Family:Whitney, Isaac (1790-1857)

Isaac Whitney (Barnabas, Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), was born 06 10 1790, Freeport, ME, and died 05 24 1857, Freeman, ME.

He married 02 28 1811, Norridgwok, ME, Elizabeth C. Parlin, daughter of Eleazer and Olive (Hildreth) Parlin. She was born 12 05 1786, Concord, MA, and died 1867, Freeman, ME.

Elizabeth's sister Olive married William Whitney, son of Samuel and Hannah (Thompson) Whitney.

Isaac and Elizabeth are buried in the Tuttle Corner Cemetery in Freeman, ME.

They resided in Steuben, Washington Co., ME in the 1850 census, where he was a farmer. They resided in Augusta, ME in the early 19th century, and later in Freeman, ME.

Children of Isaac and Elizabeth C. (Parlin) Whitney:

i.	Oliver Sewall Whitney, b. 01 02 1813, Augusta, ME, d. 02 29 1832, Freeman, ME; buried in the Tuttle Corner Cemetery in Freeman, ME.
ii.	Ezra Ames Whitney, b. 03 06 1815, Augusta, ME; m. Martha Tilton and Abigail Jane Watts.
iii.	Isaac Whitney, Jr., b. 04 02 1816, Augusta, ME.
iv.	Alvin Whitney, b. 11 08 1818, Freeman, ME, d. Brooklyn, NY; m. Susan Davis. He resided in Lewiston, ME in 1850, where he was a painter. In 1870 and 1880 he resided in Brooklyn, NY and NY City, NY. He is buried in Lewiston, ME. They had two daughters: Philistia A. Whitney, b. abt. 1845 in Lewiston, ME; m. Adelbert M. Knight; resided in NY City, NY Georgie A. Whitney, b. abt. 1851, prob. in Lewiston, ME; m. John H. Rieger of Brooklyn, NY
v.	Eliza Whitney, b. 05 09 1824, Freeman, ME, d. 06 23 1889, prob. in Milbridge, Washington Co., ME; m. 4 September 1842 in Steuben, ME to America Bonny Hayford, b. 28 July 1818 in Salem, Me, the son of Albert and Deborah Drew (Bonney) Hayford. He d. 16 August 1895 in Milbridge, ME. They are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Milbridge, ME.
vi.	Mary Stevens Whitney, b. 01 31 1825, Freeman, ME; m. 20 April 1848 in Freeman, ME to Captain Gilbert Moore Leighton
vii.	Martha Whitney, b. 01 31 1825, Freeman, ME.
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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. (Please insert link)

LDS Film 11557, Vital Records of Norridgewok, Somerset Co., Maine.

Early Narragaugas River Families of Washington Co., Maine; Tibbetts and Lamson

LDS Film 1597747, Vital Records of Steuben, Washington Co., Maine

D.A.R. GRC, 1952, S2, V21.1, Marriage Intentions from Freeman, ME Records, 1811-1870

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