Family:Whitney, Jacob (1776-1864)

Jacob⁷ Whitney (Jacob⁶, Richard⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Jacob⁶ and Lois (Hapgood) Whitney, was born 16 Oct 1776, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 12 Apr 1864, Harvard, MA, farmer, aged 87 years 5 months 26 days, of lung fever and old age, son of Jacob.

He married firstly, 20 Feb 1806, Harvard, MA, Mercy Fairbank⁷ Whitney,^[2] daughter of Reuben⁶ and Lucy (Fairbank) Whitney. She was born 25 Jul 1786, Harvard, MA,^[3] and died 9 Jul 1822, Harvard, MA.^[4]

Marriage intentions were published 7 Jun 1823, Harvard, MA, for him and second wife Hannah⁶ Whitney "of Bolton".^[5] He "of Harvard" married secondly, 13 Jul 1823, Bolton, MA, Hannah⁶ Whitney,^[6] daughter of John⁵ and Sarah (Atherton) Whitney. She was born 6 Sep 1794, Bolton, MA, and died 24 or 26 May 1833, Harvard, MA, aged 44 years.^[7]

He married thirdy, 2 Jun 1839, Harvard, MA, Elizabeth Gates,^[8] daughter of John and Catherine (Wetherbee) Gates. She was born 17 Nov 1792, Stow, MA, and died 24 Feb 1870, Harvard, MA, aged 77 years 3 months 7 days, of pneumonia, born in Stow, daughter of John and Catherine Gates.

Children of Jacob⁷ and Mercy Fairbank⁷ (Whitney) Whitney (possibly incomplete):

i.	(child)8 Whitney, b. unknown; d. 13 Apr 1810, Harvard, MA.[9]
ii.	Martha Ann Whitney, b. 22 Mar 1812, Harvard, MA;[10] d. 7 Sep 1829, Harvard, MA, aged 18 years.[11]
iii.	Mary Perry Whitney, b. 25 Jul 1814, Harvard, MA;[12] m. 26 Apr 1842, Harvard, MA, Dexter Sherman "of Wayland".[13]
iv.	Jacob Milton Whitney, b. 28 Jul 1816, Harvard, MA;[14] m. 21 Apr 1842, Harvard, MA, Sarah Ann Bigelow.[15]
v.	Mercy F. Whitney, b. ca. 29 Jun 1822, Harvard, MA; d. 26 Dec 1903, Fitchburg, MA, aged 81 years 5 months 27 days, of breast cancer;[16] "of Harvard" m. (int. 30 Apr 1847, Fitchburg, MA[17])(int. 1 May 1847, Harvard, MA[18]), Lysander S. Upham.

Children of Jacob⁷ and Hannah⁶ (Whitney) Whitney (possibly incomplete):

vi.	Sarah M.8 Whitney, bapt. 4 Sep 1825, Harvard, MA.[19]
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Jacob⁷ and Elizabeth (Gates) Whitney had no known children.

Census

• 1810, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Jacob Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 0-9, and 2 females 16-25.

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), pp. 325-326.

• Stow Vital Records

1.^  "Jacob [Whitney], s. of Jacob and Lois, [born] Oct. 16, 1776," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Jacob [Whitney] and Marcy F. (Mercy Fairbank, int.) Whitney, [married] Feb. 20, 1806," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "Mercy Fairbank [Whitney], d. of Reuben and Lucy, [born] July 15, 1786," according to Harvard Vital Records.

4.^  "Mercy F. [Whitney], [died] July 9, 1822, a. 36 y. G.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

5.^  "Jacob [Whitney] and Hannah Whitney of Bolton, int. June 7, 1823.," according to Harvard Vital Records.

6.^  "Jacob [Whitney] of Harvard and Hannah Whitney, [married] July 13, 1823," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910).

7.^  "Hannah [Whitney], (w. of Jacob, C.R.1.), [died] May 26, 1838, a. 44 y. (May 24, 1838. G.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.

8.^  "Jacob [Whitney] and Elizabeth Gates, [married] June 2, 1839. ," according to Harvard Vital Records.

9.^  "----- [Whitney], inf. ch. of Jacob, [died] Apr. 13, 1810. C.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

10.^  "Martha Ann [Whitney], d. of Jacob and Mercy, [born] Mar. 22, 1812," according to Harvard Vital Records.

11.^  "Martha [Whitney] (Martha Ann, G.R.1.) eldest d. of Jacob, [died] -----, 1829. C.R.1. (Dec. 7, 1829, a. 18 y. G.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.

12.^  "Mary Perry [Whitney], d. of Jacob and Mercy, [born] July 25, 1814," according to Harvard Vital Records.

13.^  "Mary P. [Whitney] and Dexter Sherman of Wayland, [married] Apr. 26, 1842," according to Harvard Vital Records.

14.^  "Jacob Milton [Whitney], s. of Jacob and Mercy, bp. July 28, 1816. C.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

15.^  "J. Milton [Whitney] (Jacob Milton, int.) and Sarah Ann Bigelow, [married] Apr. 21, 1842," according to Harvard Vital Records.

16.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 22, page 525.

17.^  "Mercy [Whitney] of Harvard and Lysander S. Upham, [marriage intentions] Apr. 30, 1847," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. III, p. 218.

18.^  "Mercy F. [Whitney] and Lysander S. Upham of Fitchburg, int. May 1, 1847," according to Harvard Vital Records.

19.^  "Sarah Margaret [Whitney], d. of Jacob, bp. Sept. 4, 1825. C.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

20.^  "Louisa Jane [Whitney], d. of Jacob, bp. July 1, 1827. C.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

21.^  "Louisa J. [Whitney], d. of Jacob and Hannah, a. 23 y., and George G. Fales of Peterborough, N.H., s. of Ephraim and Olive, b. in Lancaster, a. 27 y., [married] Dec. 20, 1840," according to Harvard Vital Records.

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