Family:Whitney, Elizabeth (1748-?)

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Elizabeth5 Whitney (James4, Joseph3, Jonathan2, John1), daughter of James4 and Eleanor (Robbins) Whitney, was born 21 May 1748, Dunstable, MA.[1]

Elizabeth married, before 10 Nov 1774, Phineas Bennett "of Cockesmouth, N.H.", son of Phineas and Mary (French) Bennett. He was born 21 Jun 1741, Holden, MA, and baptized 2 Aug 1741.

On 4 Jul 1757, Dunstable, MA, Thomas Harwood of Dunstable, N.H., innholder, was appointed guardian of John, Jonathan, Elizabeth, Benjamin, and Lucy, all minors under 14, children of James Whitney, late of Dunstable, deceased, and posted bond with William Angier of Cambridge as surety. On 29 Mar 1770, Dunstable, MA, she gave a receipt to her guardian for her portion of her father's estate.

Pierce says the following:[2]

ELIZABETH [WHITNEY], b. May 21, 1748; m. Phinehas BENNETT, of Cocker- mouth, Cheshire Co., N. H.; res. Rindge, N. H. They had a son James. (Did Elizabeth m. H. ----- BUTTERICK.)

Children of Phineas and Elizabeth5 (Whitney) Bennett:

i. Phinehas Bennett, b. 16 May 1776, Groton, NH.
ii. Hannah Bennett, b. 12 Jun 1778, Groton, NH.
iii. Ede Bennett, b. say 1780, Hollis, NH.
iv. Elizabeth Bennett, b. say 1782, Hollis, NH.
v. Ezra Bennett, b. 21 Nov 1784, Hollis, NH.
vi. James Bennett, b. 11 Apr 1787, Raby, NH.
vii. John Bennett, b. 3 Dec 1789, Raby, NH; d. 15 Jun 1790.

References

1.^  "Elisabeth [Whitney], d. James and Ellener, [born] May 21, 1748-9," according to Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1913).

2.^  Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: 1895), p. 58.


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