Family:Whitney, Collins R. (1828-a1880)

Collins R.⁸ Whitney (Appollus⁷, Ebenezer⁶, Zachariah⁵, Zachariah⁴, Ebenezer³, Richard², John¹), son of Appollus⁷ and Charlotte (Hamilton) Whitney, was born 2 Sep 1828, MA, and died after 1880.

He married, 28 Nov 1851, Leverett, MA, Esther R. Darling, daughter of Jedediah and Mary (-----) Darling.^[1] She was born about 1833, Leverett, MA, and died after 1880.

He resided Bellows Falls, VT.

Children of Collins R.⁸ and Ester (Darling) Whitney:

i.	Jedediah D.9 Whitney, b. 12 Jun 1853, Leverett, MA (given name omitted);[2] not in family in 1870.
i.	Charles M. Whitney, b. ca. 1861, MA; resided Malden, MA.

Census

• 1860, Leverett, Franklin Co., MA:

538 547 Collins R. Whitney 32 M - Farmer $100 Mass. Esther R. " 27 F - " Jedidiah D. " 7 M - " Attended school

• 1870, Heath, Franklin Co., MA:

2 2 Whitney, Collins 42 M W Balcksmith $200 Mass. Male citizen over 21 " Ester 37 F W Keeping house " " Charles M. 9 M W At School " Attended school " Charlotte H. 73 F W No Occupation Conn. 3 Noble, John A. 26 M W Work in Pail Shop $150 Mass. Male citizen over 21 " Eunice 27 F W Keep house " Darling, Marilla 46 F W No Occupation "

• 1870, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA:

177 195 Nash, Rachael 58 F W Keeping House $1000 $800 Mass. -----, Annie 30 F W Wt. Occupation " Packard, Fred. G. 19 M W At College " Attended school White, Willard 25 M W At College Conn. Attended school, Male citizen over 21 Whitney, Jedediah D. 18 M W At College Mass. Attended school Powers, Emma 18 F W Photographer Vermont

• 1880, Leverett, Franklin Co., MA:

Collins R. WHITNEY 52 Self M M W MA Farmer MA MA Hester R. WHITNEY 47 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Marilla M. DARLING 57 SisL F S W MA Keeping House MA MA

• 1880, son Jedediah not found.
• 1880, Malden, Middlesex Co., MA:

Phebe W. STANION 43 Self F W W NY NY NY Joseph E. STANION 18 Son M S W MA NY NY Harry C. STANION 15 Son M S W MA NY NY Mary W. STANION 9 Dau F S W MA NY NY Charles WHITNEY 19 Oth M S W MA MA MA Mary CROWLEY 19 Oth F S W IRE IRE IRE

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. 526.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 54, page 248.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 72, page 274.

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