Family:Whitney, Abram Hinckley (1817-1851)
Abram Hinckley7 Whitney (James M.6, Jacob5, Benjamin4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), son of James M.6 and Reliance (?Hinckley?) Whitney, was born 1 Apr 1817, Phillips, ME,[1] and died 11 Aug 1851, Medford, MA, aged 34 years 4 months, of typhoid fever.[2]
He married, 11 Apr 1845, Mary Wilber, daughter of David and Charlotte (-----) Wilber. She was born 25 Jul 1819, Phillips, ME,[3] or Deerham, ME, and died 11 Nov 1885, Medford, MA, aged 65 years 8 months 16 days, of gastric catarrh.[4]
He was born and reared in the vicinity of what was called Phillips village, ME; was educated there in the common schools. There served time and finally became a house carpenter. When he was 28 years of age, married Mary Wilber, who then resided with her parents in the town of Durham, ME. They then resided for a short time in Phillips, ME, from there removed to a farm in the town of Avon, ME, where their son was born in 1846. When he was about two or three years of age they removed to Medford, MA, he pursuing the occupation of a house carpenter until he was injured and was compelled to quit work, finally, in consequence of said injuries, he died. He resided Avon, ME, and Medford, MA.
Children of Abram Hinckley7 and Mary (Wilber) Whitney:
i. Jophanus Henderson8 Whitney, b. 15 Jan 1846, Phillips, ME;[5] m. Martha L. A. Flanders.
Census
281 360 Abraham Whitney 35 M - Carpenter Me. Mrs. " 35 F - " Jofranus " 4 M - " Mr. Wilbur 25 M - " "
491 547 Mary Whitney 40 F - Maine Jaoshmus H. " 14 M - " Emery Ranesdale 30 M - Shoemaker Mass. Augustus E. " 8 M - " Attended school Stephen Pierce 22 M - Farm Laborer "
268 317 Whitney, J. H. 24 M W Cigar Maker Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Martha 22 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Mary 52 F W No occupation Maine Ellis, Rost 25 M W House Painter " Male citizen over 21 Ramsdill, C. E. 9 M W At School Mass. Attended school 318 Richard, Mary 53 F W Keeing House N.H. -----, Mame 24 F W Clerk in store N.H. -----, Anna 19 F W " "
Jophanus WHITNEY 34 Self M M W ME Policeman ME ME Martha WHITNEY 31 Wife F M W MA Keeping House NH NH Orville J. WHITNEY 6 Son M S W MA ME MA Bertha J. WHITNEY 5 Dau F S W MA ME MA Clarence E. WHITHEY 18 Oth M S W MA Blacksmith Apprentice MA MA Mary WHITNEY 60 Moth F W W ME ME ME
References
- All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 406-407.
1.^ "1 Apr 1817 Abram H. [Whitney] [born]," according to Phillips, Maine, Vital Records. Also, "Abram H. [Whitney], [born] [Apr .__, 1817]. G.R.2," according to Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907).
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 58, page 85.
3.^ "25 Jul 1819 Mary [Whitney] [born]," according to Phillips, Maine, Vital Records.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 365, page 159.
5.^ "15 Jan 1846 Sophanus M., s. Abram H. Whitney and Mary [born]," according to Phillips, Maine, Vital Records.
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