Family:Whitney, Francis (1771-a1820)

Francis⁶ Whitney (Ezekiel⁵, John⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Ezekiel⁶ and Ruth (Gilbert) Whitney, was born 23 Apr 1771, Watertown, MA, and died after 1818.

He "of Watertown" married, 24 Nov 1811, Dover, MA, Mary Marshall.

Children of Francis⁶ and Mary (Marshall) Whitney, probably incomplete:

i.	Mary7 Whitney, b. 16 Jul 1812, Needham, MA; m. 14 Dec 1843, Roxbury, MA, Joseph L. Libby.
ii.	Abigail Harris Whitney, b. 10 Jul 1814, Needham, MA; m. 3 Sep 1833, Medfield, MA, Elbridge Gerry Perry.
iii.	Francis Whitney, b. about 6 Dec 1818; d. 30 Apr 1819, Natick, MA, aged 8 months 24 days.

Census

• 1820, Needham, Norfolk Co., MA: Francis Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 18-25, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 0-9, 1 engaged in agriculture, 2 in manufacture.

References

• Watertown Records, Comprising the Fourth Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, from 1738 to 1822 (Watertown, Massachusetts: Historical Society, c1903).

• Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908), p. 79.

• William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs Relating to the Families of Boston and Eastern Massachusetts (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1908), Volume III, p. 1403.

• Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903).

• Town of Needham, "Vital Records of Needham, Massachusetts," unpublished.

• Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1910).

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