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JOSIAH WHITNEY 1731–1824 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 Aug 1731

Birth Location: PLAINFIELD, MASS

Death Date: 20 Oct 1824

Death Location: BROOKLYN, CT

Father: David Major

Mother: Elizabeth Warren

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In 1731, JOSIAH WHITNEY entered the world in PLAINFIELD, MASS, born to David Whitney Major And Elizabeth Warren. JOSIAH WHITNEY passed away in 1824 in BROOKLYN, CT.

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Biography

  • In 1731, JOSIAH WHITNEY entered the world in PLAINFIELD, MASS, born to David Whitney Major And Elizabeth Warren.
  • JOSIAH WHITNEY passed away in 1824 in BROOKLYN, CT.

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JOSIAH WHITNEY's Ancestors

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JOSIAH WHITNEY
1731–1824
Birth Place: PLAINFIELD, MASS
Parents
David Whitney Major
1682–1769
Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Elizabeth Warren
1693–1759
Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, USA
Grandparents
Joshua (Whitney) Deacon
1635–1719
Watertown, Massachusetts
Abigail Tarball
1650–1725
Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America
Jacob Warren
1668–1727
Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah
1667–
Great-Grandparents
John I
1589–1673
Eleinor
1599–1659
Thomas Tarball
1618–1678
Mary (Gorton)
1624–1674
Jacob Warren
1642–1722
Mary Hildreth
1650–1730
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Thomas Whitney
–1637
Mary Bray
–1629
Thomas Tarbell
1587–1621
Dorothee Rogers
1590–1619
ARTHUR WARREN
1658–1668
Richard Hildreth
1605–1693
Elizabeth Henchman
1625–1693

JOSIAH WHITNEY's Timeline

2 Records

1731
11 Aug 1731
Birth of JOSIAH WHITNEY in PLAINFIELD, MASS
PLAINFIELD, MASS
1824
20 Oct 1824
Age 93
Death of JOSIAH WHITNEY in BROOKLYN, CT
BROOKLYN, CT

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Aug 1731
    Event Place: PLAINFIELD, MASS
    Record Source: The American Genealogist, Chapter XVI, No. 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 20 Oct 1824
    Event Place: BROOKLYN, CT
    Record Source: The American Genealogist, Chapter XVI, No. 1

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