Family:Whitney, Sarah (1654-1720)
Sarah3 Whitney (John2, John1), daughter of John2 and Ruth (Reynolds) Whitney, was born 17 Mar 1653[/4], Watertown, MA[1] and died 8 Jul 1720, Watertown, MA[2].
Sarah married, as his first wife, 18 Oct 1681, Watertown, MA, Daniel Harrington,[3] son of Robert and Susanna (George) Harrington. born 1 Nov 1657, Watertown, MA.[4] He died on 19 Apr 1728, Watertown, MA.[5]
He married secondly, 25 Oct 1720, Watertown, MA, Elizabeth (Bridge) Garfield, daughter of Matthew and Anna (Danforth) Bridge, and widow of Capt. Benjamin Garfield.[6] She had been born 17 Aug 1659, Cambrdige, MA.[7]
He served as a soldier in King Philip's War, from Sudbury, MA, under Capt. Davenport, from 25 Nov to 3 Dec 1675.[8]
He was admitted freeman on 18 Apr 1690, Watertown, MA.[9]
On 27 Feb 1685, she was mentioned in the incomplete will of her father. On 12 Mar 1692/3, and again on 27 Apr 1695, he signed two agreements of the heirs of her father in the settling of his estate.[10]
He was selectman of Watertown, MA, in 1701, 1702, 1704-1706, 1709-1713, 1718, and 1729.[11]
Children of Daniel and Sarah3 (Whitney) Harrington all born Watertown, MA:
i. Daniel Harrington, b. 24 Feb 1683/84;[12] m. Elizabeth Warren. ii. Robert Harrington, b. 2 Jul 1685;[13] m. Anna Harrington. iii. David Harrington, b. 10 Jul 1687;[14] m.(1) Hepsebah (-----); m.(2) Mary (-----). iv. Jonathan Harrington, b. 2 Feb 1689/90;[15] m. Elizabeth Bigelow. v. Joseph Harrington, b. 4 Feb 1690/91;[16] m. Martha Hastings. vi. Sarah Harrington, b. 28 Oct 1693;[17] m.(1) Nathaniel Livermore; m.(2) John Cutting.
References
1.^ "Sarah Whetney, d. John & Ruth Whetny, b. 17 Mar 1653," 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. 16.
2.^ Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (2nd ed., 1860), pp. 273-274.
3.^ "Daniel Herrington & Sary Whetny, m. 18 Oct 1681," according to Watertown Records, vol. 1, p. 50. Also see Frederick W. Bailey, ed., Early Massachusetts Marriages Prior to 1800 (1897-1914), 3 vols.
4.^ Henry Bond, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Including Waltham and Weston (2nd ed., 1860), pp. 273-274.
7.^ Thomas W. Baldwin, Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914).
8.^ George M. Bodge, "Soldiers of King Philip's War," NEHGR, vol. XXXIX (1885), p. 259.
9.^ Lucius R. Paige, "List of Freemen," NEHGR, vol. III (1849), p. 349.
10.^ Middlesex County, MA, probate file #24,681.
11.^ Bond, op. cit., p. 1066.\ 12.^ Bond, op. cit., p. 274.
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