Family:Whitney, Jabez (1767-1849)

Jabez⁶ Whitney (Jacob⁵, Jonas⁴, Eleazar³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jacob⁵ and Rachel (Whiting) Whitney, was born 30 Nov 1767, Roxbury, MA, was baptized 20 Dec 1767, Roxbury, MA,^[1] and died 20 Apr 1849, Phillipston, MA, aged 81 years,^[2] and was buried in the Jones Cemetery, Orange, MA.^[3]

Jabez married firstly, sometime before 1790, Elizabeth Mayo. She was born 28 Nov 1762, Warwick, MA, was baptized 26 Dec 1763, Roxbury, MA, and died 5 Nov 1808, Orange, MA, aged 46 years, and was buried in the Jones Cemetery, Orange, MA.^[4]

Jabez married secondly, sometime before 1810, Sarah Savoy. She was born about 1783, died 27 Oct 1847, Orange, MA, aged 64 years, of dysentery.^[5][6]

In 1820, the family was enumerated in Orange, MA as follows: 1 male over 45 (Jabez, age 53), 2 males under 10 (Abner, Moses. Philbrook was not yet born), 1 female 26-45 (Sarah, age 37), 1 female 10-16 (Cylanda), and 2 females under 10 (Clancy, Sally). It doesn't appear as if any of the children from Jabez's previous marriage were residing with the family.

Children of Jabez⁶ and Elizabeth (Mayo) Whitney:

i.	Abel7 Whitney, b. 21 May 1790, Orange, MA;[7] m. Sylvia Twichel.
ii.	Desire Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1793, Orange, MA,[8] name not listed in town record extract; d. 27 Apr 1880, Dedham, MA, widow, aged 87 years 2 months 18 days, of hydrothorax, b. Orange, dau. of Jabez of Roxbury and Elizabeth;[9] m. ("Miss" "of Newton" int. 9 Mar 1828, Dedham, MA,[10] and 24 Feb 1828, Newton, MA[11]) 3 Apr 1828, Roxbury, MA, James Farrington "of Dedham".[12]
iii.	Sally Whitney, b. 16 Sep 1794, Orange, MA;[13] d. 25 Mar 1815, Orange, MA.[14]
iv.	Irena Whitney, b. 3 June 1796, Orange, MA;[15] d. 4 Nov 1869, Edinboro, PA; "of Petersham" m. (int. 12 Dec 1816, Petersham, MA[16]) 1 Jan 1817, Athol, MA, Evi Twitchell.[17]
v.	Mary Mayo Whitney or Polly Whitney, b. 4 Apr 1798, Orange, MA;[18] d. 24 Apr 1890, Dedham, MA, aged 92 years 3 months 23 days, of enlargement of the liver; unmarried.[19]
vi.	Eliza Whitney, b. 16 May 1799, Orange, MA.[20]
vii.	Lewis Jones Whitney, b. 3 Jan 1802, Orange, MA;[21] m. Ruth Howard.
viii.	Jacob Whitney, b. 4 Nov 1804, Orange, MA,[22] m. Sally Pratt.

Children of Jabez⁶ and Sarah (Savoy) Whitney:

