Massachusetts Revolutionary Soldiers, WHITNEY Surname
Volume 17, page 223
Whitney, Jabez, Medway. Private, Capt. Samuel Cobb's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.;
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 3, 1775; service, 3 mos. 6 days; also, order
for bounty coat dated Roxbury Camp, Oct. 31, 1775.
Volume 17, page 223
Whitney, Jabez. Private, Capt. Nathaniel Lakin's co., Col. John Jacobs's (Light Infantry)
regt.; entered service Sept. 9, 1779; discharged Nov. 11, 1779; service, 2 mos. 3 days, at Rhode
Island; also, same co. and regt.; pay abstracts for Sept., Oct., and Nov., 1779, sworn to at
Newport.
Volume 17, page 254
Whitny, Jabez, Holliston. Private, Capt. Samuel Cobb's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.;
company return dated Roxbury Camp, Sept. 26, 1775.
Volume 17, page 223
Whitney, Jacob, Harvard. Private, Capt. Jonathan Davis's co., Col. John Whitcomb's
regt. of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge; left place of
rendezvous April 25, 1775; service, 6 days; also, Capt. Davis's co., Col. Asa Whetcomb's
(23d) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos. 13 days;
also, company receipts for wages for Aug. and Sept., 1775, dated Camp at Prospect Hill;
also, company return endorsed “October ye 6, 1775.”
Volume 17, page 223
Whitney, Jacob, Harvard. Capt. Joseph Sargent's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; pay
abstract for mileage, dated June 22, 1777; mileage for 86 miles allowed said Whitney;
also, Quartermaster Sergeant, same co.; service from May 5, 1777, to July 12, 1777, 67
days, at Rhode Island; company drafted from Col. Josiah Whitney's and Col. Stearns's regts., and
marched to serve under Gen. Spencer.
Volume 17, page 223
Whitney, Jacob, Roxbury. Private, Capt. William Draper's (2d Roxbury) co., Col.
William Heath's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service to May 3, 1775, 15
days; also, Capt. Timothy Corey's co., Col. Gerrish's regt.; receipt for advance pay, signed
by said Whitney and others, dated June 12, 1775; also, receipts for provisions for Capt.
Corey's co., signed by said Whitney, dated Roxbury, July 11, and July 12, 1775; also,
receipts for provisions for Capt. Corey's co., signed by said Whitney, appearing on the reverse of
returns dated Brookline, July 14, and July 16, 1775; also, Sergeant, Capt. Corey's co.,
Col. Gerrish's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged April 26, 1775; service, 97 days;
also, returns of effectives in Capt. Corey's co., made by said Whitney, dated Camp at
Sewall's Point, Aug. 4, and Aug. 18, 1775; also, Capt. Corey's (7th) co., Lieut. Col.
Loammi Baldwin's (late Col. Samuel Gerrish's) 38th regt.; company return dated Sewall's Point,
Sept. 27, 1775; also, order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Camp at Sewall's Point,
Dec. 30, 1775.
Volume 17, page 223
Whitney, Jacob. Private, Capt. Jonathan Minott's co., Col. Baldwin's regt.; pay abstract
for mileage from home to headquarters and return, dated Cambridge, Jan. 12, 1776; mileage for
46 miles allowed said Whitney.
Volume 17, page 223
Whitney, Jacob. Private, Capt. Samuel Hill's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; marched
Oct. 2, 1777; service to Oct. 26, 1777, 24 days, under Lieut. Col. Ephraim Sawyer with Northern
army; company marched from Harvard on a 30 days expedition.
Volume 17, page 224
[p.224] Whitney, Jacob. Private, Capt. John Homes's co., Col. Jonathan Reed's (1st)
regt. of guards; muster roll dated June 1, 1778; enlisted April 1, 1778; enlistment, 3 months from
April 2, 1778; also, same co. and regt.; entered service April 1, 1778; service to July 3,
1778, 3 mos. 3 days, at Cambridge.
Volume 17, page 224
Whitney, Jacob. Receipt dated Harvard, Oct. 30, 1779, for bounties paid said Whitney
and others by the Selectmen to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 months, agreeable
to resolve of Oct. 9, 1779; also, Sergeant, Capt. Luke Wilder's co., Col. Samuel Denney's
(2d) regt.; engaged Oct. 27, 1779; service to Dec. 1, 1779, 1 mo. 5 days, at Claverack; travel
home, 9 days (180 miles), also allowed; roll dated Albany.
Volume 17, page 224
Whitney, Jacob. Private, Capt. John Read's co., Col. James Hunter's corps raised for
defence of eastern Massachusetts; enlisted April 12, 1782; discharged Nov. 20, 1782; service, 7
mos. 9 days.
Volume 17, page 224
Whitney, James, Gorham. List of men raised from 4th Middlesex Co. regt. to reinforce
the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, agreeable to resolve of April 20, 1778, as
returned by E. Brooks, Superintendent; said Whitney reported as having enlisted for 3 years in
room of Ephraim Stow; also, Corporal, Lieut. Colonel's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from March 30, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; credited to
town of Marlborough; also, Ensign Jabez Barney's co., Col. Henry Jackson's regt.
commanded by Lieut. Col. William S. Smith; pay roll for Nov., 1778; also, Lieut. Col.
David Cobb's (2d) co., Col. Jackson's regt.; muster roll for April, 1779, dated Pawtuxet; enlisted
March 30, 1777; enlistment, 3 years; reported on command at Newtown; also, 2d co.,
commanded by Lieut. Thomas Edwards, Col. Jackson's regt.; company return certified at Camp
Providence, July 13, 1779; engaged March 3, 1777; engaged for town of Gorham; also,
Lieut. Col. Cobb's (2d) co., Col. Jackson's regt.; pay roll for July, 1779; also, same co. and
regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1779; also, Lieut. Colonel's co., Col. Jackson's regt.; regimental
return made up to Dec. 31, 1779, dated Camp at Providence; also, Capt. Scott's (Light
Infantry) co., Col. Jackson's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780,
to Dec. 31, 1780; also, return certified at Camp near Morristown, April 30, 1780, of
officers and men belonging to Col. Lee's, Col. Henley's, and Col. Jackson's regts., and men
belonging to Massachusetts in Col. Henry Sherburne's regt, who had been incorporated into a
regiment under the command of Col. Henry Jackson, agreeable to the arrangement of April 9,
1779; Lieut. Colonel's co.; rank, Private; residence, Gorham; engaged for town of Marlborough;
engaged March 30, 1778; term, 3 years; reported promoted to Corporal Aug. 17, 1778;
also, Corporal, Lieut. Col. Cobb's co., Col. Jackson's (16th) regt.; pay rolls for April-July,
1780.
Volume 17, page 224
Whitney, James, Sherburne. Private, Capt. Caleb Brooks's co., Col. Nicholas Dike's regt.;
pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., to and from camp, dated Boston, Nov. 27, 1776, and
endorsed “at Dochester Heights;” 44 miles travel allowed said Whitney.
