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From: "James Whitney" <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Transcription Error?
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 07:29:33 -0500


The Descendants of John Whitney,
Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635.
by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895), pages 176 - 180

Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999.




1038. JACOB WHITNEY (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b Harvard,
Mass., Mar. 24, 1748; m. May 25, 1772, Lois HAPGOOD; m. 2d, June 29, 1794, Mary
PATCH of Littleton, b. 1751; d. Dec. 27, 1833.
He was in the company of Capt. Jonathan DAVIS in Col. Asa WHITCOMB's regi-
ment Oct. 6, 1775, in the Revolutionary army. Part of the companies in this regi-
ment were ordered to reinforce Col. PRESCOTT in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17.
He made his will Nov. 8, 1815. It was probated Oct. 18, 1825. Son Elias was exec-
utor. He d. July 11, 1825, in W.; res. Harvard and Winchendon, Mass.
2481. i. HANNAH, b. Dec. 14, 1772; m.----- CARPENTER.
2482. ii. MARY, b. Oct. 16, 1776; m. ----- KEYES.
2483. iii. LOIS, b. Aug. 1, 1779; m. Dec. 13, 1802, Daniel WARD, b. June 21,
1871; d. Mar. 8, 1856; was a farmer. She d. Apr. 6, 1853. Ch.:
Daniel, b. Sept. 10, 1805; d. Jan. 27, 1864; Josiah Wilder, b.
May 18, 1807; d. June 18, 1831; Caroline, b. Nov. 5, 1809; d.
Aug. 26, 1812; Calvin Thomson, b. Nov. 24, 1812; d. June 19,
1867; Emery Whitney, b. Oct. 4, 1815; d. Apr. 6, 1833; Charles
Kendall, b. July 7, 1819; present address Denver, Colo., 358
Lincoln Ave.; Adaline Nancy, b. Dec. 11, 1822; d. Aug. 30, 1856.
2484. iv. NANCY, b. Aug. 8, 1785; m. ----- WARD. A son is John WARD;
res. Pavilion Center, N.Y.
2485. v. JACOB, b. Oct., 1776.
2486. vi. ELI, b. May 17, 1783.
2487. vii. EMORY, b. Oct. 1, 1791; m. Lydia LOCKE and Thankful G. MOREY.
2488. viii. SILAS, b. -----.
2489. ix. ELIAS, b. June 16, 1797; m. Fannie DEMARY.
2490. x. SARAH, b. Oct. 27, 1794; d. July 26, 1797.
2491. xi. MARTHA ANN, b. May 22, 1812; d. young.
2491 1/2. xii. MARY PERCEY, b. July 25, 1814; d. young.
Emery W. WHITNEY, of Sturges, Mich., and Mrs. Seneca Whitney UPTON, of
Keene, N.H., are descendants of Jacob WHITNEY.

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Can someone in the WRG check an original copy of Pierce and see if #2484 Jacob, b. Oct. 1776 is a correct date?
Several WRG members suspect; myself included, that this Jacob #2484 is a link in their linage but this date should read Oct. 1784. Notice that the transcribed date of Oct. 1776 is the same as the birth date of the child Mary #2482.

I never trust census dates. I also don't trust my own judgement after being so close to an answer on one of these puzzles. Just hoping this is the right solution doesn't make for a proof.

James E. Whitney, II


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