1Samuel G. Drake, The Descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, of Watertown, Mass., NEHGR Vol. 11, pp. 116-117 (Apr 1857).
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JOSHUA WHITNEY. of Groton,2 Watertown. Wives:---
56. 1. LYDIA,
57. 2. MARY, who died March 17, 1671-2;
58. 3. ABIGAIL TARBALL, Sept. 30, 1672, in Watertown.
His will made April 17, 1713; proved Oct. 6, 1719.
ISSUE.
59. I. Hannah, m. Thos. Woods of Groton. (4 chn.)
60. II. Joshua, b. June 14, 1666, in Groton, by wife Lydia.
61. III. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1668, in Groton; m. ----- Juell.
62. IV. Abigail, m. John Hutchins. (5 chn.)
63. V. Mary, b. July 1, 1675, in Groton; m. Ephraim Pierce. (9 chn.)
64. VI. William, b. Feb. 28, 1678. See 64.
65. VII. Cornelius, See 65.
66. VIII. David,
67. IX. Martha, m. Isaac Williams, Jr., of Newton. (8 chn.)
68. X. Elizabeth, m. Eben Farnsworth. (8 chn.)
69. XI. Eleanor, m. ------ Shepherd.".
1Charles Henry Wight, Thomas Tarbell and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 61, p. 70 (Jan 1907).
"1. THOMAS1 TARBELL, the ancestor of all the early Tarbell families of New England, settled in Watertown as early as 1647, at which time he is mentioned in the town records as owning land. Mar. 30, 1663, he and wife, Mary, sold his house and land there, and removed to Groton, where she died Apt. 29, 1674, aged 54 years. The family retired from Groton to Charlestown at the destruction of the former town during King Philip's war, and there he married second, Aug. 15, 1676, Susanna, widow of John Lawrence, and died of small pox, June 11, 1678. Administration upon his estate, as contained in two papers in ther Middlesex Co. Court Files, bearing dates of May 31, 1680, and Mar. 18, 1680-1, shows the following
Children:
2. i. THOMAS.2
ii. MARY, d. Apr. 26, 1676; m. July 3, 1665, Jonathan Sawtell of Groton.
iii. SARAH, aged 33 in Oct. 1681; m. before May 31, 1680, Cornelius Church of Groton and Charlestown. The Groton records state that he m. June 4, 1670, Mary ------, which may be an error for Sarah. She d. a widow, at Salem, 1715. In her will, dated July 1, 1698, proved July 18, 1715, she bequeathed two-thirds of her lands at Groton to James Bennett, "my fisters Son", and the other one-third to Samuel Cutler, Jr., of Salem, "who married my Sisters daughter". The latter was Sarah Sawtell.
iv. ABIGAIL, was living 1719; m. in Watertown, "laft of September", 1672, Joshua Whitney of Watertown and Groton.
3. v. JOHN.
vi. ELIZABETH, b. Jan. 5, 1656-7; d. July 25, 1684; m. Feb. 4, 1680-1, James Bennett of Charlestown.
vii. WILLIAM, b. Feb. 26, 1658-9; was living Apr. 5, 1681, but probably d. soon after, as no further trace of him has been found.
viii. MARTHA, was unmarried Mar. 2, 1682-3, when she disposed of a part of her share in her father's estate. She was undoubtedly the Martha Tarbell who m. in Salem, May 18, 1685, Thomas Mitchell.".
1Rev. Emerson Davis, A Record of Marriages, Births and Deaths in Westfield, Mass., Prior to the Year 1700, NEHGR Vol. 6, p. 270 (Jul 1852).
"MATHEW NOBLE m. Hannah Dewey, Dec. 10, 1690; chn. Joseph, b. Oct. 8, 1691; Hezekiah, b. May 14, 1694; Mathew, b. Sept. 19, 1698; Solomon, b. Dec. 23, 1700; Elisha, b. Feb. 9, 1702; Obadiah, b. Oct. 19, 1705; Hannah b. Oct. 11, 1707, Hester, b. June 6, 1710; Rhoda, b. Ap. 17, 1717.".