Family:Whitney, Nathan (1800-1870)

Nathan Whitney (Charles), son of Charles and Polly (Heywood) Whitney, was born 1800, Barretston Plantation, ME, and died 1870.

He married, 1831, Hope, ME, Clarissa Knowlton. She was born about 1811, ME, and died after 1870.

Children of Nathan and Clarissa (Knowlton) Whitney, if any, unknown, although the 1840 census suggests a daughter born 1835-1840.

Notes

His widow Clarissa may be the Clarissa Whitney who had her intentions of marriage published 22 May 1872, Alexander, ME, with Samuel Walker, "both of Alexander".^[1]

Census

• 1840, Union, Lincoln Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Union, Lincoln Co., MA:

153 163 Nathan Whitney 50 M - Joiner $400 Maine Clarissa " 39 F - "

• 1860, Appleton, Knox Co., ME:

249 261 Nathan Whitney 59 M - Farmer $400 $185 Me. Attended school [sic] Clara Whitney 48 F - " Emeline Farden 10 F - " Pauper

• 1870, Appleton, Knox Co., ME:

281 294 Whitney, Clara 58 F W Keeping house $300 $100 Maine Caswell, Mercy 58 F W Maine

References

• Census records.

1.^  "Clarissa, and Samuel Walker, b. of Appleton, int. May 22, 1872," according to Elizabeth M. Mosher, comp., Vital Records of Appleton, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1993), p. 135.

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