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 In Nov 1711, a list of frontier garrisons reviewed by order of the governor, in Groton, includes "Deacon Whitney", 4 families, 8 inhabitants, 0 soldiers, and 32 souls. Reference is made to Mass. Archives, v. 71, p. 874.{{ref|14}}
-His will was dated 17 Apr 1713.  Deacon Joshua Whitney of Grotton, "aged about seventy six years"; Abigail, my now n[ ]ed wife; son [[Family:Whitney, William (1678-1754)|William Whitney]], all housing and lands in Grotton; his mother above [i.e. Abigail] and he to be executors; son [[Family:Whitney, Joshua (1665-1753)|Joshua Whitney]], &pound;30; son [[Family:Whitney, Cornelius (c1680-a1751)|Cornelous Whitney]]; son [[Family:Whitney, David (1682-1768)|David Whitney]]; my five daughters now living, [[Family:Whitney, Mary (1675-1749)|Mary Peirce]], [[Family:Whitney, Eleanor (s1684-a1751)|Elenor Shepard]], [[Family:Whitney, Sarah (s1686-a1730)|Sarah Juell]], [[Family:Whitney, Martha (s1688-1763)|Martha Williams]], and [[Family:Whitney, Elizabeth (s1689-?)|Elisabeth Farnworth]]; eldest [[Family:Whitney, Abigail (c1673-c1705)|daughter Hutchins]]'s children, her eldest son [[Family:Hutchins, John (1693-1759)|John Hutchins]] (under 21), and the rest of her children (under 21); her three daughters; [[Family:Whitney, Hannah (s1670-b1713)|eldest daughter, wife of Thomas Woods]], having received her portion; witnesses, Jonathan Bowen, Abraham Moores, Samll. Cummings.{{ref|15}}
+His will was dated 17 Apr 1713.  Deacon Joshua Whitney of Grotton, "aged about seventy six years"; Abigail, my now n[ ]ed wife; son [[Family:Whitney, William (1678-1754)|William Whitney]], all housing and lands in Grotton; his mother above [i.e. Abigail] and he to be executors; son [[Family:Whitney, Joshua (1665-1753)|Joshua Whitney]], &pound;30; son [[Family:Whitney, Cornelius (c1680-a1751)|Cornelous Whitney]]; son [[Family:Whitney, David (1682-1768)|David Whitney]]; my five daughters now living, [[Family:Whitney, Mary (1675-1749)|Mary Peirce]], [[Family:Whitney, Eleanor (s1684-1730)|Elenor Shepard]], [[Family:Whitney, Sarah (s1686-a1730)|Sarah Juell]], [[Family:Whitney, Martha (s1688-1763)|Martha Williams]], and [[Family:Whitney, Elizabeth (s1689-?)|Elisabeth Farnworth]]; eldest [[Family:Whitney, Abigail (c1673-c1705)|daughter Hutchins]]'s children, her eldest son [[Family:Hutchins, John (1693-1759)|John Hutchins]] (under 21), and the rest of her children (under 21); her three daughters; [[Family:Whitney, Hannah (s1670-b1713)|eldest daughter, wife of Thomas Woods]], having received her portion; witnesses, Jonathan Bowen, Abraham Moores, Samll. Cummings.{{ref|15}}
 On 6 Oct 1719 at Groton, his will was proved, and bond was posted by widow Abigail Whitney and William Whitney, yeoman, both of Groton, as executors.{{ref|16}}
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-| [[Family:Whitney, Eleanor (s1684-a1751)|'''Eleanor Whitney''']], b. say 1684; m. Samuel Shepard.
+| [[Family:Whitney, Eleanor (s1684-1730)|'''Eleanor Whitney''']], b. say 1684; m. Samuel Shepard.
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 .{{note|14}} [[Archive:NEHGR, Volume 10|Samuel A. Green, M.D. "Materials for the History of Groton, Mass.", ''NEHGR'', vol. X, (1856), pp. 243-249]], p. 247.
-.{{note|15}} Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,703.
+.{{note|15}} [[Archive:Middlesex County, MA, Probate Files#File #24703, Joshua Whitney, 1719|Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,703]].
 .{{note|16}} ''ibid.''

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 {{photobox|Joshua1719.jpg|300px|Joshua Whitney's gravestone in the Old Cemetery, Groton, MA<br />&copy;1997, Allan Gilbertson}}
-'''Joshua Whitney<sup>2</sup>''' ([[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John Whitney<sup>1</sup>]]), son of [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup> and Elinor (-----) Whitney]],{{ref|1}} was born 15 Jul 1635, Watertown, Massachusetts,{{ref|2}} and died 7 Aug 1719, aged 83 years, Groton, Massachusetts.{{ref|3}}
+'''Joshua<sup>2</sup> Whitney'''
 He married firstly, 20 Nov 1664, Charlestown, Massachusetts,{{ref|4}}, '''Mary (-----) Buckminster''', parentage and birth unknown, widow of Thomas Buckminster, Jr.  She died 17 Mar 1671/2, Watertown, Massachusetts.{{ref|5}}.

