Family:Whitney, Joseph (1675-1737)
Joseph4 Whitney (Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Joseph3 and Martha (Beach) Whitney[1], was born 15 Aug 1675,[2] baptized 16 Jan 1686/7, Watertown, MA,[3] and died 3 Jul 1737, Newton, MA, "of Weston."[4]
He married, 10 Apr 1701, Watertown, MA, Hepzibah Flagg,[5] daughter of Thomas and Rebecca (Dix) Flagg.[6] She was born say 1680, and died 2 Jul 1752, Weston, MA.[7]
They lived at Weston, MA.
He left a will on 7 Jan 1736/37 at Weston, MA; of Weston, husbandman; wife Hepzibah, executrix, and entire estate during her life; to Benoni Flagg, son of Thomas Flagg, entire estate after the death of wife; witnesses, Abijah Upham, Samuel Seavernes, Ebenr. Allen; signed by mark. He and Hepzibah apparently had no surviving issue on that date. The will was lodged 15 Jul 1737, and proved 1 Aug 1737.[8]
Joseph4 and Hepzibah (Flagg) Whitney had no children.
References
1.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record.
2.^ "Jofeph Whetny, s. Jofeph & Martha Whetny, b. 15 Aug 1675," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the First and Second Book of Town Proceedings, with the Land Grants and Possessions. Also, the Proprietors' Book, and the First Book of and Supplement of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1894), vol. 1, p. 40.
3.^ "16 Jan 1686/7, Joseph, John, Isaac, Abigall, & Martha, ch. of Joseph Whitney, bapt.," according to Watertown Records, Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697 to 1737. Also, Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819, (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1906), vol. 4, p. 121.
4.^ "Joseph [Whitney] [of] Weston, [died] July 3, 1737," according to Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905).
5.^ "Joseph Whitny & Hiphzibah Flag, b. of Watertown, m. 10 Apr 1701," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, to the End of 1737. Also Plan and Register of Burials in Arlington Street Burying Ground (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1900), vol. 2, p. 12.
6.^ Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (2nd ed., 1860), pp. 220, 645.
7.^ "Hephzibah [Whitney], wid. Joseph, sister of Hannah Flagg, [died] July 2, 1752," according to Peirce, Mary Frances, Town of Weston. Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850. 1703--Gravestones--1900. Church Records, 1709-1825. Appendix and Addenda, Cent Society, Gleanings from the Town Files, Bits of Genealogy, Error, Indexes, &c. (Boston, MA: McIncloe Bros., Printers, 1901), p. 297.
8.^ Middlesex County, Massachusetts, probate file #24,698.
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