Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
Cleek, Dunmore, Gum, Hill, Stephenson, Suit Family - Person Sheet
NameBenjamin Whitney 
135303,135343,135344,135345,135346,135347,135348,135349,135313,135315,135350,135351,135352,135353
135303,135343,135344,135345,135346,135347,135348,135349,135313,135315,135350,135351,135352,135353Memo1679?
Residence7 Aug 1705, Sherborn, Middlesex County, MA135350
Land Sold1718135357
MemoSell land to brother, Jonathan Whitney
MemoSherborn Center Cemetery
FatherBenjamin Whitney (1643-1723)
MotherJane Poor (<1651-1690)
Research
Middlesex County MA Probate File Papers 1648-187196217 (No Benjamin Whitney with appropriate dates)
Military
US Revolutionary War Rolls 1775-17839986 (Him? Died before the war?)
Benjn Whitney, Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 40; Roll State: MA
Sherborn Image223of225: Sherborn Deaths: Whitney, Benjamin, Cornet64310
Benjn Whitney, Rank - Induction: Private; Roll Box 40; Roll State: MA
Sherborn Image223of225: Sherborn Deaths: Whitney, Benjamin, Cornet64310
Spouses
1Esther or Hester 135362,135343,135344,135346,135345,135347,135363,135348,135349,135313,135364,135350,135352,135353
135362,135343,135344,135346,135345,135347,135363,135348,135349,135313,135364,135350,135352,135353Birthca 1673135365
Residence16 Jul 1703, Lynn, MA135366
Memowidow of James Maverick late of Boston, petitioned the Gov & Council for permission to sell a part of her husband’s estate on Wing Lane in Boston
Residence7 Aug 1705, Boston, Suffolk County, MA135350
Land Sold1718135357
MemoLand sold to Benjamin Whitney’s brother Jonathan
Research
John Maverick:66067 (Her first husband?)
Origin: Beaworthy, Devonshire; Migration: 1630 in the Mary and John; First Residence: Dorchester; Occupation: Minister; bapt: 28 Dec 1578 Awliscombe, Devonshire, s/o Peter & Dorothy (Tucke) Maverick (NEHGR 69:153); d: 3 Feb 1635/6 Dorchester; Marr: 28 Oct 1600 Ilsington, Devonshire, Mary Gye (NEHGR 69:153). She d: aft 9 Oct 1666 (NEHGR 69:153). Children:
i. Samuel b: abt 1602 Marr: bet 1628-30 Amias (Cole) Thompson, widow of David Thompson (NEHGR 9:112)
ii. Elias b: bat 1604 d: 8 Sep 1684 aged 80 yrs (NEHGR 96:239); Marr: by 1635 Anna Harris d/o Thomas Harris (first child b: 3 Feb 1635/6 Charlestown (ChVR 1:5))
iii. Mary bapt: 30 Nov 1606 South Huish, Devonshire; bur: there 6 Mar 1606/7
iv. Aaron bapt: 6 Mar 1607/8 South Huish,
v. Mary bapt: 6 Jan 1609/10 South Huish Marr: abt 1635 Rev James Parker
vi. Moses bapt: 3 Nov 1611 South Huish, Marr1: by 6 May 1635 Remember Allerton d/o Isaac Allerton; Marr2: 22 Oct 1656 Boston, Eunice ( ) Roberts, widow of Thomas Roberts (BVR 57)
vii. Abigail bapt: 20 Mar 1613/4 South Huish, Marr: by 1643 as his first wife John Manning (eldest child b: 25 May 1643 Boston (BVR 15)
viii. Antipas b: say 1619 Marr: by bat 1648 ___ (dau Katherine Marr: 1668 or soon after (NEHGR 96:234; GDMNH 535; YLR 3:112))
ix. John b: say 1621; probably who he marr: 15 Apr 1649 All Hallows London Wall, London, Jane Andrewes (NEHGR 78:448-49, 96:234)
Pg 100-101 party of emigrants embarked at Plymouth, Devon, in the ship Mary and John on 20 Mar, bound for MA Bay ... With them went two clergymen of the Established Church, one the Reverend John Maverick, at that time Vicar of Beaworthy, Devon, son of a clergyman and then in his fifty-eighth year. Already his son, Samuel, had been a resident of MA for seven years and was living in what is now Chelsea. This probably explains his emigration with the Mary and John Company, bringing with him his large family to be near his eldest son.135367 (Her husband?)
Pg 19 Devonshire: Maverick, Rev John; English Parish Name: Beaworthy; Ship: Mary and John; New England Town: Dorchester68496 (Her husband?)
Pg 13005135368 (If Marr1: 1718 to James Maverick & Marr2 1705 Benjamin Whitney, dates reversed? Perhaps she marr1: Benjamin Whitney? her maiden name? Her son Benjamin Whitney was of Framingham?)
