Family:Whitney, Simeon Howard (1787-1859)

Simeon Howard⁶ Whitney (Abraham⁵, Abraham⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Abraham⁵ and Rebecca (Dudley) Whitney, was born 20 Mar 1787, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 29 Apr 1859, Leominster, MA.

He married 9 Aug 1811, Lancaster, MA, or 11 Aug 1811, Harvard, MA, Nancy Barnard.^[2] She was born 22 May 1786, and died 9 Jan 1856, Fitchburg, MA.

He was born on the old Whitney place, followed farming and his trade, that of a stone mason. He resided in Harvard and Lancaster, but died in Leominster. He resided Bolton and Lancaster, MA.

Children of Simeon Howard⁶ and Nancy (Barnard) Whitney:

i.	Jerome Blake7 Whitney, b. 3 Apr 1812; m. Elvira Harriet Hoar.
ii.	Josiah Dudley Whitney, b. 7 Sep 1816; m. Catherine A. Harvey.
iii.	Elhanan Winchester Whitney, b. 21 Oct 1819; m. Sarah A. Bogert.
iv.	Ann Barnard Whitney, b. 10 Jul 1824; d. 7 Jul 1859; m. (int. 1 Apr 1843, Leominster, MA[3]) 16 May 1843, Pepperell, MA, Henry Gates.[4] A dau., Anna A., resided Leominster, MA.
v.	Abigail Boylston Moore Whitney, b. 24 Oct 1826; m. (int. 16 Oct 1847, Fitchburg, MA) 24 Nov 1847, George W. Dewitt;[5] resided 886 Main street, Waltham, MA. Ch.: Namma Aroline, b. 8 Sep 1848; Abby Anna, b. 15 Nov 1849; d. 15 Jan 1890; Clara Whitney, b. 21 Dec 1851; resided 9 Silver street, Worcester, MA; Leroy Elvine, b. 8 Apr 1854; resided Leominster; Herbert Barnard, b. 14 Oct 1856; resided Leominster; George Washington, b. 9 Nov 1859; d. 18 Aug 1879.
vi.	Lydia Parker Whitney, b. 29 Dec 1828; m. 30 Oct 1851, John B. Hoar; resided W. Acton, MA. He was b. 1829; d. 13 Oct 1872. Ch.: Katie Louisa, b. 20 Aug 1852; d. 20 Oct 1872; Arthur Cephas, b. 21 Sep 1854; m. Ella A. Ewings. Name changed to Whitney; 166 Devonshire street, r. 42, Boston, MA; Ellen Gertrude, b. 14 Aug 1856; m. Edwin M. Wheeler. He d. 31 May 1882; resided West Acton; John Sherman, b. 4 Mar 1860; m. Minnie R. Hart; resided West Acton; Crosby Abner, b. 17 Oct 1862; name changed to Whitney; resided Newport, RI; Edwin Barker, b. 18 Nov 1865; m. Emma Reitz; name changed to Whitney; resided 2109 A, Washington street, Saint Louis, MO; Alice Josephine, b. 7 Nov 1871; resided West Acton.

Census

• 1820, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA: Simeon Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 18-25, 3 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Lancaster, Worcester Co., MA: Simeon Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 70-79, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 5-9, and 2 females 0-4.
• 1840, Pepperell, Middlesex Co., MA: Simeon Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 female 50-59, and 2 females 10-14; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA:

537 576 Simeon Whitney 63 M - Farmer Mass. Nancy Whitney 64 F - Mass.

• 1850, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA:

95 107 Catharine Whitney Widow 30 F - Harvard, Mass. Ellen A. Whitney 10 F - Pepperell, " Attended school Adelaide S. Whitney 8 F - " " Attended school Anna F. Whitney 6 F - " " Attended school Lydia P. Whitney 21 F - Lancaster, " 108 Josiah P. Britton 29 M - Comb Maker Leominster, " Jesse D. Britton 25 F - Charlottetown, P.E. Island

This was his daughter Lydia, living with her widowed sister-in-law.

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. 201.

1.^  "Simeon [Whitney], s. of Abraham and Rebekah, [born] Mar. 20, 1787," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Simeon [Whitney] and Nancy Barnard, [married] Aug. 11, 1811," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "Ann B. [Whitney] and Edwin Gates, int. Apr. 1, 1843," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (n.d.).

4.^  "Ann B. [Whitney], and Edwin Gates, both of Leominster, [married] May 16, 1843. [int. not recorded]," according to George A. Rice, comp. and ed., Vital Records of Pepperell, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1985).

5.^  "Abigail B. M. [Whitney] and George W. DeWitt, [marriage intentions] Oct. 16, 1847," and "Abigail B. M. [Whitney] to George W. DeWitt, [married] Nov. 24, 1847," and "Abigail B. M. [Whitney], s., 20, (Simeon H. and Nancy) and George De Witt, [married] Nov. 24, 1847," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. III, pp. 220, 406, and vol. 8, p. 136.

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