Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 10

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924

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(II) Eustace, son of Turstin, was a bene- factor of the monastery of St. Peter in Glou- cester. He or one of his immediate descend- ants took the surname. De Whitney from Whitney of the Wye, in the Marches of Wales, where his principal castle was located. The estate comprised over two thousand acres, and remained in the family until 1893, when it was sold, there being no member of the family to hold it. The castle has entirely dis- appeared, but it is believed to be in ruins under the Wye, which has in the course of years changed its path. The castle was probably built on an artificial mound, surrounded by a moat fed by the river, which gradually under- mined the castle, which was at last disinte- grated.

(III) Sir Robert de Whitney, a direct de-

scendant of Eustace, was livng in 1242 and was mentioned in the "Testa de Nevill." Three or four intervening generations cannot be stated with certainty.

(IV) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert, gave deed to the monastery of St. Peter in 1280, referring to and confirming the deed of his ancestors above mentioned. He was Lord of Pencombe, Little Cowarn and Whitney in 1281 ; was granted free warren by Edward I in 1284; summoned to wars beyond the seas in 1297 ; tenant of part of the manor of Huntington in 1299; in Scotch war in 1301. He was possibly grandson instead of son of Sir Robert.

(V) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Eustace, was knighted by Edward I in 1306, and was a member of parliament for Here- fordshire in 1313 and 1352.

(VI) Sir Robert de Whitney, son of Sir Eustace, was one of two hundred gentle- men who went to Milan in the retinue of the Duke of Clarence on the occasion of the lat- ter's marriage in 1368. He was a member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1377, 1379 and 1380 and sheriff in 1377.

(VII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Rob- ert, was sent abroad to negotiate treaty with the Count of Flanders in 1388; member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1391. He was sent to France to deliver the castle and town of Cherbourg to the King of Navarre in 1393; was knight marshal in the court of Richard II; sent on King's business to Ire- land in 1394. He was killed, together with his brother and most of his relatives, at the battle of Pilleth, 1402.

(VIII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was granted the castle of Clif- ford and lordships of Clifford and Glas- bury by - Henry IV in 1404, on account of the services of his father. He was sheriff of Herefordshire in 1413-28-33-37; member of parliament, 1416-22. He fought in the French war under Henry V, and was captain of the castle and town of Vire in 1420. He was named as one of the five knights in Herefordshire in 1433, and died March 12, 144I.

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(IX) Sir Eustace de Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was born in 14II. He was head of a commission sent to Wales by Henry VI in 1455 and was a member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1468. He married Jenett Russell; second, Jane Clifford.

(X) Robert Whitney, son of Sir Eustace (9), was probably a knight and was an active participant in the War of the Roses, and was attainted as a Yorkist in 1459. He was prob- ably at the battle of Mortimer's Cross in 1461. He was the subject of a poem by Lewis Glyn Cothi, on the occasion of his marriage to Alice, the great-granddaughter of Sir David Gam. He married first, Alice, daughter of Thomas Vaughan; second, Constance Touchett, who was the mother of his sons. She was descended from William the Conqueror, through the second wife of Edward I, King of England.

(XI) James Whitney, son of Robert, was appointed receiver of Newport, part of the estate of the Duke of Buckingham, con- fiscated by Henry VII in 1522. He married Blanche, daughter and an heir of Simon Mil- bourne.

(XII) Robert Whitney, son of James Whitney, was of Icomb, and in charge of other confiscated estates. He was sheriff of Gloucestershire, 1527-28-29-30. He was nominated Knight of the Bath by Henry VIII at the coronation of Anne Boleyn in 1531; was granted part of income of monastery of Brewern in 1535; furnished forty men to put down rebellion in 1536. He was named to attend upon the king's person. He died in 154I, and his will was proved June II, 1541. He married Margaret Wye.

(XIII) Sir Robert Whitney, son of Robert, was knighted the day after Queen Mary's coronation in October, 1553. He was sum- moned before the privy council in 1555 and 1559. He was member of parliament for Herefordshire in 1559, and died August 5, 1567. He married Sybil Baskerville, a de- scendant of William the Conqueror through the first wife of Edward I.

(XIV) Robert Whitney, son of Sir Robert, was mentioned in the will of his father, and also in an inquisition taken after the lat- ter's death. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Morgan Guillims, or Duglim.

