Benjamin WHITNEY

1643 - 1723  (79 years)

• Name	Benjamin WHITNEY  [1]
  	In 1685 Benjamin and Jane Whitney, of York, sell to Jonathan Saywood for L10 and 14s, 'a certain tract and par cel of land which I have improved, possessed and have builded a small tenant upon planted and lived upon these several years,; which was granted by the town of York in 1680, and ten other acres granted by the town of York in 1674. It is probable that his wife died about this time and soon after, leaving his young children with relatives of his wife, he returned to Watertown and soon located in Sherborn, near the Natick town line. He married his second wife in marlboro in 1695 and lived on land belonging to Harvard College, which he leased of Gov. Danford. In 1718 he received a legacy of 10s. per annum from his nephew, Benjamin, son o his brother Jonathan. he d. in 1723; res. York and Cocheco, Me., and Sherborn, Mass. [1]
  Birth	6 Jun 1643	Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1723  [1]
  Person ID	I92133	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2018

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 1	Jane ?   d. 14 Nov 1690
  Family ID	F38483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Mary POOR
  Marriage	11 Apr 1695  [1]
  Family ID	F38484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Aug 2018

  
  

• Sources

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