Tabitha MELLEN

Father: Thomas MELLEN
Mother: Elizabeth //

Family 1: Mark WHITNEY

(1) Source: Massachusetts, U.S., Town Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

  1. Love WHITNEY
  2. Jason WHITNEY
  3. Mary WHITNEY
  4. Mark WHITNEY
  5. Tabitha WHITNEY (died young)
  6. Thomas WHITNEY
  7. Tabitha WHITNEY (not a typo)
  8. Sarah WHITNEY
  9. Esther WHITNEY
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Notes

Updated January 18, 2026. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Massachusetts, U.S., Town Birth Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Tabbatha MELLEN
- Birth Date: Jan 4, 1703
- Birth Place: Framingham
- Father's First Name: Thomas
- Mother's First Name: Elezebeth
- Gender: Female
- Source: Vital Records of Framingham

(2) Whitney Research Group.

- Mark WHITNEY "... 'of Hopkinton,' married, 4 Jan 1725/26 or 1726/27, Framingham, MA, Tabitha MELLEN 'of Framingham', daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (-----) MELLEN. She was born on 4 Jan 1703/4, Framingham, MA, and she died after 17 Jun 1760, when she was mentioned in her husband's will."
- Children of Mark and Tabitha, all born in Hopkinton, MA: Love, Jason, Mary, Mark, Tabitha, Thomas, Tabitha (not a typo), Sarah and Esther.

(3) Pierce, Frederick Clifton. The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635. Chicago, Illinois, United States, self-published, 1895. Pages 39-40.

"MARK WHITNEY (Benjamin, John), b. Framingham, Mass., abt. 1700; m. in Framingham Jan. 4, 1726, Tabitha MELLEN, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4, 1703.. Tabitha, taught school at Hopkinton... Thomas MELLEN, who was Mark WHITNEY's father-in-law [e.g. Tabitha's fatgher], and Benjamin WHITNEY were of those who, in 1732, went to the Hopkinton church on account of dissatisfaction at Framingham."

Children of Mark WHITNEY and Tabitha MELLEN were: "i. Love, bap. Hop. Nov. 26, 1726; m. Jan. 2, 1754, Jonathan BATTLE of Dedham... ii. Jason, b. Aug. 31, 1729; m. Elizabeth BEAL and Lois PRATT. iii. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1731; m. 1759, Lieut. Joseph CODY of Hopkinton; res. Milford, Mass... iv. Mark, b. Apr. 11, 1732; d. unm. at Natick in 1750. v. Tabitha, b. Apr. 11, 1735; d. July 11, 1735, in Hopk. vi. Thomas, b. Jan. 24, 1736; m. Mehitable BACON. vii. Tabitha, b. Mar. 11, 1738; m. Aug. 31, 1767, John LESSURE of Upton, Mass. viii. Sarah, b. June 12, 1739; m. June 11, 1761, Nathan WATKINS of Hopkinton; descendents res. in Hollinston. ix. Esther, b. Oct. 1742; m. Aug. 30, 1764, James WATKINS of Hopkinton; des. res. in Milford."

(4) Family Data Collection - Individual Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Tabitha Tabatha MELLEN
- Spouse: Mark WHITNEY
- Parents: Thomas MELLEN, Elizabeth MELLEN
- Birth Place: Middlesex, Framingham, MA
- Birth Date: 4 Jan 1703
- Marriage Place: Framingham, Middlesex, MA
- Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1726
- Source Information: Edmund West, comp.. Family Data Collection - Individual Records [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.

(5) Massachusetts, Town Marriage Records via Ancestry.com

- Name: Tabitha MELLEN
- Spouse: Mark WHITNEY
- Marriage Date: 4 Jan 1726
- Marriage Place: Framingham
- Source: Vital Records of Framingham
- Full Text: WHITNEY, Mark of Hopkinton, and Tabitha MELLEN, Jan. 4, 1726-7

(6) Find a Grave

- Name: Tabitha MELLEN WHITNEY
- Birth: 4 Jan 1703; Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Death: unknown
- Burial: Sherborn Center Cemetery; Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 174747202