Volume 17, page 224
Whitney, James. Capt. Samuel Waterhouse's co., Col. Jacob Gerrish's regt. of guards;
marched from home April 3, 1778; service, 3 mos. 5 days, at Winter Hill; company detached from
militia to serve from April 2, 1778, to July 3, 1778.
Volume 17, page 224
Whitney, James. Private, Capt. Joshua Lealand's co., Col. Abner Perry's regt.; marched
July 28, 1780; discharged Aug. 8, 1780; service, 14 days, including 3 days (60 miles) travel home;
company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 28, 1780. Roll dated Sherburne.
Volume 17, page 282
Whittney, James. Private, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.; muster
roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted March 17, 1776.
Volume 17, page 225
[p.225] Whitney, Jason, Natick. Private, Capt. Joseph Morse's co., Col. Samuel Bullard's
regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; said Whitney marched April 19,
1775; service, 5 days.
Volume 17, page 225
Whitney, Jason, Stow. Private, Capt. William Whitcomb's (Stow) co. of militia, Col.
James Prescott's regt., which marched on alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days; reported
returned home.
Volume 17, page 225
Whitney, Jason. Orders, returns, etc., taken from Capt. Benjamin Munroe's papers; list of
males above sixteen years of age not included in the train band or alarm list appearing on a return
of Capt. Benjamin Munroe's (6th) co., 4th Middlesex Co. regt., probably made up in 1776.
Volume 17, page 225
Whitney, Jason. Private, Lieut. Jeremiah Colburn's co., Brig. Gen. Wadsworth's
department; entered service Jan. 27, 1781; discharged March 10, 1781; service, 1 mo. 11 days;
company detached at Camden.
Volume 17, page 157
Whiteney, Jesse, Mendon. Lieutenant, Capt. Gershom Nelson's co., which marched on
the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge and Roxbury; service, 8 days.
Volume 17, page 225
Whitney, Jesse, Gorham. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt.
Samuel Whitmore's (Gorham) co., Col. Reuben Fogg's (3d Cumberland Co.) regt., as returned to
Capt. Briant Morton; residence, Gorham; engaged for town of Gorham; joined Capt. Mayberry's
co., Col. Francis's regt.; term, 3 years, to expire Dec. -, 1779; also, Private, Capt. Richard
Mayberry's co., Col. Benjamin Tupper's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from
Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Maybery's co., Col. Ebenezer Francis's regt.;
subsistence allowed from date of enlistment, Jan. 15, 1777, to time of arrival at Bennington;
credited with 65 ½ days allowance; 351 miles travel allowed said Whitney; also, Capt.
Mayberry's co., Col. Tupper's regt.; return dated Jan. 25, 1778; mustered by Maj. Insley, County
Muster Master, and by Col. Varrick, Continental Muster Master; also, Col. Tupper's regt.;
muster roll for March, 1779, dated West Point; enlisted Dec. 20, 1776; reported transferred to
light infantry co. April 1, 1779; also, Capt. Samuel Page's (Light Infantry) co., Col.
Tupper's regt.; muster roll dated West Point, April 5, 1779.
Volume 17, page 225
Whitney, Jesse. 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Gershom Nelson's (5th) co., Col. Ezra Wood's (3d
Worcester Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by the several companies in said
regiment, dated July 9, 1776; reported commissioned July 9, 1776; also, list of men
belonging to Capt. Nelson's co., dated July 19, 1776; also, Lieutenant, Lieut. Seth
Thayer's co., 3d Worcester Co. regt.; entered service Dec. 8, 1776; service, 25 days; company
marched to Providence, R. I., under command of Lieut. Col. Nathan Tyler on the alarm of Dec. 8,
1776; also, 2d Lieutenant, Capt. Peter Pennaman's co., Col. Job Cushing's regt.; marched
Aug. 14, 1777; discharged Nov. 29, 1777; service, 3 mos. 27 days, at the Northward, including
11 days (216 miles) travel home; also, same co.; pay abstracts dated Scaresdeal, Nov. 30,
1777, and sworn to in Worcester Co. [year not given], respectively, for retained rations due
officers of Col. Cushing's regt. in Continental service in Northern department; said Whitney
credited with rations from Aug. 14 [1777], to Dec. 9 [1777], 118 rations; also,
communication addressed to the Council, dated Mendon, Nov. 1, 1779, signed by said Whitney,
2d Lieutenant, and others, officers of Capt. Gershom Nelson's (5th) co., Col. Nathan Tyler's (3d
Worcester Co.) regt., asking that their resignations might be accepted; the resignations of said
officers approved and recommended by Lieut. Col. Samuel Craggin on the ground that the
acceptance of the same would be for the public good; ordered in Council Nov. 16, 1779, that said
resignations be accepted.
Volume 17, page 225
Whitney, Jesse. Private, Capt. Jonathan Andrews's co., Col. Joseph Prime's regt.; enlisted
May 8, 1780; discharged Dec. 31, 1780; service, 7 mos. 24 days, under Brig. Gen. Wadsworth at
the Eastward. Roll sworn to in York Co. and certified at Thomaston.
Volume 17, page 282
Whittney, Jesse. Private, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.; muster
roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted Dec. 5, 1775; reported discharged
Sept. 20, 1776.
Volume 17, page 226
[p.226] Whitney, Joel, Harvard. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the
Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as
received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 22, 1780;
age, 17 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Harvard; marched to
camp July 22, 1780, under command of Capt. William Scott; also, list of men raised for
the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return
dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town
of Harvard for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched from home July 19, 1780;
discharged Jan. 20, 1781; service, 6 mos. 10 days, including travel (180 miles) home.
Volume 17, page 226
Whitney, Joel. List of officers chosen by the several companies in Col. Benjamin Foster's
(6th Lincoln Co.) regt. of Mass. militia, dated Gouldsborough, June 28, 1776; said Whitney
reported as having a subaltern's command with rank of 1st Lieutenant, in 10th co., at Chandler's
river, being too remote to join any company; ordered in Council July 11, 1776, that said officers
be commissioned with the exception of those of the 3d co.; also, Lieutenant, in command
of a company, Col. Benjamin Foster's (Lincoln Co.) regt.; service between July 16, 1777, and date
of discharge, Oct. 7, 1777, 1 mo. 25 days; company called out to serve at Machias “this Summer
Past Several Times;” also, Lieutenant, in command of a detachment from 10th co., Col.
Foster's regt.; service from Dec. 16, 1777, to Jan. 7, 1778, 23 days; detachment called out to
serve at Chaloner's river for defence of Machias.
Volume 17, page 226
Whitney, Joel. Receipt dated Harvard, Oct. 30, 1779, for bounties paid said Whitney and
others by the Selectmen to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 months, agreeable to
resolve of Oct. 9, 1779; also, Private, Capt. Luke Wilder's co., Col. Samuel Denney's (2d)
regt.; enlisted Oct. 27, 1779; service to Dec. 1, 1779, 1 mo. 5 days, at Claverack; travel home, 9
days (180 miles), also allowed; roll dated Albany.