(XV) Thomas Whitney, son of Robert, was of Westminster, Gentleman. He was buried at St. Margaret's, April 14, 1637. He married Mary, daughter of John Bray, of Westminster ; she was buried at St. Margaret's, September 25, 1629. Children: I. John, the

American emigrant, settled at Watertown, Massachusetts. 2. Nicholas. 3. William. 4. Richard. 5. Margaret. 6. Anne.

(The Baskerville Line).

(I) William I, Duke of Normandy, com- monly called William the Conqueror, married Matilda, daughter of Baldwin, Earl of Fland- ers, and granddaughter of Robert, King of France.

(II) Henry I, son of William the Con- queror, was King of England 1100-1135. He was born 1069, died 1135; married Ma- tilda, daughter of Malcolm III, King of Scot- land, granddaughter of Edmund Ironside, the last of the West Saxon Kings.

(III) Geoffrey Plantagenet, Earl of An- jou, was son of Henry I. He married Ma- tilda

(IV) Henry II, son of Geoffrey, was born II33, died 1189. He was King of Eng- land. 1154-89; married Eleanor, daughter and heir of William, Duke of Aquitaine, and divorced wife of Louis VII, King of France.

(V) John, son of Henry II, was born 1167, died 1216; King of England, 1169-1216. He married Isabella, daughter of Aymer, Count of Angouleme.

(VI) Henry III, son of John, was born 1207, died 1272; King of England 1216- 72; married Eleanor, daughter of the Count of Provence.

(VII) Edward I, son of Henry III, was born 1239, died 1307; King of England I272-1307 ; married first, Eleanor, daughter of Ferdinand III, King of Castile ; second, Mar- garet, daughter of Philip III, King of France.

(VIII) Elizabeth, daughter of Edward I, and Eleanor, married Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex, Lord High Constable. He was killed at the battle of Boroughbridge, March 16, 1321.

(IX) Agnes, daughter of Humphrey and Elizabeth, married Robert de Ferrers, sec- ond Baron Ferrers, of Chartley. He was son of John, first Baron, and grandson of Robert, eighth Earl of Derby. He was sum- moned to parliament February 25, 1342, and was at the battle of Crecy, 1346. He died 1347.

(X) John de Ferrers, son of Robert, was third Baron of Chartley. He was in the wars of Gascony in 1350, and died April 2, 1367. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rolf, first Earl of Stafford, who had a prin- cipal command in the van at Crecy.

(X1) Robert de Ferrers, son of John,

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was fourth Baron of Chartley. He died March 13, 1413. He married Margaret, daughter of Edward, Lord de Despenser.

(XII) Edmund de Ferrers, son of Rob- ert. was fifth Baron of Chartley, and a participant in most of the great victories of Henry V. He died 1436. He married Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of Thomas, Lord Roche.

(XIII) William de Ferrers, son of Edmund, was sixth Baron of Chartley, died 1450. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hamon Belknap, Knight.

(XIV) Anne, daughter and only child of William, married Sir Walter Devereaux, Knight. He was Baron Ferrers in the right of his wife, and was killed at Bosworth Field, August 22, 1485.

(XV) Katherine, daughter of Walter, mar- ried Sir James Baskerville, of Eardisley, Knight. He was several times sheriff of Here- fordshire. He was Knight Banneret on the battlefield of Stoke, 1487, and Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Henry VII.

(XVI) Sir Walter Baskerville, son of Sir James, was of Eardisley, Knight. He was sheriff of Herefordshire, and Knight of the Bath in 150I. He married Anne, daugh- ter of Morgan ap Jenkyn ap Philipp of Pen- coyd.

(XVII) Sir James Baskerville, son of Sir Walter, was of Eardisley, Knight. He mar- ried Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of John Breynton and Sybil, daughter and co-heir of Simon Milbourne.

(XVIII) Sybil, daughter of Sir James Baskerville, married Sir Robert Whitney (XIII) mentioned above.

(The American Line).

