Family:Whitney, Laban (1783-1818)

Laban⁶ Whitney (Elias⁵, Elias⁴, Jonathan³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Elias⁵ and Lucy (Barnes) Whitney, was born 24 Oct 1783, Jaffrey, NH, and died 20 Jun 1818, Bellingham or Milford, MA, aged 34 years 8 months.^[1]

He married, 27 Jun 1805, Milford, MA, Olive Greene,^[2] daughter of Cleophas Green. She was born 1784, Jaffrey, NH, and died 7 Dec 1867, Bellingham, MA, or 7 Dec 1868, Milford, MA, aged 83 years 7 months 7 days, of old age.^[3]

He resided Bellingham and Milford, MA.

Children of Laban⁶ and Olive (Greene) Whitney:

i.	Hannah7 Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1805, Holliston, MA;[4] d. 2 Jan 1838.
ii.	Betsey Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1808, Milford, MA;[5] d. 1840.
iii.	Ruel Whitney, b. 3 Dec 1811, Bellingham, MA;[6] m.(1) Prudence Chamberlain; m.(2) Caroline Josephine Harrington; m.(3) Mary I. Adams.
iv.	Laban Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1815, Bellingham, MA;[7] m. Mary Sickles.
v.	Lemuel G. Whitney, b. 4 Jan 1817, Bellingham, MA;[8] m. Fannie Darling.

Census

• 1810, Bellingham, Norfolk Co., MA: Laban Whitney, 1 male 26-45, 1 female 26-45, 1 female under 10.
• 1820, widow Olive not found.
• 1830, Northbridge, Worcester Co., MA: Olive Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 20-29.
• 1840, widow Olive not found.
• 1850, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

411 563 Samuel Whitney 33 M - Boot Maker $1500 Mass. Fanny " 23 F - " George Sweet 15 M - " " " Olive Whitney 65 F - "

• 1860, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

1153 1850 Lemuel Whitney 43 M - Farmer $1600 $465 Mass. Fanny 32 F - " Ruel 3 M - " Henry E. 6/12 M - " Olive 75 F - " Henry Bailey 13 M - England

• 1865 State, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

635 989 Lemuel Whitney 48 M - Mass. M Farmer - - 1 1 - Fanny Whitney 38 F - " M House Keeper - - - - - Ruel E. Whitney 8 M - " - - - - - - Henry E. Whitney 5 M - " - - - - - - Olive Whitney 80 F - " W - - - - -

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. 238.

1.^  "Leaben [Whitne], [died] June 20, [1818], P.R.1," according to Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1903), p. 220. Also, "Laban [Whitney], [died] June 20, 1818, a. 34y. 8m. G.R.3," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917), p. 376.

2.^  "Laban [Whitney] and Olive Greene, [married] June 27, 1805," according to Milford Vital Records, pp. 309-310.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 204, page 241.

4.^  "Hannah [Whitney], d. Laban and Olive, [born] Dec. 8, 1805," according to Vital Records of Holliston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908).

5.^  "Betsey [Whitney], d. of Laban and Olive, [born] Oct. 18, 1808," according to Milford Vital Records, pp. 181-182.

6.^  "Reuel [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Dec. 3, 1811," according to Bellingham Vital Records, pp. 70-71.

7.^  "Laban [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Jan. 6, 1815," according to Bellingham Vital Records, pp. 70-71.

8.^  "Lemuel G. [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Jan. 4, 1817," according to Bellingham Vital Records, pp. 70-71.

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