Various Whitney Families from History of the Town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire (1881)

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Source: History of the Town of Marlborough, Cheshire County, New Hampshire 
         by Charles A. Bemis, Press of Geo. H. Ellis, Boston, MA, 1881

Page 693

                                     WHITNEY

	JOHN WHITNEY embarked at Ipswich, England, for America, April, 1635. He 
was at that time thirty-five years of age, his wife, Eleanor, thirty, and the sons, John, 
eleven, Richard, nine, Nathaniel, eight, Thomas, six, and Jonathan, one. He settled in 
Watertown, Mass., where he owned considerable land. He was one of the selectmen of 
that town for several years, from 1638 to 1655, and town clerk in 1655. His early election 
to these offices shows that he held a respectable social position. His wife d. May 11, 
1659; and he m. (2d), Sept. 29, 1659, Judith Clement. He survived his second wife, and d. 
June 1, 1673, ae. 74. His son John, b. in England, 1624, m. Ruth, dau. of Robert 
Reynolds of Boston, and settled in Watertown, where he d. Oct. 12, 1692. Benjamin, 
youngest son of John, b. June 28, 1660, m., March 30, 1687, Abigail Hagar. David, third 
son of Benjamin, b. June 16, 1697, m. Rebecca ----, and settled in Waltham. Jonas, fourth 
son of David, b. June 25, 1733, m., Sept. 27, 1757, Sarah Whitteman of Lexington, and 
settled in Westminster, Mass.

 1.  BENJAMIN WHITNEY, son of Jonas and Sarah (Whitteman) Whitney, b. in 
     Westminster, Mass., Apr. 28, 1770; m., 1794, Nancy Fuller, b. in Newton, Mass., 
     Feb. 14, 1767. Soon after his marriage, he came to Marl., and purchased of David 
     and Walter Capron the farm now owned by J. M. Darling, where he d. June 27, 
     1852. His widow d. Sept. 20, 1855.
 2.    I. Benjamin, b. Oct. 29, 1795; d. in infancy.
 3.   II. Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1796; m., June 2, 1819, Solomon Sawtelle of Rindge. She d. 
            Apr. 17, 1864.
 4.  III. Ruhamah, b. Jan. 11, 1798; m., March 28, 1826, Jeremiah K. Needham of 
            Hollis, where she d.
 5.   IV. Sarah, b. Apr. 28, 1799; m., May 14, 1829, Joel Barker of Milford, where she 
            now resides.
 6.    V. Lydia, b. May 15, 1800; m., Dec. 6, 1836, Abner Bailey of Jaffrey; d. in 
            Jaffrey.
 7.   VI. Benjamin, b. May 25, 1802.+
 8.  VII. Sophronia, b. Nov. 25, 1803; m., Jan. 22, 1829, Moses Parmenter; settled in 
            Pepperell, Mass.
 9. VIII. Jonas, b. July 4, 1805; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1833, after which 
            he spent some time in various places in N.Y., then settled in Missouri, where he d. 
            March 21, 1869 (or 1870). He m., Dec., 1835, Charlotte Tarman of Ithaca, N.Y.
10.   IX. Lucy, b. Oct. 8, 1807; d. Nov. 11, 1807.
11.    X. Syrena, b. Oct. 16, 1808; m. Lewis McIntire of Ashburnham, Mass.
12.   XI. Harriet, b. May 22, 1812; m., Sept. 15, 1835, James Hobert of Brookline; 
            settled in Pepperell, Mass.

Page 694
(7)  BENJAMIN WHITNEY, son of Benjamin, m., Oct 10, 1826, Elmira Stimpson, of 
     Ashburnham, Mass. She d. May 12, 1862. Mr. Whitney resided in Marl. until 1872, 
     when he removed to Littleton, N.H., where he now resides.
13.    I. Jared Irving, b. Aug. 1, 1833; m., Jan. 19, 1858, Sarah J. Kidder. He removed to 
             Leominster,  Mass, in 1869, where he now resides.
14.             1. Fannie B., b. Oct. 16, 1863.
15.             2. Arthur E., b. Sept. 9, 1868; d. June 8, 1869.
16.   II. Elmira Frances, b. Jan. 18, 1836; m. Charles D. Tarbell, q.v.
17.  III. George Edward, b. Aug. 2, 1843; d. March 12, 1861.

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18.  DANIEL WHITNEY and wife Mary, from Guilford, Vt., warned to leave town, 1787.
19.  Their son, Daniel Whitney, Jr., and wife Sarah were warned out at the same time. 
             They had children b. in Marl. As follows:--
20.             1. Joel, b. June 13, 1786.
21.             2. Oliver, b. June 29, 1789.
22.             3. Levi, b. Apr. 27, 1792.

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23.  CHARLES O. WHITNEY, son of Luke and Lovina (White) Whitney, b. in Troy, 
        May 4, 1838; m., Nov. 27, 1861, Frances F., dau. of Hyman and Lovina (Allen) Bent, 
        b. in Fitzwilliam, Oct. 27, 1838. Came to Marl. To reside Oct., 1866.
24.   I. Frank Russell, b. in South Gardner, Mass., Aug 29, 1866.
25.  II. Charles Winfred, b. in Marl., Aug. 4, 1877.
26. III. Robert L., b. in Marl., Sept. 10, 1880.