412–413. Isaiah Whitney was born in Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, on Friday, November 28, 1735, and died in Harvard on February 23, 1817. He died of typhus fever. His gravestone gives his age as 83. Persis Randall was born in 1746. They were married in Massachusetts about 1757. She took the name Persis Whitney. He is the son of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Farrar) Whitney. They had seven children:
| i. | Jonah Whitney: He was born June 19, 1758, died in 1843; married first Lois Hill and second Jane Stone. He served in the Revolutionary War. | |
| ii. | John Whitney [#206]: He was born in Harvard baptized on March 30, 1760, and died in Milledgeville, Georgia, in 1799. | |
| iii. | Dorcas Whitney: She was born April 20, 1760, died June 28 1832; married William Baker. | |
| iv. | Isaiah Whitney: He was baptized on October 25, 1762, and died 11 days later. | |
| v. | (Dr.) Isaiah Whitney: He was born December 13, 1764, died November 30, 1839; married Dorcas Whitman. | |
| vi. | (Dr.) Amos Whitney: He was born December 27, 1768, died February 23, 1802; married Rhoda Cutter on June 9, 1793. | |
| vii. | Cyrus Whitney: He was born August 17, 1771, died Aug 24, 1847; married Aseneth Harris on June 19, 1796. |
Isaiah resided on the farm which his father purchased in 1722, before Harvard
was incorporated. Their marriage banns were published on September 27, 1756,
in Stow, Mass. He was in the Revolutionary army,
in the company from Harvard, commanded by Capt. Davis.