Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Whitney was born on 22 September 1781, in Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Daniel Whitney Jr., was 31 and his mother, Sarah Durant, was 23. He died on 4 November 1803, at the age of 22.
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- Thomas Whitney, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Thomas Whitney, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
- Thomas Whitney, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"
Parents and Siblings
1749–1805 Male
1757–1836 Female
Siblings (14)
1779–1857 Male
1781–1803 Male
1783–1857 Female
1785–1870 Male
1786–1810 Male
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World Events (3)
1783 · A Free America
Age 2
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Age 5
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 6
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Whitney in Herefordshire, the etymology of which is uncertain. The second element is Old English ēg ‘island, piece of higher ground in a low-lying area’; the first appears to be hwītan, which is either the genitive singular of an Old English byname Hwīta (meaning ‘white’), or the weak dative case (originally used after a preposition and article) of the adjective hwīt ‘white’. The name may also derive from Whitney (now Whitney Wood) in Stevenage (Hertfordshire), probably named from Old English hwītan ‘white’ + (ge)hæge ‘enclosure’.
History: John Whitney came from London, England, to Watertown, MA, in 1635, and had numerous prominent descendents.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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