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'''Jabez<sup>6</sup> Whitney'''
([[Family:Whitney, Jacob (1737-1803)|Jacob<sup>5</sup>]],
[[Family:Whitney, Jonas (1708-1792)|Jonas<sup>4</sup>]], 
[[Family:Whitney, Eleazer (1662-1738)|Eleazar<sup>3</sup>]], 
[[Family:Whitney, Thomas (1627-1719)|Thomas<sup>2</sup>]], 
[[Family:Whitney, John (1592-1673)|John<sup>1</sup>]]), 
son of [[Family:Whitney, Jacob (1737-1803)|Jacob<sup>5</sup> and Rachel (Whiting) Whitney]],
was born 30 Nov 1767, Roxbury, MA, was baptized 20 Dec 1767, Roxbury, MA,{{ref|1}} and died 20 Apr 1849, Phillipston, MA, or 18 Apr 1894, Orange, MA, aged 81 years,{{ref|2}} and was buried in the Jones Cemetery, Orange, MA.{{ref|3}}

Jabez married firstly, sometime before 1790, '''Elizabeth Mayo'''.   She was born 28 Nov 1762, Warwick, MA, was baptized 26 Dec 1763, Roxbury, MA, and died 5 Nov 1808, Orange, MA, aged 46 years, and was buried in the Jones Cemetery, Orange, MA.{{ref|4}}

Jabez married secondly, sometime before 1810, '''Sarah Savoy'''.  She was born about 1783, died 27 Oct 1847, Orange, MA, aged 64 years, of dysentery.{{ref|5}}{{ref|6}}

In 1820, the family was enumerated in Orange, MA as follows: 1 male over 45 (Jabez, age 53), 2 males under 10 (Abner, Moses. Philbrook was not yet born), 1 female 26-45 (Sarah, age 37), 1 female 10-16 (Cylanda), and 2 females under 10 (Clancy, Sally). It doesn't appear as if any of the children from Jabez's previous marriage were residing with the family.

Children of Jabez<sup>6</sup> and Elizabeth (Mayo) Whitney: 

:{|
| align=right valign=top | i.
| [[Family:Whitney, Abel (1790-a1820)|'''Abel<sup>7</sup> Whitney''']], b. 21 May 1790, Orange, MA;{{ref|7}} m. Sylvia Twichel.
|-
| align=right valign=top | ii.
| '''Desire Whitney''', b. 9 Feb 1793, Orange, MA,{{ref|8}} name not listed in town record extract; d. 27 Apr 1880, Dedham, MA, widow, aged 87 years 2 months 18 days, of hydrothorax, b. Orange, dau. of Jabez of Roxbury and Elizabeth;{{ref|9}} m. ("Miss" "of Newton" int. 9 Mar 1828, Dedham, MA,{{ref|10}} and 24 Feb 1828, Newton, MA{{ref|11}}) 3 Apr 1828, Roxbury, MA, James Farrington "of Dedham".{{ref|12}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | iii.
| '''Sally Whitney''', b. 16 Sep 1794, Orange, MA;{{ref|13}} d. 25 Mar 1815, Orange, MA.{{ref|14}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | iv.
| '''Irena Whitney''', b. 3 June 1796, Orange, MA;{{ref|15}} d. 4 Nov 1869, Edinboro, PA; "of Petersham" m. (int. 12 Dec 1816, Petersham, MA{{ref|16}}) 1 Jan 1817, Athol, MA, Evi Twitchell.{{ref|17}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | v.
| '''Mary Mayo Whitney''' or '''Polly Whitney''', b. 4 Apr 1798, Orange, MA;{{ref|18}} d. 24 Apr 1890, Dedham, MA, aged 92 years 3 months 23 days, of enlargement of the liver; unmarried.{{ref|19}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | vi.
| '''Eliza Whitney''', b. 16 May 1799, Orange, MA.{{ref|20}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | vii.
| [[Family:Whitney, Lewis Jones (1802-1881)|'''Lewis Jones Whitney''']], b. 3 Jan 1802, Orange, MA;{{ref|21}} m. Ruth Howard.
|-
| align=right valign=top | viii.
| [[Family:Whitney, Jacob (1804-1873)|'''Jacob Whitney''']], b. 4 Nov 1804, Orange, MA,{{ref|22}} m. Sally Pratt.
|}

