Family:Whitney, Ephraim (1740-1775)

Ephraim⁶ Whitney (John⁵, John⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹), son of John⁵ and Bethiah (Cutter) Whitney,^[1] was born 16 Apr 1740, Sudbury, MA,^[2] and died 16 Sep 1775, Cambridge, MA, "accidentally shot".^[3]

He married, 4 Jul 1765, Dedham, MA, Mary Reed,^[4] probably the same as the daughter Mara Reed, of Josiah and Elizabeth (Williams) Reed,^[5] who was born 2 Mar 1747, Needham, MA.^[6] Her date and place of death are unknown.

In Dedham, 19 Dec 1765, "the Selectmen ... by warrant ... warn Ephraim Whitney to depart in fourteen days, or give security to indemnify the Town." Later, about Nov 1781, "John Reed informs ... that he has taken into his family Mary Whitney about the 19th day of June 1781, last from Medfield." John Reed was Mary's brother.

Children of Ephraim⁶ and Mary (Reed) Whitney:

i.	Persis7 Whitney, b. 15 Jun 1767, Natick, MA;[7] bapt. 6 Sep 1767, Framingham, MA;[8] "of Sherborn" m. 29 Nov 1792, Sherborn, MA, Solomon Gould "of Medway".[9]
ii.	Bascom Whitney, b. 9 Nov 1768, Framingham, MA;[10] m. Cynthia -----.
iii.	Martha Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1771, Framingham, MA;[11] no further record.
iv.	John Whitney, b. 9 Jul 1773, Framingham, MA;[12] d. 18 Jun 1805, Framingham, MA.[13]
v.	Ephraim Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1776 (posthumously), Framingham, MA;[14] m. Sophia Taintor.

References

1.^  His parentage is proven by his birth record.

2.^  "Ephraim (Wh[i]tney), s. John and Bethiah, [born] Apr. 16, 1740," according to Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), p. 151.

3.^  "Ephraim [Whitney], [died] in Cambridge, Sept. 16, 1775. Accidentally shot," according to Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850(Boston, MA: 1911), p. 472.

4.^  "Ephraim [Whitney], Mr., and Mrs. Mary Reed, b. of Dedham, int. June 15, 1765, m. July 4, 1765, by Rev. Mr. Jason Haven," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886)

5.^  Her parentage is proven by her birth record.

6.^  "Mara Reed, dau. of Josiah and Elizabeth, born 2 Mar 1746," L.D.S. International Genealogical Index, Batch #C502561, Needham, MA, births.

7.^  "Persis [Whitney], d. of Ephraim and Marah, [born] Jan. 15, 1767," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910)

8.^  "Persis [Whitney], d. of Ephraim, bp. Sept. 6, 1767," according to Framingham Vital Records, p. 206.

9.^  "Persis [Whitney] and Solomon Gould of Medway, [married] Nov. 29, 1792," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911), p. 181. Also, "," according to Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905).

10.^  "Bassom [Whitney], s. of Ephraim and Mary, [born] Nov. 9, 1768," according to Framingham Vital Records, p. 206.

11.^  "Martha, d. of Ephraim and Mary, Feb. 9, 1771," according to Framingham Vital Records, p. 206.

12.^  "John, s. of Ephraim and Mary, July 9, 1773," according to Framingham Vital Records, p. 206.

13.^  "John, June 18, 1805," according to Framingham Vital Records, p. 472.

14.^  "Ephraim, s. of Ephraim and Mary, Jan. 6, 1776," according to Framingham Vital Records, p. 206.

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