Volume 16, page 1017
Wheetny, John. Lieutenant, Col. Ephraim Wheelock's regt.; return of effectives, dated
Ticonderoga, Sept. 14, 1776; reported absent at Skeensborough.
Volume 17, page 226
Whitney, John, Ashburnham. Private, Capt. Jonathan Gates's co., Col. John Whetcomb's
regt. of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 7 days; reported
enlisted into the army April 26, 1775; also, Capt. David Wilder's co., Col. Asa
Whetcomb's (23d) regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos.
13 days; also, company receipts for wages for Aug. and Sept., 1775, dated Camp at
Prospect Hill; also, order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Camp at Prospect Hill,
Dec. 7, 1775.
Volume 17, page 226
Whitney, John, Falmouth. Capt. Samuel Noyes's co., Col. Phinnie's regt.; billeting
allowed from date of enlistment, June 20, 1775, to date of marching to headquarters, July 13,
1775; credited with 3 weeks 2 days allowance; company marched from Falmouth; also,
Private, Capt. Noyes's co., 31st regt.; company return dated Fort No. 2, Cambridge [probably
Oct., 1775]; also, order for bounty coat dated Cambridge, Fort No. 2, Oct. 24, 1775.
Volume 17, page 227
Whitney, John, Falmouth (also given Gorham). Return of men raised to serve in the
Continental Army from Col. Peter Noyes's (1st Cumberland Co.) regt.; residence, Falmouth;
engaged for town of Falmouth; term, 3 years; also, list of men mustered by Nathaniel
Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston, Feb. 2, 1777; Capt. Merril's co., Col.
Samuel Brewer's regt.; reported received State bounty; also, Drum Major, Capt. A.
Williams's co., Col. Ebenezer Sprout's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan.
1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, Capt. Daniel Merrill's co., Col. Samuel Brewer's regt.;
subsistence allowed from date of engagement, Jan. 1, 1777, to March 17, 1777; credited with 91 ½
days subsistence, including allowance for 310 miles [p.227] travel on march from home to
Bennington, the place of rendezvous; also, Drummer, same co. and regt.; return [year not
given]; mustered by Muster Master Barber, at Boston; reported promoted to Drum Major
General.
Volume 17, page 227
Whitney, John, Gorham (also given Falmouth). Private, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col.
Edmund Phinney's regt.; billeting allowed from time of enlistment to date of marching to
headquarters, July 5, 1775; credited with 1 week 6 days allowance; also, company return
dated Cambridge, Oct. 7, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge,
Fort No. 2, Oct. 26, 1775.
Volume 17, page 227
Whitney, John, Harvard. Private, Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's co., Col. Nicholas Dike's
regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance home, etc., dated Dorchester Heights, Nov. 30, 1776; said
Whitney credited with allowance for 2 days (38 miles) travel; also, return of men raised to
serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Samuel Hill's co.; residence, Harvard; engaged for town
of Harvard; joined Capt. Joshua Brown's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; term, 3 years; also,
Private, Capt. Brown's co., Col. Timothy Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for
service from July 10, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, same co. and regt.; return dated Feb.
3, 1778; mustered by Middlesex Co. Muster Master; also, same co. and regt.; pay roll for
Feb., 1779, sworn to at Providence; also, (late) Capt. Joshua Brown's co., Col. Bigelow's
regt.; muster roll for March and April, 1779, sworn to at Providence; also, Colonel's co.,
Col. Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to July 10,
1780.
Volume 17, page 227
Whitney, John, Medway. Private, Maj. J. Fuller's co. (West co. of militia in Medway),
Col. John Smith's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, and also on the alarm of
April 30, 1775, under command of 1st Lieut. Moses Adams; service, 8 days; also, Capt.
Samuel Cobb's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 27,
1775; service, 3 mos., 1 week, 5 days; also, order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated
Roxbury, Dec. 27, 1775.
Volume 17, page 227
Whitney, John, Medway. List of men returned by a committee of the town of Medway
April 13, 1778, as having rendered service at various times subsequent to April 19, 1775.
Volume 17, page 227
Whitney, John, Sherburne. Private, Capt. Benjamin Bullard's co. of Minute-men, Col.
Peirce's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 26 days.
Volume 17, page 227
Whitney, John, Sherburne. Return of sentences by a general court-martial, Maj. Morris,
President, appearing in a general order dated Headquarters, Oct. 3, 1776, taken from Col.
Ephraim Wheelock's Orderly Book; said Whitney, Lieutenant, Col. Wheelock's regt., charged
with degrading himself by voluntarily doing orderly duty in violation of his rank as an officer,
found guilty, and ordered to be severely reprimanded by Gen. Bricket at the head of the brigade;
also, 2d Lieutenant, Col. Wheelock's regt.; return of officers, dated Ticonderoga, Oct. 11,
1776; also, return of sentences by a general court-martial, Lieut. Col. Craige, President,
appearing in a general order dated Headquarters, Ticonderoga, Oct. 28, 1776, taken from Col.
Wheelock's Orderly Book; said Whitney, of Col. Wheelock's regt., tried on charge of neglecting
duty while on guard, found guilty, and sentenced to be cashiered and rendered forever unfit for
serving in the American army as an officer; also, Col. Wheelock's regt.; return of
effectives, dated Ticonderoga, Nov. 2, 1776; reported cashiered Oct. 29, 1776.
Volume 17, page 228
[p.228] Whitney, John, Shirley (also given Groton). Private, Lieut. Nathaniel Sartell's
co., Col. William Prescott's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 2, 1775; service,
91 days; also, Capt. Ephraim Corey's co., Col. Prescott's regt.; company return dated
Cambridge, Oct. 7, 1775, and endorsed “The late Capt Parkers” co.; also, order for
bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge, Oct. 31, 1775.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John, Spencer. Private, Capt. Joel Green's co., Col. Ebenezer Learned's regt.;
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 6, 1775; service, 3 mos. 3 days; also,
company return [probably Oct., 1775].
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John, Watertown. Private, Capt. Samuel Barnard's co. of militia, Col. Thomas
Gardner's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; also, Capt.
Abner Craft's co., Lieut. Col. William Bond's (late Col. Gardner's) 37th regt.; company return
dated Cambridge, Oct. 7, 1775; also, order for bounty coat dated Camp at Cambridge,
Nov. 13, 1775; also, list of men raised to serve in the Continental Army [year not given];
residence, Watertown; engaged for town of Watertown.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John, Westborough. Return of men raised to serve in the Continental Army
from 6th Worcester Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Nathan Fisher; residence, Westborough;
engaged for town of Westborough; joined Capt. Barnes's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; term, 3 years;
also, list of men mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master for Worcester Co.; Capt.
