d. 1 June 1673, 84
yrs. old; and Richard was releas. from train. in 1691, "being 70 yrs. of
age," when he could only be 65, if the custom-ho. rep. be accept. was a man
of propty. and relig. charact. adm. freem. 3 Mar. 1636, was by the Gen. Ct.
made constable 1641, a selectman sev. times betw. 1638 and 55, and in 1665
he was town clk. had b. at W. Joshua, 5, but the Register's vol. for W.
(preserv. at Boston, giv. the name John) makes the date 15 July 1635, see
Geneal. Reg. VII. 159; Caleb, bur. 12 July 1640, prob. very young; and
Benjamin, b. 6 June 1643. His w. d. 11 May 1659, and he m. 29 Sept. foll.
Judith Clement, wh. prob. d. bef. hemade his will, 3 Apr. 1673; nam. all the
s. exc. Nataniel and Caleb, and d. 1 June foll. That Nathaniel prob. d.
under 20 yrs.

JOHN, Watertown, eldest s. of the preced. brot. from Eng. by his f. m. Ruth,
d. of Robert Reynolds of Boston, had John, b. 16 Sept. 1643; Ruth, 15 Apr.
1645; Nathaniel, 1 Feb. 1647; Samuel, 28 July 1648; Mary, 29 Apr. 1650;
Joseph 15 Jan. 1652; Sarah, 17 Mar. 1654; Elizabeth 9 June 1656; Hannah; and
Benjamin, 28 June, says Bond, perhaps by town rec. but the reg. of Co. [vol.
4, p. 530] Middlesex had 28 Nov. 1660. He was adm. freem. 26 May 1647, and
made good his f's. place as selectman in his riper yrs. and d. 12 Oct. 1692.
Ruth m. 20 June 1654, John Shattuck, and next, 6 Mar. 1677, Enoch. Lawrence;
Sarah m. 18 Oct. 1681, Daniel Harrington; and Elizabeth m. 19 Dec. 1678,
Daniel Warren.

JOHN, Roxbury, prob. eldest s. of John the sec. of Watertown, by w.
Elizabeth eldest d. of Robert Harris, m. 1669, had Elizabeth b. 9 Sept.
1670; John, 1 Apr. 1672; Ruth, 31 Aug. 1674; Timothy, 16 Apr. 1678; Daniel,
3 Dec. 1681; and Sarah, 2 or 7 Aug. 1684, d. under 5 yrs; was freem. 1684;,
and d. 4 Mar. 1727. His will of Sept. 1718, was pro. nine days aft. his d.

JOHN, Norwalk, only s. of Henry, m. 17 Mar. 1675, Elizabeth d. of Richard
Smith, prob. of L. I. had John, b. 12 Mar. 1677; Joseph, 1 Mar. 1679; Henry,
21 Feb. 1681; and Richard, 18 Apr. 1687; but no more is kn. of him, exc.
that he was a miller, had good propty. and his ch. perpet. the name in that
region.

JOHN, Framingham, s. of Jonathan the first, m. 10 Apr. 1688, Mary, d. of
Shadrach Hapgood of Shirborn, had Mary, b. at S. 27 Mar. 1689; at F.
Elizabeth 29 Jan. 1691; James, 28 Dec. 1692; and by sec. w. Sarah, d. of
Richard Haven of Lynn, had Lydia, 18 Apr. 1695; and Hannah, 27 Sept. 1697;
and his w. d. 23 Apr. 1718. His third w. Martha Walker, m. 10 Nov. 1718, d.
14 Nov. 1721, and he d. 1735.

