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John Whitney 1600 – 1673 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1600

Birth Location: Greater London, England

Death Date: 1 Jun 1673

Death Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Father: Thomas Whitney

Mother: Mary Bray

Spouse(s): Elinor Bray, Judah Clement

Children(s): Mary Whitney, John Whitney, Richard Whitney, Nathaniel Whitney, Thomas Whitney, Jonathan Whitney, Joshua Whitney, Caleb Whitney, Benjamin Whitney

John Whitney was born in 1600 in Greater London, England, the child of Thomas Whitney and Mary Bray. John Whitney married Elinor Bray, Judah Clement, and had children including Mary Whitney, John Whitney, Richard Whitney, Nathaniel Whitney, Thomas Whitney, Jonathan Whitney, Joshua Whitney, Caleb Whitney, Benjamin Whitney. John Whitney passed away in 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

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Biography

  • John Whitney was born in 1600 in Greater London, England, the child of Thomas Whitney and Mary Bray.
  • John Whitney married Elinor Bray, Judah Clement, and had children including Mary Whitney, John Whitney, Richard Whitney, Nathaniel Whitney, Thomas Whitney, Jonathan Whitney, Joshua Whitney, Caleb Whitney, Benjamin Whitney.
  • John Whitney passed away in 1673 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Whitney
1550 – 1637
Birth Location: Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
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Mary Bray
1564 – 1629
Birth Location: Westminster, London, London, England
MB

Spouses(s)

Elinor Bray
1605 – 1659
Birth Location: Isleworth, Hounslow, Greater London, England
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Judah Clement
– 1673
Birth Location: –
JC

Children(s)

Mary Whitney
1619 –
Birth Location: England
MW
John Whitney
1621 – 1692
Birth Location: London, Isleworth Parish on Thames, London, England
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Richard Whitney
1626 –
Birth Location: England
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Nathaniel Whitney
1627 –
Birth Location: England
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Thomas Whitney
1629 –
Birth Location: England
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Jonathan Whitney
1634 – 1702
Birth Location: England
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Joshua Whitney
1635 – 1719
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Caleb Whitney
1640 – 1640
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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Benjamin Whitney
1646 –
Birth Location: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
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John Whitney's Ancestors

Self
John Whitney
1600 – 1673
Birth Place: Greater London, England
Parents
Thomas Whitney
1550 – 1637
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Mary Bray
1564 – 1629
Westminster, London, London, England
Grandparents
Robert Whitney
1498 – 1555
Clifford Castle, Herefordshire, England
Elizabeth Guillims
1530 – 1568
Wales
John Bray
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Whitney's Descendants