Barns's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; mustered June 13, 1777; reported received £26 bounty;
also, Private, Capt. Barnes's co., Col. Timothy Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from June 12, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also, same co. and regt.;
muster roll for Jan.-Aug., 1777, dated Van Schaick's Island and sworn to at Camp near Stillwater;
enlisted June 12, 1777; also, same co. and regt.; return dated Feb. 2, 1778; mustered by
Worcester Co. Muster Master and by a Continental Muster Master; also, (late) Capt.
Barns's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; muster roll for March and April, 1779, dated Providence;
also, Capt. Dow's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service
from Jan. 1, 1780, to June 12, 1780; also, order on Henry Gardner, Treasurer, dated
Garrison West Point, July 7, 1782, signed by said Whitney, for all moneys due him for service in
15th Mass. regt. in 1780; said Whitney is certified by Lieut. Col. Newhall as being in service with
5th Mass. regt. at date of order.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Daniel Whiting's co., Col. Asa Whetcomb's regt.; muster
roll dated Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Aaron Haynes's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's regt.; muster roll dated
Camp at Ticonderoga, Dec. 1, 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; reported exchanged for James
Robinson Aug. 1, 1776.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Josiah Fuller's co., Col. Wheelock's regt.; service, 16 days;
company marched from Medway to Warwick, R. I., on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Reuben Petty's co., Lieut. Col. Samuel Williams's regt.;
enlisted Dec. 16, 1776; discharged March 19, 1777; service, 3 mos. 15 days, including 12 days
(240 miles) travel home.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John. List of men mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master for Worcester
Co.; Capt. Holden's co., Col. Nixon's regt.; mustered May 21, 1777; term, 8 months.
Volume 17, page 228
Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Joseph Bellows's co.; marched Aug. 22, 1777; travel out
and home, 180 miles; service at 20 miles per day, 9 days, with Northern army; company marched
from Lunenburg on an alarm at Bennington, under command of Maj. Ebenezer Bridge, at request
of Gen. Stark and Col. Warner, and was discharged by Gen. Lincoln after proceeding 90 miles.
Volume 17, page 229
[p.229] Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Jonathan Rice's co., Col. Samuel Bullard's regt.;
enlisted Aug. 17, 1777; discharged Nov. 29, 1777; service, 3 mos. 20 days, including 7 days (140
miles) travel home; company ordered to march to reinforce Northern army. Roll dated Sudbury.
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, John. List of men, dated Brookfield, June 30, 1778, showing service credited to
them, respectively, as returned by the committee chosen to make an average of the service
rendered to the credit of the 3d Precinct of Brookfield; total amount of service rendered made to
average 5 ½ months for each single poll in said precinct; said Whitney credited with 5 ½ mos.
service.
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, John. Private, Lieut. Hezekiah Ware's co., Col. Wade's regt.; entered service
June 20, 1778; discharged July 14, 1778; service, 25 days; company detached from 4th Suffolk
Co. regt. to serve at Rhode Island for 21 days from time of arrival at headquarters.
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Asa Fairbanks's co., Col. John Daggett's regt.; entered
service Aug. 24, 1778; discharged Sept. 3, 1778; service, 11 days, at Rhode Island. Roll sworn to
at Wrentham.
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, John. Receipt given to Capt. Moses Adams, dated Medway, July 29, 1779,
signed by said Whitney, for £300 paid him by said Adams, in behalf of the committee for hiring
soldiers, for “hire in part” to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9 months; also,
descriptive list dated Medway, July 24, 1779, of men raised by the town of Medway to serve in
the Continental Army for the term of 9 months, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, as returned
by Moses Adams to Maj. Stephen Badlam, Superintendent for Suffolk Co., by order of the
Selectmen; age, 29 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 6 (also given 5 ft. 8) in.; complexion, light (also given
sandy); also, list of men returned as received of Maj. Stephen Badlam, Superintendent for
Suffolk Co., by Justin Ely, Commissioner, at Springfield; also, list of men returned as
received of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Lieut. Reuben Lilley, at Springfield, Aug. 15, 1779. [See
John Whiting.]
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, John. Receipt dated Bolton, April 10, 1781, for bounty paid said Whitney by
Nathaniel Holman, Chairman of a class of the town of Bolton, to serve in the Continental Army
for the term of 3 years; also, descriptive list of men raised in Worcester Co. to serve in the
Continental Army, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as returned by Seth Washburn,
Superintendent; Col. Whitney's regt.; age, 20 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 10 in.; complexion, light;
occupation, farmer; engaged for town of Bolton; engaged April 10, 1781; term, 3 years.
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, John. Private, Capt. Isaac Gage's co., in a regiment commanded by Lieut. Col.
Joseph Webb; marched Sept. 5, 1781; discharged Dec. 3, 1781; service, 3 mos. 10 days, including
11 days (220 miles) travel from camp; company detached from Col. Dana's regt.; regiment raised
to join Continental Army near West Point for 3 months. Roll sworn to in Middlesex Co.
Volume 17, page 254
Whitny, John, Ashburnham. Private, Capt. Daniel Wilder's co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's
regt.; company return [probably Oct., 1775].
Volume 17, page 255
[p.255] Whitny, John, Medway. Private, Capt. Samuel Cobb's co., Col. Joseph Read's
regt.; company return dated Roxbury Camp, Sept. 26, 1775.
Volume 17, page 282
Whittney, John. Private, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.; muster
roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; reported died May 5,
1776.
Volume 17, page 282
Whittney, John. Drummer, Capt. Hart Williams's co., Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.;
muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776; reported
re-engaged Nov. 15, 1776.
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, Jonah. Private, Capt. Hezekiah Whitney's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.;
entered service July 22, 1777; service, 2 days; company marched on an alarm at Rhode Island.
Volume 17, page 229
Whitney, Jonah. Private, Capt. Hezekiah Whitney's co., Col. Job Cushing's regt.; service,
36 days; company marched on the alarm at Bennington of July 30, 1777.
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonah. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce the Continental Army for the
term of 6 months, agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received of Justin Ely,
Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover, at Springfield, July 22, 1780; age, 21 yrs.; stature, 5 ft.
6 in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Harvard; marched to camp July 22, 1780, under
command of Capt. William Scott; also, pay roll for 6 months men raised by the town of
[p.230] Harvard for service in the Continental Army during 1780; marched from home July 19,
1780; discharged Dec. 14, 1780; service, 5 mos. 4 days, including travel (180 miles) home. [See
Jonah Whiting.]
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonah. Certificate dated Harvard, Oct. 18, 1785, signed by the Selectmen,
certifying that said Whitney and others served 2 mos. in Capt. David Moor's co., Col. Jacobs's
regt., in 1779. [See Jonas Whitney.]
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonas, Concord. Private, Capt. Abijah Brown's co., Col. John Nixon's (5th)
regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 24, 1775; service, 3 mos. 15 days;
also, company return dated Sept. 30, 1775; also, Capt. Asahel Wheeler's co., Col.
