Thomas Whitney and family

Several members of the family of Whitney were married, baptised and buried at St Margaret's church Westminster. There are no memorials or gravestones for the family surviving. The following show entries from the parish registers for the period 1538-1600 including many from the family of Thomas Whitney (married 1583, buried in 1637). At this period very little information is recorded in the registers and spelling of the name can vary. Spelling has been standardized here. The mother's first name is not given in any baptism entries until 1639. Burial entries at this time do not normally say whether the person is a child or an adult.

Marriages

Thomas Whitney to Mary Bray 12th May 1583 [the original marriage allegation was published in the 19th century but the original does not survive. This shows that he was of Lambeth Marsh, gentleman, and she was the daughter of John Bray, tailor of Westminster]

Alice Whitney to Francis Beale 1st May 1620

Anne Whitney to Randoll Green 12th October 1635

John Whitney to Elizabeth Thomas 28th August 1639

Thomas Whitney to Penelope Platt 15th August 1642

Mary Whitney to Thomas Maddox 25th January 1652

Baptisms of children of Thomas Whitney (died 1637)

Margaret 18th October 1584

Thomas 25th July 1587

Henry 11th November 1588

Arnwaye 2nd February 1590

John 20th July 1592

Nowell 30th October 1594

Francis 27th January 1599

Mary 2nd August 1600

Robert 10th November 1605

Frances 11th May 1615

This Thomas, gentleman of Westminster, leased tenements from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster from 1606 and in 1635 he had property in King Street and Sayes Alley near the Abbey (both streets were swept way in the 19th century). The illustration shows the bond in the Westminster Abbey archives signed by Thomas, John Whitney and others in 1632 (Westminster Abbey Muniment 28586 which has his seal also). His sons Robert and Francis were his executors. Their signatures and seals are shown on the other illustration (WAM 28671 dated 1637). Another son John emigrated to America.

Baptisms of children of William Whitney

William 25th January 1602

Annys 5th October 1603

A William Whitney also held property in King Street.

Baptisms of children of John and Elizabeth Whitney

Robert 2nd August 1640

John 31st October 1641

Whitney burials

Charles 18th March 1559; Myles 13th December 1577 [called gentleman and in his will he is described as a servant to Dame Anne Knevett]; Thomas 19th August 1587; Henry 4th January 1589; Arneway 11th August 1591; Nowell 28th February 1597; Meliora 2nd July 1599; Mary 8th August 1600; William 14th September 1603; John 30th January 1604 (died of plague); William 6th November 1609; Gartherd 29th November 1610; Thomas 28th May 1621; Captain Thomas Whitney 16th June 1621 [his widow was Frances]; Mrs Mary Whitney 25th September 1629; Mr Whitney 15th April 1637 [his first name is not given but this is Thomas]; unnamed 24th August 1640 (died of plague); John, a child 1st December 1642; Mrs Frances Whitney 26th August 1643; Penelope 29th September 1656.

A John Whitney leased property in the Sanctuary (near the west front of the Abbey) in 1513.

The will of Myles is at The National Archives, Kew, Surrey