ix.	Cylanda7 Whitney, b. 17 Mar 1810, Orange, MA.[23]
x.	Clancy Whitney, b. 8 Feb 1811, Orange, MA.[24]
xi.	Abner Whitney, b. 9 Jan 1813, Orange, MA.[25]
xii.	Moses Whitney, b. 6 May 1816, Orange, MA.[26]
xiii.	Sally Whitney, b. 13 Sep 1818, Orange, MA.[27]
xiv.	Philbrook Whitney, b. 26 Nov 1820, Orange, MA;[28] m. Sarah A. -----.
xv.	William Whitney, b. 8 Aug 1822, Orange, MA;[29] m. Sarah Angelina Peabody.
xvi.	Daniel Whitney, b. 29 May 1824, Orange, MA;[30] m.(1) 16 Dec 1850, Leyden, MA, Elizabeth Goodenough, b. ca. 1816, Guilford, VT;[31] m.(2) 2 Jan 1864, Halifax, VT, Mary A. Dunbar, dau. of Amos Hitchcock.[32]
xvii.	Henry Whitney, b. ca. 1826, Orange, MA; d. prob. bef. 1855; m. 7 Aug 1851, Newburyport, MA, Rosanna Hardy, b. 30 Nov 1827, Strong, ME, d. 25 Feb 1908, Carlisle, MA, dau. of James and Hopestill (Cutler) Hardy;[33]; she m.(2) 30 Apr 1859, Lowell, MA, Abel Goodridge Hodgman, b. ca. 1826, Carlisle, MA, son of Josiah and Lucy (Spaulding) Hodgman;[34] she was bur. Green Cemetery, Carlisle, MA.
xviii.	Howard Whitney, b. 29 May 1827, Orange, MA.[35] Possibly the same as the preceding.

Census

• 1790: not found.
• 1800, Orange, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA: Jabez Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 0-9.
• 1810, Orange, Hampshire (now Franklin) Co., MA: Jabez Whitney, 2 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 4 females 10-15, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1820, Orange, Franklin Co., MA: Jabez Whitney, 1 male over 45, 2 males under 10, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Orange, Franklin Co., MA: Jabez Whitney, 1 male 80-89, 1 male 60-69, 2 males 10-14, 2 males 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 10-14.
• 1840, Orange, Franklin Co., MA: Jabez Whitney, 1 male 60-70, 2 males 15-20, 1 female 50-60.
• 1850, sons Clancy, Abner, Moses, Daniel, and Howard not found.
• 1850, Athol, Worcester Co., MA:

206 246 Louis S. Whitney 45 M - Carpenter $1000 Mass. Ruth " 46 F - " Sumner P. " 22 M - Farmers Man " Mary A. " 12 F - " Attended school Mary M. " 52 F - "

Daughter Mary is living with her brother Lewis.

• 1850, Colrain, Franklin Co., MA:

64 64 Dwight Roberts 32 M - Farmer $3000 Mass. Phebe Roberts 33 F - Mass. Harriet Roberts 9 F - Mass. Attended school Slack Roberts 8 M - Mass. Attended school Joseph F. Roberts 5 M - Mass. Attended school Deborah M. Roberts 4 F - Mass. Attended school Sarah A. Roberts 2 F - Mass. Mary Hart 26 F - Mass. Illiterate Isaac Green 18 M B Mass. Pauper & Idiot Daniel Whitney 29 M - Laborer Mass.

• 1855, Athol, Worcester Co., MA:

3 3 Lewis J. Whitney 53 M - Carpenter Mass. Ruth Whitney 52 F - do Mary E. Whitney 17 F - do Mary M. Whitney -- F - do

Daughter Mary is living with her brother Lewis.

• 1855, Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA:

1 1 Theodore Ela 60-69 M - N.H. . . . Roseann Whitney 30-39 F - Me. . . .

• 1860, Northborough, Worcester Co., MA:

876 1084 Wm. T. Hayden 48 M - Blacksmith $3000 $4500 Mass. Sarah H. " 46 F - Maine Esther M. " 20 F - Seamstress Mass. Carrie T. " 12 F - " Attended school Mary M. Whitny 62 F - Dressmaker $2000 "

• 1860, Guilford, Windham Co., VT:

529 555 Noah Shephardson 73 M - Farmer $1500 $588 Vermont Julia A. " 68 F - " Mary J. " 31 F - Farm L " Daniel Whitney 35 M -

• 1865, daughter Mary not found.
• 1870, Northborough, Worcester Co., MA:

270 286 Twitchell, Frederick L. 38 M W Comb Manufacturer $2500 $2000 Mass. -----, Sarah H. 40 F W Keeping House " -----, Frederick D. 12 M W At School " -----, Sarah F. 9 F W At School " 287 Whitney, Mary M. 70 F W Keeping House "

