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Frances Pratt Tapley, comp., Vital Records of Sterling, Massachusetts (Sterling, MA: Historical Commission, 1976).

Births

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Abigail Roe, d. Caleb and Abigail, Dec. 11, 1825.

Betsey, d. Jonathan and Lucy, Nov. 16, 1798.

Caleb, s. Jonathan and Lucy, Dec. 28, 1800.

Charlotte Evelina, d. Caleb and Abigail, Apr. 22, 1824.

Clara Elizabeth, d. Joseph and Emma, Mar. 5, 1846.

Edward Munroe, s. Leonard M. and Elizabeth M., in Misshawka, Indiana, June 19, 1857.

Eliza, d. Mellen and Jean, Mar. 31, 1799.

Hezekiah, s. Jonathan and Lucy, June 16, 1807.

Joel, s. Jonathan and Lucy, June 2, 1806.

Jonathan, s. Jonathan and Lucy, July 23, 1802.

Joseph, s. Jonathan and Lucy, Nov. 22, 1810.

Levi, s. Jonathan and Lucy, Dec. 3, 1795.

Lucy, d. Jonathan and Lucy, May 11, 1794.

Lucinda, in Shirley, d. Mellen and Jean, Nov. 15, 1795.

Lyddia, d. Mellen and Jean, July 23, 1797.

Nancy, d. Mellen and Jean, May 28, 1802.

Prissey, d. Jonathan and Lucy, Feb. 9, 1797.

Marriages

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Betsey of S. and Joshua Church of Templeton, June 7, 1820.

Caleb and Abigail R. Sargent, both of S., March 7, 1824.

Jonathan of S. and Lucy Wheeler of Gardner, Nov. 7, 1793, in Westminster, by Abner Holden, J.P.

Joseph and Emma Wilder, both of S., May 14, 1835.

Joshua and Vashty Night (Knight in Lancaster Records), both of S., Nov. 31, 1781.

Lucy and Calvin Wheeler, both of S., by Reuben Holcomb, Min. of S., Dec. 2, 1813.

Mellen [int. Mellens] of Sterling and Jane Richardson, Jan. 7, 1796.

Priscilla and Leonard Mason, both of S., Sept. 11, 1817.

Stephen of Hadley, and Cathy Brown of S., March 24, 1809.

Deaths

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Caleb, Mar. 28, 1822, ae. 92 yrs.

Levi, s. of Jonathan and Lucy, Feb. 9, 1796.

1841-1910

From "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

Births

Whitney, [Female], birth, 1846, vol. 17, p. 247:

[number] 33; [birthdate] March 5, 1846; [date of record] May 24th, 1846; [name] (no name) Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] --; [parents] Joseph & Emma Whitney; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] --; [birthplace of mother] --.

Whitney, [Female], birth, 1869, vol. 216, p. 279:

[number] 26; [birthdate] November 22d; [date of record] --; [name] (no name) Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] James W. & Sultana V. (m.n. Bartlett); [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Stow; [birthplace of mother] Dublin, N.H.

Whitney, [Male], birth, 1867, vol. 198, p. 253:

[number] 20; [birthdate] July 21st; [date of record] --; [name] (no name) Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Walter H. K. & Emily J. (m.n. Hadley); [residence of father] Fitchburg; [occupation of father] Clerk; [birthplace of father] Lancaster; [birthplace of mother] Sterling.

Whitney, Alice Medora, birth, 1859, vol. 125, p. 231:

[number] 158; [birthdate] May 10; [date of record] --; [name] Alice Medora Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] James W. & Sultana V. Whitney; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Sterling; [birthplace of mother] Hancock, N.H.

Whitney, Amanda Maria, birth, 1855, vol. 92, p. 223:

[number] 4; [birthdate] March 10; [date of record] --; [name] Amanda Maria Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] James W. & Sultana V. Whitney; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Sterling; [birthplace of mother] N.H.

Whitney, Arline Elizabeth, birth, 1902, vol. 522, p. 377:

[number] 16; [birthdate] Oct. 13; [date of record] Jan. 1, 1903; [name] Arline Elizabeth Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] --; [parents] Edward W. Whitney, Mary Ledingham; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Mechanic; [birthplace of father] Leominster; [birthplace of mother] Leominster.

Whitney, Charles Winthrop, birth, 1865, vol. 179, p. 220:

[number] 25; [birthdate] August 25; [date of record] --; [name] Charles Winthrop Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] James W. & Sultana V. (Bartlett) Whitney; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Sterling; [birthplace of mother] Hancock, N.H.

Whitney, Gladys May, birth, 1894, vol. 441, p. 543:

[number] 2; [birthdate] Jan. 20; [date of record] Jan. 1st, 1895; [name] Gladys May Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Edward W. & Mary Whitney, m.n. Leddingham; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Leominster; [birthplace of mother] Leominster.

