Family:Whitney, John Angier (1817-1899)

John Angier⁶ Whitney (George⁵, Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of George⁵ and Esther (Morse) Whitney, born 20 Dec 1817, Natick, MA;^[1] died 21 Aug 1899, Saint John, NB.

He married firstly, 27 May 1839, Natick, MA, Emily A. Walker, of Natick,^[2] parentage unknown. She was born in 1820, and died 11 Oct 1844, Dedham, MA, aged 24, of fever.^[3]

He married secondly, 26 Oct 1852, Framingham, MA, Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie" Thomson, of Saint John, New Brunswick, daughter of William and Emily (Coxetter) Thomson.^[4] She was born 26 Feb 1829, Saint John, and died 26 Apr 1904, Natick, MA.^[5]

He was born in Natick and has always resided there; has been a prominent citizen. For some years he was assessor of taxes, later was enumerator for the United States census. Also conducted a farm and engaged in the manufacture of shoes. He was a "shoe clerk" at the birth of son George in 1844. He was a "farmer" at his second marriage in 1852.

John A. Whitney and Emily Ann Whitney were both admitted to the church Dedham, MA, 16 Apr 1843.^[6]

Children of John Angier⁶ and Emily (Walker) Whitney:

i.

George Burgess7 Whitney, b. 9 or 10 Sep 1844, Dedham, MA.[7] He was a soldier in Company H, 13th Massachusetts Regiment; was a book-keeper and shoe manufacturer and was killed in a railroad accident in Natick, 23 Jul 1878, aged 33 years 10 months 13 days, of "injury by Steam Engine on B. & A. R. R. Shock".[8] He was enumerated in 1850 census with John A., no mother. He m. 29 Aug 1867, Natick, Mary E. Wilson, aged 20, born Natick, daughter of William H. and Sarah (Hobbs) Wilson.[9] She appears in the 1880 Census, in Natick.

Children of John Angier⁶ and Sarah Elizabeth (Thomson) Whitney:

ii.	Herbert Thompson7 Whitney, b. ca. 20 Dec 1853, Natick; d. 21 Mar 1880, Natick, aged 26 years 3 months 1 day, of "phthisis pulmo."; unmarried;[10] resided Natick.
iii.	John Coxetter Whitney, b. 8 Aug 1855; d. Jan 1935; m. 11 Nov 1880, Flora S. Matheson; resided Natick, Massachusetts.
iv.	Louis Mitchell Whitney, b. 14 Jun 1857; m. 6 Sep 1881, Emma Horton; resided Natick, Massachusetts.
v.	William Oscar Whitney, b. 12 Nov 1859; m. Lena Ida Bird.
vi.	Emily Blanche Whitney, b. 15 Oct 1861; d. 17 Apr 1880, Natick, MA, aged 18 years of pleuro pneumo w/tuber.[11]
vii.	James Coxetter Whitney, b. 5 Sep 1863; died 27 Nov 1893; married 18 Sep 1890, Maria Louise Horton of Saint John, New Brunswick.
viii.	Waldo Orville Whitney, b. 3 Jan 1865; d. 9 Nov 1945; m. 12 Sep 1899, Alice June Perry of Natick; resided Natick. Children: a. Lucile8 Whitney, b. 19 Feb 1901, Boston, MA.[12]
ix.	Elizabeth Maude "Lizzie" Whitney, b. 31 Aug 1869; resided Natick.

Notes

A different John A. Whitney was admitted to the church Dedham, MA, 24 Jun 1832, and was dismissed to the First Church in Newton Dedham, MA, 1 Feb 1841.