Maverick, James; Marr: 18 Jun 1718 Hester ___, she Marr2: Benjamin Whitney of Framingham; Child: Martha James; Testimony of Phoebe Brentnal. They were neighbors of John & Phoebe Brentnal (SD 33:15); Ref: 45136
Pg 18696
Whitney, Benjamin; Spouse: 1705 Esther Maverick, Widow of James Maverick; Occ: Yeoman; Deed: 10 Sep 1728 Benjamin Whitney (Yeoman) & wife Esther deed to Thomas Bellows (Carpenter) & James Maverick (cordwainer) house & land part of estate formerly James Maverick, decd, the former husband of Esther Whitney & father to James Maverick & Martha Bellows, now wife of Thomas Bellows (SD 46:151) N. side of Elm St; Ref: 61463
Pg 681 Benjamin Whitney: Marr: Esther (?Brintnall) Maverick80620 (Brintnall?)
Middlesex County MA Probate File Papers 1648-187196217 (No Esther or Hester Whitney)
Origin: Beaworthy, Devonshire; Migration: 1630 in the Mary and John; First Residence: Dorchester; Occupation: Minister; bapt: 28 Dec 1578 Awliscombe, Devonshire, s/o Peter & Dorothy (Tucke) Maverick (NEHGR 69:153); d: 3 Feb 1635/6 Dorchester; Marr: 28 Oct 1600 Ilsington, Devonshire, Mary Gye (NEHGR 69:153). She d: aft 9 Oct 1666 (NEHGR 69:153). Children:
i. Samuel b: abt 1602 Marr: bet 1628-30 Amias (Cole) Thompson, widow of David Thompson (NEHGR 9:112)
ii. Elias b: bat 1604 d: 8 Sep 1684 aged 80 yrs (NEHGR 96:239); Marr: by 1635 Anna Harris d/o Thomas Harris (first child b: 3 Feb 1635/6 Charlestown (ChVR 1:5))
iii. Mary bapt: 30 Nov 1606 South Huish, Devonshire; bur: there 6 Mar 1606/7
iv. Aaron bapt: 6 Mar 1607/8 South Huish,
v. Mary bapt: 6 Jan 1609/10 South Huish Marr: abt 1635 Rev James Parker
vi. Moses bapt: 3 Nov 1611 South Huish, Marr1: by 6 May 1635 Remember Allerton d/o Isaac Allerton; Marr2: 22 Oct 1656 Boston, Eunice ( ) Roberts, widow of Thomas Roberts (BVR 57)
vii. Abigail bapt: 20 Mar 1613/4 South Huish, Marr: by 1643 as his first wife John Manning (eldest child b: 25 May 1643 Boston (BVR 15)
viii. Antipas b: say 1619 Marr: by bat 1648 ___ (dau Katherine Marr: 1668 or soon after (NEHGR 96:234; GDMNH 535; YLR 3:112))
ix. John b: say 1621; probably who he marr: 15 Apr 1649 All Hallows London Wall, London, Jane Andrewes (NEHGR 78:448-49, 96:234)
Pg 100-101 party of emigrants embarked at Plymouth, Devon, in the ship Mary and John on 20 Mar, bound for MA Bay ... With them went two clergymen of the Established Church, one the Reverend John Maverick, at that time Vicar of Beaworthy, Devon, son of a clergyman and then in his fifty-eighth year. Already his son, Samuel, had been a resident of MA for seven years and was living in what is now Chelsea. This probably explains his emigration with the Mary and John Company, bringing with him his large family to be near his eldest son.135367 (Her husband?)
Pg 19 Devonshire: Maverick, Rev John; English Parish Name: Beaworthy; Ship: Mary and John; New England Town: Dorchester68496 (Her husband?)
Pg 13005135368 (If Marr1: 1718 to James Maverick & Marr2 1705 Benjamin Whitney, dates reversed? Perhaps she marr1: Benjamin Whitney? her maiden name? Her son Benjamin Whitney was of Framingham?)
Maverick, James; Marr: 18 Jun 1718 Hester ___, she Marr2: Benjamin Whitney of Framingham; Child: Martha James; Testimony of Phoebe Brentnal. They were neighbors of John & Phoebe Brentnal (SD 33:15); Ref: 45136
Pg 18696
Whitney, Benjamin; Spouse: 1705 Esther Maverick, Widow of James Maverick; Occ: Yeoman; Deed: 10 Sep 1728 Benjamin Whitney (Yeoman) & wife Esther deed to Thomas Bellows (Carpenter) & James Maverick (cordwainer) house & land part of estate formerly James Maverick, decd, the former husband of Esther Whitney & father to James Maverick & Martha Bellows, now wife of Thomas Bellows (SD 46:151) N. side of Elm St; Ref: 61463
Pg 681 Benjamin Whitney: Marr: Esther (?Brintnall) Maverick80620 (Brintnall?)
Middlesex County MA Probate File Papers 1648-187196217 (No Esther or Hester Whitney)
ChildrenBenjamin (1709-1797)