Family:Whitney, Aaron (1772-1845)

Aaron⁶ Whitney (Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Levi⁵ and Rebecca (Clark) Whitney,^[1] was born 13 Sep 1772, Townsend, MA, ^[2] and died 16 Feb 1845, Calais, ME.

He married firstly, 16 Mar 1797, Phebe Dunklee. She was born 20 Dec 1778, and died 31 Jan 1800.

He "of Amherst" married secondly, 2 Feb 1801, Dunstable, MA, Olive Lund "of Dunstable, N.H."^[3] She was born Aug 1779, and died Jan 1867.

He was a blacksmith by trade, and in 1812 was the postmaster at Amherst. His shop was burned in 1815, and in 1819 he moved to Calais. He was a prominent citizen in Amherst for some time. He resided Nashua, NH, and Amherst, MA, and Calais, ME.

Children of Aaron⁶ and Phebe (Dunklee) Whitney:

i.	Levi7 Whitney, b. 7 Jul 1798; m. Jane Whitney.
ii.	Luke Whitney, b. 2 Jan 1800; m.(1) Cynthia Smith King; m.(2) Mary Thankful Smith.
iii.	Mark Whitney, b. 2 Jan 1800; d. 22 Feb 1807, Amherst, NH.

Children of Aaron⁶ and Olive (Lund) Whitney:

iv.	Aaron7 Whitney, b. 15 Dec 1801; m. Rebecca Perkins.
v.	James Whitney, b. 8 Jul 1808; m. Julia A. Dorr.
vi.	Olive Whitney, b. 15 May 1805; resided Westbrook, ME.

Census

• 1800, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., NH: Aaron "Whiting", 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 3 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.
• 1810, Amherst, Hillsborough Co., NH: Aaron "Whiting", 1 male over 45, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.

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. 202.

1.^  His parentage is proven by his birth record.

2.^  "Aaron [Whitney], s. Levy and Rebeckah, b. Sep. 13, 1772," according to Henry C. Hallowell, ed., Vital Records of Townsend Massachusetts: Town Records to 1850 with Marriage Intentions to 1873 and Cemetery Inscriptions (Boston, Mass.: N.E. Historic Genealogical Society, 1992), p. 239.

3.^  "Aron [Whitney], of Amherst, and Olive Lund of Dunstable, N.H., [married] Feb. 2, 1801," according to Vital Records of Dunstable, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1913).

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