Other Events:

• Group: Immigrant Ancestors

Notes:

Group:
Immigrant Ancestors of New England Halls

Family/Spouse: Lewis Jones. Lewis was born about 1615 in Wales; died on 11 Apr 1684 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Jonathan Whitney on 30 Oct 1656. Jonathan (son of John Whitney and Elinor [--?--]) was born in 1634 in England; died about 1702 in Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Cornelius Fisher, Jr. about 1691 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Cornelius (son of Cornelius Fisher and Leah Heaton) was born on 8 Feb 1659/60; died about 1743. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Josiah Whiting
• FamilySearch ID: MM5N-76K
• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 141871562
• Alt. Birth: 19 May 1663, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Removed to: 1701, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; from Groton
• Probate: 15 Jan 1717/18, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Notes:

See: Whitney Research Group: http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Josiah_(1663-1717)

On 21 Dec 1702 he was mentioned as a son in the will of his father. (Middlesex County, MA, probate file #24,690).

On 4 Feb 1713/4 he was mentioned as a brother in the will of Benjamin³ Whitney of Sherborn. (Middlesex County, MA, probate file #24,605.)

Birth:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988
Name:      Josiah Whitny  [Josiah Whitney]
Event Type:      Birth
Birth Date:      19 May 1664
Birth Place:      Watertown, Massachusetts
Father Name:      Jonahan Whitny
Mother Name:      Lydia Whitny

Josiah Whitny sonn of Jonathan & Lydia Whitny bornd ye 19 of May [1664].

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MM5N-76K

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141871562

Alt. Birth:
"Josiah Whetny, s. Jonathan & Lydia Whetny, b. 19 May 1663," according to Watertown Records, vol. 1, p. 26.

Removed to:
The Whitney genealogy states that Josiah was of Groton and Wrentham and that he and his wife, Mary, settled in Wrentham in 1701 (in that case, daughter Mary, if she existed, might have been born in Groton). That book also says that Josiah's wives were Abigail and Mary, in that order.

Probate:
(Suffolk Probate 20:386)
Children Jonathan, Abigail, Mary, and Josiah were mentioned in the division of his estate.
Josiah, a minor aged about twenty years on 17 April 1718 [Suffolk Probate 20:386]).
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NEHGR, Volume 11
JOSIAH WHITNEY of Wrentham. Inv'y, Jan. 15, 1717-8;
165. ABIGAIL (wife) survived him.
ISSUE.
I. Josiah, aged about 20, 1718; m. Elizabeth Grant of Concord, in Weston, Feb. 28, 1725-6; he "formerly of Dedham now of W." Issue:--Elizabeth, bap. July 13, 1735; Phinehas bap. May 11, 1740.
II. Jonathan, aged over 14 in 1718. His estate settled 1768. Was he the largest subscriber to Prince's chronology, 24 copies.? Inventory, £87 11s. 1-1/2d. He left widow, name not given.
III. Abigail, aged 9. Guardianship to Uncle Benjamin, of Sherburne, April 10, 1718. Mar. in Wrentham, Sept. 20, 1729, Preserved Hall.

Died:
New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Death Records, 1620-1850
Name:      Josiah Whitney
Death Date:      29 Dec 1717
Burial Place:      Wrentham
Source:      Wrentham
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Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Wrentham Deaths, p. 515
Name:      Josiah Whitney
Event Type:      Death
Birth Date:      abt 1664
Death Date:      29 Dec 1717
Death Place:      Wrentham, Massachusetts
Death Age:      53

Whitney, Josiah, Dec. 29, 1717, (in his 53d y., G.R.1.).

Josiah married Mary Bemis about 1694. Mary died on 18 Jul 1710 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Josiah married Abigail Martin, of Dorchester on 3 Nov 1713 in Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. Abigail died on 6 Dec 1734 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Anna married Ebenezer Clark on 15 Feb 1720/21. Ebenezer (son of Theophilus Clark and Rachel Partridge) was born on 21 Jan 1699/00 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jul 1783 in Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FindaGrave Memorial ID: 141871570

Notes:

Birth:
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-WQCB?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-16D%3A353350501%2C353606501%2C353612601 : 13 July 2016), Norfolk > Wrentham > Births, marriages, deaths 1681-1807 > image 30 of 506; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

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Josiah Whiting, the son of Josiah Whitting and Mary his wife was born Feb. 21, 1698

FindaGrave Memorial ID:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141871570

Died:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Wrentham Deaths, p. 515

Whitney, Josiah, Nov. 17, 1748, (a. 51 y.., G.R.1.).

