Family:Whitney, Peletiah (1819-1891)
Peletiah8 Whitney (Salmon7, Moses6, Ephraim5, Moses4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Salmon7 and Abigail (Bray) Whitney, was born 28 Sep 1819, Madrid, ME, and died 1891.
He "of Plantation Letter E" married, 1 Mar 1849, Portland, ME, Persis Temple True "of Portland",[1] daughter of Jonathan and Deborah (Winslow) True. She was born 23 Nov 1819, New Gloucester, ME, and died after 1900.
He resided Portland, ME; owned two or more lots of land near City Hall.
Child of Peletiah8 and Persis Temple (True) Whitney:
i. Franklin W.9 Whitney, b. Sep 1851, Portland, ME; m. Esther A. (-----) Cole.
Census
244 411 Peletiah Whitney 31 M - Confectioner Me. Persis T. " 31 F - " Cath. McArthur 10 F - Ireland
888 1327 Peletiah Whitney 40 M - Trader $3500 $500 Maine Persis T. " 40 F - " Frank W. " 8 M - " Attended school Chester D. " 26 M - Clerk $200 " Naomi P. " 21 F - "
31 39 Whitney, Peltiah 50 M W Retired Merchant $5000 $12000 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Persis T. 50 F " Keeping house " -----, Franklin W. 18 M " " Attended school
Peltiah WHITNEY 60 Self M M W ME Trader ME ME Persist WHITNEY 60 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Frank W. WHITNEY 28 Son M M W ME At Home ME ME
494 588 Whitney, Frank W. Head W M Sep 1851 48 mar 18 Maine Maine Maine Landlord, Owns free house -----, Esther A. Wife W F Sep 1849 50 mar 18 2ch 2liv Canada Eng. Canada Eng. Canada Eng. Immig. 1876 -----, Louis P. Son W M Sep 1882 17 sgl Maine Maine Canada Eng. At school -----, Adeline W. M. Dau W F Sep 1886 13 sgl Maine Maine Canada Eng. At school -----, Persis F. Moth W F Nov 1819 80 wid 1ch 1liv Maine Maine Maine
References
1.^ "Mar. 1, 1849, Peletiah WHITNEY of Plantation Letter E & Persis T. TRUE of Portland; by Rev. J. W. CHICKERING, Portland (C:15)," according to Kelley, Judith Holbrook, ed. and transcr., Clayton Rand Adams, ed., Marriage Returns of Cumberland County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 29 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 352.
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