(I) John Whitney, immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1589, son of Thomas and grandson of Robert Whitney. He re- ceived for his day a good education in the Westminster school, now St. Peter's College. He was apprenticed at the age of fourteen by his father to William Pring, of the Old Bailey, London, a freeman of the Merchant Tailors' Company, then the most famous and pros- perous of all the great trade guilds, number- ing in its membership distinguished men of all professions, many of the nobility and the Prince of Wales. At the age of twenty-one, John Whitney became a full-fledged member and his apprenticeship expired. He made his home in Isleworth-on-Thames, eight miles from Westminster, and there three of his chil-

dren were born. There, too, his father ap- prenticed to him his younger brother, Robert, who also served his seven years. Soon after- ward John Whitney left Isleworth and doubt- less returned to London and lived in Bow Lane, near Bow Church, where his son . Thomas was born. In September, 1631, he placed his eldest son, John Jr., in the Merchant Tailors' School, where according to the regis- ter, he remained as long as the family was in England. Early in April, 1635, John Whit- ney registered with his wife Eleanor and sons John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas and Jona- than, as passengers of the ship "Elizabeth and Ann," Roger Cooper, master, landing a few weeks later in New England. He settled in Watertown in June and bought the sixteen acre homestall of John Strickland at what is now Belmont and East Common streets. This homestead descended to his son Joshua Whit- ney of Groton, who sold it October 29, 1697, to Nathan Fiske. Whitney was admitted a freeman March 3, 1635-36, and was appointed constable June 1, 1641 ; was selectman 1638 to 1655, inclusive, and town clerk in 1655. He was one of the foremost citizens for many years. He was grantee of eight lots in Water- town. He died June 1, 1673. He married (first) in England, Elinor -, born 1599, died in Watertown, May 1I, 1659; (second) in Watertown, September 29, 1659, Judith Clem- ent, who died before her husband. His will was dated April 3, 1673. Children: I. Mary, baptized in England, May 23, 1619; died young. 2. John; see forward. 3. Richard, baptized in Isleworth, January 6, 1623-24; married Martha Coldam. 4. Nathaniel, bap- tized 1627. 5. Thomas, born in England, 1629; married Mary Kettell. 6. Jonathan, born in England, 1634; married Lydia Jones. 7. Joshua, born in Watertown, July 5, 1635; married thrice. 8. Caleb, born in Watertown, July 12, 1640; died 1640. 9. Benjamin, born in Watertown, June 6, 1643.

(II) John (2), son of John (I) Whit- ney, was born in England, and baptized at Isleworth, September 14, 1621. He came with his parents to New England and settled in Watertown. He married, 1642, Ruth Reynolds, daughter of Robert Reynolds, of 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 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

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1673 in King Philip's war. He died October land at Paris, Maine, in the right of his uncle, Ensign David Whitney. He married (first) December 6, 1763, Catherine Draper, of Rox- bury ; (second) May 19, 1769, Catherine An- son. Child of first wife: 1. Ezekiel, born April 13, 1768, mentioned below. Children of sec- 12, 1692. Children: I. John, born Septem- ber 12, 1643; married Elizabeth Harris. 2. Ruth, born April 15, 1645; married June 20, 1664, John Shattuck. 3. Nathaniel, born Feb- ruary 1, 1646; married Sarah Hagar. 4. Samuel, born July 26, 1648; married Mary . ond wife: 2. Francis, born September 23, Bemis. 5. Mary, born April 29, 1650; died 1771. 3. Amasa, born May 4, 1774. 4. Cath- erine, born March 4, 1777 ; married February 17, 1803, Francis S. Hooker, of Rutland. 5. Aaron, born June 20, 1780. unmarried, and after 1693. 6. Joseph, born January 15, 1651 ; married Martha Beach. 7. Sarah, born March 17, 1653; married Octo- ber 18, 1681, Daniel Harrington; died June 8, 1720. 8. Elizabeth, born June 9, 1656; married December 19, 1678, Daniel Warren. 9. Hannah. 10. Benjamin, mentioned below.

(III) Benjamin, son of John (2) Whit- ney, was born in Watertown, June 28, 1660. He married March 30, 1687, Abigail, daugh- ter of William and Mary ( Bemis) Hagar ; (second) Elizabeth He died in 1736. Children: 1. Abigail, born March 3, 1688; married March 18, 1717, Richard Saw- tel. 2. Benjamin, baptized July 10, 1698; married Rebecca 3. Ruth, baptized July 10, 1698; married July 7, 1715, John Bond. 4. John, born June 15, 1694; men- tioned below. 5. David, born June 16, 1697. 6. Daniel, born July 17, 1700; married Dor- othy Tainter.

