Dea. Joshua WHITNEY

Male 1635 - 1719  (84 years)


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  • Name Joshua WHITNEY  [1
    • Joshua Whitney was the first of the family who was born in America. He was one of the earliest settlers, a deacon and original proprietor at Groton, Mass., and dwelt there probably until it was burnt by the Indians, during King Philip's war, in the spring of 1676. he returned to Watertown for a few years and died in 1719. His will is dated Apr 17, 1713, and proved Oct. 6, 1719. It mentions several children whose births are not recorded. He was buried in the old burying ground in Groton. He served as a soldier in King Philip's war with his son, Joshua, Jr., in 1691-2. [1]
    Prefix Dea. 
    Birth 5 Jul 1635  Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 7 Aug 1719  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I69290  Main Tree
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 

    Father John WHITNEY,   b. 1589, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1673, Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Elinor UNKNOWN,   b. 1599   d. 11 May 1659, Watertown, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Family ID F27909  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F27905  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2012 

    Family 2 Mary UNKNOWN   d. 17 Mar 1671, Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F27906  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2012 

    Family 3 Abigail TARBALL 
    Marriage 30 Sep 1672  [1
    Children 
     1. Col. David WHITNEY,   b. 1682, Groton, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1769, Canaan, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Martha WHITNEY,   b. 1688  [Birth]
    Family ID F27904  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 

  • Sources 
    1. [S4980] Frederick Clifton Pierce, "Whitney" The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England to Watertown, Mass. in 1635, (Frederick Clifton Pierce, 1895).