Family: Cornet Benjamin Whitney / Mercy Travis (F9555)

m. 24 Oct 1700

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  • Cornet Benjamin Whitney Male
    Cornet Benjamin Whitney

    Birth  6 Jan 1678/79  Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Aug 1718  Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  Aft 29 Aug 1718  Sherborn Center Cemetery, Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

    Sherborn Center Cemetery, 

    Sherborn, Massachusetts

     Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  24 Oct 1700  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Jonathan Whitney | F9566 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Lydia Jones | F9566 Group Sheet 

    Female
    Mercy Travis

    Birth  8 Feb 1668  Gloucester, Essex County, Massachusetts Bay Colony  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1 Dec 1744  Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial  Aft 1 Dec 1744  Holliston, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Lt. Thomas Frink | F9565 
    Marriage  16 Jul 1719  Sherborn, Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  James Travis | F9550 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Mercy Pierce | F9550 Group Sheet 


  • Notes  Married:
    • They had no children together. [1, 6]

  • Sources

    🟢 Primary Evidence
    🟡 Secondary Evidence
    🟠 Tertiary Evidence
    🔴 Unreliable Evidence

    1. [S2539] Daniels, Nathan Hagar, Descendants of Henry Travers of London, England and Newbury, Massachusetts, U .S. A., (Boston: Nathan Hagar Daniels, 1903).

    2. [S463] Bond, Henry. Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts including Waltham and Weston, (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1860).

    3. [S188] Holbrook Research Institute, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Marriage Record of Mercy Travis and Benjamin Whitney.

    4. [S850] Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850, (Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).

    5. [S91] Torrey, Clarence Almon, New England Marriage Prior to 1700, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985).

    6. [S972] 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).




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