Children of Jabez<sup>6</sup> and Sarah (Savoy) Whitney: 

:{|
| align=right valign=top | ix.
| '''Cylanda<sup>7</sup> Whitney''', b. 17 Mar 1810, Orange, MA.{{ref|23}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | x.
| '''Clancy Whitney''', b. 8 Feb 1811, Orange, MA.{{ref|24}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | xi.
| '''Abner Whitney''', b. 9 Jan 1813, Orange, MA.{{ref|25}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | xii.
| '''Moses Whitney''', b. 6 May 1816, Orange, MA.{{ref|26}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | xiii.
| '''Sally Whitney''', b. 13 Sep 1818, Orange, MA.{{ref|27}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | xiv.
| [[Family:Whitney, Philbrook (1820-1862)|'''Philbrook Whitney''']], b. 26 Nov 1820, Orange, MA;{{ref|28}} m. Sarah A. -----.
|-
| align=right valign=top | xv.
| [[Family:Whitney, William (1822-1895)|'''William Whitney''']], b. 8 Aug 1822, Orange, MA;{{ref|29}} m. Sarah Angelina Peabody.
|-
| align=right valign=top | xvi.
| '''Daniel Whitney''', b. 29 May 1824, Orange, MA;{{ref|30}} m.(1) 16 Dec 1850, Leyden, MA, Elizabeth Goodenough, b. ca. 1816, Guilford, VT;{{ref|31}} m.(2) 2 Jan 1864, Halifax, VT, Mary A. Dunbar, dau. of Amos Hitchcock.{{ref|32}}
|-
| align=right valign=top | xvii.
| '''Henry Whitney''', b. ca. 1826, Orange, MA; d. prob. bef. 1855; m. 7 Aug 1851, Newburyport, MA, Rosanna Hardy, b. 30 Nov 1827, Strong, ME, d. 25 Feb 1908, Carlisle, MA, dau. of James and Hopestill (Cutler) Hardy;{{ref|33}}; she m.(2) 30 Apr 1859, Lowell, MA, Abel Goodridge Hodgman, b. ca. 1826, Carlisle, MA, son of Josiah and Lucy (Spaulding) Hodgman;{{ref|34}} she was bur. Green Cemetery, Carlisle, MA.
|-
| align=right valign=top | xviii.
| '''Howard Whitney''', b. 29 May 1827, Orange, MA.{{ref|35}}  Possibly the same as the preceding.
|}

