Family:Whitney, Ezra Ames (1815-a1870)

Ezra Ames⁷ Whitney (Isaac⁶, Barnabas⁵, Isaac⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Isaac⁶ and Elizabeth C. (Parlin) Whitney, was born 6 Mar 1815, Augusta, ME.

He married firstly, Martha Tilton. She was born 5 Mar 1814, and died 3 Apr 1841, Freeman, ME. She is buried in the Strong Village Cemetery, Strong, ME.

He married secondly, 26 December 1862, Steuben, ME, Abigail Jane Watts, daughter of Joseph Tupper and Hannah (Wakefield) Watts. She was born 1833, Steuben, ME.

By the 1850 census, after the death of Martha, Ezra was residing in Steuben, ME, where he was a painter. After his second marriage he removed to Freeman by 1854 (1860 census) and Skowhegan by 1870, where he was a carpenter.

Children of Ezra Ames⁷ and Martha (Tilton) Whitney:

i.	Melissa Pandora8 Whitney, b. 6 Dec 1837, Freeman, ME; d. 14 Oct 1858, prob. Freeman, ME; buried in the Tuttle Corner Cemetery, Freeman, ME.
ii.	John Albert Whitney, b. 26 Jan 1840, Strong, ME; d. 17 Nov 1862, Freeman, ME; buried in the Tuttle Corner Cemetery, Freeman, ME.
iii.	Columbus L. Whitney, b. 1854, Freeman, ME; d. 10 Feb 1862, Freeman, ME; buried in the Tuttle Corner Cemetery, Freeman, ME.
iv.	H. Judson Whitney, b. 16 Aug 1856, prob. Freeman, ME; buried in the Steuben Cemetery, Union Church, Steuben, ME.
v.	Mary Elizabeth "Lizzie" Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1857, Freeman, ME; d. 3 Dec 1916, Newton, MA; m. 16 Jul 1874, Skowhegan, ME, James Cleveland Durrell, b. 15 Oct 1854, d. 15 Jun 1920, Newton, MA.
vi.	Bion E. A. Whitney, b. 1 May 1859, Skowhegan, ME; d. 4 Apr 1924, Bar Harbor, ME; m.(1) 16 Jan 1887, Millbridge, ME, Marcia Pray; m.(2) a "Miss Leighton".
vii.	Anna L. "Annie" Whitney, b. ca. 1863, prob. Skowhegan, ME.

References

• Thompson, George A. and Thompson, F. Janet, A Genealogical History of Freeman, Maine 1796-1938 in Three Volumes, Volume 3 (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books, 1996), p. 291-300.

• LDS Film #1597747, Vital Records of Steuben, ME

• NEHGR, Vol. 133, pg. 134

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