1.
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John Whitney (1600 – 1 Jun 1673) m. Elinor Bray (1605 – 11 May 1659) m. Judah Clement ( – abt 1673)
  1. 1. Mary Whitney (abt 1619 – died young)
  2. 2. John Whitney (14 Sep 1621 – 12 Sep 1692) m. Ruth Reynolds (1 Jun 1623 – 27 May 1692)
    1. 1. Sarah Whitney (17 Mar 1654 – 8 Jun 1720)
    2. 2. Elizabeth Whitney (9 Jun 1656 – 1699) m. Daniel Warren (6 Oct 1653 – 1713)
      1. 1. Ruth Warren (15 Oct 1681 – 12 Apr 1716) m. Samuel Bigelow (18 Sep 1677 – 1734)
        1. 1. Mary Bigelow (17 Oct 1705 – 10 Apr 1750) m. Daniel Ward (14 Apr 1701 – 12 May 1764)
        2. 2. Samuel Bigelow (16 Oct 1707 – 12 May 1764)
        3. 3. Cornelius Bigelow (24 Nov 1710 – 1767) m. Mary Graves (18 Jul 1714 – 1790)
        4. 4. Jedediah Bigelow (8 Feb 1714 – 1780) m. Thamezin Nurse (7 Jun 1718 – 12 Mar 1758) m. Jane Wheeler (1711 – 1764)
        5. 5. Ruth Bigelow (10 Apr 1716 – 25 Jul 1716)
      2. 2. Daniel (David) Warren (30 Apr 1686 – 1733) m. Hannah Bigelow (1689 – before 1717) m. Mehitable Garfield (7 Dec 1687 – 13 Feb 1772)
        1. 1. Samuel Warren (6 Nov 1712 – 1782) m. Hannah Beard (13 Mar 1714 – 25 Jan 1768)
        2. 2. Hannah Warren (28 Apr 1715 – 5 Mar 1758)
        3. 3. Daniel Warren (12 May 1717 – 1731)
        4. 4. Mehitabel Warren (7 Oct 1718 – )
        5. 5. Lydia Warren (8 May 1721 – ) m. Joseph Bigelow (1720 – abt 1755)
        6. 6. Ruth Warren (30 Mar 1723 – )
        7. 7. Asa Warren (19 Nov 1725 – )
        8. 8. Elija Warren (17 Sep 1727 – 1749)
        9. 9. Mary Warren (1729 – )
      3. 3. Hannah Warren (25 Jan 1691 – 2 Apr 1713)
      4. 4. Sarah Warren (14 Dec 1691 – )
      5. 5. Elizabeth Warren (7 Jun 1693 – 28 Jul 1767) m. David Whitney
    3. 3. Benjamin Whitney (28 Jun 1660 – 12 Oct 1736)
    4. 4. Nathaniel Whitney (5 Mar 1675 – 7 Jan 1733)
    5. 5. Richard Whitney
    6. 6. Jonathan Whitney
    7. 7. Joshua Whitney
    8. 8. Caleb Whitney
  3. 3. Richard Whitney (1626 – )
  4. 4. Nathaniel Whitney (1627 – )
  5. 5. Thomas Whitney (1629 – ) m. Mary Kendall (1635 – 1719)
    1. 1. Thomas Whitney (1656 – 1742) m. Elizabeth (Crisp) Lawrence (1655 – 1741)
      1. 1. Benjamin Whitney (7 Oct 1687 – 24 Oct 1737) m. Elizabeth Fiske (20 Jan 1685-6 – )
  6. 6. Jonathan Whitney (1634 – 1 Jan 1702) m. Lydia (Anna) Jones (1638 – 3 Feb 1702)
    1. 1. Lydia Whitney (3 Jul 1657 – 27 May 1724) m. Moses Adams (26 Oct 1654 – 27 May 1724)
      1. 1. Benoni Adams (3 Nov 1682 – Jul 1748)
      2. 2. Lydia Adams (2 Feb 1683 – 13 Jul 1730) m. John Fiske (17 Mar 1682 – 8 May 1730)
        1. 1. John (Jr) Fiske (1709 – 12 Mar 1754) m. Abigail Babcock (3 May 1704 – 7 Mar 1761)
        2. 2. Grace Fiske (1710 – )
        3. 3. Lydia Fiske (1712 – 7 May 1715)
        4. 4. Isaac Fiske (24 Aug 1714 – 22 DEC 1799) m. Hannah Haven (10 JUN 1716 – 21 Feb 1800)
        5. 5. Daniel Fiske (1716 – 1772) m. Elizabeth Goddard (4 Sep 1726 – 13 Mar 1808)
        6. 6. Lydia Fiske (1720 – ) m. Benjamin Twitchell (2 Dec 1716 – 1754)
        7. 7. Peter Fiske (2 Mar 1722 – Apr 1795) m. Sarah Perry (25 Aug 1737 – )
        8. 8. Abigail Fiske (1727 – 9 Aug 1727)
        9. 9. Nathaniel Fiske (31 Mar 1730 – 1756)
      3. 3. Elizabeth Adams (18 Sep 1686 – 17 Jun 1689)
      4. 4. Hannah Adams (8 Feb 1688 – 21 Jul 1718) m. Nathaniel Fiske (9 Jun 1678 – 24 Aug 1719)
        1. 1. Nathaniel Fiske (11 Nov 1706 – )
        2. 2. Asa Fiske (22 Feb 1707 – 8 Jan 1771) m. Lois Leland (2 Sep 1714 – 1814)
        3. 3. Hannah Fiske (9 Sep 1710 – 13 Nov 1798) m. Jonathan Carver (1705 – 1780)
        4. 4. Moses Fiske (29 Jan 1713 – 18 Feb 1770) m. Mehitabel (6 Apr 1720 – 13 Feb 1773)
        5. 5. Lydia Fiske (24 Apr 1715 – 19 Aug 1717)
        6. 6. Lydia Fiske (5 Oct 1718 – )
      5. 5. Elizabeth Adams (25 Oct 1689 – 6 Dec 1724)
      6. 6. Thomas Adams (1690 – )
      7. 7. Moses Adams (26 Nov 1691 – 1730)
      8. 8. James Adams (7 Jul 1693 – 14 Jan 1727)
      9. 9. Isaac Adams (4 Mar 1694 – 5 Jun 1730)
      10. 10. Abigail Adams (7 Sep 1697 – 15 Mar 1729)
      11. 11. Mary Adams (4 Jan 1699 – )
    2. 2. Jonathan Whitney (20 Oct 1659 – 7 Mar 1735) m. Sarah Hapgood (1660 – 26 Jul 1746)
      1. 1. Tabitha Whitney (22 Aug 1696 – 2 Nov 1762)
      2. 2. Shadrach Whitney (12 Oct 1698 – 8 Aug 1764)
      3. 3. Amos Whitney (1 May 1705 – 31 Oct 1770)
      4. 4. Daniel Whitney (12 Sep 1710 – 9 Oct 1779)
