Family:Whitney, Nathan (1784-1843)
Nathan7 Whitney (Timothy6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Eleazer3, Thomas2, John1), son of Timothy6 and Phebe (Reed) Whitney, was born 15 Aug 1784, Marlborough, MA,[1] and died before 1843, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH.
He married, 16 May 1805, Athol, MA, Sina Wheeler,[2] daughter of Zaccheus and Silence (Leland) Wheeler. She was born 9 Apr 1786, Sutton, MA,[3] and died 9 Feb 1867, Pittsfield, OH, aged 80 years 10 months. She was buried in East Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield, OH.
On 19 Sep 1843, Pittsfield Township, Lorain Co., OH, will proved; names wife Sina; sons Alva, Ira, William W., Nathan H., and George F.; and four daughters Lusina and Lusinda Whitney, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Wilden.[4]
Children of Nathan7 and Sina (Wheeler) Whitney:
i. Alva8 Whitney, b. 6 Mar 1806, Athol, MA;[5] m. Lydia Heald. ii. Ira Whitney, b. 30 Jul 1807, Athol, MA;[6] m. Susannah Thurston. iii. Anna Whitney, b. 30 Mar 1809, Athol, MA;[7] living 1843; m. about 1835, Stillman W. Lincoln. iv. William Wheeler Whitney, b. 12 Mar 1811, Athol, MA;[8] m. Persis H. Hapgood. v. George F. Whitney, b. 16 Aug 1814, Orange, MA;[9] apparently died before 1836. vi. Loisa Whitney, b. 27 Sep 1816, Orange, MA;[10] d. 10 [???] 1840, aged 23 years; bur. Pittsfield East Cemetery, Pittsfield, OH;[11] m. 4 Jul 1838, Lorain Co., OH, Joel Wilder. vii. Lusina Whitney, b. say 1818;[12] living 1843; m. 9 Aug 1836, Lorain Co., OH, Joseph Stilloway or David Sillaway. viii. Almira Whitney, b. ca. 1823, VT; m. 23 May 1842, Lorain Co., OH, Joel Wilder. ix. Lucinda Whitney, b. ca. 1825, VT;[13] d. after 1850; m. 1 May 1846, Lorain Co., OH, Jesse West. x. Nathan Harvey Whitney, b. ca. 1827, VT;[14] m. Fanny Amelia West. ix. George F. Whitney, b. 1 Jun 1836, Bennington, VT; m. Mary Jane Van Valkinburg.
Census
- 1810, Orange, Hampshire Co., MA: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 0-9.
- 1820, Peru, Bennington Co., VT: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, and 2 females 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture.
- 1830, Peru, Bennington Co., VT: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 2 males 20-29, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 15-19, 2 females 10-14, and 2 females 0-4.
- 1840, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 50-60, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 10-14, 2 males under 5, 1 female 40-50, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 15-19, 1 female under 5, 9 total, 2 in agriculture.
- 1850, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH:
342 345 Lina Whitney 64 F - Mass. George 14 M - Vermont Lucina West 25 F - Do Subia " 2 F - Ohio
156 158 Joel Wilder 47 M - Mason $4060 $1129 Vt. Almira 38 F - " Jane 10 F - Student O. Attended school Emma 13 F - " Attended school Sina Whitney 75 F - Mass. Stephen Hale 18 M - Laborer Vt. Attended school
References
1.^ "Nathan [Whitney], s. Timothy and Phebe, [born] Aug. 15, 1784," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1908), pp. 194-196.
2.^ "Nathan [Whitney] of Royalston and Sina Wheeler, [married] May 16, 1805," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910), p. 176.
3.^ "Sina [Wheeler], d. Zaccheus and Silance, [born] April 9, 1786," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).
4.^ E-mail message, 29 Mar 2002, from Laurie Skillern ([email protected]).
5.^ "Alva [Whitney], d. Nathan and Sina, [born] March 6, 1806," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
6.^ "Ira [Whitney], s. Nathan and Sina, [born] July 30, 1807," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
7.^ "Anna [Whitney], d. Nathan and Sina, [born] March 30, 1809," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
8.^ "William Wheeler [Whitney], s. Nathan and Sina, [born] March 12, 1811," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
9.^ "George [Whitney], ch. Nathan & Sina (name unclear), [born] Aug. 16, 1814," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891 (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983).
10.^ "Loisa, dau. Nathan and Sina, Sep. 27, 1816," according to Orange Vital Records.
11.^ FindAGrave Memorial #40998688, Louisa Wilder.
12.^ E-mail message, 29 Mar 2002, from Laurie Skillern.
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- Massachusetts
- Franklin County, Massachusetts
- Orange, Franklin County, Massachusetts
- Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
- Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Ohio
- Lorain County, Ohio
- Pittsfield, Lorain County, Ohio
- Vermont
- Bennington County, Vermont
- Peru, Bennington County, Vermont