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Benjamin Whitney 1660 – 1736 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 Jun 1660

Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Death Date: 12 Oct 1736

Death Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Father: John Whitney

Mother: Ruth Reynolds

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Benjamin Whitney was born in 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, the child of John Whitney and Ruth Reynolds. Benjamin Whitney passed away in 1736 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • Benjamin Whitney was born in 1660 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, the child of John Whitney and Ruth Reynolds.
  • Benjamin Whitney passed away in 1736 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

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Benjamin Whitney's Ancestors

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Benjamin Whitney
1660 – 1736
Birth Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Parents
John Whitney
1621 – 1692
London, Isleworth Parish on Thames, London, England
Ruth Reynolds
1623 – 1692
Aylesford, Kent, England
Grandparents
John Whitney
1600 – 1673
Greater London, England
Elinor Bray
1605 – 1659
Isleworth, Hounslow, Greater London, England
Robert (Church) Reynolds
1586 – 1659
Aylesford, Kent, England
Mary Pulleyne
1600 – 1663
Aylesford, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Whitney
1550 – 1637
Mary Bray
1564 – 1629
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1498 – 1555
Elizabeth Guillims
1530 – 1568
John Bray

Benjamin Whitney's Timeline

2 Records

1660
28 Jun 1660
Birth of Benjamin Whitney in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1736
12 Oct 1736
Age 76
Death of Benjamin Whitney in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 Jun 1660
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1736
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

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