Census

• 1840, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA: Jno. A. Whitney, 3 males 20-30, 1 female 20-30, 4 total, 3 in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA:

393 505 Ebenezer Whitney 29 M - Shoe Dealer Mass. Sarah T. " 30 F - " Emily A. " 4 " - " Attended school Saml. S. " 2 M - " Mary E. B. " 6/12 F - " Mary E. Bullard 25 " - " 506 John A. Whitney 32 M - Farmer $7500 " Geo. B. " 6 " - " Alvan T. " 26 " - " " James Cassidy 30 " - Laborer Ireland Mary Ganaly 30 F - " Illiterate Augustus Stover 15 M - Mass. 507 Nancy Childs 73 F - "

• 1855, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA:

295 454 John A. Whitney 37 M - Farmer Ms. Sarah E. " 26 F - St. John George B. " 11 M - Ms. Herbert T. " 1 M - " John Neffinn 22 M - Laborer Ireland Bridgett Lee 18 F - "

• 1860, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA:

1093 1303 John A. Whitney 42 M - Farmer $7000 $1000 Mass. Sarah E. " 32 F - New Brunswick Herbert F. " 6 M - Mass. John C. " 4 M - New Brunswick Louis M. " 2 M - Mass. Wm. O. " 7/12 M - " George B. " 15 M - " Emily Thompson 52 F - Spinster [illegible]

• 1870, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA:

318 449 Whitney, John A. 54 M W Works in Shoe Factory $5000 $450 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah E. 42 F W Keeping house New Brunswick Parents foreign born -----, Herbert T. 16 M W Attends School Mass. Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, John C. 14 M W Attends School " Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, Louis M. 12 M W Attends School " Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, William O. 10 M W Attends School " Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, Emily B. 8 F W Attends School " Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, James C. 6 M W Attends School " Mother foreign born, Attended school -----, Waldo O. 4 M W " Mother foreign born Whitney, Elizabeth M. 9/12 F W Mass. Mother foreign born, Born in Aug Calligan, Mary 35 F W Domestic Servant Ireland Parents foreign born Edgett, Henry 24 M W Clerk in Store New Brunswick Parents foreign born -----, Emily S. 22 F W No Occupation " " Parents foreign born

• 1870, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA:

214 293 Whitney, George B. 26 M W Works in Shoe Factory $1200 $300 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mariette 24 F W Keeping house " -----, Sarah F. 1 F W " -----, Ellen 5/12 F W " Born in Jan

• 1880, Natick, Middlesex Co., MA:

John A. WHITNEY 63 Self M M W MA Laborer MA MA Sarah WHITNEY 52 Wife F M W NEW BURNSWICK Keeping House NEW BURNSWICK NEW BURNSWICK John C. WHITNEY 23 Son M S W NEW BURNSWICK Works In Shoe Shop MA NEW BURNSWICK Louis M. WHITNEY 21 Son M S W NEW BURNSWICK Works In Shoe Shop MA NEW BURNSWICK Oscar WHITNEY 20 Son M S W NEW BURNSWICK MA NEW BURNSWICK James WHITNEY 17 Son M S W NEW BURNSWICK At School MA NEW BURNSWICK Wills WHITNEY 15 Son M S W NEW BURNSWICK At School MA NEW BURNSWICK Lizzie WHITNEY 7 Dau F S W NEW BURNSWICK MA NEW BURNSWICK Mary GALLAGHER 16 Oth F S W NEW BURNSWICK Domestic Servant NEW BUNSWICK NEW BURNSWICK

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. 244.

• More data supplied 26 Aug 2006 by Marc J. Kelman from:

1. Journals of Waldo Orville Whitney
2. 1850 Census, Massachusetts
3. Natick, Massachusetts, Vital Records
4. Saint John, New Brunswick, cemetery listings

• Family pictures at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~myancestorpics/whitney.html

1.^  "John Angier [Whitney], s. of George and Ester, [born] Dec. 20, 1817," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

2.^  "John A. [Whitney] and Emily Ann Walker, [married] May 27, 1839," according to Natick Vital Records.

3.^  "Emily Ann [Whitney], [died] Oct. 11, 1844, a. 24y., fever," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 15, page 63.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 16, page 78.

5.^  Not found in ""Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910."

6.^  "John A. [Whitney], adm. Apr. 16, 1843," and "Emily Ann [Whitney], adm. Apr. 16, 1843," according to Dedham Vital Records.

7.^  "George Burgess [Whitney], s. John A. and Emily Ann, b. Sep. 10, 1844, bp. Oct. 13, 1844," according to Dedham Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 11, page 95.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 302, page 135.

9.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 200, page 237.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 320, page 143. Also, 1880 Mortality Schedule.

11.^  1880 Mortality Schedule.

12.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 511, page 36.

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