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* [[Archive:1840 Census Extracts, Massachusetts#258|1840, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA]]:  Mrs. O. Whitney, 1 female 30-39 and 2 females 10-14.
 
* [[Archive:1840 Census Extracts, Massachusetts#258|1840, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA]]:  Mrs. O. Whitney, 1 female 30-39 and 2 females 10-14.
 
* 1850, widow Olive and daughters not found.
 
* 1850, widow Olive and daughters not found.
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* [[Archive:1855 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Essex County#11|1855, Lawrence Ward 2, Essex Co., MA]]:
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<p class="Plaintext"> 142  192 Stillman Towne        29 M - Merchant                Mass.
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          Mary A.    "          29 F -                            "
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          Olin Whitney          52 " -                            "
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          Minirva  "            26 " -                            "</p>
 
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Worcester County#155|1860, Millbury, Worcester Co., MA]]:
 
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Massachusetts, Worcester County#155|1860, Millbury, Worcester Co., MA]]:
 
<p class="Plaintext">1628 1813 Olive Whitney        58 F -                          Mass.</p>
 
<p class="Plaintext">1628 1813 Olive Whitney        58 F -                          Mass.</p>

Revision as of 21:28, 30 March 2013

Benjamin Whitney, parentage unknown, was born about 1799, and died 26 May 1832, Millbury, MA, aged 32 years.[1]

He married 6 Oct 1825, Millbury, MA,[2] Olive Jenison Bixby, daughter of Simon and Hannah (Barton) Bixby. She was born 14 Oct 1802, Millbury, MA, and died 19 Mar 1880, Worcester, MA, aged 77 years 5 months 5 days, of pneumonia.[3]

They lived in Millbury, MA.

Children of Benjamin and Olive Jenison (Bixby) Whitney:

i. Mary Anne Whitney, b. 29 May 1826, Millbury, MA;[4] m. 4 Dec 1849, Millbury, MA, Stillman Towne "of Dana or Endfield".[5]
ii. Minerva P. Whitney, b. 18 Jul 1829, Millbury, MA;[6] m. 11 Nov 1858, Millbury, MA, Willard Marble, b. ca. 1821, Sutton, MA, son of Alpheus and Mary (-----) Marble.[7]

Census

142 192 Stillman Towne 29 M - Merchant Mass. Mary A. " 29 F - " Olin Whitney 52 " - " Minirva " 26 " - "

1628 1813 Olive Whitney 58 F - Mass.

334 554 Towne, Stillman 44 M W Clerk Dry Good Store $1500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary A. 45 F W Keeps House " -----, Addison W. 7 M W At school " Attended school Whiting, Olive J. 68 F W None " 555 Stewart, Louisa 67 F W Keeps House " -----, Hattie 26 F W None " -----, Nellie 25 F W None "

References

1.^  "Benjamin [Whitney], [died] May 26, 1832, a. 32," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Millbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).

2.^  "Benjamin [Whitney] and Olive J. Bixby, [married] Oct. 6, 1825," according to Millbury Vital Records.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 321, page 461.

4.^  "Mary A. [Whitney], d. Benjamin and Olive, [born] May 29, 1826," according to Millbury Vital Records.

5.^  "Marya [Mary Anne in int.] (d. Benjamin and Olive, a. 23) and Stillman Towne of Dana or Endfield, Dec. 4, 1849," according to Millbury Vital Records.

6.^  "Minerva P. [Whitney], d. Benjamin and Olive, [born] July 18, 1829," according to Millbury Vital Records.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 119, page 180.


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