John Robinson's regt.; marched Feb. 4 [year not given, probably 1776]; service, 6 days; reported
enlisted out Feb. 9.
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonas (also given Jonas, Jr.), Harvard. Account dated Harvard, Jan. 25, 1779,
rendered by the Selectmen, of bounties paid said Whitney and others who enlisted to serve until
Jan. 1, 1779, unless sooner discharged, agreeable to resolve of June 10, 1778; also, list of
men mustered; said Whitney appears among men raised from Col. Whitney's regt. for service at
Rhode Island; Capt. Whitney's or Capt. Hill's co.; engaged for town of Harvard; mustered July 9
[year not given, probably 1778]; also, Private, Capt. Nathan Fisher's co., Col. Nathaniel
Wade's regt.; enlisted July 9, 1778; company raised to serve until Dec. 31, 1778, unless sooner
discharged, and stationed at Rhode Island; also, Capt. Ebenezer Belknap's co., Col.
Nathaniel Wade's regt.; enlisted July 9, 1778; discharged Jan. 1, 1779; service, 5 mos. 27 days, at
Rhode Island, including travel (100 miles) from North Kingston, R. I., to place of discharge, i. e.,
home; also, same co. and regt.; muster rolls dated North Kingston, Nov. 6, and Dec. 4,
1778; also, same co. and regt.; muster rolls sworn to at East Greenwich, Sept. 28, Nov.
10, and Dec. 30, 1778; enlistment to expire Jan. 1, 1779.
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonas. Private, Capt. William Thurlo's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; service
from July 30, 1778, to Sept. 13, 1778, 1 mo. 15 days, at Rhode Island. Roll sworn to in
Worcester Co.
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonas (also given James). Private, Capt. David Moore's co., Col. John Jacobs's
(Light Infantry) regt.; marched Sept. 13 (also given Sept. 14), 1779; arrived at place of
rendezvous Sept. 16, 1779; discharged Nov. 16, 1779; service, 2 mos. 7 days, at Rhode Island,
including 4 days (87 miles) travel home; also, pay roll for same service sworn to at Bolton.
[See Jonah Whitney.]
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonathan, Buxton (also given Gorham). List of men who enlisted into the
Continental Army, as returned by the Selectmen of Buxton to Col. Tristram Jordon, sworn to at
Buxton, Aug. 26, 1777; also, Fifer, Capt. Sewall's co., Col. Ebenezer Sprout's regt.;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; residence,
Gorham; reported as serving 26 mos. as Fifer, 10 mos. as Private; also reported reduced March 1,
1779; also, Private, Capt. Josiah Jenkins's co., Col. Samuel Brewer's regt.; return certified
at Camp near Valley Forge, Jan. 23, 1778; residence, Buxton; enlisted for town of Buxton;
enlistment, 3 years; mustered by Maj. Insley.
Volume 17, page 230
Whitney, Jonathan, Conway. Sergeant, Capt. Robert Oliver's co. of Minute-men, Col.
Samuel Williams's regt., which marched April 22, 1775, in response to the alarm of April 19,
1775; service, 16 ½ days.
Volume 17, page 231
Whitney, Jonathan, Hopkinton. Private, Capt. Caleb Brooks's co., Col. Nicholas Dike's
regt.; pay abstract for travel allowance, etc., to and from camp, dated Boston, Nov. 27, 1776, and
endorsed “at Dochester Heights;” 64 miles travel allowed said Whitney; also, Corporal,
Capt. Samuel Baldwin's co., Col. Dike's [p.231] regt.; muster roll for Dec., 1776-Feb., 1777;
enlisted Dec. 1, 1776; regiment raised to serve until March 1, 1777; also, abstract for gun
and blanket money for a number of men belonging to Capt. Baldwin's co., Col. Dike's regt.,
stationed at Boston in March, 1777; said men reported as in service in Col. Dike's regt. from the
time of its marching to Roxbury in Aug., 1776.
Volume 17, page 231
Whitney, Jonathan, Lancaster. Private, Capt. Joseph White's co. of militia, Col. Asa
Whitcomb's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge;
service, 4 ½ days.
Volume 17, page 231
Whitney, Jonathan, Mendon. Private, Capt. Samuel Cobb's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.;
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 7, 1775; service, 3 mos. 2 days; also, order
for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Roxbury, Dec. 27, 1775; also, return of men raised
to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Gershom Nelson's (2d Mendon) co.; residence,
Mendon; engaged for town of Mendon; joined Capt. Warrin's co., Col. Baley's regt.; term, 3
years, to expire May -, 1780; also, list of men mustered by Thomas Newhall, Muster
Master for Worcester Co.; Capt. Warren's co., Col. Baley's regt.; mustered May 26, 1777; term, 3
years; reported received £20 bounty; also, Private, 6th co., Col. John Bailey's regt.;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from May 20, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; also,
Capt. Isaac Warren's (6th) co. Col. Bailey's regt.; company return dated Camp Valley Forge, Jan.
24, 1778; mustered by a County Muster Master; also, descriptive list of men belonging to
Col. Bailey's (2d) regt. who re-enlisted for the war subsequent to Sept. 30, 1779, as returned by
Seth Drew, Captain and Commandant, 2d Mass. regt.; age, 21 yrs.; complexion, dark; hair, dark;
residence, Mendon; reported killed Feb. 2 [year not given]; also, Capt. Judah Alden's co.,
Col. Bailey's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Feb. 3, 1780;
term, during war; reported killed Feb. 3, 1780.
Volume 17, page 231
Whitney, Jonathan. Private, Capt. Jonathan Sawyer's (late Capt. Wentworth Stuart's) co.,
Col. Edmund Phinney's regt.; muster roll dated Garrison at Fort George, Dec. 8, 1776; enlisted
Dec. 1, 1775; reported sick in general hospital.
Volume 17, page 231
Whitney, Jonathan. Private, Capt. Edward Fuller's co., Col. William McIntosh's regt.;
entered camp March 19, 1778; discharged April 5, 1778; service, 18 days; company stationed at
Roxbury. Roll dated Newton.
Volume 17, page 231
Whitney, Jonathan. List of men, dated Brookfield, June 30, 1778, showing service
credited to them, respectively, as returned by the committee chosen to make an average of the
service rendered to the credit of the 3d Precinct of Brookfield; total amount of service rendered
made to average 5 ½ months for each single poll in said precinct; no service credited to said
Whitney.
