Family:Whitney, Amos (1768-1802)

Dr. Amos⁶ Whitney (Isaiah⁵, Isaiah⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Isaiah⁵ and Persis (Randall) Whitney, was born 27 Dec 1768, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 28 Feb 1802, Henniker, NH.

Marriage intentions were published 7 Jun 1793, Harvard, MA, for him and Rhoda Cutter "of Rindge".^[2] He married, 9 Jun 1793, Rindge, NH, Rhoda Cutter,^[3] daughter of Nathan and Hannah (Davis) Cutter. She was born 27 Aug 1770, New Ipswich, NH, and allegedly died 1820. She married secondly, 22 Sep 1805, Henniker, NH, Jasper Temple.^[4] She was of Rindge, NH.

They moved to Henniker in 1795, and resided in the southeast part. He was a skillful physician and much respected. He resided Henniker, NH.

Children of Amos⁶ and Rhoda (Cutter) Whitney:

i.	Horace7 Whitney, b. 18 Sep 1793; was soldier in was 1812; d. Concord.
ii.	Sophronia Whitney, b. 10 Jan 1795; m. 18 Apr 1813, Henniker, NH, Hon. Jacob Gibson;[5] b. 24 Oct 1784. He d. Dec 1869, Greenbush, WI. Ch.: Dr. A. C., b. 1823; resided Greenbush; Randolph, b. 1819; died Manchester; John S., b. 1830; resided MO; Sophalia, m. R. P. Eaton; resided Green Bay, WI; Sophronia, m. Randall Hoyt.
iii.	Dolly Whitney, b. 14 Jun 1796; m. 21 Sep 1814, Henniker, NH, Jonathan Moore,[6] of Hillsboro.
iv.	Calista Whitney, b. 3 Feb 1798; d. 19 May 1828; m. 21 Nov 1815, Henniker, NH, William K. Howe;[7] b. 30 Sep 1791. Was selectman several years in Henniker. He was married three times. 2 ch., Roxana C. (adopted), b. 19 Jun 1820.
v.	Cynthia Whitney, b. 19 Jan 1800; d. 7 Apr 1816.

Census

• 1800, Henniker, Hillsborough Co., NH: Amos Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, and 4 females 0-9.

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. 197.

1.^  "Amos [Whitney], s. of Isaiah and Peirses, [born] Dec. 27, 1768," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Amos [Whitney] and Rhoda Cutter of Rindge, int. June 7, 1793," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "Amos Whitney & Rhoda Cutter, m. 9 Jun 1793, Rindge, Cheshire Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

4.^  "Rhoda Whitney & Jasper Temple, m. 22 Sep 1805, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

5.^  "Sophronia Whitney & Jacob Gibson, m. 18 Apr 1813, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

6.^  "Dolly Whitney & Jonathan Moore, m. 21 Sep 1814, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

7.^  "Calista Whitney (of Henniker, NH) & William H. Howe, m. 21 Nov 1815, Henniker, Merrimack Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

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