Whitney, Josephine E., birth, 1855, vol. 92, p. 223:

[number] 15; [birthdate] August 11; [date of record] --; [name] Josephine E. Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Joseph & Emma Whitney; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Sterling; [birthplace of mother] Sterling.

Whitney, Mary Rebecca, birth, 1861, vol. 143, p. 264:

[number] 11; [birthdate] May 8th; [date of record] --; [name] Mary Rebecca Whitney; [sex] Female; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] James W. Whitney, Sultana V. (m.n. Bartlett); [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Farmer; [birthplace of father] Stow; [birthplace of mother] Dublin, N.H.

Whitney, Ralph Edward, birth, 1895, vol. 450, p. 553:

[number] 18; [birthdate] Dec. 23; [date of record] Jan. 1, 1896; [name] Ralph Edward Whitney; [sex] Male; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Edward W. & Mary J. Whitney, m.n. Leddingham; [residence of father] Sterling; [occupation of father] Laborer; [birthplace of father] Leominster; [birthplace of mother] Leominster.

Marriages

Whitney, Emma Frances [Whitney], marriage, 1874, vol. 264, p. 320:

[number] 7; [marriage date and place] Sept. 27; [date of record] --; [groom] Samuel H. Seaver; [residence] Sterling; [age] 49; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Brattleboro; [parents] Joseph & Persis, m.n. Howe; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Emma Frances Whitney, m.n. Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 30; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Boston; [parents] Simeon & Lucy; [number of marriage] Second; [officiant] V. M. Simmons, Pastor.

Whitney, Abby H. [-----], marriage, 1845, vol. 13, p. 184:

[number] --; [marriage date and place] July 23, 1844; [date of record] Aug. 6, 1844; [groom] Sidney Smith; [residence] Sterling; [age] 46; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] --; [parents] ----- & Hannah Smith; [number of marriage] Widower; [bride] Abby H. Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 23; [occupation] Housekeeper; [birthplace] --; [parents] Unknown; [number of marriage] Widow; [officiant] George Proctor, Clerk or Minister.

Whitney, Alice M., marriage, 1879, vol. 309, p. 273:

[number] 1; [marriage date and place] January 1, 1879; [date of record] --; [groom] Jacob S. Lakin; [residence] Harrisville, N.H.; [age] 24; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Hancock, N.H.; [parents] William & Lydia; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Alice M. Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 19; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] James W. & Sultana N. m.n. Bartlett; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] H. P. Cutting, Pastor, 1st Congl. Society, Sterling.

Whitney, Charlotte E., marriage, 1855, vol. 89, p. 239:

[number] 2; [marriage date and place] June 13, 1855; [date of record] --; [groom] Henry N. Allen; [residence] Gardner; [age] 23; [occupation] Tin plate worker; [birthplace] Wendell; [parents] George & Hannah Allen; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Charlotte E. Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 28; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Caleb & Abigail Whitney; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Wm. Miller, Clergyman, Sterling.

Whitney, Edward W., marriage, 1892, vol. 426, p. 495:

[number] 14; [marriage date and place] Nov. 29, Leominster; [date of record] Jan. 1, 1892; [groom] Edward W. Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 22; [occupation] Laborer; [birthplace] Leominster; [parents] John W. & Mary Ellen Whitney, m.n. May; [number of marriage] 1st; [bride] Mary J. Ledingham; [residence] Leominster; [age] 20; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Leominster; [parents] Geo. & Isabella Ledingham, m.n. Lawson; [number of marriage] 1st; [officiant] Rev. Geo. W. Bodge, Leominster.

Whitney, Emily [Brasey], marriage, 1877, vol. 291, p. 250:

[number] 2; [marriage date and place] February 6th; [date of record] --; [groom] William H. H. Mahan; [residence] Sterling; [age] 36y; [occupation] Bootmaker; [birthplace] Northboro; [parents] Samuel & Amelia, m.n. Boynton; [number of marriage] Second; [bride] Emily Whitney, m.n. Brasey; [residence] Sterling; [age] 42y; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Newport, Vt.; [parents] Samuel & Sarah, m.n. Fuller; [number of marriage] Second; [officiant] N. D. George, Methodist clergyman, West Boylston.

Whitney, Emma Frances [Whitney], marriage, 1874, vol. 264, p. 320:

[number] 7; [marriage date and place] Septr. 27, 1874; [date of record] --; [groom] Samuel H. Seaver; [residence] Sterling; [age] 49; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Brattleboro; [parents] Joseph & Persis (m.n. Howe); [number of marriage] First; [bride] Emma Frances Whitney, m.n. Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 36; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Boston; [parents] Simeon & Lucy; [number of marriage] Second; [officiant] V. M. Simmons, Pastor, Methodist church, Clinton.