Volume 17, page 231
Whitney, Jonathan. Private, Capt. Joel Green's co., Col. Ezra Wood's regt.; entered
service June 1, 1778; discharged Jan. 31, 1779; service, 8 mos. 8 days, at Peekskill and White
Plains, including 8 days (160 miles) travel home; regiment raised for 8 months; also, same
co. and regt.; pay roll for Sept., 1778; reported joined.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Jonathan. Private, Capt. Samuel Barnard's co. of militia, Col. Thomas Gardner's
regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4 days; roll endorsed “Watertown;”
also, enlistment agreement dated Watertown, July 2, 1778, signed by said Whitney and
others, engaging themselves to serve as a guard over the powder magazine at Watertown for the
term of 6 months, unless sooner discharged, and to provide themselves with firearms, etc.;
also, pay roll of a number of men for service from July 2, 1778, to Jan. 16, 1779, 6 ½ mos.,
guarding powder magazine at Watertown; also, enlistment agreement [p.232] dated
Watertown, Jan. 16, 1779, signed by said Whitney and others, engaging themselves to serve as a
guard over the powder magazine at Watertown until July 1, 1779, unless sooner discharged, and
agreeing to obey all orders received from Jonathan Drown, Esq., and to provide themselves with
firearms, etc.; also, pay roll of a number of men for service from Jan. 17, 1779, to July 16,
1779, guarding powder magazine at Watertown; also, receipt dated Aug. 2, 1779, signed
by said Whitney and others, for money received of Jonathan Drown.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Jonathan. Lieutenant, Capt. Thomas French's (7th) co., Col. David Field's (5th
Hampshire Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen agreeable to order of Council of Feb.
14, 1776, dated Deerfield, April 22, 1776; ordered in Council May 3, 1776, that said officers be
commissioned; reported commissioned May 3, 1776; also, Lieutenant, Capt. Benjamin
Phillips's co., Col. Elisha Porter's (Hampshire Co.) regt.; engaged July 10, 1777; discharged Aug.
12, 1777; service, 38 days, in Northern department, including travel (100 miles) home;
also, Captain, 7th co., 5th Hampshire Co. regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Wells; list of
officers; commissioned June 19, 1780.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Jonathan. Sergeant, Capt. Jonathan Reed's co., Col. Samuel McCobb's regt.;
appointed June 29, 1781; discharged Dec. 1, 1781; service, 5 mos. 3 days, in defence of seacoast;
term to expire Dec. 1, 1781; regiment raised for defence of eastern Massachusetts; also,
company receipt for equipments, given to Capt. John Reed, dated Falmouth, Dec. 1, 1781.
Volume 17, page 255
Whitny, Jonathan, Mendon. Private, Capt. Samuel Cobb's co., Col. Joseph Read's regt.;
company return dated Roxbury Camp, Sept. 26, 1775.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Joseph, Bridgewater. List of men raised for the 6 months service and returned
by Brig. Gen. Paterson as having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway, Oct. 25, 1780.
[See Joseph Whiting.]
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Joseph, Dighton (also given Raynham). Private, Capt. Zebedee Redding's co.,
Col. Gamaliel Bradford's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 15, 1777, to
July 11, 1777; residence, Dighton; reported deserted; also, same co. and regt.; subsistence
allowed from date of enlistment, Feb. 20, 1777, to April 30, 1777; credited with 69 days
allowance; also, same co. and regt.; return [year not given]; residence, Raynham; enlisted
for town of Raynham; mustered by County and Continental Muster Masters; also, same
co. and regt.; return of men who were in camp on or before Aug. 15, 1777, etc., approved April
1, 1779; enlisted Feb. 15, 1777; joined April 22, 1777; reported deserted July 7, 1777.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Joseph, Pepperell. Private, Capt. John Nutting's co. of Minute-men, Col.
William Prescott's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; said Whitney
marched April 19, 1775; service, 6 days; also, Capt. Nutting's co., Col. Prescott's regt.;
muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 25, 1775; service, 98 days; also, company
return dated Cambridge, Oct. 2, 1775.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Joseph, Weston. Private, Capt. Samuel Lamson's co. of militia, which marched
in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; said Whitney marched April 19, 1775; service, 2 days.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Joseph. Private, Capt. Joshua Lealand's co., Col. Abner Perry's regt.; marched
July 28, 1780; discharged July 31, 1780; service, 6 days, including 3 days (60 miles) travel home;
company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 28, 1780. Roll dated Sherburne.
Volume 17, page 232
Whitney, Joseph. Private, Lieut. Daniel Brown's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's (Berkshire
Co.) regt.; entered service Oct. 13, 1780; discharged Oct. 17, 1780; service, 5 days, on an alarm.
Roll dated Hancock.
Volume 17, page 233
[p.233] Whitney, Joseph. Treasury pay roll of Capt. Adam Henry's co., dated April 17,
1781. [See Simon Whitney.]
Volume 17, page 233
Whitney, Joseph. Private, Capt. Tompson J. Skinner's co., Col. Asa Banes's (Barnes's)
Berkshire Co. regt.; entered service Nov. 1, 1781; discharged Nov. 10, 1781; service, 10 days;
company marched to Western frontiers at request of Gen. Stark on an alarm.
Volume 17, page 233
Whitney, Joseph. Receipt dated Boston, July 12, 1782, for bounty paid said Whitney by
Thomas Shadduck, Chairman of Class No. 4 of the town of Pepperell, to serve in the Continental
Army for the term of 3 years.
Volume 16, page 1038
Whetney, Joshua. Private, Capt. Fortunatus Eager's co., Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.;
marched Dec. 17, 1776; returned March 27, 1777; service, 3 mos. 10 days; 14 days (280 miles)
travel home also allowed; company marched to reinforce army under Gen. Washington in the
Jerseys. Roll dated Lancaster and endorsed “marchd to New York.”
Volume 16, page 1038
Whetny, Joshua, Lancaster. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from 2d
Worcester Co. regt., as returned by Capt. Fortunatus Eager, sworn to Feb. 17, 1778; residence,
Lancaster; engaged for town of Lancaster; joined Capt. Hodgskin's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.;
term, 3 years.
Volume 17, page 233
Whitney, Joshua, Grafton. Private, Capt. Aaron Kimball's co. of militia, [Col.] Artemas Ward's regt., which
marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775; said Whitney marched April 19, 1775;
service, 1 week; reported enlisted into the army April 26, 1775; also, Capt. Moses
Wheelock's co., Col. Jonathan Ward's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 27,
1775; service, 3 mos. 12 days; also, company return [probably Oct., 1775].
Volume 17, page 233
Whitney, Joshua, Lancaster. Private, Capt. Daniel Robbins's co. of militia, Col. Asa
Whitcomb's regt., which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge;
service, 7 days; reported enlisted into the army April 26, 1775; company made up from 2d and
13th cos. in said regiment; also, Capt. Ephraim Richardson's co., Col. Whitcomb's regt.;
company return dated Charlestown, Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 1775; also, list of men mustered
by Thomas Newhall, Muster Master for Worcester Co.; Capt. Smith's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.;
mustered Aug. 21, 1777; term, 3 years; reported received £26 bounty; also, Sergeant,
(late) Capt. Hodgkins's co., Col. Timothy Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for
service from Aug. 10, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported as serving 25 mos. 21 days as Corporal, 3
mos. as Sergeant; also, Capt. Joseph Hodgkins's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; return dated
Feb. 3, 1778; residence, Lancaster; enlisted for town of Lancaster; mustered by Worcester Co.
