Family:Whitney, Lewis (1819-a1870)

Lewis⁷ Whitney (Stephen⁶, Stephen⁵, Isaac⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Stephen⁶ and Abigail (Mayberry) Whitney, was born 9 Aug 1819, Raymond, ME,^[1] and died 18 Sep 1876 in Portland, ME.

He married firstly, 14 Apr 1844, Durham, ME, Cynthia Rideout Blethen,^[2] both of Durham, daughter of Jonathan and Mary (Rideout) Blethen. She was born 26 Feb 1823, Dover-Foxcroft, ME.

He married secondly, 18 Dec 1852, Lewiston, ME, Mary Ellen (Strout) Corbett "both of Durham",^[3] daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Vining) Strout. She was born 26 Aug 1825, Durham, ME, and died 23 Oct 1902, Cambridge, MA, aged 77 years 1 month 27 days, of pneumonia.^[4] She had married firstly, 31 May 1846, Horace L. Corbett, son of Horace and Catherine Corbett. He was born 28 Oct 1821 in Walpole, MA, and d. 13 Nov 1847. He is buried in the Lisbon Cemetery, Lisbon, ME.

They lived in Portland in 1860 and 1870.

Children of Lewis⁷ and Mary Ellen (Strout) Whitney:

i.	Etta May8 Whitney, b. 26 May 1854, ortland, ME; m.(1) Harmon Edmund Phinney; m.(2) George Ingersoll Johnson Wheelock.

Notes

Mary Ellen Strout was a Mayflower descendant as follows:

1. Stephen Hopkins, Mayflower passenger, m.(1) Mary -----
2. Constance Hopkins, m. Nicholas Snow
3. John Snow, m. Mary Smalley
4. Mary Snow, m. Hezekiah Doane
5. Rachel Doane, m. Joseph Strout
6. Joshua Strout, m. Sarah Sawyer
7. Joshua Strout, m. Betsey Cobb
8. Jonathan Strout, m. Sarah Vining
9. Mary Ellen Strout, m.(2) Lewis Whitney

1. John Tilley, m. Joan (Hurst) Rogers, Mayflower passengers
2. Elizabeth Tilley, m. John Howland, Mayflower passenger
3. Hope Howland, m. John Chipman
4. Hope (Chipman) Huckins, m.(2) Jonathan Cobb
5. Jonathan Cobb, m. Elizabeth Vaughn
6. Ebenezer Cobb, m. Rebecca Whitfield
7. Betsey Cobb, m. Joshua Strout
8. Jonathan Strout, m. Sarah Vining
9. Mary Ellen Strout, m.(2) Lewis Whitney

Census

• 1850: not found.
• 1860, Portland Ward 2, Cumberland Co., ME:

552 861 Lewis Whitney 39 M - Conductor $300 Maine Mary E. 36 F - " Etta M. 6 F - " Attended school J. Hartley Soule 16 M - Painter Massachusetts Sarah P. Royal 18 F - Domestic Maine Betsey S. Soule 69 F - "

• 1870, Portland Ward 7, Cumberland Co., ME:

222 251 Whitney, Lewis 50 M W Conductor G.T.R. $5000 $1300 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary E. 43 F W Keeping House " -----, Ettie 16 F W "

• 1880, Deering, Cumberland Co., ME:

Harmen E. PHINNEY 30 Self M M W ME Clerk In Grocery ME ME Ella W. PHINNEY 26 Wife F M W ME Keeping House ME ME Annie M. PHINNEY 4 Dau F S W ME ME ME Lewis W. PHINNEY 2 Son M S W ME ME ME Mary E. WHITNEY 56 MotL F W W ME Boarder ME ME Mary MURPHY 18 Oth F S W NB Servant NB NB

References

• Census records.

1.^  "Lewis [Whitney], s. Stephen and Martha, b. 9 Aug. 1819," according to Raymond, Maine, Vital Records. His mother was Abigail, not Martha.

2.^  "Apr. 14, 1844, [married] Lewis WHITNEY & Cynthia B. BLETHEN, b. of Durham; by Leander HUSSEY, Durham (B:255)," according to Archive:Cumberland County, Maine, Marriages, p. 268. Also "Lewis Whitney and Cynthia B. Blethen, both of Durham, [intentions] 30 March 1844," and "Lewis Whitney and Cynthia B. Blethen, both of Durham, m. 14 April 1844," according to Durham, Maine, Vital Records.

3.^  "Lewis Whitney and Mary E. (Strout) Corbett, both of Durham, [intentions] 18 December 1851," and "Lewis Whitney and Mary E. Corbett, both of Durham, m. 18 December 1852," according to Durham, Maine, Vital Records.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 529, page 413.

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