== Census ==

* {{Missing|1790}}
* [[Archive:1800 Census Extracts, Massachusetts#28|1800, Orange, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA]]:  Jabez Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 0-9.
* [[Archive:1810 Census Extracts, Massachusetts#29|1810, Orange, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA]]:  Jabez Whitney, 2 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 4 females 10-15, and 1 female 0-9.
* [[Archive:1820 Census Extracts, Massachusetts#30|1820, Orange, Franklin Co., MA]]:  Jabez Whitney, 1 male over 45, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
* [[Archive:1830 Census Extracts, Massachusetts#32|1830, Orange, Franklin Co., MA]]:  Jabez Whitney, 1 male 80-89, 1 male 60-69, 2 males 10-14, 2 males 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 10-14.
* [[Archive:1840 Census Extracts, Massachusetts#42|1840, Orange, Franklin Co., MA]]:  Jabez Whitney, 1 male 60-70, 2 males 15-20, 1 female 50-60.
* 1850, sons Clancy, Abner, Moses, Daniel, and Howard not found.
* [[Archive:1850 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Worcester County#22|1850, Athol, Worcester Co., MA]]:
<p class="Plaintext"> 206  246 Louis S. Whitney       45 M - Carpenter         $1000 Mass.
          Ruth        "          46 F -                           "
          Sumner P.   "          22 M - Farmers Man               "
          Mary A.     "          12 F -                           "    Attended school
          Mary M.     "          52 F -                           "</p>
Daughter Mary is living with her brother Lewis.
* [[Archive:1850 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Franklin County#7a|1850, Colrain, Franklin Co., MA]]:
<p class="Plaintext">  64   64 Dwight Roberts        32 M - Farmer             $3000 Mass.
          Phebe Roberts         33 F -                          Mass.
          Harriet Roberts        9 F -                          Mass.  Attended school
          Slack Roberts          8 M -                          Mass.  Attended school
          Joseph F. Roberts      5 M -                          Mass.  Attended school
          Deborah M. Roberts     4 F -                          Mass.  Attended school
          Sarah A. Roberts       2 F -                          Mass.
          Mary Hart             26 F -                          Mass.  Illiterate
          Isaac Green           18 M B                          Mass.  Pauper & Idiot
          Daniel Whitney        29 M - Laborer                  Mass.</p>
* [[Archive:1855 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Worcester County#18|1855, Athol, Worcester Co., MA]]:
<p class="Plaintext">   3    3 Lewis J. Whitney      53 M - Carpenter                Mass.
          Ruth Whitney          52 F -                           do
          Mary E. Whitney       17 F -                           do
          Mary M. Whitney       -- F -                           do</p>
Daughter Mary is living with her brother Lewis.
* [[Archive:1855 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Middlesex County#76|1855, Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA]]:
<p class="Plaintext">   1    1 Theodore Ela       60-69 M -                          N.H.
          . . .
          Roseann Whitney    30-39 F -                          Me.
          . . .</p>
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Worcester County#159|1860, Northborough, Worcester Co., MA]]:
<p class="Plaintext"> 876 1084 Wm. T. Hayden         48 M - Blacksmith    $3000 $4500 Mass.
          Sarah H.   "          46 F -                           Maine
          Esther M.  "          20 F - Seamstress                Mass.
          Carrie T.  "          12 F -                            "    Attended school
          Mary M. Whitny        62 F - Dressmaker          $2000  "</p>
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Vermont, Windham County#14|1860, Guilford, Windham Co., VT]]:
<p class="Plaintext"> 529  555 Noah Shephardson     73 M - Farmer         $1500  $588 Vermont
          Julia A.   "         68 F -                               "
          Mary J.    "         31 F - Farm L                        "
          Daniel Whitney       35 M -</p>
* 1865, daughter Mary not found.
* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Worcester County#141|1870, Northborough, Worcester Co., MA]]:
<p class="Plaintext">270 286 Twitchell, Frederick L. 38 M W Comb Manufacturer $2500 $2000 Mass.
          -----, Sarah H.       40 F W Keeping House                "
          -----, Frederick D.   12 M W At School                    "
          -----, Sarah F.        9 F W At School                    "
      287 Whitney, Mary M.      70 F W Keeping House                "</p>
* [[Archive:1880 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Worcester County#794|1880, Northborough, Worcester Co., MA]]:
<p class="Plaintext">Jonas P. NEWTON        74 Self M M W  MASSACHUSETTS Farming   MASS MASS
Arethusa NEWTON        71 Wife F M W  MASSACHUSETTS Keeping House MASS MASS
Frederick MCKENSIE     20 GSon M S W  MASSACHUSETTS Works In Comb Shop NOVA SCOTIA MASS
Mary M. WHITNEY        82 Oth  F S W  MASSACHUSETTS           MASS MASS
William LEGGETT        19 Oth  M S W  MASSACHUSETTS Apprentice Blacksmith MASS MASS</p>

== References ==

1.{{note|1}} "Jabez [Whitney], s. Jonas and Rachel, bp. Dec. 20, 1767, C.R.2," according to [[Archive:Roxbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records|''Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850'' (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)]].  [NOTE: This is apparently an error for Jabez, s. ''Jacob'' and Rachel.--RLW]

2.{{note|2}} "Jabez [Whitney], [died] April 20, 1849, a. 81. Church Record," according to [[Archive:Phillipston, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Franklin P. Rice, ed., ''Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849'' (1906)]].  Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 40, page 26.

