John Whitney b. Abt 1621 Isleworth, Middlesex, England d. 12 Oct 1692 Watertown, Ma: Ancestry of Paul Wattenberger

Abt 1621 - 1692 (71 years)

Name	John Whitney [1]
Born	Abt 1621	Isleworth, Middlesex, England [2]
Gender	Male
Died	12 Oct 1692	Watertown, Ma [2]
Person ID	I1775	Paul's Tree
Last Modified	2 Jul 2018

Father	John Whitney, b. Abt 1589, England , d. 1 Jun 1673, Watertown, MA (Age 84 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Elinor, b. Abt 1605, England , d. 11 May 1659, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 54 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F1052	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Ruth Reynolds, b. 1623, England , d. 12 Oct 1692 (Age 69 years)

Married 1642 [3]

Children

	1. John Whitney, b. 17 Sep 1643 [natural]
	2. Ruth Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1645 [natural]
	3. Nathaniel Whitney, b. 1 Feb 1647, d. 7 Jan 1733, Weston, Ma (Age 85 years) [natural]
	4. Samuel Whitney, b. 26 Jul 1648, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA , d. 1730, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 81 years) [natural]
	5. Mary Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1650, d. Aft 1693 (Age > 44 years) [natural]
	6. Joseph Whitney, b. 15 Jan 1651/52, d. 4 Nov 1702 (Age 50 years) [natural]
	7. Sarah Whitney, b. 17 Mar 1653/54, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA , d. 8 Jun 1720, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA (Age 66 years) [natural]
	8. Elizabeth Whitney, b. 9 Jun 1656 [natural]
	9. Hannah Whitney [natural]
	10. Benjamin Whitney, b. 28 Jun 1660, Watertown, Ma , d. 1736, Watertown, Ma (Age 75 years) [natural]

Last Modified 2 Jul 2018

Family ID F560 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Event Map

Born - Abt 1621 - Isleworth, Middlesex, England

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Notes

From "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, MA" Henry Bond 1860:

"John Whitney, Jr. was adm freeman, May 26, 1647, then aged 23; was selectman, 1673, 74, 75, 76, 78 & 79. H m. Ruth, dau of Robert Reynolds of Boston, (The will of Robert Reynolds of Boston dated April 20, 1658, mentions his daughter Ruth Whitney and her eldest son; his dr. Sarah Mason, and her son Robert.) H d. Oct. 12, 1692, and adm. granted to wid. Ruth, and sons John and Benjamin. Inventory, dated Oct.. 26, 1692, taken by Elnathan Beers abd Thomas Hammond. It embraced 18 lots or parcels of land amounting to about 210 acres and prized at 197 pounds. It embraced one lot of 17 acres, "purchased of father Arnold"."

From "The Robert and Mary Reynolds of Boston (1630) Line in Sidney Maine" Beatrice Kat Reynolds 1990:

John Whitney " is a descendant of King Henry I of France and his wife Anne of Kiev. Eli Whitney is the ggggrandson of John and Ruth Whitney (David Starr Jordon and Sarah Louise Kimball, "Your Family Tree" 1979

From "Genealogical and Personal Memiors Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts V 3" Cutter 1908

"John Whitney, son of John Whitney, was born in England, and baptized at Isleworth, Sept. 14, 1621. He came with his parents to New England and settled in Watertown. He married, 1642, Ruth Reynolds, daughter of Robert Reynolds, or Wethersfield, Watertown and Boston. He lived on a three acre lot on the east side of Lexington Street on land granted to E. How, next to the homestead of the Phillips family. He was admitted a freeman, May 26, 1647, at the age of twenty-three; was selectman from 1673 to 1680, inclusive; was a soldier in 1673 in King Phillip's war. He died October 12, 1692."

Sources

[S15] "Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, MA" Henry Bond 1860:.
[S35] "The Bemis History and Genealogy" Thomas Draper 1900.
[S487] Genealogical and Personal Memiors Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts V 3, William Richard Cutter, (Date: 1908;), pp. 1397-1400.