Family:Whitney, Amos (1832-a1900)

Amos⁸ Whitney (Aaron⁷, Aaron⁶, Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Aaron⁷ and Rebecca (Perkins) Whitney, was born 8 Oct 1832, Biddeford, ME.

He married, 8 Sep 1856, Laura Johnson. She was born 9 Nov 1837.

He was born in Biddeford, ME. Some of his younger years were spent in Saccarappa, where he was educated in the common schools. At the age of twelve years he moved to Exeter, NH, where he remained until he was fourteen. He then entered the employ of the Essex Machine Company, in Lawrence, MA, and learned the machinist's trade. He went to Hartford when he was about nineteen years of age and was employed by the Colts Fire Arms Company for a few years, and for a number of years he was in the employ of the Phoenix Iron Works. In 1860, with Francis A. Pratt, he founded in a small way what is now Pratt & Whitney Co., manufacturers of machinist's tools, special machinery, etc., now one of the largest concerns of kind in this country. It is well known in this country and abroad. He is a stanch Republican in politics, but being of a very retiring disposition never takes an active part in public affairs; resided 231 Lawrence St. Hartford, CT.

Children of Amos⁸ and Laura (Johnson) Whitney:

i.	Nellie Hortense9 Whitney, b. 5 Oct 1860; d. 8 Jun 1865.
ii.	Nettie Louise Whitney, b. 8 Nov 1865.
iii.	Clarence Edgar Whitney, b. 26 Nov 1869.

Census

• 1870, Hartford Ward 3, Hartford Co., CT, p. 24:

120 221 Whitney, Amos 37 M W General Machinist $45000 Maine Illiterate, Male citizen over 21 -----, Laura J. 32 F W Keeping house New Hampshire Illiterate -----, Nettie L. 4 F W Connecticut -----, Clarence E. 6/12 M W " Born in Dec -----, Sarah J. 39 F W At home Maine Illiterate Quackenbush, Fanny 24 F W " " " Illiterate Dyer, Bridget 30 F W Domestic Ireland Parents foreign born

Sarah J. was Amos's sister. Apparently the census taker reversed the meaning of the columns about literacy, marking those who could read and write, instead of those who couldn't.

• 1880, Hartford, Hartford Co., CT:

Amos WHITNEY 47 Self M M W ME Super Manufactury Co ME ME Laura J. WHITNEY 42 Oth F M W NH Keeps House MA MA Nettie L. WHITNEY 14 Dau F S W CT At School ME NH Clarence E. WHITNEY 10 Son M S W CT At School ME NH George F. WHITNEY 34 Bro M M W ME Contractor ME ME Emma F. WHITNEY 34 SisL F M W MA Keeps House MA MA Sallie C. JOHNSON 67 MotL F W W MA MA MA

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. 550.

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