3.{{note|3}} "Jabez [Whitney], ae 80, Jones Cem., Orange, [died] Apr. 20, 1849," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA]].

4.{{note|4}} "Elizabeth [Whitney], sp. Jabez, ae 46, Jones Cem., Orange, [died] Nov. 5, 1808," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA]].

5.{{note|5}} "Sally [Whitney], sp Jabez, ae 64, of dysentary, [died] Oct. 27, 1847," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Jay Mack Holbrook, "Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891" (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983)]].  Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 26, page 147.

6.{{note|6}} Probably the same person was this:  "Ly [Whitney], sp. Jabez, ae 59, Jones Cem., Orange, [died] Oct. 26, 1846," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA]].  The "Ly" could be Sally, with part of the stone broken.

7.{{note|7}} "Abel [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] May 21, 1790," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

8.{{note|8}} "----- [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Feb. 9, 1793," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

9.{{note|9}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 320, page 223.

10.{{note|10}} "Desire [Whitney], Miss, of Newton, and Mr. James Farrington, of Dedham, int. Mar. 9, 1828," according to [[Archive:Dedham, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Don Gleason Hill, ed., ''Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845'' (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886)]].

11.{{note|11}} "Desire [Whitney], and James Farrington, int. Feb. 24, 1828," according to [[Archive:Newton, Massachusetts, Vital Records|''Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850'' (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905)]].

12.{{note|12}} "Desire [Whitney], and James Farrington, [married] Apr. 3, 1828," according to [[Archive:Roxbury, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Roxbury Vital Records]].

13.{{note|13}} "Sally [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Sep. 16, 1794," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

14.{{note|14}} "Sally [Whitney], dau. Jabez and Elizabeth, [died] Mar. 25, 1815," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

15.{{note|15}} "Irena [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] June 3, 1796," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

16.{{note|16}} "Irene [Whitney] and Evi Twitchell of Athol, int. Dec. 12, 1816," according to [[Archive:Petersham, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Franklin P. Rice, ed., ''Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849'' (1904)]].

17.{{note|17}} "Irene [Whitney] of Petersham and Evi [Eri?] Twichel, [married] Jan. 1, 1817," according to [[Archive:Athol, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Franklin P. Rice, ed., ''Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849'' (1910)]].

18.{{note|18}} "Polly [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Apr. 4, 1798," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

19.{{note|19}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 410, page 341.

20.{{note|20}} "Eliza [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] May 16, 1799," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

21.{{note|21}} "Lewis [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Jan. 3, 1802," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

22.{{note|22}} "Jacob [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Nov. 4, 1804," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

23.{{note|23}} "Cylanda [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Mar. 17, 1810," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

24.{{note|24}} "Clancy [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Feb. 8, 1811," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

25.{{note|25}} "Abner [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Jan. 9, 1813," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

26.{{note|26}} "Moses [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] May 6, 1816," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

27.{{note|27}} "Sally [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] 13 Sep 1818," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

28.{{note|28}} "Philbrook [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Nov. 26, 1820," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

29.{{note|29}} "William [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Aug. --, 1822," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

30.{{note|30}} "Daniel [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] May 29, 1824," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

31.{{note|31}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 45, page 211.

32.{{note|32}} [[Archive:Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages|Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages]].

33.{{note|33}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 54, page 200.

34.{{note|34}} "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: [http://www.AmericanAncestors.org New England Historic Genealogical Society], 2004; volume 127, page 93.

35.{{note|35}} "Howard [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] May 29, 1827," according to [[Archive:Orange, Massachusetts, Vital Records|Orange Vital Records]].

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