Family:Whitney, James (1808-1868)

James⁷ Whitney (Aaron⁶, Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Aaron⁶ and Olive (Lund) Whitney, was born 8 Jul 1808, Amherst, NH, and died 22 Mar 1868, Calais, ME.

He married, 1 Sep 1833, Great Falls, NH, Julia A. Dorr. She was born 18 Apr 1813, Acton, ME, and died 2 Apr 1863, Calais, ME.

He was a machinist. He resided Calais, ME.

Children of James⁷ and Julia A. (Dorr) Whitney:

i.	James B.8 Whitney, b. 10 Oct 1834; d. 7 Aug 1835.
ii.	Julia A. Whitney, b. 7 Nov 1836; m. George A. Grant; resided Hudson, WI.
iii.	Emily F. Whitney, b. 17 Aug 1838; m. F. H. Dam; resided St. Cloud, MN.
iv.	James F. Whitney, b. 7 Jan 1840; resided 60 Walnut St., Hartford, CT.
v.	Charlotte N. Whitney, b. 7 Jul 1842; m. Arthur Hussy; resided St. Cloud, MN.
vi.	Harriett E. Whitney, b. 17 Apr 1844; m. George A. Blake; resided Calais, ME.
vii.	George F. Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1846; m. 2 Sep 1874, Emma F. Johnson, daughter of John and Sallie (Cheney) Johnson, b. 16 Jun 1846; resided Hartford, CT; is a machinist; s. p.; is with Pratt & Whitney.
viii.	Martha A. Whitney, b. 10 Jun 1848; m. O. D. Lamb; resided Milltown, ME.
ix.	Levi F. Whitney, b. 7 Jun 1850; d. Calais.
x.	Ephraim G. Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1852; resided Danbury, CT.
xi.	Amelia Whitney, b. 8 Apr 1854; d. Calais.

Census

• 1880, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT:

Amos WHITNEY 47 Self M M W ME Super Manufactury Co ME ME Laura J. WHITNEY 42 Oth F M W NH Keeps House MA MA Nettie L. WHITNEY 14 Dau F S W CT At School ME NH Clarence E. WHITNEY 10 Son M S W CT At School ME NH George F. WHITNEY 34 Bro M M W ME Contractor ME ME Emma F. WHITNEY 34 SisL F M W MA Keeps House MA MA Sallie C. JOHNSON 67 MotL F W W MA MA MA

This was his son George. George was not Amos's brother, but his brother-in-law and first cousin, as they married sisters.

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. 364.

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