• 1880, Northborough, Worcester Co., MA:

Jonas P. NEWTON 74 Self M M W MASSACHUSETTS Farming MASS MASS Arethusa NEWTON 71 Wife F M W MASSACHUSETTS Keeping House MASS MASS Frederick MCKENSIE 20 GSon M S W MASSACHUSETTS Works In Comb Shop NOVA SCOTIA MASS Mary M. WHITNEY 82 Oth F S W MASSACHUSETTS MASS MASS William LEGGETT 19 Oth M S W MASSACHUSETTS Apprentice Blacksmith MASS MASS

References

1.^  "Jabez [Whitney], s. Jonas and Rachel, bp. Dec. 20, 1767, C.R.2," according to Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1925-1926). [NOTE: This is apparently an error for Jabez, s. Jacob and Rachel.--RLW]

2.^  "Jabez [Whitney], [died] April 20, 1849, a. 81. Church Record," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1906).

3.^  "Jabez [Whitney], ae 80, Jones Cem., Orange, [died] Apr. 20, 1849," according to Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA.

4.^  "Elizabeth [Whitney], sp. Jabez, ae 46, Jones Cem., Orange, [died] Nov. 5, 1808," according to Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA.

5.^  "Sally [Whitney], sp Jabez, ae 64, of dysentary, [died] Oct. 27, 1847," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, "Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891" (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983).

6.^  Probably the same person was this: "Ly [Whitney], sp. Jabez, ae 59, Jones Cem., Orange, [died] Oct. 26, 1846," according to Central and Jones Cemeteries, Orange, MA. The "Ly" could be Sally, with part of the stone broken.

7.^  "Abel [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] May 21, 1790," according to Orange Vital Records.

8.^  "----- [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Feb. 9, 1793," according to Orange Vital Records.

9.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 320, page 223.

10.^  "Desire [Whitney], Miss, of Newton, and Mr. James Farrington, of Dedham, int. Mar. 9, 1828," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886).

11.^  "Desire [Whitney], and James Farrington, int. Feb. 24, 1828," according to Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905).

12.^  "Desire [Whitney], and James Farrington, [married] Apr. 3, 1828," according to Roxbury Vital Records.

13.^  "Sally [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Sep. 16, 1794," according to Orange Vital Records.

14.^  "Sally [Whitney], dau. Jabez and Elizabeth, [died] Mar. 25, 1815," according to Orange Vital Records.

15.^  "Irena [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] June 3, 1796," according to Orange Vital Records.

16.^  "Irene [Whitney] and Evi Twitchell of Athol, int. Dec. 12, 1816," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).

17.^  "Irene [Whitney] of Petersham and Evi [Eri?] Twichel, [married] Jan. 1, 1817," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910).

18.^  "Polly [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Apr. 4, 1798," according to Orange Vital Records.

19.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 410, page 341.

20.^  "Eliza [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] May 16, 1799," according to Orange Vital Records.

21.^  "Lewis [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Jan. 3, 1802," according to Orange Vital Records.

22.^  "Jacob [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Nov. 4, 1804," according to Orange Vital Records.

23.^  "Cylanda [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Mar. 17, 1810," according to Orange Vital Records.

24.^  "Clancy [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Feb. 8, 1811," according to Orange Vital Records.

25.^  "Abner [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Jan. 9, 1813," according to Orange Vital Records.

26.^  "Moses [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] May 6, 1816," according to Orange Vital Records.

27.^  "Sally [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] 13 Sep 1818," according to Orange Vital Records.

28.^  "Philbrook [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Nov. 26, 1820," according to Orange Vital Records.

29.^  "William [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] Aug. --, 1822," according to Orange Vital Records.

30.^  "Daniel [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] May 29, 1824," according to Orange Vital Records.

31.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 45, page 211.

32.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

33.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 54, page 200.

34.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 127, page 93.

35.^  "Howard [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Sarah, [born] May 29, 1827," according to Orange Vital Records.

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