JONATHAN, Watertown, s. of the first John, b. in Eng. brot. at the age of 1
yr. freem. 1668, m. 30 Oct. 1656, Lydia, only d. of Lewis Jones of
Watertown, had Lydia, b. 3 July, 1657; Jonathan, 20 Oct. 1658; Ann, 28 Apr.
1660; John, 4, by the Co. Register, but by Bond, prob. recent town rec. 27,
June 1662; Josiah, 19 May 1664; Elinor, 12 Oct. 1666, d. at 12 yrs.; James,
25 Nov. 1668, d. at 22 yrs.; Isaac, 12 Jan 1671, d. at 20 yrs.; Joseph, 10
Mar. 1673; Abigail, 18 Aug. 1675; and Benjamin, 6 Jan. 1679; in that yr.
rem. to Shirborn, there d. 1702, Goodwin interposes ano. d. betw. the last
two ch. but Bond prevails with me. Lydia m. 15 Apr. 1681, Moses Adams; Ann
m. as Barry thinks, Cornelius Fisher; and the other ds. may not have m.

JONATHAN, Watertown, s. of the preced. m. Sarah, wh. was, Barry judges, d.
of Shadrach Hapgood, had Sarah, b. 2 Mar. 1693; Jonathan, 27 Sept. 1694, d.
young; Tabitha, 22 Aug. 1696; Shadrach, 12 Oct. 1698; Jonathan, again, 25
Nov. 1700; Ann, 22 May 1702; Amos, 1 May 1705; rem. to Sudbury, and had
Zaccheus, 16 Nov. 1707; rem. again, prob. to Concord, there had Timothy, 20
Feb. 1709; and perhaps Daniel; in his will, made 14, pro. 18 Mar. 1735, nam.
other ch. Isaac, and his w. surv. him.

JOSEPH, Watertown, s. of the sec. John, m. 24 Jan. 1675, Martha, d. of
Richard Beach of the same, had Joseph b. 15 Aug. foll.; Martha, 20 Dec.
1677; John, 29 July 1680; Isaac, 10 Mar. 1682, d. in few days. Isaac, again,
4 Feb. 1683, d. young; Benjamin, [[vol. 4, p. 531]] 31 Jan. 1685; Mary, 21
Apr. 1694; and Sarah, bapt. 20 June 1697; and d. 4 Nov. 1702, leav. wid. wh.
took admin. 30 Nov. foll.

JOSEPH, Shirborn, s. of the first Jonathan, Barry thinks, by w. Rebecca
Burge, had Jonas, b. 7 June 1708; Joseph, 1710; Sylvanus, 1712; James, 1714;
and Ephraim, 1716.

JOSHUA, Groton, s of the first John, by w. Lydia had Joshua, b. 14 June
1666; and Sarah, 10 Oct. 1668; by w. Mary had no ch. and she d. 17 Mar.
1672; and he m. at Watertown, 30 Sept. foll. Abigail, prob. d. of Thomas
Tarbell, had Mary, 1 July 1675, at Groton; thence driv. by the Ind. war, had
at W. William, 28 Feb. 1678; and for the other ch. we must rely upon his
will of 17 Apr. 1713, in wh. he calls them Cornelis, David, Martha,
Elizabeth and d. Hutchins, by Bond thot. to be Abigail, w.; of John H. and
d. Woods, wh. he thot. was Alice, w. of Nathaniel W. but the last is uncert.

JOSIAH, Wrentham, s. of the first Jonathan, by w. Abigail, who serv. him,
had Josiah, b. a. 1698; Jonathan, a. 1703; and Abigail, 1709; and he prob.
d. Jan. 1718, at least his inv. is of 15th of that mo.

MOSES, Sudbury, s. of the first Richard, m. 30 Sept. 1686, Sarah Knight; but
Bond was able to tell no more; and Barry is equal. silent. From investigat.
of T. B. Wyman, jr. it is kn. that he had Sarah, b. 2 July 1687; Moses, a.
1690; Abraham, 29 May 1692; Jonas; Jason, a. 1704; perhaps John; and
certain. Lemuel, 1 Aug. 1714. His first ch. was b. in Stow.