Josiah married Elizabeth Grant, of Concord on 28 Feb 1725/26 in Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Elizabeth died in Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• FamilySearch ID: L5B5-KPP

Notes:

From FindaGrave, Sept 2017:

son of Josiah & 1st wife, Mary () Whitney

md. 1. Wrentham, 1 Nov 1726, Tryphena, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Partridge) Daniel(s). She was born 12 Jun 1704, Medfield, MA, and died 24 Sep 1748, Wrentham, MA, aged 45 years.
md. 2., Wrentham, 30 Jun 1752, Rebekah, dau. of Samuel and Deborah (Pierce) Dunton. She was born 20 Dec 1726, Wrentham, MA, and died there, 15 Dec 1814.

He was also known as Capt. Jonathan Whitney Esq. He was aged over 14 in 1718, Wrentham, MA. He was a subscriber to Prince's Chronology, 24 copies, after 1728, Wrentham, MA.

Pierce says the following:[7]

He was the largest subscriber to Prince's Chronology, 24 copies; inventory, £87-11-1 1/2. He left wid. (name not given.) His father died in 1718, when he was but 14 years of age, and he made application to the probate court to have his uncle Benjamin appointed his guardian. Ebenezer MANN was administrator of his estate in 1770. His estate was settled in 1768. Left a widow, name not given.

In 1768, Wrentham, MA, his estate was settled, and his inventory amounted to £87 18s 1-1/2d.

Children of Jonathan4 and Tryphena (Daniel) Whitney both born Wrentham, MA:

1. Mary b. 8 Jan 1727/8;[8] bapt. 14 Jan 1728, Wrentham, MA;[9] "Mrs." "of Dorchester" married 8 Oct 1774, Plymouth,[10] or 25 Oct 1774, Dorchester, MA, Rev. Mr. Jacob Bacon "of Plymouth".[11]

2. Jonathan b. 9 Mar 1729/30;[12] d. 7 May 1730, Wrentham, MA, aged 1 month 28 days.[13]

Children of Jonathan and Rebekah (Dunton) Whitney were:

i. Tryphena, b. 9 Mar 1753, Wrentham, MA; m. Abel Witherell.

Birth:
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-WQCB?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-16D%3A353350501%2C353606501%2C353612601 : 13 July 2016), Norfolk > Wrentham > Births, marriages, deaths 1681-1807 > image 30 of 506; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

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Johanthan Whitting, the son of Josiah Whitting and Mary his wife was born June 16, 1703.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5B5-KPP

Died:
Ancestry.com. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, Wrentham Deaths, p. 515

Whitney, Jonathan Esq., Apr. 21, 1768, (in his 65th y., G.R.1.).

Jonathan married Tryphena Daniel on 1 Nov 1726 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Tryphena (daughter of Ebenezer Daniel and Elizabeth Partridge) was born on 12 Jun 1704 in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 24 Sep 1748 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 24 Sep 1748 in Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jonathan married Rebekah Dunton on 30 Jun 1752 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Rebekah (daughter of Samuel Dunton and Deborah Pierce) was born on 20 Dec 1726 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died on 15 Dec 1814 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; was buried after 15 Dec 1814 in Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Abigail Whiting
• FamilySearch ID: MVLY-QZ6

Notes:

Abigail Whiting was under the guardianship of her uncle, Benjamin Whiting, of Sherborn April 10, 1718 when she was at the age of nine years.
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Cheryl Hall, Sept. 2017:

According to birth records, Abigail was born on 22 May 1708 in Wrentham, Norfolk, Massachusetts to Josiah Whitney and his wife, Mary.

Mary's surname has not been discovered, but there are a couple of spotty marriage records for Josiah Whitney and Mary. One record not giving a marriage date but a date of 1666 for her birth; the other giving a marriage date of 1686. It was after Mary died (and I believe I've found what could be her death record) that Josiah married second to Abigail Marten, so I think it is correct that Mary is Abigail's mother, not Abigail Marten.

If the death record is her's, Mary Whitney died in Wrentham on 18 July 1710. Josiah married Abigail Marten on 3 Nov 1713 in Wrentham, so that would have been too late for Abigail Marten to have been Abigail Whitney's mother.

Unfortunately, a death date for Abigail (Whitney) Hall has not been found nor the burial location for her and Preserved. I presume that they are both buried in Hallowell, Maine.

Birth:
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9979-WQJM?cc=2061550&wc=Q4D4-16D%3A353350501%2C353606501%2C353612601 : 13 July 2016), Norfolk > Wrentham > Births, marriages, deaths 1681-1807 > image 34 of 506; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.

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Abigaill Whitting, the daughter of Josiah Whitting and Mary his wife, was born May 22, 1708.

FamilySearch ID:
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MVLY-QZ6

Abigail married Preserved Hall on 10 Sep 1729 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Preserved (son of Benjamin Hall and Sarah Fisher) was born on 28 Nov 1706 in Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts; died between 20 Jul 1780 and 30 Aug 1780 in Hallowell, Kennebec County, Maine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]