Whitney, Geo. W., marriage, 1891, vol. 417, p. 481:

[number] 3; [marriage date and place] May 27, Sterling; [date of record] Jan. 1, '92; [groom] Geo. W. Whitney; [residence] Leominster; [age] 18; [occupation] Horn worker; [birthplace] Leominster; [parents] John W. & Mary E. Whitney, m.n. May; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Harriet A. Lett; [residence] Leominster; [age] 17; [occupation] Shirt maker; [birthplace] New Jersey; [parents] Henry & Ann Lett, m.n. Hapgood; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] John E. Dodge, Sterling, Clergyman.

Whitney, James Eugene, marriage, 1889, vol. 399, p. 426:

[number] 9; [marriage date and place] Sept. 11th, Lancaster; [date of record] Oct. 1st; [groom] James Eugene Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 20; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] James W. & Sultana Whitney, m.n. Bartlett; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Anne E. Corey; [residence] Leominster; [age] 20; [occupation] Shirt maker; [birthplace] Groton; [parents] Charles E. & Mary Corey, m.n. Maloy; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Rev. S. W. Morey, Clergyman, Lancaster.

Whitney, Joseph D., marriage, 1855, vol. 89, p. 239:

[number] 10; [marriage date and place] Novr. 17, 1855; [date of record] --; [groom] Joseph D. Whitney; [residence] West Boylston; [age] 18; [occupation] Road builder; [birthplace] Boylston; [parents] James & Submit Whitney; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Laura A. Heywood; [residence] West Boylston; [age] 22; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Boylston; [parents] James & Anna Heywood; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] J. H. Lerned, B. Clergyman, Sterling.

Whitney, Josie E., marriage, 1874, vol. 264, p. 320:

[number] 11; [marriage date and place] Octr. 7th, 1874; [date of record] --; [groom] Joseph H. Osgood; [residence] Sterling; [age] 24y; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Samuel & Harried K. (m.n. Kendall); [number of marriage] First; [bride] Josie E. Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 19y; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Joseph & Emma K. (m.n. Wilder); [number of marriage] First; [officiant] H. P. Cutting, Pastor of First Congl. Socy., Sterling.

Whitney, Martha Maria, marriage, 1844, vol. 13, p. 184:

[number] --; [marriage date and place] Sept. 10, 1844; [date of record] Sept. 10, 1844, Sterling; [groom] Wm. Augustus Shumway; [residence] Sterling; [age] 26; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] --; [parents] --; [number of marriage] Single; [bride] Martha Maria Whitney; [residence] Sterling; [age] 20; [occupation] --; [birthplace] --; [parents] Amos & Patty Whitney; [number of marriage] Single; [officiant] Rev. David Fosdick Jr., Clerk of Sterling.

Whitney, Oscar Nathaniel, marriage, 1894, vol. 444, p. 481:

[number] 8; [marriage date and place] July 14, Sterling; [date of record] Jan. 1, 1895; [groom] Oscar Nathaniel Whitney; [residence] Geneva, N.Y.; [age] 28; [occupation] Clerk; [birthplace] Denmark, N.Y.; [parents] Nathaniel B. & Rhoby Whitney, m.n. Houghton; [number of marriage] 1st; [bride] Lillian May Walden; [residence] Dresden, Germany; [age] 30; [occupation] Teacher; [birthplace] Westfield; [parents] Wm. C. & Cordelia Walden, m.n. Reed; [number of marriage] 1st; [officiant] Wm. S. Heywood, Sterling, Clergyman.

Whitney, Walter H. K., marriage, 1867, vol. 201, p. 265:

[number] 9; [marriage date and place] July 16th; [date of record] --; [groom] Walter H. K. Whitney; [residence] Fitchburg; [age] 22; [occupation] Clerk; [birthplace] Lancaster; [parents] John & Rosella C. (m.n. Childs); [number of marriage] First; [bride] Emily J. Hadley; [residence] Sterling; [age] 19; [occupation] --; [birthplace] West Boylston; [parents] Eli & Mary Jane (m.n. Roker); [number of marriage] First; [officiant] A. S. Nickerson, Un. clergyman, Sterling.

Deaths

Newton, Lucebia [Whitney], death, 1865, vol. 185, p. 264:

[number] 30; [death date and place] Nov. 30th; [date of record] --; [name] Lucebia Newton, m.n. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widowed; [age] 49 - -; [cause] Phthisis; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Stow; [parents] Amos Whitney, Patty (m.n. Wilder); [parents' birthplaces] Stow, Sterling.