(IV) John (3), son of Benjamin Whitney, was born in Watertown, June 15, 1694, and died in 1776. He resided in Watertown. He married (first ) Susan --; (second) October 6, 1737, Bethia Cutter, born July 9, 1714: (third) November 28, 1754, Mrs. Beriah ( Bemis) Child, widow of Joseph Pierce, and formerly widow of Daniel Child, and daughter of John Bemis. She was born June 23, 1681, and died in Weston, in 1768. Children of first wife: 1. Susanna, baptized May 31, 1730; married John Dean. 2. John, baptized March 17, 1731 ; married Mary Ben- jamin. 3. Jonathan, baptized April 30, 1732. 4. Amos, baptized November 10, 1734. 5. Abraham, born December 7, 1735; married Elizabeth Whitney. Children of second wife: 6. Moses, baptized September 3, 1738. 7. Ezekiel, mentioned below. 8. Stephen, born April 23, 1743; married Relief Stearns. 9. Aaron, baptized April 12, 1746. 10. Ruth, baptized July 6, 1748; died April 5, 1751.

(V) Ezekiel, son of John (3) Whitney, was baptized April 12, 1741, and died in 1801. He resided in Watertown, and was a cordwainer by trade. He served in the revolution, in Captain Barnard's Watertown company. He became one of the grantees of

(VI) Ezekiel (2), son of Ezekiel (1) Whitney, was born April 13, 1768, and died in December, 1830. He resided at Roxbury and at Watertown, where he entered into the manufacture of paper. He married (first) Lydia - --; (second) Children : I. Frank, baptized June 2, 1793; he became an ancestor of Minetta Josephine (Osgood) Whitney. 2. Leonard, mentioned below. 3. Abigail, baptized September 14, 1794. 4. Otis, baptized August 12, 1798. 5. George W., born August 26, 1812; married Elizabeth Cook. 6. Cromwell. 7. Alvares. 8. Jeremiah. 9. James. 10. Nahum P. II. Lydia, mar- ried ---- Hyde. 12. Walter H., born 1819; married Lydia E. Doyle.

(VII) Leonard, son of Ezekiel (2) Whit- ney, was born in Watertown, March 3, 1793, and baptized June 2, 1793. He in- herited from his father the small paper mills situated on the Charles river, at Watertown. He was the first manufacturer of paper bags in the United States and was the inventor of machines for making paper bags. He was an officer in the war of 1812 and a prominent Mason. He married, August 30, 1817, Ruth Richards Larrabee, born June 5, 1797, at Charlestown, who founded St. John's Metho- dist Episcopal Church at Watertown, Massa- chusetts. Children: 1. Ruth Ann, born Sep- tember 5, 1822; married Learned. 2. Thomas Francis, born September 1, 1823. 3. Abigail H., January 13, 1825 ; died young. 4. Solomon Weeks, September 4, 1825. 5. Hiram, February 1, 1828. 6. Abigail H., Oc- tober 29, 1829. 7. Leonard Jr., mentioned below.

(VIII) Leonard (2), son of Leonard (1) Whitney, was born at Sudbury, June 15, 1819, and died at Watertown, July 5, 1881. He removed when a young man to Watertown, where he later purchased the old, historical Whitney mansion, built in 1710, known as "The Elms," which is still held in the family. Like his father and grandfather he was a manufacturer of paper, and founded the well-

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known Hollingsworth & Whitney Company. He was a prominent director in many banks and railroads, and was one of the original directors of Boston University. He was a prominent Mason. He married, April 2, 1843, Caroline Isabel Russell, born at Wes- ton, January 12, 1826, died May 30, 1889. Children: 1. Emily, born May 4, 1848, died August 12, 1849. 2. Charles Elmore, born December 27, 1850, at Watertown; married Alice G. Noah : children: i. Emily Frances, born September 3, 1888; ii. Helen Cole, born August 30, 1890. 3. Emily Frances, born at Watertown, August 19, 1852, died January 26, 1885; married Andrew S. Brownell, and had Arge W. Brownell. 4. Arthur Herbert, born October 12, 1859; mentioned below. 5. Frederick Adelbert, born December 22, 1861, unmarried ; he was educated in Chauncey Hall School, and afterwards at the University of Berlin, Leipzig and Munich, Germany.