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 {{photobox|Joshua1719.jpg|300px|Joshua Whitney's gravestone in the Old Cemetery, Groton, MA<br />&copy;1997, Allan Gilbertson}}
-'''Joshua<sup>2</sup> Whitney''' ([[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), son of [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup> and Elinor (-----) Whitney]],{{ref|1}} was born 15 Jul 1635, Watertown, Massachusetts,{{ref|2}} and died 7 Aug 1719, aged 83 years, Groton, Massachusetts.{{ref|3}}
+'''Joshua Whitney<sup>2</sup>''' ([[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John Whitney<sup>1</sup>]]), son of [[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup> and Elinor (-----) Whitney]],{{ref|1}} was born 15 Jul 1635, Watertown, Massachusetts,{{ref|2}} and died 7 Aug 1719, aged 83 years, Groton, Massachusetts.{{ref|3}}
 He married firstly, 20 Nov 1664, Charlestown, Massachusetts,{{ref|4}}, '''Mary (-----) Buckminster''', parentage and birth unknown, widow of Thomas Buckminster, Jr.  She died 17 Mar 1671/2, Watertown, Massachusetts.{{ref|5}}.

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 He married firstly, 20 Nov 1664, Charlestown, Massachusetts,{{ref|4}}, '''Mary (-----) Buckminster''', parentage and birth unknown, widow of Thomas Buckminster, Jr.  She died 17 Mar 1671/2, Watertown, Massachusetts.{{ref|5}}.
-He married secondly, 30 Sep 1672, Watertown, Massachusetts,{{ref|6}}, '''Abigail Tarbell''', daughter of Thomas and Mary (-----) Tarbell.{{ref|7}}  No birth or death record have been found for her.  She was still living in Groton on 6 Oct 1719, when she posted bond as executrix of her husband's estate.{{ref|8}}  It is likely she was the Abigall Whitney (Spalding) who died 29 Nov 1743 or 1748, Lebanon, CT, aged 91, or in her 91st year.{{ref|9}}  If so, she married secondly, ----- Spalding.  The probable identity of this husband is Joseph<sup>2</sup> Spalding, son of Edward<sup>1</sup> and Grizzell (Fletcher) Spalding, born 25 Oct 1646, Braintree, MA, and died 3 Apr 1740, Plainfield, CT.  He had married, 9 Dec 1670, Chelmsford, MA, Mercy Jewell, born 14 Apr 1653, Braintree, MA, and died 17 Aug 1728, Plainfield, CT.  If this identification is correct, then the marriage would have occurred between 1728 and 1740.
+He married secondly, 30 Sep 1672, Watertown, Massachusetts,{{ref|6}} '''Abigail Tarbell''', daughter of Thomas and Mary (-----) Tarbell.{{ref|7}}  No birth or death record have been found for her.  She was still living in Groton on 6 Oct 1719, when she posted bond as executrix of her husband's estate.{{ref|8}}  It is likely she was the Abigall Whitney (Spalding) who died 29 Nov 1743 or 1748, Lebanon, CT, aged 91, or in her 91st year.{{ref|9}}  If so, she married secondly, ----- Spalding.  The probable identity of this husband is Joseph<sup>2</sup> Spalding, son of Edward<sup>1</sup> and Grizzell (Fletcher) Spalding, born 25 Oct 1646, Braintree, MA, and died 3 Apr 1740, Plainfield, CT.  He had married, 9 Dec 1670, Chelmsford, MA, Mercy Jewell, born 14 Apr 1653, Braintree, MA, and died 17 Aug 1728, Plainfield, CT.  If this identification is correct, then the marriage would have occurred between 1728 and 1740.
 For a discussion of his wives and children see [[Archive:Joshua Whitney's Wives and Children|an essay on that subject]].

