Family:Whitney, William Mayberry (1821-1911)

William Mayberry⁷ Whitney (Stephen⁶, Stephen⁵, Isaac⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Stephen⁶ and Abigail (Mayberry) Whitney, was born 10 Aug 1821, Raymond, ME,^[1] and died 27 May 1911, CT.

He married 16 Jul 1850, Portland, ME, Charlotte Plumb York, daughter of William and Betsey (Bennett) York. She was born Oct 1820, ME, and died 11 May 1908, CT.

Children of William Mayberry⁷ and Charlotte Plumb (York) Whitney:

i.	William Whitney, b. 26 Jul 1851, CT; d. 20 Aug 1851, CT.
ii.	Louis Campbell8 Whitney, b. (poss. Sep) 1853, prob. Meriden, CT; m. Ellen Viola Goodwin.
iii.	Frederick W. Whitney, b. Jun 1857, prob. Meriden, CT; m. Rosannah E. Scanlon.

Census

• 1850, Meriden, New Haven Co., CT:

263 366 Wm. Whitney 29 M - Me. Charlotte " 29 F - " 367 Benjamin Parker 30 M - Cutler Eng. Priscilla " 25 F - " Lucius Curtiss 19 M - " Conn. Jones 18 M - " " Henry Ragg 43 M - " Eng.

• 1860, Meriden, New Haven Co., CT:

198 214 W. M. Whitney 38 M - Shoemaker Maine C. P. " 39 F - " Lewis C. " 6 M - " Attended school Fredk. W. " 2 M - "

• 1870, Meriden, New Haven Co., CT:

1333 1854 Whitney, W. L. 49 M W Mechanic $3000 $500 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Charlotte 49 F W Keeping House Maine -----, Louisa 17 F W At Home Conn. -----, Fred 13 M W At Home Conn.

• 1880, Meriden, New Haven Co., CT:

William WHITNEY 50 Self M M W ME Work Cutlery Factory ME ME Charlotte WHITNEY 52 Wife F M W ME Keep House ME ME Frederic WHITNEY 23 Son M S W CT Work Cutlery Factory ME ME

• 1900, Meriden, New Haven Co., CT; mechanic and factory worker.
• 1910, Plainville, CT; William, a boarder with son Frederick and family.
• 1920: not found.

References

• Census records.

• 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. 233.

• Willoughby, Miranda Goodrie, The Antecedents of Imogene Whitney (Riverside, RI, 1977).

1.^  "William M. [Whitney], s. Stephen and Martha, b. 10 Aug. 1821," according to Raymond, Maine, Vital Records. His mother was Abigail, not Martha.

2.^ . Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934; Ancestry.com

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