(IX) Arthur Herbert, son of Leonard (2) Whitney, was born at Watertown, Octo- ber 12, 1859. He spent his youth in the old family mansion, "The Elms," at Water- town, where he now lives. He was educated at Chauncey Hall School, Boston, at the Swedenborgian School at Waltham, and at Wilbraham Academy. For a time he was en- gaged in the furniture business with his brother-in-law, Charles E. Osgood, but after a few years he withdrew from business to devote his time to the management of his property interests. He is a Republican in politics, and has served three years on the board of selectmen of the town of Watertown, being chairman of the board the third year. He married October 12, 1880, Minetta Jose- phine Osgood, born December 13, 1861, daugh- ter of Freeman David and Hannah Faxon (Perry) Osgood. Children, born at Water- town: I. Isabel Minetta, born July 22, 1882; died May 17, 1906. 2. Harold Osgood, born April 9, 1893.

(For ancestry see preceding sketch).

(II) Richard, son of John WHITNEY Whitney, was born in Eng- land, and baptized at Isle- worth-on-Thames, January 6, 1623-24. He was admitted a freeman May 7, 1651, and was a pro- prietor of Stow, June 3, 1680. He probably removed there when it was a part of Concord. He married, March 19, 1650, Martha Coldam. On April 7, 1697, he was released from mili- tary training, being over seventy years old. Children, born at Watertown: I. Sarah,

March 17, 1652. 2. Moses, August 1, 1655; see forward. 3. Johannah, January 16, 1656. 4. Deborah, October 12, 1658. 5. Rebecca, December 15, 1659; died February, 1660. 6. Richard, January 13, 1660. 7. Elisha, August 26, 1662. 8. Ebenezer, June 30, 1672 ; mar- ried Anna

(III) Moses, son of Richard Whitney, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, August I, 1655. He served as a soldier in King Philip's war in 1676. He had land granted to him at Stow in 1681 and June 4, 1708, he bought thirty acres more in Stow. He owned land in Sudbury which he sold in 1692. He resided in Stow and Sudbury. He married, Septem- ber 30, 1686, Sarah Knight, of Stow, who died March 23, 1755. Children: 1. Sarah, born July 2, 1687. 2. Moses, 1690, men- tioned below. 3. Abraham, May 29, 1692,

married (first) Mary Stone; (second) Elizabeth 4. John, married Rebecca Whitney. 5. Ephraim, died May 4, 1723. 6. Jonas, born February 1, 1699, married ( first) Dorcas Wood; (second) Margaret Stratton. 7. Jason, born 1704, married Arabella 8. Lemuel, born August 1, 1714. married Sybil

(IV) Moses (2), son of Moses ( 1) Whit- ney, was born in 1690, and died in May, 1778. He resided at Littleton and Lunenburg. His will was dated July 12, 1774, proved June 3, 1778. He married (first) Elizabeth ; (second) November 20, 1766, Sarah Cary. Children : I. Salmon, born January 8, 1712, married Sarah 2. Aaron, March 14, 1714, mentioned below. 3. Sarah, September 29, 1716, married, June II, 1734, Jonathan Wood. 4. Barnabas, January 22, 1721, died young. 5. Ephraim, March 1, 1723, married Jane Bancroft. 6. Bazaleel, November 29, 1726. 7. Lydia, Lancaster, married Deacon Samuel Taylor. 8. Mary, Lancaster, married February 22, 1753, John White.

(V) Rev. Aaron, son of Moses (2) Whit- ney, was born March 14, 1714, in Littleton, Massachusetts, died September 8, 1779. He was ordained the first minister of the Peter- sham church in December, 1738. From the first he was an uncompromising Tory, and popular indignation rose to such a pitch that in 1774 he was dismissed from his parish. He refused, however, to accept his papers, and by vote of the town, Peter Gore, a half-breed Indian, was stationed at the meeting house door with a musket to keep the Tory preacher from entering. He afterwards preached at his own house regularly to those who sympa-

