Ensign Abner Whitney

1744 - 1826  (81 years)

• Name	Abner Whitney
  Birth	17 Nov 1744	Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  History	1767 (22 years)  [3]
  He was taken into the household of Abraham Jackson.
  Married	21 Mar 1768 (23 years)	Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Esther Jackson, the daughter of Abraham and Mary (Hide) Jackson. She was born on 3 December 1748 in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Issue: 1. Isaac Whitney 2. Sally Whitney 3. Fanny Whitney 4. Abraham Whitney (1779-1853) 5. Abner Whitney (1780-1866) 6. Jacob Whitney (1784-1824)
  Military	1775 (30 years)  [2]
  He served in Captain Wiswell's Company which was raised in Newton, Massachusetts. He was promoted to Sergeant. Later during the war, he was promoted to Ensign.
  History	13 Apr 1818 (73 years)  [2]
  He was granted a pension for is Revolutionary War service. He was residing in Windsor County, Vermont at that time.
  Death	6 Jan 1826	Windsor County, Vermont, U.S.A.   [2]
  Siblings	3 brothers and 2 sisters
  > 1. Isaac Whitney,   b. 11 Apr 1736, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 4 Jan 1777, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 40 years) ▻ Abigail Pond,  m. 19 Oct 1758   2. Sgt. Jacob Whitney,   b. 24 Jul 1737, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 14 Jan 1803, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 65 years)   3. Deacon Jonas Whitney,   b. 28 Nov 1739, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. bur. Marlborough, Windham County, Vermont, U.S.A. + 4. Sarah Whitney,   b. 26 Feb 1741, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Sep 1824, Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years) ▻ Deacon Nehemiah Ward,  m. 4 Oct 1773   5. Ensign Abner Whitney,   b. 17 Nov 1744, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 6 Jan 1826, Windsor County, Vermont, U.S.A.  (Age 81 years)   6. Desire Whitney,   b. 31 Oct 1749, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 23 Jun 1778, Warwick (now Orange), Franklin County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 28 years)
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Rolf   (20 x Great Grandfather)  Joanna,   b. 1617, England d. 14 Mar 1688, Cambridge Village (now Newton), Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Newton was incorporated as a separate town, known as  Cambridge Village, on December 15, 1681, then renamed  Newtown in 1691, and finally Newton in 1766.  (Age 71 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I14849
  Last Modified	12 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Jonas Whitney,   b. Abt 1709
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah Perry,   b. 16 Feb 1716, Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F487	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Ensign Abner Whitney(1744 – 1826) 2Jonas Whitney(Abt 1709 – ) 4Eleazer Whitney(1662 – 1738) 8Thomas Whitney(1629 – 1719) 16John Whitney(1592 – 1673) 17Elinor(1599 – 1659) 9Mary Kettell 18Thomas Kettell 19 5Dorothy Ross(1667 – 1731) 10James Ross 20 21 11Mary Goodenow(1640 – 1707) 22Thomas Goodenow(Abt 1608 – ) 23Jane( – 1666) 3Sarah Perry(1716 – ) 6Isaac Perry 12Samuel Perry(1 Mar 1640/41 – 1706) 24John Perry(Abt 1596 – 1642) 25Elizabeth 13Sarah Steadman(Abt 1648 – ) 26Isaac Steadman 27 7Sarah Hanchett(1691 – 1775) 14Peter Hanchett(1651 – ) 28John Hanchett( – 21 Feb 1683/84) 29Elizabeth 15Mary Parker(28 Jan 1647/48 – ) 30John Parker(Abt 1615 – 1686) 31Joanna(1617 – 1688)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 17 Nov 1744 - Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 21 Mar 1768 - Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 6 Jan 1826 - Windsor County, Vermont, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S974] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume 1 - Births , (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S972] Pierce, Frederick Clifton. The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635 , (Chicago: Press of W. B. Conkey Company, 1895). [S666] Ritter, Priscilla R. and Thelma Fleishman. Newton, Massachusetts, 1679-1779 A Biographical Directory, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1982). [S975] Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849 volume 2 Marriages and Deaths, (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911). [S456] Jackson, Francis. A History of the Early Settlement of Newton, County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, from 1639 to 1800, (Boston: Stacy and Richardson, 1854). [S665] Woods, Henry Ernest. Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, (Boston: New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 1905).