Richard Whitney

Some Descendants of Richard Whitney (John) and Martha Coldam of Watertown

Sarah Whitney was born in 1652 [Ref] in Watertown [Ref, pp. 117-23]. [Ref]
Moses Whitneywas born on 1 Aug 1665 [Ref] in Watertown [Ref, pp. 117-23. He married Sarah Knight on 30 Sep 1686 [Ref] in Stow. [Ref]
1. Sarah Whitney was born on 2 Jul 1687 in Stow. [Ref]
2. Moses Whitney was born on 1 Jun 1689 [Ref 15 Jun] in Watertown. [Ref] He died on 7 May 1778 in Littleton. [Ref] He married Lydia Unknown. [Ref]
  Moses went to Littleton early. [Ref] He bought a farm in 1708 and sold it to Jon^a Hartwell in 1720. [Ref] He was dismissed to the church in Lunenberg in Aug 1748. [Ref]
  1. Salmon Whitney [Ref]
  2. Rev. Aaron Whitney was born about 1714. He died in 1779, age 65, in Petersham. [Ref] He married first Alice Baker in 1739. [Ref] He married second Ruth Stears in 1768. [Ref]
    1. Abel Whitney died in 1756 in Cambridge. [Ref]
    2. Charles Whitney died in Vermont. [Ref]
      Charles settled in Phillipston. [Ref]
    3. Rev. Peter Whitney died in 1816 in Northboro. [Ref]
      Peter was ordained in Northboro. [Ref]
    4. Aaron Whitney married Hannah Stearns in 1772. [Ref]
    5. Alice Whitney was born in 1748. [Ref] She died in 1806. [Ref][Ref] She married Ensign Mann. [Ref][Ref]
      1. Thomas Mann was born in 1780. [Ref] He died in 1853. [Ref] He married Esther Stone. [Ref] She was born in 1787. [Ref] She died in 1858. [Ref]
        
        Alice Whitney Mann was born in 1812. [Ref] She died in 1878. [Ref]
        
        Helen Abbie Mann was born in 1860. [Ref] She died in 1935. [Ref]
        
        Roland Aubrey Stratton was born in 1898. [Ref] He died in 1972. [Ref]
        