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thized with the royal cause, and claimed to be the minister of the town up to the time of his death in 1779. His will was dated July 15, 1779, and the estate was settled by agreement of heirs, November 12, 1779. He married (first) July 12, 1739, Alice Baker, of Phillipston, born 1718, died August 26, 1767. He mar- ried (second) November 6, 1768, Mrs. Ruth (Hubbard) Stearns, born 1716, died Novem- ber I, 1788, daughter of Jonathan Hubbard, of Lunenburg, and widow of Rev. David Stearns. Children: I. Abel, born at Little- ton, July 7, 1740, died March 15, 1756, while attending Harvard College, and was buried in Cambridge, where his stone with a Latin in- scription still stands. 2. Charles, May 14, 1742. 3. Peter, September 6, 1744, men- tioned below. 4. Aaron, September 5, 1746, married (first) Hannah Stearns; (second) Hannah Willard. 5. Alice, September 23, 1748, married, August 19, 1773, Ensign Mann. 6. Lucy, April 9, 1751, married Rev. Dr. Samuel Kendall. 7. Paul, March 23, 1753, married Charlotte Clapp. 8. Abel, March 15, 1756, married Clarissa Dwight. 9. Richard, February 23, 1757.

(VI) Rev. Peter, son of Rev. Aaron Whit- ney, was born in Petersham, September 6, 1744, died February 19, 1816. After attend- ing the schools of his native town, he entered Harvard College and graduated in 1762. He was settled as minister first in Fitchburg in 1764, preaching in the tavern of Thomas Cowdin for a year. He was ordained minis- ter at Northborough, November 4, 1767, where he remained until his death. He was the author of an excellent history of Worcester county (1793), and of sermons and papers in the Memoirs of the American Academy. He was a very methodical man, always walk- ing with his wife to meeting, followed by his ten children, always in the exact order of their age. A family in his parish invited Dr. Puffer, of Berlin, to attend a funeral of one of the family, whereupon Rev. Mr. Whitney, minister of the town, wrote that unless the matter was satisfactorily explained, all min- isterial intercourse must cease. Dr. Puffer was able and willing to explain, and their amicable relations continued. The correspond- ence in the case is a fine specimen of precise, dignified and courteous composition. The History of Northborough says of him: "Dis- tinguished for the urbanity of his manners, easy and familiar in his intercourse with his people; hospitable to strangers, and always ready to give a hearty welcome to his numer-

ous friends; punctual to his engagements ; observing an exact method in the distribution of his time ; having a time for everything, and doing everything in its time without hurry or confusion ; conscientious in the discharge of his duties as a Christian minister ; catholic in his principles and in his conduct ; always tak- ing an interest in whatever concerned the prosperity of the town and the interests of religion-he was for many years the happy minister of a kind and affectionate people." His will was proved September 28, 1813. He married, March II, 1768, Julia Lambert, born April 9, 1742, daughter of William Lambert, of Reading. Children : I. Thomas L., born December 10, 1768, married Mary Lincoln ; died June, 1812. 2. Peter, January 19, 1770, married, Jane Lambert Lincoln. 3. Julia, August 25, 1772, married, 1799, Captain Anti- pas Brigham; died November 29, 1800. 4. Margaret, February 12, 1774, died February 3, 1849 ; married Dr. Josiah Adams. 5. Eliza- beth, September 6, 1775, died September 26, 1856; married Ebenezer Adams. 6. William, December 14, 1776, married Zilpah Eager. 7. Aaron, August 17, 1778, went west. 8. Julia, died young. 9. Abel, November 3, 1781, men- tioned below. 10. Sally (twin), November 3, 1781, married, January 6, 1806, Lemuel Brackett ; died May 3, 1864.

(VII) Deacon Abel, son of Rev. Peter Whitney, was born at Northborough, Novem- ber 3, 1781, died at Cambridge, February 22, 1853. He was educated in the district school, and learned his trade in Boston of Stephen Bass, cabinetmaker. After his marriage he went to live on the estate inherited by his wife at Porter square on North avenue (now Massachusetts avenue) adjoining Arlington street and the Fitchburg railroad. He fol- lowed his trade in Cambridge, having his shop at what is now the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Mount Vernon street. He made cases for Aaron Willard, the celebrated clock- maker, and furniture for many of the best families of the vicinity. In later years his three sons, William L., Augustus A. and Ben- jamin W. Whitney, learned their trade in his shop and were associated with him in the busi- ness. He retired from active labor a few years before his death. He was a Whig in politics and was selectman of the town of Cambridge in 1838-39 and chairman of the board. He held other offices of trust and lionor. In the First Unitarian Church at Harvard Square, of which he was a faithful member for many years, lie was deacon for a

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Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume I, Part 10

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848- Publication date: 1910 Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847-1918, ed; Adams, William Frederick, 1848-
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 924