Muster Master; also, Corporal, same co. and regt.; pay roll for Feb., 1779, sworn to at
Providence; also, same co. and regt.; muster rolls for March and April, 1779, dated
Providence; also, Private, Capt. Houdin's co., Col. Bigelow's regt.; Continental Army pay
accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to Aug. 10, 1780.
Volume 17, page 233
Whitney, Joshua, Medway. Private, Capt. Joshua Partridge's (1st Medway) co. of militia,
Col. John Smith's regt., which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 3 days.
Volume 17, page 233
Whitney, Joshua, Medway. List of men returned by a committee of the town of Medway
April 13, 1778, as having rendered service at various times subsequent to April 19, 1775.
Volume 17, page 233
Whitney, Joshua, Presumpscot. Fifer, Capt. William Cobb's co.; marched from home July
8, 1779; discharged Sept. 25, 1779; service, 2 mos. 17 days; company raised in Cumberland Co.
for service on Penobscot expedition and served in Col. Jonathan Mitchel's detachment;
also, Capt. Cobb's co., Col. Mitchell's detachment; pay abstract for mileage, sworn to at
North Yarmouth, Nov. 26, 1779; reported as having first drawn rations at Falmouth and as
discharged at Falmouth.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua, Worcester. 1st Lieutenant, Capt. William Gates's (2d) co. (South co. in
Worcester), Col. Samuel Denny's (1st Worcester Co.) regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen
by the several companies in said regiment, dated Leicester, March 28, 1776; ordered in Council
April 4, 1776, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned April 5, 1776;
also, 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Ralph Earl's co.; list of officers appointed to command men
enlisted or drafted from [Worcester Co.] brigade, as returned to Maj. Gen. [p.234] Warren [year
not given]; company drafted from Col. Samuel Denny's regt. to join Col. Josiah Whitney's or Col.
Nathan Sparhawk's regt.; also, Captain, 2d co., Col. Samuel Denny's (1st Worcester Co.)
regt. of Mass. militia; list of officers chosen by said company, dated Leicester, June 2, 1777;
ordered in Council June 5, 1777, that said officers be commissioned; reported commissioned June
5, 1777; also, Captain, Col. Josiah Whitney's regt.; service from July 31, 1778, to Sept.
14, 1778, 1 mo. 18 days, at Rhode Island, including 3 days (52 miles) travel home.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. Private, Capt. Joseph Lovell's co., 4th regt.; service, 4 days; company
marched from Medway to Warwick, R. I., on the alarm of Dec. 8, 1776.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. Private, Capt. Eli Parker's co., Col. Leonard's regt.; enlisted May 8,
1777; service, 2 mos. 8 (also given 2 mos. 9) days; company marched from Hampshire Co. May
8, 1777, to reinforce Continental Army at Ticonderoga for 2 months.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. Private, Capt. Joseph Hooker's co., Col. Ruggles Woodbridge's regt.;
enlisted Aug. 23, 1777; discharged Nov. 29 (also given Nov. 30), 1777; service, 3 mos. 16 days,
under Maj. Gen. Gates at the Northward, including 9 days (175 miles) travel home; also,
pay roll for same service dated Greenwich.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. List of men mustered to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 9
months; said Whitney appears among men belonging to Capt. Prouty's co., Col. Denny's regt.;
engaged for town of Spencer; mustered May 9 [year not given, probably 1778]; also, list
of men raised in Worcester Co. for the term of 9 months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill,
agreeable to resolve of April 20, 1778, returned as received of Jonathan Warner, Commissioner,
by Col. R. Putnam, July 20, 1778; arrived at Fishkill June 7, 1778.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. Private, Capt. Samuel Lamb's co., Col. Nathaniel Wade's regt.; enlisted
Sept. 15, 1778; service to Jan. 1, 1779, 3 mos. 20 days, at Rhode Island, including travel from
camp home; also, same co. and regt.; muster roll dated Warwick, Nov. 7, 1778;
also, same co. and regt.; muster rolls sworn to at East Greenwich, Nov. 13, and Dec. 30,
1778; enlistment to expire Jan. 1, 1779.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. Private, Capt. John Ellis's co., 4th Suffolk Co. regt. commanded by
Maj. Seth Bullard; entered service July 29, 1780; discharged Aug. 7, 1780; service, 12 days;
company marched to Tiverton, R. I., on the alarm of July 29, 1780.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. List sworn to in Hampshire Co., Aug. 3, 1780, of men belonging to
militia of Shelburne who were mustered by Lieut. Col. David Wells for 3 months service at
Claverack; Capt. John Wells's co.; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, dark; engaged for
town of Shelburne; also, Private, Capt. Isaac Newton's co., Col. S. Murray's regt.; enlisted
July 13, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos. 7 days, including 9 days (172 miles)
travel home; regiment raised in Hampshire Co. to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. Private, Lieut. Daniel Brown's co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's (Berkshire
Co.) regt.; entered service Oct. 13, 1780; discharged Oct. 17, 1780; service, 5 days, on an alarm.
Roll dated Hancock.
Volume 17, page 234
Whitney, Joshua. Private, Capt. Seth Banister's co., Col. William Shepard's (4th) regt.;
muster roll for Feb., 1782, dated York Hutts; enlisted Jan. 1, 1782; enlistment, 3 years;
also, 1st co.; entry dated Oct. 28, 1783, of an order for wages for May-July [year not
given], appearing in a register of orders accepted on account of wages, etc.
Volume 17, page 255
Whitny, Joshua, Lancaster. Private, Capt. Ephraim Richardson's co., Col. Asa
Whitcomb's regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted April 26, 1775; service, 3 mos. 13
days.
Volume 17, page 692
Witney, Joshua, Spencer. Descriptive list of men raised in Worcester Co. for the term of
9 months from the time of their arrival at Fishkill; Capt. David Prouty's co., Col. Samuel Denny's
regt.; age, 19 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, light; eyes, light blue; residence, Spencer;
engaged for town of Spencer; arrived at Fishkill June 7, 1778; also, list of men returned as
mustered by Henry Rutgers, Jr., Deputy Muster Master, dated Fishkill, Aug. 1, 1778.
Volume 17, page 235
[p.235] Whitney, Josiah, Harvard. 2d Corporal, Capt. Jonathan Davis's co., Col. John
Whitcomb's regt. of Minute-men, which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Cambridge;
left place of rendezvous May 7, 1775; service, 19 days.
Volume 17, page 235
Whitney, Josiah, Harvard. Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's co., Col. Dike's regt.; pay abstract
for mileage from home to Dorchester Heights; mileage for 38 miles allowed said Whitney; warrant
allowed in Council Sept. 13, 1776.