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 He married firstly, 20 Nov 1664, Charlestown, Massachusetts,{{ref|4}}, '''Mary (-----) Buckminster''', parentage and birth unknown, widow of Thomas Buckminster, Jr.  She died 17 Mar 1671/2, Watertown, Massachusetts.{{ref|5}}.
-He married secondly, 30 Sep 1672, Watertown, Massachusetts,{{ref|6}}, '''Abigail Tarbell''', daughter of Thomas and Mary (-----) Tarbell.{{ref|7}}  No birth or death record have been found for her.  She was still living in Groton on 6 Oct 1719, when she posted bond as executrix of her husband's estate.{{ref|8}}  It is likely she was the Abigall Whitney (Spalding) who died 29 Nov 1743 ae 91, Lebanon, CT.{{ref|9}}  If so, she married secondly, ----- Spalding, of whom nothing further is known.
+He married secondly, 30 Sep 1672, Watertown, Massachusetts,{{ref|6}}, '''Abigail Tarbell''', daughter of Thomas and Mary (-----) Tarbell.{{ref|7}}  No birth or death record have been found for her.  She was still living in Groton on 6 Oct 1719, when she posted bond as executrix of her husband's estate.{{ref|8}}  It is likely she was the Abigall Whitney (Spalding) who died 29 Nov 1743 or 1748, Lebanon, CT, aged 91, or in her 91st year.{{ref|9}}  If so, she married secondly, ----- Spalding.  The probable identity of this husband is Joseph<sup>2</sup> Spalding, son of Edward<sup>1</sup> and Grizzell (Fletcher) Spalding, born 25 Oct 1646, Braintree, MA, and died 3 Apr 1740, Plainfield, CT.  He had married, 9 Dec 1670, Chelmsford, MA, Mercy Jewell, born 14 Apr 1653, Braintree, MA, and died 17 Aug 1728, Plainfield, CT.  If this identification is correct, then the marriage would have occurred between 1728 and 1740.
 For a discussion of his wives and children see [[Archive:Joshua Whitney's Wives and Children|an essay on that subject]].
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 His will was dated 17 Apr 1713.  Deacon Joshua Whitney of Grotton, "aged about seventy six years"; Abigail, my now n[ ]ed wife; son [[Family:Whitney, William (1678-1754)|William Whitney]], all housing and lands in Grotton; his mother above [i.e. Abigail] and he to be executors; son [[Family:Whitney, Joshua (1665-1753)|Joshua Whitney]], &pound;30; son [[Family:Whitney, Cornelius (c1680-a1751)|Cornelous Whitney]]; son [[Family:Whitney, David (1682-1768)|David Whitney]]; my five daughters now living, [[Family:Whitney, Mary (1675-1749)|Mary Peirce]], [[Family:Whitney, Eleanor (s1684-a1751)|Elenor Shepard]], [[Family:Whitney, Sarah (s1686-a1730)|Sarah Juell]], [[Family:Whitney, Martha (s1688-1763)|Martha Williams]], and [[Family:Whitney, Elizabeth (s1689-?)|Elisabeth Farnworth]]; eldest [[Family:Whitney, Abigail (c1673-c1705)|daughter Hutchins]]'s children, her eldest son [[Family:Hutchins, John (1693-1759)|John Hutchins]] (under 21), and the rest of her children (under 21); her three daughters; [[Family:Whitney, Hannah (s1670-b1713)|eldest daughter, wife of Thomas Woods]], having received her portion; witnesses, Jonathan Bowen, Abraham Moores, Samll. Cummings.{{ref|15}}
 On 6 Oct 1719 at Groton, his will was proved, and bond was posted by widow Abigail Whitney and William Whitney, yeoman, both of Groton, as executors.{{ref|16}}
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 .{{note|8}} Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,703.
-.{{note|9}} [[Archive:Connecticut, Church Records, Index#A|Lebanon, CT, Goshen Cemetery sexton's records]], 1:138.
+.{{note|9}} "Abigall (Spalding) [Whitney], [d.] 29 Nov 1743 ae 91," according to the [[Archive:Connecticut, Church Records, Index#A|Lebanon, CT, Goshen Cemetery sexton's records]], 1:138.  Also, "SPAULDING, SPALDEN, Abigail, d. Dec. 5, 1748, in the 91st y. of her age," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Lebanon 1:289.
 .{{note|10}} [[Archive:The Descendants of John Whitney, page 24#P8|Frederick C. Pierce, ''The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635'' (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895)]], pp. 24-25.

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 Copyright &copy; 2006, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
-[[Category: Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Whitneys of the 17th Century]]
-[[Category: Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Massachusetts]]
-[[Category: Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
-[[Category: Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
+[[Category:Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]
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 .{{note|16}} ''ibid.''
-.{{note|17}} "Joshua [Whitney], s. Joshua, [born] June 14, 1665," according to [[Archive:Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records|''Groton Vital Records'']].
+.{{note|17}} "Joshua [Whitney], s. Joshua, [born] June 14, 1665," according to [[Archive:Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records|''Vital Records of Groton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849'' (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1926-1927)]].
-.{{note|18}} "Sarah [Whitney], d. Joshua, [born] Oct. 10, 1668," according to [[Archive:Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records|''Groton Vital Records'']].
+.{{note|18}} "Sarah [Whitney], d. Joshua, [born] Oct. 10, 1668," according to [[Archive:Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Groton Vital Records]].
-.{{note|19}} "Mary [Whitney], d. Joshua, [born] 1:5:[16]75," according to [[Archive:Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records|''Groton Vital Records'']].
+.{{note|19}} "Mary [Whitney], d. Joshua, [born] 1:5:[16]75," according to [[Archive:Groton, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Groton Vital Records]].
 .{{note|19}} "Willyam Whetny, s. Joshuah & Abigall, b. last of Feb 1677," according to [[Archive:Watertown, Massachusetts, Vital Records|''Watertown Records'']], p. 43.

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-The allegation that Alice, wife of Nathaniel Woods, was his daughter is precluded by the terms of his will.
+== Notes==
 ==References==
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-Copyright &copy; 2006, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the Whitney Research Group
+Copyright &copy; 2006, [[User:Rlward|Robert L. Ward]] and the [[Whitney Research Group]]
 [[Category: Massachusetts]]