Family:Whitney, Adam (1817-1891)

Adam⁸ Whitney (Jonathan⁷, Jonathan⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹), son of Jonathan⁷ and Lucy (Parks) Whitney, was born 14 Sep 1817, Watertown, MA, and died 14 Oct 1891, Fitchburg, MA, aged 70 years 1 month, of valvular heart disease.^[1]

He married 17 Jan 1847, Marshfield, MA, Mary Ann Sylvester, daughter of Amasa and Deborah (Damon) Sylvester.^[2] She was born 8 Sep 1808, Marshfield, MA. No death record has been found in MA.

He resided Fitchburg, MA.

Children of Adam⁸ and Mary Ann (Sylvester) Whitney:

i.	Debora Adams9 Whitney, b. 3 Nov 1847, Cambridge, MA;[3] m. between 1870 and 1880 [no record found in MA], Elijah Wilbur. 1900 Census in Randolph, VT. No children.
ii.	Lucy Whitney, b. 13 Nov 1848, Cambridge, MA;[4] d. Jan 1851 [no record found in MA].
iii.	Andrew James Whitney, b. 30 Jan 1851, Waltham, MA [but no record found in MA]; "of Fitchburg" m. 29 Dec 1881, Princeton, MA, Lizzie Snowden Taylor "of Princeton"; dau. of Thomas P. and Maria A. (Boyrne) Taylor; mechanic and chairmaker.[5] 1900 Census in Leominster, MA. No children.
iv.	Arthur Eugene Whitney, b. 4 Jan 1852, Weston, MA;[6] m. 15 Jul 1874, Fitchburg, MA, Anna C. Smith, daughter of John and Elizabeth (-----) Smith; resided Fitchburg.[7] In 1900 Census in Fitchburg, MA, wife called "Emma B."
v.	George Benjamin Adams Whitney, b. 27 Oct 1853, Fitchburg, MA;[8] m. Annie Louise Tayler.

Census

• 1850, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA:

460 625 Adam Whitny 32 M - Farmer Mass. Mary A. " 37 F - " Deborah " 2 F - " Susan Whitny 1 F - Mass. Sarah A. Sulvester 18 F - " Caleb Lord 45 M - Farmer N.H.

• 1860: not found.
• 1870, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

1578 2049 Whitney, Adam 52 M W Farmer Mass. Male citizen over 21 Whitney, Mary A. 60 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Deborah A. 22 F W Tailoress Mass. -----, George B. 16 M W Farm Laborer Mass. Donovan, James 13 M W Farm Laborer Mass. Parents of foreign birth

• 1870, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

1018 1333 Burnap, Edwin 31 M W Farmer $1200 New Hamp. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary M. 26 F W Keeping House New Hamp. -----, Erving A. 7 M W At School Mass. Attended school -----, Kattie M. 6 F W Mass. Wyse, Elmina 45 F W Domestic Servant Mass. Whitney, Andrew 20 M W Farm Laborer Mass. Taylor, George 23 M W Farm Laborer Mass. Male citizen over 21

• 1870, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

1585 2054 Cutting, Jonas A. 41 M W Farmer $3200 $800 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Ellen R. 35 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Nellie A. 15 F W At School Mass. -----, George A. 10 M W At School Mass. -----, Robert H. 4 M W Mass. Whitney, Arthur E. 18 M W Farm Laborer Mass.

• 1880, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

Adam WHITNEY 64 Self M M W MA Farmer MA MA Mary WHITNEY 70 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Andrew WHITNEY 30 Son M S W MA Chair Maker MA MA George WHITNEY 26 Son M S W MA Farmer MA MA Elijah WILBUR 30 SonL M M W VT Chair Maker VT VT Deborah WILBUR 33 Dau F M W MA MA MA

• 1880, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

Arthur WHITNEY 28 Self M M W MA Employe F.R.R. MA MA Anna WHITNEY 23 Wife F M W MA Keeping House NH NH Charles E. WHITNEY 5 Son M S W MA MA MA Mary WHITNEY 1 Dau F S W MA MA MA

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), pp. 470-471.

1.^  Information supplied by Tracy McGregor (Whitney) Howe. Also "Adam, 29, yeoman, of W. Cambridge, b. in Cambridge, s. of Jonathan and Lucy Whitney, of W. Cambridge and Mary Ann Sylvester, 39, of Marshfield, b. in Marshfield, d. of Amasa and Deborah Sylvester of Marshfield. Registered Jan. 20, 1847, married Jan. 17, 1847," according to Robert M. Sherman and Ruth W. Sherman, Vital Records of Marshfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 ([Providence?], RI: Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Rhode Island, 1970).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 25, page 133.

3.^  Although Pierce gives 2 Nov 1847, we have "Deborah A. [Whitney], d. of Adam and Mary A., in West Cambridge, [born] Nov. 3, 1847," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).

4.^  Although Pierce gives -- Jun 1849, we have "Lucy [Whitney], d. of Adam and Mary A., [born] Nov. 13, 1848," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

5.^  Pierce gives 30 Dec 1882. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 327, pages 327 and 318.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 64, page 163.

7.^  Pierce gives 1 Jul 1874. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 264, page 267.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 74, page 162.

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