Seaver, Emma F. [Whitney], death, 1884, vol. 357, p. 453:

[number] 6; [death date and place] March 20th; [date of record] March 24th; [name] Emma F. Seaver, m.n. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Married; [age] 40 - -; [cause] Phthisis; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Needham; [parents] Simeon Whitney, Eliza, m.n. Newhall; [parents' birthplaces] Needham, Needham.

Wheeler, Lucy [Whitney], death, 1871, vol. 240, p. 305:

[number] 7; [death date and place] April 10th; [date of record] --; [name] Lucy Wheeler, m.n. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widow; [age] 76 11 -; [cause] Disease of heart; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Jonathan Whitney, Lucy (m.n. Wheeler); [parents' birthplaces] Sterling, Gardner.

Whitney, [Female], death, 1867, vol. 204, p. 273:

[number] 28; [death date and place] July 21st; [date of record] --; [name] A child (no name); [sex] Female; [marital status] --; [age] - - 1/24; [cause] Infantile debility; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Walter H. K. & Emily J. Whitney (m.n. Hadley); [parents' birthplaces] Lancaster, Sterling..

Whitney, Abigail R., death, 1851, vol. 59, p. 187:

[number] 32; [death date and place] Nov. 24, Sterling; [date of record] --; [name] Abigail R. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Single; [age] 25 11 13; [cause] Typhoid fever; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Caleb & Abigail Whitney; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Abigail R. [Sargent], death, 1864, vol. 176, p. 296:

[number] 12; [death date and place] April 7; [date of record] --; [name] Abigail R. Whitney, m.n. Sargent; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widowed; [age] 63 - -; [cause] Hemorrhage from lungs; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Princeton; [parents] ----- Sargent; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Amanda B. [Bartlett], death, 1853, vol. 77, p. 171:

[number] 13; [death date and place] Septr. 17, Sterling; [date of record] --; [name] Amanda B. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Married; [age] 19 - -; [cause] Consumption; [residence] - -; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Hancock, N.H.; [parents] Thomas & Mary Bartlett; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Clara Elizabeth, death, 1848 - 1849, vol. 41, p. 329:

[number] 2; [death date and place] June 28, Sterling; [date of record] --; [name] Clara Elizabeth Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Single; [age] 2 3 -; [cause] Ulcerated sore throat; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Joseph & Emma Whitney; [parents' birthplaces] --.

Whitney, Edward Warren, death, 1904, vol. 1904/89 (death), p. 231:

[number] 7; [death date and place] February 20, 1904, Sterling, Mass.; [date of record] Mar. 21, 1904; [name] Edward Warren Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Married; [age] 33 - 27; [cause] Pneumonia; [residence] --; [occupation] Foreman; [birthplace] Leominster, Mass.; [parents] John W. Whitney, unknown; [parents' birthplaces] Unknown, unknown; [buried] Evergreen Cem., Leominster.

Whitney, Eliza [Newell], death, 1877, vol. 294, p. 367:

[number] 13; [death date and place] August 25; [date of record] --; [name] Eliza Whitney, m.n. Newell; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widowed; [age] 73 5 15; [cause] Disease of the heart; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Needham; [parents] Nathan Newell, Dorcas; [parents' birthplaces] -----, Medway.

Whitney, Emma K. [Wilder], death, 1881, vol. 330, p. 414:

[number] 28; [death date and place] Septr. 28th; [date of record] --; [name] Emma K. Whitney, m.n. Wilder; [sex] Female; [marital status] Married; [age] 67 1 3; [cause] Pneumonia; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] At home; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Sawyer & Hannah, m.n. Bailey; [parents' birthplaces] Sterling.

Whitney, James W., death, 1892, vol. 429, p. 653:

[number] 21; [death date and place] July 8; [date of record] --; [name] James W. Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Married; [age] 74 3 25; [cause] Heart disease; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Stow; [parents] Amos Whitney, Patty Wilder; [parents' birthplaces] Stow, Sterling; [buried] Sterling.

Whitney, Joseph, death, 1883, vol. 348, p. 461:

[number] 20; [death date and place] July 2d; [date of record] --; [name] Joseph Whitney; [sex] Male; [marital status] Widowed; [age] 72 7 22; [cause] Pneumonia; [residence] Sterling; [occupation] Farmer; [birthplace] Sterling; [parents] Jonathan Whitney, Lucy, m.n. Wheeler; [parents' birthplaces] Sterling, Gardner.

Whitney, Lucy [Wheeler], death, 1856, vol. 104, p. 203:

[number] 1; [death date and place] Jany. 2, 1856, Sterling; [date of record] --; [name] Lucy Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widowed; [age] 84 7 -; [cause] Paralysis; [residence] --; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Gardner; [parents] Josiah & Lucy Wheeler; [parents' birthplaces] --.

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