Ancestry of
Whitney Blake

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Samuel Whitney

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Whitney Blake — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 32 
  • Father:
  • Benjamin Whitney 
  • Mother:
  • Abigail Bridge   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Sep 1734 
  • Birth Location:
  • Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 29 May 1808 
  • Death Location:
  • Castine, Hancock, Maine 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Granary Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Abigail Cutler
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Oct 1757 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
  • Child:

  Ebenezer Whitney (Ahnentafel No:16 )

  • Notes: 

  • Revolutionary War veteran

    D.A.R. #A125386

    Samuel Whitney participated in the Battles of Lexington and Concord.

• Sources for Samuel Whitney

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A125386.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/11/2020.
  • ³ Cutler, Nahum S., A Cutler Memorial and Genealogical History: Containing the Names of a Large Proportion of the Cutlers in . . ., Greenfield, Massachusetts: Press of E. A. Hall and Co. (1889), 338-339, confuses Samuel's birthdate with his wife Abigail's.
  • ⁴ Whitney, Henry Austin, A Brief Account of the Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney of Watertown, Mass., Boston: Henry W. Dutton and Son, Printers (1857), 21, 23-26.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Battles of Lexington and Concord", (accessed 04/11/2020).