Abigail Fletcher Whitney

• BIRTH 2 Jul 1720 Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
• DEATH 1783 (aged 62–63) Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• BURIAL Woodside Cemetery, Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 88187649

Parents
John Fletcher 1692–1751
Mary Goble Fletcher 1694–1734

Spouse
Samuel Whitney 1719–1782 (m. 1741)

Siblings
John Fletcher 1718–1792
Jonah Fletcher 1722–1787
Ebenezer Fletcher 1761–1831

Children
Samuel Whitney 1746–1812
Abner Whitney 1748–1811
Silas Whitney 1752–1798
Alpheus Whitney 1759–1821
Phineas Whitney 1761–1832
Martha Whitney Seaver 1764–1832

References

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Whitney-253

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88187649/abigail-whitney

Sources

[3] Birth Record

[4] Memorial for this profile with possible links to other family members at Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 18 February 2020), memorial page for Phineas Whitney (16 Jan 1761–unknown), Find A Grave Memorial no. 88160972, ; Maintained by Lynne Lewellen (contributor 46833530) Unknown. This is typically considered a secondary source, Use with caution

[5] Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988,

[6] Westminster Births, Marriages and Death, Original data:Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts

[7] Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).(shareable view)

[8] Whitney Research Group, Family:Whitney, Phinehas (1747-1830),

[9] http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Phinehas_(1761-a1832)

[10] Westminister, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850" , Original data: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. Massachusetts, Marriages, 1633-1850. With some noted exceptions all marriage records in this collection can be found at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and may be available through Family History Centers throughout the United States. See table below for information listed.(Card Index)

[11] DAR,https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...

Additional Information

Family:Whitney, Samuel (1719-1782) Samuel5 Whitney (William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of William4 and Martha (Peirce) Whitney,[1] was born 23 May 1719, Weston, MA,[2] baptized 25 Jun 1738, Weston, MA, adult,[3] and died 1 Jan 1782, Westminster, MA.[4]

He "Jr." married, 20 Oct 1741, Weston, MA, Abigail Fletcher,[5] "both of Weston", daughter of John and Mary (Goble) Fletcher. She was born 20 Jul 1720, Concord, MA, and died after 1790.

Samuel Whitney, Jun., was admitted to the church, Weston, MA, 11 Oct 1741, "remov'd".[6] "Abigail Fletcher Whitney, wife of Samuel, was admitted to the church, Weston, MA, 1741, "remov'd".[7]

http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php/Family:Whitney,_Samuel_(1719-1782)

• full text, plus sources are on her husband´s profile.

Abigail Fletcher was born 2 July 1720 in Concord, Massachusetts, the third child and second daughter of John and Mary (Goble) Fletcher. The birth record in the Concord vital records book says:

"Abigail Fletcher, the daughter of John Fletcher and Mary his wife was born July the 2d day 1720"

The marriage record of Samuel Whitney and Abigail Fletcher in Weston says:

Sam'l Whitney jun'r & Abigail Fletcher both of Weston were          Married in Sd Town Oct'r 20'th 1741 W'm. Williams Min- ist'r of the Gospel there."

Samuel and Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney had 13 children, and all were recorded in the Westminster town record book. The list of Children in the Westminster, Massachusetts town record book:

Births                                                     and   Deaths Leuit Samuel Whitney and Wife                    Mr Samuel Whitney            Abigail Whitney famely                       Deceased Jan^y the 1st Recorded          viz                            1782

August 27th 1742 Abigail Whitney Borne May the 29 1744 Mary Whitney Borne February the 11th 1746 Samuel Whitney Borne May 18 1648 Abner Whitney Borne September 30 1750  Achsa Whitney Borne             Deceased 14th May 1772 October 20 1752  Silas Whitney Born                 Dec^d Nov. 14^th 1798 November 26 1755 Martha Whitney Borne           Deceased July 2^d 1757 Alpheus Whitney Borne        Died 7th March 1821 aged 54 years January the 16 1761 Phenias Whitney Borne December the 1762 Hananiah Whitney Borne September 18 1764 Martha Whitney Borne February 9 1767 Susanah Whitney Borne                  Amen

There is no death record for Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney in the Westminster, Massachusetts vital record book. She died after 20 May 1783, probably in Westminster, when her account on her husband's intestate estate was approved by the probate court.

The Find A Grave memorial indicates that Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney died in 1783 and is buried in Woodside Cemetery in Westminster. No photograph of the gravestone is provided.

There were no probate records for Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney found in the Worcester County [Mass.] Probate Records index. Her death date and place is unknown.

Phineas Whitney 1761 - aft. 1832
Phineas Whitney was born 16 Jan 1761 in Westminster, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay as the son of Samuel Whitney and Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney, brother of Abigail (Whitney) Whitcomb, Mary (Whitney) Gibbs, Samuel Whitney, Abner Whitney, Achsah Whitney, Silas Whitney, Martha Whitney, Elisha Whitney, Alpheus Whitney, Hananiah Whitney, Martha (Whitney) Seaver and Susannah Whitney

He was married 13 Jan 1788 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States to Elizabeth (Rand) Whitney and they were parents of John Whitney and Thomas Whitney. Phineas was said to have died after10 July 1832 according to DAR [2] in Brandon, Rutland, Vermont, United States

Children
Lydia Whitney, b. 30 Mar 1788, m)