Family:Whitney, Harrison H. (1819-1896)

Harrison H.⁷ Whitney (Abner⁶, Abner⁵, Jonas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Abner⁶ and Polly (White) Whitney, was born 31 Oct 1819, Orange, MA, and died after 1880.

He married, 19 Jan 1841, Brattleboro, VT, Onda Kendall. She was born 19 Oct 1818.

He was a furniture maker; resided Orange, MA.

He was a grantor in 1845, New Salem, MA.^[1]

Children of Harrison H.⁷ and Onda (Kendall) Whitney:

i.	Watson H.8 Whitney, b. 21 Aug 1841; m. Lucretia A. Davis.
ii.	Harriett M. Whitney, b. 23 Jan 1845, Orange, MA;[2] m. Frank L. Fuller; resided Maplewood, MA.
iii.	Hugh Whitney, b. 9 Nov 1846, Orange, MA;[3] not in family in 1850; possibly the same as Henry below.
iv.	Henry Whitney, b. -----; d. 20 Nov 1847, Orange, MA;[4] possibly the same as Hugh above.
v.	Josephine A. Whitney, b. 19 Nov 1847, Orange, MA;[5] m. George F. Adams.
vi.	Emily Whitney, b. 1853; d. 15 Aug 1873.
vii.	Mary L. Whitney, b. ca. 1859, MA; d. Nov 1879, Orange, MA, aged 20 years of consumption of the bowels.[6]

Census

• 1850, Orange, Franklin Co., MA:

226 231 Humerson Whitney 29 M - Mass. Onda " 27 F - " Watson 8 M - " Attended school Harriet 5 F - " Attended school Josephine 2 F - "

• 1860, Orange, Franklin Co., MA:

129 160 Harrison H. Whitney 40 M - Farmer $2500 $500 Massachusetts Ouda (?) " 41 F - " Wilson H. " 18 M - Farmer " Attended school Harriet M. " 15 F - " Attended school Josephine A. " 12 F - " Attended school Emily E. " 6 F - " Attended school Mary L. " 1 F - " Abner " 80 M - Farmer $1200 "

• 1870, Orange, Franklin Co., MA:

48 76 Whiting, Harrison 50 M W Farmer $6000 $4000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Onda 51 F W Keeping House " -----, Emily G. 16 F W At Home " Attended school -----, Mary L. 11 F W At School " Attended school Davis, Chester A. 15 M W Works on Farm " Attended school

• 1880, Orange, Franklin Co., MA:

H.H. WHITNEY 60 Self M M W MA Manufacture Of Furniture NH-VT VT Orda WHITNEY 61 Wife F M W MA Keeping House NH 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), p. 350.

1.^  "Harrison H. [Whitney], grantor, 1845. FD," according to Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1927).

2.^  "Harriet [Whitney], ch. Harrison and Onda, [born] Jan. 23, 1845 (father merchant in Orange)," according to Orange Vital Records.

3.^  "Hugh [Whitney], ch. Harrison and Anna, [born] Nov. 9, 1846," according to Orange Vital Records.

4.^  "Henry [Whitney], s. H. and Oreda?, [died] Nov. 20, 1847," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, "Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891" (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983).

5.^  "Josephine [Whitney], ch. Harrison and Onda, [born] Nov. 19, 1847 (father merchant in Orange)," according to Orange Vital Records.

6.^  1880 Mortality Schedule.

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