Family:Whitney, John (1789-1854)

John⁷ Whitney (Daniel⁶, Daniel⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Daniel⁶ and Sarah (Durant) Whitney, was born 28 May 1789, Stow, MA,^[1] and died 2 Feb 1854, Stow, MA.

Marriage intentions were published 8 May 1819, Stow, MA, for him and Harriot Tower. He married, 13 Jun 1819, Stow, MA, Harriett Tower.^[2] She was born 28 Sep 1799, and died 16 Mar 1873, Stow, MA, aged 73 years. She married secondly, 18 Jun 1857, Peter Fletcher. He was born Stow 22 Feb 1799.

He resided Stow, MA, s. p.

John⁷ and Harriet (Tower) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1820, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: John Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 26-44, and 1 female 26-44; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: John Whitney, 40-49, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1840, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA: John Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 5-9; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA:

157 181 John Whitney 61 M - Farmer $2500 Mass. Harriot " 50 F - " Nancy Tower 15 F - " Attended school John Blackburn 14 M - " Attended school Polly Tower 54 F - "

• 1855, Stow, Middlesex Co., MA:

26 26 Harriet Whitney 55 F - Mass. Henry Whitney 32 M - Farmer Mass. Mary Tower 59 F - Mass. Nancie B. Tower 20 F - Mass. S. Augustus Rockwell 17 M - Farmer Mass.

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. 324.

1.^  "John [Whitney], s. Lt. Daniel and Sarah, [born] May 28, 1789," according to F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).

2.^  "John [Whitney] and Harriot Tower, int. May 8, 1819.[Heriott, m. June 13, C.R.]," according to Stow Vital Records.

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