Family:Whitney, Moses (c1772-a1850)

Moses Whitney (Ebenezer, [perhaps] Samuel⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Ebenezer and Huldah (Mooers) Whitney, was born circa 1772, Whitney, NB, and died after 1850, Hodgdon, ME.

He married, 9 Sep 1796, NB, Esther Sherwood, allegedly daughter of Stephen Sherwood. She was born about 1778, NY, and died after 1860, Hodgdon, ME.

Children of Moses and Esther (Sherwood) Whitney:

i.	Stephen Whitney, b. ca. 1797, Miramichi, NB; d. after 1880, Waupaca, WI; m. Lydia Don.
ii.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. ca. 1798, Miramichi, NB; m. Ebenezer Travis.
iii.	Ebenezer Whitney, b. ca. 1802, Miramichi, NB; m. Mary Curtis.
iv.	Jonathan Whitney, b. 28 Nov 1806, Miramichi, NB; m. 21 Mar 1837, Hodgdon, ME, Elmira Foster.
v.	Isabella Whitney, b. 27 Dec 1808, Wilson's Point, NB; m. Samuel Travis.
vi.	Moses Whitney, b. Jan 1812, Derby, NB; m. Hannah E. Outhouse.
vii.	Samuel Whitney, b. 14 Feb 1814, Miramichi, NB; m.(1) 12 Apr 1838, Houlton, ME, Ann D. Jackins; m.(2) between 1860 and 1870, WI, Alice -----; resided Calais, ME, and Waupaca Co., WI.
viii.	Mary Whitney, b. 1 May 1817, Miramichi, NB; d. 20 May 1902, Lakewood, CO, at age 85; unmarried.

Census

• 1840, Hodgdon, Aroostook Co., ME: Moses Whitney, 1 male 60-69; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Hodgdon, Aroostook Co., ME:

439 450 Stephen Whitney 53 M - Farmer N.B. Moses " 77 M - " " Easter " 70 F - N. York Lydia " 57 F - N.B.

• 1850, Hodgdon, Aroostook Co., ME:

470 480 Christopher S. Bradbury 54 M - Miler $3000 Me. Mary " 60 F - N.B. James T. " 24 M - Student Me. Attended school George W. " 20 " - Miller " Attended school David " 15 " - " " Mary Whitney 33 F - N.B. Malvina Outhouse 10 F - Me. Jabez Bradbury 61 M - Mill Wright Me.

• 1860, Hodgdon, Aroostook Co., ME:

135 135 Stephen Whitney 63 M - Farmer $700 $100 New Brunswick Lydia Whitney 60 F - Housewife Do Mary Whitney 42 F - Domestic Do Easter Whitney 85 F - do N.Y.

• 1870, Waupaca, Waupaca Co., WI:

243 245 Whitney, Mary 62 F W Keeping house $250 England Parents foreign born -----, Sarah E. 27 F W Works in Woolen Mills Maine Parents foreign born -----, Johnathan E. 22 M W Works in Woolen Mills Maine Parents foreign born, Male citizen over 21 -----, Byron 14 M W Works in Woolen Mills Massachusetts Parents foreign born, Attended school -----, Mary 53 F W Seastress New Brunswick Parents foreign born

• 1880, Crystal River, Waupaca Co., WI:

Mary WHITNEY 63 Oth F S W NB Servant NB NY

References

• A GEDCOM file of the descendants of Ebenezer and Huldah (Mooers) Whitney is available.

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