Volume 17, page 236
Whitney, Josiah, Harvard. Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Asa Whetcomb's regt.; engaged April
19, 1775; service, 6 days; also, order of the day, dated Cambridge, May 9, 1775; said
Whitney, Lieutenant Colonel, appointed officer of the day; also, orders of the day, dated
Cambridge, May 19, 1775; said Whitney, Lieutenant Colonel, appointed field officer of fatigue for
May 19, and May 20, 1775; also, Lieutenant Colonel; return of Col. Whetcomb's regt. in
camp at Cambridge, dated May 25, 1775; resolved in Provincial Congress May 26, 1775, that
officers of said regiment be commissioned; also, orders of the day, dated Cambridge, May
23, and June 5, 1775; said Whitney, Lieutenant Colonel, appointed field officer of the main guard
for May 23, June 5, and June 6, 1775; also, Col. Whetcomb's regt.; engaged April 25,
1775; service to Aug. 1, 1775, 3 mos. 14 days; also, Lieutenant Colonel, Col. Whitcomb's
regt.; lists of field and staff officers appearing on receipts for wages of Capt. John Fuller's co. for
Aug. and Sept., 1775, dated Camp at Prospect Hill; also, 2d Worcester Co. regt.; list of
field officers of regiments of Worcester Co. militia proposed by Legislature Jan. 12, 1776;
regiment made up of men belonging to Lancaster, Harvard, Bolton, and Princeton; also,
official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives, dated Jan. 23, 1776, for officers to
command the six regiments raised to serve before Boston until April 1, 1776; said Whitney chosen
Colonel, Worcester Co. regt.; appointment concurred in by Council Jan. 23, 1776; also,
Colonel, 2d Worcester Co. regt. of Mass. militia; list of field officers; commissioned Feb. 2, 1776;
also, official record of a ballot by the House of Representatives, dated April 10, 1776; said
Whitney chosen Colonel of a regiment to be raised to fortify town and harbor of Boston and to be
stationed at Boston under Gen. Ward; appointment concurred in by Council April 10, 1776;
reported commissioned April 10, 1776; also, Colonel; returns showing amount of
provisions allowed to the various companies in said Whitney's regt. from May 20, 1776, to June
19, 1776, dated Boston; also, returns of effectives, made by said Whitney, of the regiment
under his command, dated Hull, July 25, 1776, and Sept. 2, 1776; also, return of
effectives, made by said Whitney, of the regiment under his command and four Independent cos.,
dated Hull, Sept. 16, 1776; also, petition dated Camp at Hull, Oct. 29, 1776, signed by
said Whitney, Colonel, requesting that his regiment might be placed on the same footing as other
regiments and that Continental pay might be allowed the men under him; also, Colonel;
engaged April 10, 1776; service to Nov. 1, 1776; rolls sworn to at Hull; also, return made
to the Board of War, dated Camp Hull, Nov. 25, 1776, signed by said Whitney, Colonel, showing
amount of ammunition on hand in the various companies in his regiment; also, pay roll of
field and staff officers for Nov., 1776, sworn to at Boston; service, 33 days; mileage to camp at
Boston (36 miles) and from camp at Hull (66 miles) allowed; also, receipt given to the
Selectmen, dated Harvard, Dec. 17, 1776, signed by said Whitney and others, for mileage (180
miles) allowed on march from Harvard to Danbury; also, pay roll of Capt. Fortunatus
Eager's co., in said Whitney's regt., made up for service from Dec. 17, 1776, to March 27, 1777,
said company having marched to reinforce army under Gen. Washington in the Jerseys; roll
endorsed “marchd to New York;” also, list of officers nominated in House of
Representatives, April 17, 1777, to command two regiments destined for Rhode Island, with
accompanying request that the Council assign them to their respective commands; said Whitney
assigned as Colonel of a regiment [p.236] which was to be raised in Worcester, Middlesex,
Bristol, and Barnstable counties; list endorsed “Feild officers for the forces going to Providence;”
also, pay rolls of several companies which served under said Whitney, Colonel, from the
time of arrival at their destination early in May, 1777, for 2 months; also, Colonel of a
regiment which marched to Rhode Island by order of Council of July 21, 1777, on an alarm;
service, 2 days; also, Colonel of a regiment which marched on an alarm at Bennington by
order of Commandant of Worcester Co. brigade dated Aug. 19, 1777; service, 7 days;
also, return dated Camp before Newport, Aug. 25, 1778, signed by Adjt. Gen. Peleg
Wadsworth, showing number of officers and men belonging to Massachusetts Bay under the
command of Maj. Gen. Sullivan, and the regiments and brigades to which they belong; said
Whitney Colonel of a regiment comprising 630 rank and file, in Brig. Titcomb's brigade;
also, Colonel; entered service July 29, 1778; discharged Sept. 13, 1778; service, 1 mo. 16
days, at Rhode Island; also, Colonel, 2d Worcester Co. regt., Brig. Gen. Jonathan
Warner's brigade; general return of Mass. militia, made by Adjt. Gen. Peleg Wadsworth, dated
July 5, 1779.
Volume 17, page 236
Whitney, Josiah, Waltham. Private, Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) co. of militia,
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Concord and Lexington; service, 3 days;
company called out by Col. Thomas Gardner and served as guards until Saturday, the fourth day
after the fight at Concord; also, Capt. Abraham Peirce's (Waltham) co., Col. Samuel
Thatcher's regt.; rations allowed from March 4 to March 8, 1776, 5 days; company marched at
request of Gen. Washington at the time of taking Dorchester Heights.
Volume 17, page 236
Whitney, Josiah. Enlistment agreement dated 1776, signed by said Whitney and others,
engaging themselves to serve in the Continental Army until April 1 [1776]; reported enlisted at
Gorham.
Volume 17, page 236
Whitney, Josiah. General order dated Headquarters, Ticonderoga, Sept. 19, 1776, taken
from Col. Ephraim Wheelock's Orderly Book; said Whitney, Sergeant, Col. Burrell's regt.,
promoted to Ensign, vice Ensign Wells, advanced.
Volume 17, page 236
Whitney, Josiah. Receipt dated Belchertown, April 18, 1781, for bounty paid said
Whitney by Class No. 2 of the town of Belchertown to serve in the Continental Army for the term
of 3 years, agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780; also, descriptive list of men raised in
Hampshire Co. to serve in the Continental Army, as returned by Noah Goodman, Superintendent;
age, 17 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion, light; occupation, farmer; engaged for town of
Belchertown; engaged March 30, 1781; term, 3 years; also, Private, Capt. Ebenezer
Smith's (7th) co., 8th Mass. regt. commanded by Col. Michael Jackson; muster roll for April,
1783; balance of term of enlistment unexpired, 7 months 22 days.
Volume 17, page 236
Whitney, Jude. Private, Capt. Timothy Boutell's co., Col. John Rand's regt.; enlisted July
20, 1780; discharged Oct. 10, 1780; service, 3 mos. 1 day, including 10 days (200 miles) travel
home; regiment raised in Worcester Co. to reinforce Continental Army for 3 months.
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