| Name |
Josiah Whitney |
| Alt. Birth |
19 May 1663 |
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  |
- "Josiah Whetny, s. Jonathan & Lydia Whetny, b. 19 May 1663," according to Watertown Records, vol. 1, p. 26.
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| Born |
19 May 1664 |
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
- 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].
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| Gender |
Male |
| Name |
Josiah Whiting |
| FamilySearch ID |
MM5N-76K |
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| FindaGrave Memorial ID |
141871562 |
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| Removed to |
1701 |
Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
| from Groton |
- 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.
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| Died |
29 Dec 1717 |
Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
- 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.).
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| Buried |
Aft 29 Dec 1717 |
Wrentham Center Cemetery, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
| Probate |
15 Jan 1717/18 |
Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
- (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.
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| Person ID |
I206 |
New England Hall Families Master Tree |
| Last Modified |
9 Aug 2019 |
| Family 1 |
Mary Bemis, d. 18 Jul 1710, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
| Married |
Abt 1694 |
- Here are Josiah and Mary Whitney's children that I have found record (or mention) of:
1. Mary Whitney, born 5 Mar 1696 (taken from the Whitney genealogy book; a birth record has not been found.
2. Josiah Whitney, born 21 Feb 1698, Wrentham (documented)
3. Jonathan Whitney, born 16 Jun 1703, Wrentham (documented)
4. Abigail Whitney, born 22 May 1708, Wrentham (documented)
5. Hannah Whitney, born 11 Jul 1710, Wrentham (documented)
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| Children |
| | 1. Mary Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1695/96, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts , d. 24 Apr 1719, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 23 years) |
| | 2. Josiah Whitney, b. 21 Feb 1697/98, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts , d. 17 Nov 1748, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 50 years) |
| | 3. Capt. Jonathan Whitney, Esq., b. 16 Jun 1703, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts , d. 21 Apr 1768, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 64 years) |
| | 4. Abigail Whitney, b. 22 May 1708, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts , d. Aft 20 Jul 1780 (Age 72 years) |
| | 5. Hannah Whitney, b. 11 Jul 1710, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts , d. 24 Nov 1711, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts (Age 1 years) |
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| Last Modified |
18 Oct 2017 |
| Family ID |
F146 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Abigail Martin, of Dorchester, d. 6 Dec 1734, Wrentham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts |
| Married |
3 Nov 1713 |
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
- New England Historic Genealogical Society. Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records, 1620-1850
Name: Josiah Whitney
Spouse: Abigail Marten
Marriage Date: 3 Nov 1713
Marriage Place: Dorchester
Source: Vital Records of Wrentham
Full text: WHITNEY, Josiah and Abigail Marten of Dorchester, Nov. 3, 1713. In Dorchester.
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"Josiah [Whitney] of Wrentham and Abigail Martin, [married] Nov. 3, 1713," according to Record Commisioners of the City of Boston, A Report of the Record Commissioners of the City of Boston, Containing Dorchester Births, Marriages, and Deaths to the End of 1825, vol. 21 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1891), p. 106.
Also "Josiah [Whitney] and Abigail Marten of Dorchester, [married] Nov. 3, 1713. In Dorchester," according to Wrentham Vital Records, vol. II, pp. 396-397.
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"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L979-98F6?cc=2061550&wc=Q4DW-7M3%3A353350501%2C353606501%2C353607001 : 20 May 2014), Norfolk > Wrentham > Births, marriages, deaths 1668-1913 > image 115 of 748; town clerk offices, Massachusetts.
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| Last Modified |
2 Oct 2017 |
| Family ID |
F5174 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1664 - 1717 (53 years)
