Sergeant Jacob Whitney

M, (24 July 1737 - 14 January 1803)
Father-Biological*Jonas Whitney b. c 1709
Mother-Biological*Sarah Perry b. 16 Feb 1716
Last Edited=14 May 2023
     Sergeant Jacob Whitney was born on 24 July 1737 at Roxbury, Massachusetts.1,2 He was the son of Jonas Whitney and Sarah Perry.

Sergeant Jacob Whitney, age 22, married Rachel Whiting on 15 November 1759 at Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Children:
1. Prudence Whitney (1760-____)
2. Reuben Whitney (1762-____)
3. Lemuel Whitney (1765-____)
4. Jabez Whitney (1767-____)
5. Hannah Whitney (1772-1789)
6. Moses Whitney (1775-1859.)1,3,2


He servied in the Roxbury Company under Captain Corey during the Revolutionary War.2 Sergeant Jacob Whitney died on 14 January 1803 at Roxbury, Massachusetts, at age 65.2,3

Citations

  1. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, volume 1 - Births. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911.
  2. Pierce, Frederick Clifton. The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635. Chicago: Press of W. B. Conkey Company, 1895.
  3. Systematic History Fund. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849, volume 2 - Marriages and Deaths. Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1911.