Some Descendants of Cornelius Whitney (Joshua, John) and Sarah Shepherd of Groton

  1. Sarah Whitney was born on 17 Apr 1715 [WDJW, p. 36] in Groton. [MVRG] She probably died before 8 Jan 1731/2.
  2. Abigail Whitney was born on 9 Dec 1717 [WDJW, p. 36] in Groton. [MVRG]
  3. Matthias Whitney was born on 26 May 1720 [WDJW, p. 36] in Groton. [MVRG] He married Alice Unknown. [WDJW, p. 36]
    Matthias and Alice lived in Killingly, Windham, Connecticut. [CVR]
    1. Mary Whitney was born on 19 Apr 1743 in Killingly. [CVR]
    2. Asa Whitney was born on 19 Feb 1744/5 in Killingly. [CVR]
    3. Matthias Whitney was born on 22 Feb 1746/7 in Killingly. [CVR]
    4. Joshua Whitney was born on 23 Nov 1751 in Killingly. [CVR]
    5. Alice Whitney was born on 20 Mar 1753 in Killingly. [CVR]
  4. Mary Whitney was born on 20 Aug 1722 [WDJW, p. 36] in Groton. [MVRG]
  5. Joshua Whitney was born on 1 Dec 1724 [WDJW, p. 36] in Groton. [MVRG] He died on 4 Dec 1811 in South Granville, Washington, New York. [Ref] He is buried in the Lee-Oatman Cemetery in South Granville. [Ref]
  6. Lydia Whitney was born on 23 Apr 1729 [WDJW, p. 36]
  7. Sarah Whitney was born on 8 Jan 1731/2 [WDJW, p. 36, 1731] in Groton. [MVRG] She might be the Sarah Whitney who married Zachariah Cutting of Killingly, Connecticut on 12 Jun 1750 in Killingly. [CVR] Zachariah Cutting was the son of David and Elizabeth (Wales) Cutting. [GFWM, pp. 193-4] (David married Elizabeth __ in May 1716 in Lexington. [MVRL]) He is the grandson of James and Hannah (Cotler) Cutting [WR] and the grandson or Richard and Sarah Cutting of Watertown. [GFWM, pp. 193-4] He was born on 29 Jul 1722 in Killingly. [CVR]
  8. Susanna Whitney was baptised on 12 May 1734 in Groton. [MVRG]

References

CVR AmericanAncestors.org, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870, online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.
GFWM Bond, Henry, Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts, Boston, Little, Brown & Co., 1855.
WDJW Clifton, Frederick Pierce, Whitney: The descendants of John Whitney who came from London England to Watertown, Massachusetts in 1635, printed for the author y W. B. Conkey Co, Chicago, 1895.
MVRG NewEnglandAncestors.org, Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, online database, town of Groton, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2001-2007.
MVRL Town of Lexington, Lexington, Mass., Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths to January 1, 1898, Boston, Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1898.
WR Watertown Historical Society, Watertown Records, Press of Fred G. Barker, 1894.

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