Family:Whitney, Jonas Adams (1817-a1880)

Jonas Adams⁷ Whitney (Jacob⁶, Abner⁵, Jonas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jacob⁶ and Lucy (Adams) Whitney, was born 11 Dec 1817, Orange, MA, was baptized 28 Jun 1818, New Salem, MA,^[1], and died after 1880.

He married firstly, Mary L. Hunter. She was born about 1822, Montague, MA, and died between 1870 and 1880, MI.

He married secondly, 23 Jan 1873, Monroe, Monroe Co., MI, Sarah Saulsbury. She was born about 1837, Harrington, MI, and died after 1880.

He was a grantee in 1816-1847, and a grantor in 1847, New Salem, MA.^[2]

Children of Jacob⁷ and Mary L. (Hunter) Whitney:

i.	(child) Whitney, b. early Jun 1843; d. 18 Jul 1843, Montague or Greenfield, MA, aged 6 weeks.[3]
ii.	Abby L. Whitney, b. 14 Jul 1847, New Salem, MA.[4]
iii.	Herbert Brooks Whitney, b. 5 Dec 1851, New Salem, MA (given name omitted);[5] m. 28 Aug 1882, Burlington, IA, Olive J. Haines.
iv.	James B. Whitney, b. ca. 1861, MI.

Children of Jacob⁷ and Sarah (-----) Whitney:

v.	Mary L.8 Whitney, b. ca. 1877, MI.

Census

• 1850, New Salem, Franklin Co., MA:

48 52 Jonas Whitney 32 M - Farmer $800 Mass. Mary L. " 28 F - " Abby L. " 3 F - " Abigail Hunter 63 F - " Almira N. " 19 F - " Patty Adams 64 F - Mass. John P. Adams 47 M - Farmer $300 " Illiterate, Idiotic

• 1860, Blissfield, Lenawee Co., MI:

1519 1537 Henry Morse 37 M - Shoemaker $200 $50 N.Y. Mary " 38 F - " Cynthia " 20 F - " Attended school Eugenia " 18 F - " Attended school Emogene " 15 F - " Attended school Chloe " 13 F - " Attended school Mary " 4 F - Mich. Henry " 3 M - " Johanas Whitney 40 M - Laborer $1000 $100 Mass. Mary " 37 F - " Abbie " 13 F - " Attended school Herbert " 8 M - " Attended school

• 1870, Deerfield, Lenawee Co., MI:

114 112 Whitney, Jonas 51 M W Farmer $3000 $1000 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 48 F W Keeping House Massachusetts -----, Hobert B. 18 M W Works on farm Massachusetts -----, James B. 9 M W Mich.

• 1870, daughter Abby not found.
• 1880, Deerfield, Lenawee Co., MI:

101 108 Whitney, Jonas W M 63 mar Farmer Mass. Vermont Mass. -------, Sarah W F 43 Wife mar Keeps House Mich. N.Y. N.Y. -------, Mary L. W F 3 Dau sgl Mich. Mass. Mich.

• 1880, daughter Abby and sons Herbert and James not found.

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. 196.

1.^  "Jonas Adams [Whitney], s. Jacob and Lucy, bp. June 28, 1818. C.R.," according to Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1927).

2.^  New Salem Vital Records.

3.^  "______ [Whitney], ch. Jonas and Mary of Montague, [died] July 18, 1843, a. 6 w. [? in Montague], C.R. 2," according to Vital Records of Greenfield, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1915). Also, "______ [Whitney], inf. ch. Jonas and Mary, July 18, 1843, a. 6w. P.R.19," according to Vital Records of Montague, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1934).

4.^  "Abby [Whitney], d. Jones, farmer, and Mary, [born] July 14, 1847," according to New Salem Vital Records.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 51, page 248.

---

Copyright © 2006, 2008, 2010, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group