Family:Whitney, Hachaliah (1762-1848)

Major Hachaliah⁶ Whitney (Jesse⁵, Jonathan⁴, Jonathan³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Jesse⁵ and Mary (Cheney) Whitney, was born 5 Apr 1762, Mendon, MA,^[1] and died 14 Nov 1848, Milford, MA, aged 86 years 7 months 10 days, of typhus fever.^[2]

He married firstly, 29 Jun 1786, Milford, MA, Abigail Nelson.^[3] She was born 30 Jul 1765,^[4] and died 10 Dec 1838, Milford, MA, aged 73 years.^[5]

He married secondly, 9 Oct 1842, Milford, MA, Mrs. Olive (Madden) Cobb.^[6] She was born 1 Jun 1777, and died 1849.

He was in the Revolutionary war in the Mendon and Milford companies, and later was captain, and in 1809 major, of the local military regiment. He inherited part of the old homestead on which he always resided. He resided Milford, Massachusetts.

Children of Hachaliah⁶ and Abigail (Nelson) Whitney:

i.	Ethan7 Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1788, Milford, MA;[7] m. Betsey Miller Green.
ii.	Nelson Whitney, b. 24 Mar 1790, Milford, MA;[8] d. 19 Jul 1790, Milford, MA.[9]
iii.	Jesse Whitney, b. 12 Oct 1791, Milford, MA;[10] m. Rebecca Fisk.
iv.	Abigail Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1803, Milford, MA;[11] resided Milford, MA.

Census

• 1790, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Ackeliah Whitney, 2 males over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 1 female.
• 1800, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Hachaliah Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.
• 1810, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Hackaliah Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 16-26, 1 female over 45, 1 female under 10.
• 1820, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Hackeliah Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45, and 1 female 16-25; 1 engaged in agriculture.

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. 234.

1.^  "Hachaliah [Whitney], s. of Jesse and Mary, [born] Apr. 5, 1762," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Mendon, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1920). Also, "Hackaliah [Whitney], [born] Apr. 5, 1762. Revolutionary soldier. G.R.1," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917).

2.^  "Hackilliah [Whitney], s. of Jesse, [died] Nov. 15, 1848, a. 86y. 7m. 10d. Md. Typhus fever," according to Milford Vital Records.

3.^  "Hackaliah [Whitney] and Abigail Nelson, [married] June 29, 1786," according to Milford Vital Records.

4.^  "Hackaliah [Whitney] and Olive Cobb, [married] Oct. 9, 1842," according to Milford Vital Records.

5.^  "Abigail Nelson [Whitney] w. of Hachaliah, [born] July 30, 1765. G.R.1," according to Milford Vital Records.

6.^  "Abigail [Whitney] (Abigail Nelson, G.R.1), w. of Maj. Hackaliah, [died] Dec. 10, 1838, a. 73y.," according to Milford Vital Records.

7.^  "Ethan [Whitney], s. of Hachaliah and Abigail, [born] Apr. 22, 1788," according to Milford Vital Records.

8.^  "Nelson [Whitney], s. of Hachaliah and Abigail, [born] Mar. 24, 1790," according to Milford Vital Records.

9.^  "Nelson [Whitney], s. of Hachaliah and Abigail, [died] July 19, 1790," according to Milford Vital Records.

10.^  "Jesse [Whitney] Jr., s. of Hachaliah and Abigail, [born] Oct. 12, 1790. (1791. G.R.1)," according to Milford Vital Records.

11.^  "Abigail [Whitney], d. of Hachaliah and Abigail, [born] Jan. 6, 1803," according to Milford Vital Records.

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