NATHANIEL, Watertown, s. of the sec. John, m. 12 Mar. 1674, Sarah, d. of
William Hagar of the same, had Nathaniel b. 5 Mar. 1676; Sarah, 12 Feb.
1679; William, 6 May 1683; Samuel, bapt. 17 July 1687; Hannah, Mar. 1689;
Eliz b. 15 Dec. 1692; and Grace, bapt. 3 Dec. 1700; perhaps ano. d. Mercy
should be add. He rem. to Weston, there d. 7 Jan. 1733, "aged a. 90 yrs."
says the extravag. rec. and his wid. d. 7 May 1746, "aged a. 88 yrs.' thus
robbing her of more than it had bestowed on him, as if the days of b. of ea.
were not well kn.

RICHARD, Watertown, sec. s. of the first John, brot. by his f. at nine yrs.
old from Eng. m. 19 Mar. 1651, not, as Barry says, Mary (foll. the Co.
rec.), but Martha Coldham, d. of the first Thomas of Lynn, had Sarah, b. 17
Mar. 1653; Moses, 1 Aug. 1655; Joanna, 16 Jan. 1657; Deborah, 12 Oct. 1658;
Rebecca, 15 Dec. 1659, d. in two mos.; Richard, 13 Jan. 1661; Elisha, 26
Aug. 1662; and Ebenezer, 30 June 1672, was freem. 1651, rem. to that pt. of
Concord call. Stow, bef. 1682, and there d. but the time is unkn.

RICHARD Stow, s. of the preced. from his will only is kn. to us, as f. of
Richard, not eldest ch. perhaps, b. a. 1704; Jonathan; Joshua, a. 1707;
Hannah Farr; Elizabeth Wetherbee; Sarah, d. 1703; Ruhamah, a. 1705; and
Hepzibah, a. 1710; and the mo. Elizabeth d. 24 Nov. 1723. He made his will
a few days aft. and d. 5 Dec. next, and Barry says the will was [[vol. 4, p.
532]] pro. 23 of the same mo. The two first nam. s. were excors.

SAMUEL, Watertown, s. of the sec. John, m. 16 Feb. 1684, Mary, d. of Joseph
Bemis, had Mary, b. 30 Sept. 1689; but Bond tells no more, tho. by his putt.
Arabic num. 1 bef. the name of the ch. we might expect addit.

STEPHEN, one of the first sett. of Huntington, L. I.

THOMAS, Plymouth, had w. Winifred, wh. d. 23 July 1660, but from Col. Rec. I
learn no more.

THOMAS, Watertown, fourth s. of John the first of the same, brot. from Eng.
at six yrs. of age, m. 11 Jan. 1655, Mary, whose surname may never be
satisfactorily shown, any more than that of the w. of Theophilus Phillips,
wh. in my opin. was her sis. but in opin. of a judic. reader of old rec.
seems Kedell, in one place, or Keedell in ano. had Thomas, b. 24 Aug. 1656;
John, 19 May 1659, d. same day; John, again, 22 Aug. 1660, d. soon;
Elnathan, and Eleazer, 7 Apr. 1662; Mary, 22 Dec. 1663, d. young; Bezaleel,
16 Sept. 1665; Sarah, 23 Mar. 1667, wh. is said to have m. Charles Chadwick;
Mary, 6 Aug. 1668; Isaiah, 16 Sept. 1671; and Martha, 30 Jan. 1674. Date of
his d. was 20 Sept. 1719, but Bond calls him his freem. of 1690, wh. title
may be well, I think, fall to

THOMAS, Watertown, s. of the preced. m. 29 Jan. 1679, but Bond says, 18 Oct.
1681, Elizabeth d. of George Lawrence of the same, rem. to Stow and had
Thomas, b. 17 Sept. 1681; Elizabeth 16 Feb. 1683; John, 13 May 1684; Mary,
13 Jan. 1686; Benjamin, 7 Oct. 1687; Nathan; Susanna; and Abigail; and he
was liv. Feb. 1722. Farmer notes that of the name seventeen had in 1834 been
gr. at Harvard three at Yale, and ten at other N. E. coll.

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