    3. 3. Anna Whitney (28 Apr 1660 – 6 Mar 1701) m. Cornelius Fsiher
    4. 4. John Whitney (27 Jun 1662 – ) m. Mary Hapgood
    5. 5. Josiah Whitney (19 May 1664 – )
    6. 6. Eleanor Whitney (12 Oct 1666 – 23 Nov 1678)
    7. 7. James Whitney (25 Nov 1668 – 30 Nov 1690)
    8. 8. Isaac Whitney (12 Jan 1670 – 2 Dec 1690)
    9. 9. Joseph Whitney (10 Mar 1672 – 6 Sep 1754) m. Rebeckah Burge (5 Nov 1683 – )
      1. 1. Abigail Whitney (5 Mar 1707 – )
      2. 2. Jonas Whitney (7 Jun 1708 – )
      3. 3. Joseph Whitney (1710 – ) m. Abigail Nutting
      4. 4. Sylvanus Whitney (1712 – )
      5. 5. James Whitney (23 Mar 1714 – 1755) m. Eleanor Robbins (18 Jun 1721 – 1755)
        1. 1. Ellenor Whitney (23 Jul 1740 – ) m. Francis Pollard (1723 – 1790)
        2. 2. James Whitney (4 Nov 1742 – ) m. Sarah Lund
        3. 3. John Whitney (15 Apr 1745 – 3 Nov 1829) m. Mary Jones (1757 – 19 Apr 1836)
        4. 4. Jonathan Whitney (15 Aug 1745 – ) m. Abigail Hemenway (1749 – )
        5. 5. Elizabeth Whitney (21 May 1748 – 5 Oct 1812) m. Ezra (Phineas) Bennett (27 Aug 1750 – 5 Sep 1849)
        6. 6. Lucy Whitney (5 Jan 1755 – 27 May 1840) m. James Bancroft (26 Oct 1745 – 2 Mar 1832)
      6. 6. Ephraim Whitney (1716 – )
    10. 10. Abigail Whitney (18 Aug 1675 – 1702)
    11. 11. Benjamin Whitney (6 Jan 1678 – abt 1717) m. Mercy Travis
  7. 7. Joshua Whitney (5 Jul 1635 – 7 Aug 1719) m. Abigail Tarbell (1643 – 1719) m. Mary Whitney ( – 1671)
    1. 1. Sarah Whitney (10 Oct 1668 – 11 June 1740) m. Nathaniel Jewell
    2. 2. Abigail Whitney (1673 – ) m. John Hutchins
    3. 3. Mary Whitney (1 Jul 1675 – ) m. Ephraim Pierce
    4. 4. William Whitney (28 Feb 1678 – 1754) m. Lydia Perham
    5. 5. Eleanor Whitney (Jan 1679 – 21 Dec 1730) m. Samuel Sheppard (1673 – 1724)
      1. 1. David Shepard (10 Nov 1710 – 10 Nov 1752)
    6. 6. Cornelius Whitney m. Sarah Sheppard
    7. 7. Martha Whitney m. Isaac Williams
    8. 8. Elizabeth Whitney m. Ebenezer Farnsworth
    9. 9. Alice Whitney m. Nathaniel Woods
    10. 10. Hannah Whitney m. Thomas Woods
    11. 11. Joshua Whitney (14 Jun 1666 – ) m. Sarah Fellows
  8. 8. Caleb Whitney (12 Jul 1640 – Dec 1640)
  9. 9. Benjamin Whitney (6 Jun 1646 – )

John Whitney's Timeline

6 Records

1592
20 Jul 1592
Birth of John Whitney in Westminster, London, London, England
Westminster, London, London, England
1592
20 Jul 1592
John Whitney was baptized in St Mararget's, Westminster, London, England
St Mararget's, Westminster, London, England
1600
1600
Birth of John Whitney in Greater London, England
Greater London, England
1619
1619-1623
Age 19
John Whitney resided here in London, Isleworth Parish on Thames, London, England
London, Isleworth Parish on Thames, London, England
1635
1635
Age 35
John Whitney resided here in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
1673
1 Jun 1673
Age 73
Death of John Whitney in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1592
    Event Place: Westminster, London, London, England
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1600
    Event Place: Greater London, England
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 20 Jul 1592
    Event Place: St Mararget's, Westminster, London, England
    Record Source: U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Second Supplement To Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1619-1623
    Event Place: London, Isleworth Parish on Thames, London, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1635
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: abt 1635

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 3 Mar 1635
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Applications of Freemen, 1630-1691

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Massachusetts
    Record Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Applications of Freemen, 1630-1691

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Middlesex County, Massachusetts
    Record Source: Whitney : the descendants of John Whitney who came from London, England to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1673
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD, USA; Volume Title: Second Supplement To Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    [4] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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