Family:Whitney, Austin (1819-1851)

Austin⁹ Whitney (Seth⁸, William⁷, William⁶, William⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Seth⁸ and Sally (Wood) Whitney, was born 27 Feb 1819, Gardner, MA,^[1] and died 1 Nov 1851, Gardner, MA, aged 32 years 8 months 5 days, farmer, of abcess of the lungs.^[2]

He "of Gardner" married, 26 Dec 1843, Petersham, MA, Maria H. Allen^[3] of Petersham, daughter of George and Hannah (Holland) Allen. She was born 7 Aug 1826, Hardwick, MA, and died 17 Jan 1860, Gardner, MA, aged 33 years 5 months 6 days, of scroffula.^[4]

John P. Allen of Gardner was appointed guardian to Ellen Maria in Feb 1860.

He resided Gardner, MA.

Children of Austin⁹ and Maria (Allen) Whitney:

i.	Austin10 Whitney, b. 29 Jun 1847, Gardner, MA;[5] d. 5 Jul 1849, Gardner, MA, aged 7 days.[6]
ii.	Ellen Maria Whitney, b. 16 Oct 1850, Gardner, MA;[7] d. Feb 1890; "of Barre" m. 4 Jul 1874, Concord, MA, Marshall Miles of Concord.[8]

Census

• 1850, Gardner, Worcester Co., MA:

241 315 Austin Whitney 30 M - Farmer $2075 Massachusetts Maria H. Whitney 23 F - Massachusetts Mary M. Lambert 20 F - " Mary E. " 3 F - "

• 1860, Barre, Worcester Co., MA:

77 92 James N. Patterson 30 M - Farmer $3400 $1000 Nova Scotia Lois Patterson 34 F - Mass. Sarah Lois Patterson 6 F - Mass. Attended school James Owen Patterson 2 M - Mass. Arabell Hodgins 17 F - Domestic Nova Scotia Attended school James L. Mathews 15 M - Laborer Mass. Attended school 93 John P. Allen 35 M - Farmer $600 Mass. Nancy W. Allen 36 F - Mass. George Edwin Allen 9 M - Mass. Attended school J. Willie Allen 7 M - Mass. Attended school Ellen Maria Whitney 9 F - Mass. Attended school Hannah Allen 64 F - Mass.

• 1870, Barre, Worcester Co., MA:

541 607 Wilde, Amariah H. 50 M W Day Laborer $1500 $500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah E. 40 F W Keeping School " -----, Jessie L. 13 F W Attending School " Attended school -----, Sarah 70 F W No Occupation " Whitney, Ellen M. 19 F W Work in Tailor Shop "

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), p. 607.

1.^  "Austin [Whitney], s. Seth and Sally, [born] Feb. 27, 1819," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 59, page 129.

3.^  "Austin [Whitney] of Gardner and Maria H. Allen, [married] Dec. 26, 1843," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 140, page 190.

5.^  "Austin [Whitney], s. Austin and Maria H., [born] June 29, 1849," according to Gardner Vital Records.

6.^  "Austin, s. Austin and Maria, [died] July 5, 1849, a. 7d. Debility," according to Gardner Vital Records.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 44, page 151.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 263, page 85.

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