Lexington, MA, Vital Records to 1897

Lexington, Massachusetts. Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths to January 1, 1898, Boston, MA: Wright and Potter, 1898. Part 1. - From Earliest Record to End of 1853.
Part 2. - From 1854 to End of 1897.

Key

[+]-recorded in Cambridge book and Lexington book.
[#]-denotes page number in the Lexington book
[*]-marriage some other place than Lexington

Births

Part 1, Page 88, and Part 2, Page 284

WHITNEY

John, s. of Isaiah and Sarah, b. Dec. 6, 1698, bp. May 4, 1699.

+ Isaiah, s. of Isaiah and Sarah, b. June 1, 1700, bp. July, 1700.

+ Sarah, d. of Isaiah and Sarah, b. Apr. 9, 1705, bp. Apr. 22, 1705.

+ Elijah, s. of Isaiah and Sarah, b. Aug. 2, 1707, bp. Aug. 3, 1707.

+ Jonas, s. of Isaiah and Sarah, b. Nov. 27, 1711, bp. Nov. 25, 1711.

[NOTE - Jonas was bp. Nov. 25 and b. Nov. 27 of the same year. This is exactly from the VR book. Does anyone have documentation to clarify the dates?-Peg Sanborn].

Abraham, bp. Feb. 19, 1710.

+ Mary, d. of John and Lydia, b. Sept. 3, 1735.

+ John, s. of John and Lydia, b. Apr. 24, 1737.

Sarah M., d. of Jeremiah and Sarah, Jan., 1843 (?).

Eva Viola, d. of Edward Franklin [Dorchester] and Martha Ann [Brewster], Nov. 1, 1880.

Marriages

Part 1, Page 159, and Part 2, Page 402

WHITNEY: 5 Sarah, m. Andrew Parker, Aug. 2, 1720.; 5 Elizabeth, m. John Wetherly, both of Stow, Jan. 21, 1722-23.; 29 Elijah, m. Rebekah Winship, Dec. 8, 1736.; Hannah, m. Samuel Meriam, June 4, 1752.; 58 Jonas, of Narragansett Township No. 2, m. Sarah Whittemore, of Lexington Sept. 27, 1757.; * Mary, Mrs., m., in Brookline, John Smith, of Lexington, Oct. 26, 1763.; 148 Eli, m. Sally Locke, both of Lexington, Mar. 6, 1808.; 169 Elmira, m. Leonard Thorning, May 17, 1827.; 172 Sarah A., m. Henry Phelps, Oct. 26, 1834.; Maria H., 25, of Lexington, b. in Acton, d. of John and Elizabeth, m., in Waltham, John C. Hildreth, 27, of Lexington, b. in Dorchester, s. of Sam'l and Sophia, Oct. 28, 1867.; Sarah Elizabeth, 23, d. of Wm. and Elizabeth, of Farmington, ME., m., in ME., John R. True, 25, of Lexington, b. in Stronge, ME., s. of Amos C. and Betsey C., Sept. 17, 1874.; Joseph F., 32, of Lexington, b. in Mattapan, s. of Jacob S. and Ann M., m. Sarah Elizabeth Thaxter, 20, of Lexington, b. in South Boston, d. of Duncan McB. and Harriet, Nov. 15, 1882.; Hattie M., 22, d. of Chas H. and Eliza, of Lincoln, m., in Weston, Marshall C. Baldwin, 25, of Lexington, b. in Weston, s. of Sam'l E. and Amanda E., Oct. 15, 1884.; Dudley Richards, 34, of Brooklyn, NY, b. in Jamaica Plain, s. of Eli Martin and Catherine Richards, m. Grace Constance Millis, 23, of Lexington, b. in Concord, d. of Oliver Perry and Annas Adams, Oct. 27, 1885.; Lillian H., 25, of Lexington, b. in Marboro, d. of Edmund C., and Cornelia F. (Shepard), m. Francis Moran Babcock, 29, of Revere, b. in Dartmouth, N.S., s. of Jas. and Mary Agnes (Fowler), Apr. 29, 1894.

Deaths

Part 1, Page 209, and Part 2, Page 481

WHITNEY: Eleazer, Feb., 1697-98.; Samuel, Nov. 27, 1751.; His ch., 4y., May 2, 1821.; His s., 21y., Jan., 1833.; Sally, wf. of Eli, 62y., Sept. 29, 1848.; Lucy, 76y., Aug. 17, 1850.; Emma A. (Willard), 66y. [Ashby], d. of Alexander T. and Tilo O., m., Nov. 24, 1881.; Edmund C., 61y. 5m. 5d. [Boston], s. of Wm. D. and Harriet (Hawks), m., June 3, 1897.

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