Family:Whitney, Simeon (1799-1859)
Simeon7 Whitney (Reuben6, Abel5, Nathan4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Reuben6 and Mercy (Baker) Whitney, was born 6 May 1799, Litchfield, ME,[1] and died 27 Feb or 27 Mar 1859, Gardiner, ME, aged 59 years.[2]
He married, 15 Oct 1825, Litchfield, ME,[3] or 25 Nov 1825, Hallowell, ME, Sally White.[4] She was born about 1799, ME, and died -- --- 1870, Gardiner, ME.[5]
He was a turner, and lived in Litchfield and Gardiner, ME.
Children of Simeon7 and Sally (White) Whitney:
i. Mary8 Whitney, b. ca. 1842, ME.
Census
- 1830, Litchfield, Lincoln Co., MA: Simeon Whitney, 1 mald 30-39 and 1 female 30-39.
- 1840, Litchfield, Kennebec Co., MA: Simeon Whitney, 1 male 40-49 and 1 female 40-49; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Gardiner, Kennebec Co., ME:
248 314 Simeon Whitney 51 M - Turner Me. Sarah " 51 F - " Mary " 8 F - "
346 370 Sally Whitney 62 F - $175 Maine
98 104 Josiah Bean 41 M - Shoemaker $200 Maine Lydia " 38 F - " Laura " 16 F - Operative " Elbridge " 14 M - " Attended school Emma " 11 F - " Attended school Alice " 7 F - " Attended school Harriet E. " 3 F - " Mary Whitney 18 F - Operative "
- 1870, daughter Mary not found.
References
1.^ "Simeon Whitney, s. of Reuben Whitney and Mercy, b. 6 May 1799," according to Litchfield, Maine, Vital Records.
2.^ "Simeon [Whitney], [died] Mar. 27 [Feb. 27, G.R.3], 1859, a. 59," according to Henry Sewall Webster, ed., Vital Records of Gardiner, Maine to the Year 1892 (Gardiner, ME: The Reporter-Journal Press, 1914) and 1860 Mortality Schedule.
3.^ "Simeon Whitney and Sally White, m. 15 Oct 1825," according to Litchfield, Maine, Vital Records.
4.^ "Simeon [Whitney] [int. of Litchfield] and Sally White, [married] Nov. 24, 1825," according to Hall, Mabel Goodwin, comp., Vital records of Hallowell, Maine, to the year 1892 (Auburn, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1924).
5.^ "Sarah [Whitney], [died] [----], 1870. C.R.4," according to Henry Sewall Webster, ed., Vital Records of Gardiner, Maine to the Year 1892 (Gardiner, ME: The Reporter-Journal Press, 1914).
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