        Eugene Aubrey Stratton was born in 1927. [Ref]
    6. Lucy Whitney married Dr. Samuel Kendall. [Ref]
    7. Paul Whitney died in 1807 in Westfield. [Ref]
    8. Abel Whitney was born on 15 Mar 1756. [Ref] He died in 1807 in Westfield. [Ref]
3. Abraham Whitney (conjectured son) was born on 29 May 1692 in Stowe. [Ref, husband Mary]
Joanna Whitney was born on 16 (11) 1656 in Watertown. [Ref] She married John Cady. [Ref]
1. Esther Cady is probably the Esther who married John Adams on 27 Mar 1710/11 in Canterbury. [Ref]
Deborah Whitney [Ref][Ref, pp. 117-23] was born on 12 Oct 1658 in Watertown. [Ref]
Rebecca Whitney [Ref][Ref, pp. 117-23] was born on 15 Dec 1659 in Watertown. [Ref] She died on 10 Feb 1659/60 in Watertown. [Ref]
Richard Whitney was born on 13 Jan 1660 in Watertown. [Ref]
Elisha Whitney [Ref][Ref, pp. 117-23] was born on 29 Aug 1662 in Watertown. [Ref]
Ebenezer Whitney was born on 30 Jun 1672 [Ref, 1672, which seems more plausible] in Watertown [Ref, pp. 117-23]. [Ref, 1682][Ref] He died on 5 Aug 1727 in Pomfret,Windham, Connecticut. [Ref] He married Anna Unknown. [Ref] Anna died on 15 May 1758 in Pomfret. [Ref] She married second John Comins of Pomfret before 14 May 1745. [Ref]
Ebenezer's father conveyed three parcels of land to Ebenezer in return for lifetime support on 31 Dec 1707. Two brothers, Moses and Richard, Jr. are referred to and a sister, Joanna Cady. [Ref] Ebenezer and Anna sold this property on 25 May 1714 and soon after moved to Canterbury, Windham, Connecticut. [Ref] In 1721 Ebenezer bought land in Pomfret. [Ref]
1. Zachariah Whitney was born by 1704, probably in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Ref] He married Ruth Taylor on 30 Jul 1730 in Pomfret. [Ref]
  1. Mary Whitney [Ref]
  2. Zachariah Whitney [Ref]
  3. Moses Whitney [Ref]
  4. Aaron Whitney [Ref]
  5. Ephraim Whitney married Rhoda Unknown. [Ref]
    Ephraim lived in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts. [Ref]
2. Esther Whitney was born about 1705/6, probably in Stow. [Ref] She died on 19 Oct 1727 in Pomfret. [Ref] She married William Biginton on 18 Jan 1727. [Ref] She apparently left no surviving children. [Ref]
3. Ezekiel Whitney was born about 1707, probably in Stow. [Ref] He died before 31 Jan 1751, when his estate was administered. [Ref] He married first Isabel Taylor on 18 Jul 1728 in Pomfret. [Ref] Isabel died in childbed on 15 Apr 1731. [Ref] Ezekiel married second Sarah Parke. [Ref]
  Ezekiel moved to Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut. [Ref]
4. Enoch Whitney was born say about 1708, probably in Stow. [Ref] He married Thankful Parke on 21 Dec 1732. [Ref]
  1. Samuel Whitney was born on 24 May 1734 in Plainfield. [Ref] He died on 30 Sep 1812 in Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Ref] He married Sarah Unknown. [Ref]
  2. Susanna Whitney was born on 13 Mar 1739 in Plainfield [Ref]
  3. Rosanna Whitney was born on 29 Aug 1740 in Plainfield. [Ref]
  4. Asa Whitney was born on 10 Jul 1742 in Preston, New London, Connecticut. [Ref]
  5. Thankful Whitney was born on 8 Apr 1747 in Preston. [Ref]
  6. Hezekiah Whitney was born on 26 Dec 1748 in Preston. [Ref] He died on 20 Dec 1827 in Washington, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Ref] He married Olive Knight in the fall of 1774 in Plainfield. [Ref]
  7. Joseph Whitney was born on 18 Jun 1753 in Kent, Litchfield, Connecticut. [Ref]
  8. Sarah Whitney was born on 18 Jun 1756 in Kent. [Ref]
5. Israel Whitney was born by 1709, probably in Stow. [Ref] He died on 1 Jul 1746. [Ref] He married Hannah Blodgett. [Ref]
  Esrael was a cordwainer. [Ref]
  1. Sybilla Whitney was born on 4 Feb 1733 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts. [Ref] She died on 16 Dec 1812 in Dunstable. [Ref] She married Capt. Oliver Cummings in 1756 in Dunstable, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Ref]
  2. Josiah Whitney was born on 18 Apr 1735 in Oxford. [Ref] He died on 13 or 15 Dec 1740. [Ref]
  3. Hannah Whitney was born on 15 or 16 Apr 1737 in Oxford. [Ref] She married Eleazer Cummings on 26 Nov 1761. [Ref]
  4. Tamar Whitney was born on 13 Oct 1739 in Oxford. [Ref] She died on 6 Oct 1740. [Ref]
  5. Mary Whitney was born on 23 Jul 1741 in Oxford. [Ref] She died on 4 Feb 1754 in Dunstable. [Ref]
  6. Richard Whitney was born on 22 Apr 1743 in Oxford. [Ref] He died on 29 Oct 1816 in Brookline, Windham, Vermont. [Ref] He married Sarah Butterfield on 12 Mar 1767 in Chelmsford. [Ref] She died on 16 Feb 1773 in Wilton, Hillsborough, New Hampshire. [Ref] Richard married second Hannah Holt. [Ref] She was born on 18 Jan 1754. [Ref] She died in Apr 1833. [Ref]
    Richard and Sarah moved to Wilton. [Ref] Richard was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. [Ref]
6. Anna Whitney was born say 1712, probably in Stow. [Ref] She married Ebenezer Rood of Stafford on 11 Dec 1733 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut. [Ref]
7. Dr. Ebenezer Whitney was born on 15 Sep 1715 in Canterbury. [Ref] He died before 15 Feb 1745, when his brother Israel administered his estate. [Ref] Ebenezer was unmarried. [Ref]
  Ebenezer was a physician in Worcester. [Ref]
Jonathan Whitney was born in Watertown. [Ref, pp. 117-23]