Family:Whitney, Asa (c1802-a1860)

Asa⁸ Whitney (Jonathan⁷, Jonathan⁶, Joseph⁵, Benjamin⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹), son of Jonathan⁷ and Lucy (Parks) Whitney, was born about 1802, Watertown, MA, and died after 1860.

He married, 15 Nov 1825, Rhoda Blaisdell, daughter of John Drew and Olive (Horsum) Blaisdell. She was born 15 Dec 1806, Jay, ME, and died 11 Mar 1889, Auburn, ME. She married secondly, 9 May 1869, Auburn, ME, Sanders Macomber, as his second wife. He was born 7 Oct 1797, Marshfield, MA, son of William and Sarah (Hatch) Macomber.

Children of Asa⁸ and Rhoda (Blaisdell) Whitney (probably incomplete):

i.	Mary Elizabeth9 Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1827, Jay, ME.
ii.	(daughter) Whitney, b. 1830-1835; deduced from 1840 Census.
iii.	Jedediah W. Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1835, Jay, ME, d. 24 Mar 1911; m. 7 Feb 1858, Readfield, ME, Angeline Huntoon.
iv.	(son) Whitney, b. 1835-1840. There was a Samuel, age 13, in Weld, ME, in 1850, who might be this son.
v.	Jesse Coolidge Whitney, b. 6 May 1841, Jay, ME; d. 27 Jan 1914, Auburn, ME, aged 71 years 6 months 20 days, of uremic poisoning; m. 6 May 1868, Lowell, MA, Paulina G. Farmer, of Lewiston, ME; res. Lewiston, ME, Chicago, IL, and Marshalltown, IA.
iv.	Francis Whitney, b. 7 Dec 1847, Jay, ME; d. 4 Jan 1927, Marshalltown, IA; m. 1871, Albia, IA, Cynthia Ann Whitney, nee Tribble; res. Phillips, ME, Austin, IL, and Marshalltown, IA.
ii.	(poss.) George Whitney, b. ca. 1853, ME; listed with Asa and Rhoda in the 1860 Census.

Notes

The absence of Asa and Rhoda from the 1850 census is perplexing. Several (possibly all) of their children were living with other families, yet they reappear in 1860.

Census

• 1830, Jay, Oxford Co., ME: Asa Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1840, Jay, Franklin Co., ME: Asa Whitny, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9; 3 in agriculture.
• 1850, Asa and Rhoda not found.
• (prob.) 1850, Weld, Franklin Co., MA:

91 98 Luke Goding 57 M - Farmer $600 Mass. Prudence " 41 F - Me. Flavel " 14 M - " Attended school Francis " 11 M - " Attended school Emulus " 8 M - " Attended school Marietta " 7 F - " Attended school Henry " 5 M - " Attended school Valorus " 3 M - " Mary Whitney 23 F - " Illiterate, Pauper Rhoda " 3/12 F - " Pauper

• 1850, Jay, Franklin Co., MA:

224 245 William Sylvester 59 M - Farmer $1600 Mass. Hannah " 54 F - " Hellen J. A. " 15 " - Maine Attended school Hannah J. " 14 " - " Attended school Jedediah Whitney 15 M - Farmer " Attended school

• 1850, Weld, Franklin Co., MA:

44 47 Abner Fletcher 63 M - Farmer $1600 N.H. Betsey " 58 F - Me. Oliver F. " 22 M - ditto " Saphrona A. " 20 F - " Ruth B. " 18 F - " Sarah B. " 14 F - " Attended school Jesse C. Whitney 8 M - " Attended school

• 1850, Jay, Franklin Co., MA:

148 168 Aaron Chandler 29 M - Farmer $800 Maine Mary A. " 32 F - New York David A. " 3/12 M - Maine Francis C. Whitney 3 " - "

• 1860, Mount Vernon, Kennebec Co., MA:

54 58 Asa Whitney 58 M - Farmer $650 $200 Mass. Rhoda Whitney 53 F - Maine Francis " 13 M - Do Attended school George Whitney 7 M - Do Attended school

References

• Jedidiah Whitney Family Bible.

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