Family:Whitney, Nahum (1788-1843)

Nahum⁷ Whitney (Elijah⁶, Thomas⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Elijah⁶ and Mindwell (Hardy) Whitney, was born 7 Jan 1788, Westborough, MA, and died 22 Dec 1843, Shrewsbury, MA, aged 57 years, of suicide.^[1]

He "of Westborough" married, 22 Oct 1809, Northbridge, MA, Susanna Adams.^[2] She died New Haven, CT.

He resided Westborough, MA.

Children of Naham⁷ and Susanna (Adams) Whitney:

i.	Adaline Adams8 Whitney, b. 20 Apr 1810; m. 3 Sep 1829, Grafton, MA, Jeremiah Goodnough;[3] resided New Haven, CT.
ii.	Eliza Jane Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1811; m. 27 May 1832, Grafton, MA, Horace P. Brown;[4] resided Grafton, MA.
iii.	Sophia Dorinda Whitney, b. 28 May 1813; m. 28 Sep 1831, Grafton, MA, Alvah S. Davis;[5] resided Springfield, MA.
iv.	Susanna Loiza Whitney, b. 13 Oct 1815; d. 6 Mar 1867; m. ("of Springfield" int. 2 Mar 1839, Leominster, MA)[6] 26 Mar 1840, Springfield, MA, William Moore Brewer,[7] b. Boylston, MA; d. Aug 1888, Nashua, NH; was a merchant. Ch.: Charles Eugene, d. infancy; Camilla Louise, b. 15 Jan 1844; unmarried; resided Warner, NH. Her name was changed to Whitney.
v.	Charles Whitney, b. 16 Apr 1817; d. 25 Sep 1818.
vi.	Charles Whitney, b. 13 Dec 1820; d. 23 Jan 1841, Shrewsbury, MA, aged 20 years;[8] unmarried.

Census

• 1810, Westboro, Worcester Co., MA: Nahum Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 1 female 16-25, and 1 female 0-9.

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. 341.

1.^  "Nahum [Whitney], [died] Dec. 22, 1843, a. 57. Suicide by hanging. Native of Westboro," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).

2.^  "Nahum [Whitney] of Westborough, and Susanna Adams, [married] Oct. 22, 1809," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Northbridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1916).

3.^  "Adeline [A. in int.] [Whitney] and Jeremiah Goodnough, [married] Sept. 3, 1829," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, MA: The Systematic History Fund, 1906).

4.^  "Eliza J. [Whitney] and Horace P. Brown, [married] May 27, 1832," according to Grafton Vital Records.

5.^  "Sophia D. [Whitney] and Alvah S. Davis, [married] Sept. 28, 1831," according to Grafton Vital Records.

6.^  "Susan Louisa [Whitney] of Springfield and William Moore Brewster, int. Mar. 2, 1839," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (n.d.).

7.^  "Susan L. [Whitney], and William H. Brewer, m. -- Feb 1839," and "Susan L. [Whitney], and William M. Brewer, m. 26 Mar 1839," according to International Genealogical Index, batch numbers C541431-C541434, M541431-M541433. The first is most likely marriage intentions, and the second the marriage record.

8.^  "Charles [Whitney], [died] Jan. 23, 1841, a. 20," according to Shrewsbury Vital Records.

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