Family:Whitney, Charles (1810-1899)

Charles⁷ Whitney (Charles⁶, Daniel⁵, Daniel⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Charles⁶ and Ruth (Chenery) Whitney,^[1] was baptized 15 Jul 1810, Watertown, MA,^[2] and died 1 Apr 1899, Boston, MA.^[3]

He "Jr." "of Watertown" married firstly, 29 Dec 1840, Hardwick, MA, Martha G. Collins,^[4] daughter of Gamaliel and Elizabeth (Billing) Collins.^[5] She was born about 1815, Hardwick, MA (calculated from census and death records),^[6] and died 4 May 1869, Watertown, MA, aged 54 years.^[7]

He "of Watertown, stone mason, aged 59, born Watertown" married secondly, 15 Mar 1870, Watertown, MA, Martha Etheridge White "of Braintree, aged 45, born Braintree",^[8] daughter of Calvin and Margery (Hayward) White.^[9] She was born 20 Sep 1825, Braintree, MA,^[10] and died 9 Aug 1915.^[11] They were married by W. Blagden, Sen. Pastor, Old South [Church, Boston].

In the 1850 census, Charles, Martha and all 5 children are living in Watertown, Middlesex, MA. His occupation is a lumberdealer. Value of Real Estate was listed as $10,000.

The 1855 Massachusetts State Census, Watertown, MA, shows:

133-149	WHITNEY	Charles	45	M	W	R. R. Conductor	MA
		Martha G.	40	F	W		"
		Charles C.	13	M	W		"
		William H.	11	M	W		"
		Ruth A.	9	F	W		"
		Edward B.	7	M	W		"
		Mary E.	5	F	W		"

In the 1860 census, Charles, Martha and all 5 children are living in Watertown, MA. His occupation is contractor. The value of his real estate is listed as $15,000 with $2200 as the value of his personal estate.

In the 1870 census, he is living in Watertown with Martha, Ruth and Mary. His occupation is a RR contractor. The value of his real estate is listed as $15,000 with $5000 as the value of his personal estate. The census was taken on 10 Jun 1870.

In the 1880 U.S. Census, Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts, T9-0549, p. 452C, is found:

Charles WHITNEY	69	Self	M	M	W	MA	Ret. Merchant	MA	MA
Martha E. WHITNEY	54	Wife	F	M	W	MA	Keeping House	MA	MA

Children of Charles⁷ and Martha G. (Collins) Whitney:

i.	Charles C.8 Whitney, b. 2 May 1840, Watertown, MA. d. 5 Nov 1886, Boston, MA, car driver, married, aged 46 years 6 months 3 days, of Bright's disease; m. Helen A. Dyer, b. ca. 1846, ME. Children: 1. Martha Adelaide9 Whitney, b. 15 Feb 1866, Watertown, MA. 2. Helen Elizabeth Whitney, b. 12 Apr 1873, Boston, MA.
ii.	William Henry Whitney, b. 10 Dec 1843, Watertown, MA; m. Mary Ann Giddings.
iii.	Ruth A. Whitney, b. ca. 7 Oct 1845, Watertown, MA; d. 23 Oct 1886, North Brookfield, MA, aged 41 years 16 days, of typhoid fever; aged 25 years, m. 30 Nov 1870, Watertown, MA, Josiah Clark Converse, aged 27 years, of New Braintree, MA. Children: 1. Eliza Converse, b. 14 May 1872, New Braintree, MA. 2. Martha Alice Converse, b. 6 Oct 1873, New Braintree, MA. 3. Lorenzo Converse, b. 29 Dec 1875, New Braintree, MA. 4. Jane Ruth Converse, b. 23 Sep 1877, North Brookfield, MA. 5. Inez Whitney Converse, b. 13 JUL 1879, North Brookfield, MA. 6. Maxcy Charles Converse, b. 24 Oct 1885, North Brookfield, MA; bapt. 2 Jun 1958, North Brookfield, Massachusetts.
iv.	Edward B. Whitney, b. 25 Jan 1848, Watertown, MA, living 1860.
v.	Mary Elizabeth Whitney, b. 11 Aug 1850, Watertown, MA; d. 6 Feb 1880, Oakham, MA; m. 25 Dec 1876, Worcester, MA, John P. Day of Oakham.

Apparently Charles⁷ and Martha Etheridge (White) Whitney had no children.

References

1.^  His parentage is proven by his baptism and marriage records.

2.^  "15 Jul 1810, Charles, s. of Charles Whitney, bapt.," according to Watertown Records, Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697 to 1737. Also, Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819 (Watertown, Massachusetts: Historical Society, 1906), p. 191.

3.^  Charles Whitney died 1 Apr 1899, Boston, MA, aged 90 years 5 months, of arteriosclerosis, surveyor, born Boston, living in Boston, buried in Worcester, according to: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives, volume 495, page 156. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

4.^  "[Whitney], Charles Jr. of Watertown and Martha G. Collins, [married] Dec. 29, 1840," according to Baldwin, Thomas W., ed., Vital Records of Hardwick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917), p. 266.

5.^  Her death record gives her father as Gamaliel Collins of Hardwick, and wife Ann of Truro. That man had three marriages recorded in Hardwick, but the one he was married to when Martha was born was apparently Elizabeth Billing.

6.^  Calculated from her age at the 1855 state census and her age at death.

7.^  On 4 May 1869, Watertown, MA, Martha G. (Collins) Whitney died, aged 54 years, of lung fever, housekeeping, born Hardwick, MA, daughter of Gamaliel (b. Hardwick) and Ann (b. Truro), according to: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives, volume 221, page 216. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004.

8.^  On 15 Mar 1870, Watertown, MA, Charles Whitney of Watertown, aged 59, stone mason, born Watertown, son of Charles and Ruth, married Martha E. White of Braintree, aged 45, born Braintree, daughter of Calvin and Margery, by G. W. Blagden, Sen. Pastor, Old South [Church, Boston], according to: Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. From original records held by the Massachusetts Archives, volume 227, page 292. Online database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004. The marriage is also recorded on the same date in Boston, MA, volume 228, page 34. The data are the same except Charles is called a contractor, and Martha's age is given as 44.

9.^  Her parentage is proven by her marriage record.

10.^  Genealogies of the Families of Braintree, Ma., 1640-1850, by Waldo Chamberlain Sprague, page 5491.

11.^  Ibid.

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