Family:Whitney, Isaac (1721-1800)

Isaac⁴ Whitney (Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Nathaniel³ and Sarah (Ford) Whitney, was born 9 Mar 1720/1, York, ME,^[1] and died 1800, Freeport, ME.^[2]

Marriage intentions were published 25 Feb 1743, York, ME, for him and Sarah Crosby "both of York".^[3] He married firstly, 5 Sep 1743, York, ME, Sarah Crosby, daughter of Dr. Jonathan and Hannah (Wicom) Crosby.^[4] She was born 18 Jan 1724, Dover, NH. She died 23 Jun 1765, Gorham, ME.

He married secondly, 29 Aug 1765, Gorham, ME, Hannah (Lombard) Payne,^[5] daughter of Jedediah and Hannah (Lewis) Lombard. She was born 4 Oct 1718, Truro, MA, and died before 1 Jan 1784. She had married firstly, 8 Mar 1739/40, Truro, MA, Jonathan Paine.

Marriage intentions for him "of Buxton" and "Mrs." Mary Walker "of Falmouth" were published 13 Dec 1783, Buxton, ME. He married thirdly, 1 Jan 1784, Gorham, ME, Mrs. Mary Walker, by Edward Phinney, Esq.^[6]

Pierce says the following:^[7]

He was born in York, where he resided until 1752, when he purchased a house and lot in Saco. In 1775 he was living in Buxton, Me., but died at the house of his son Henry, in Freeport, in 1800, aged 80. He married three times.

Willoughby says:

"Isaac Whitney (1720-1800) also married more than once; many women of that time died young, as our records prove. His first wife was Sarah Crosby, the mother of the ongoing Whitney line of this study. After her death at about age 32, Isaac remarried not once, but twice. By profession he was a housewright, or builder. He moved in 1750 to the town of Saco, where he purchased a lot from William Pepperell; two years later he sold this lot "and house thereon" (Folsom, History of Saco and Biddeford). Records show him in Biddeford in July of 1758 (York deeds), in Gorham about 1760 (McClellan, History of Gorham), and in Buxton about 1770. He died in Freeport, Maine. Among his six children were Stephen Whitney (# 8 of this study) and Isaac Whitney, Jr., who (like his brother) served in the American Revolution and later received a pension for that service.

"Sarah Crosby (1723/4-1765) was born in York, Maine. She married Isaac Whitney in 1743 (McClellan) and died in Gorham (New England Historical Genealogical Register, 30,60)"

Children of Isaac⁴ and Sarah (Crosby) Whitney:

i.	Lucy5 Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1745, York, ME;[8] m. Jabez Morton.
ii.	Phineas Whitney, b. 5 Jun 1747, York, ME;[9] m.(1) Anna Morton; m.(2) Mary (Blethen)(Fish) Emerson.
iii.	Isaac Whitney, b. 28 Dec 1748, York, ME;[10] m. Mary Crockett.
iv.	Hannah Whitney, b. 28 Nov 1750, York, ME;[11] m.(1) Joseph Brown; m.(2) Joshua Adams.
v.	David Whitney, bapt. 11 May 1753, Biddeford, ME.[12]
vi.	Jonathan Whitney, bapt. 7 Oct 1753, Biddeford, ME.[13]
vii.	Stephen Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1755, Biddeford, ME;[14] bapt. 24 Mar 1755, Biddeford, ME;[15] m. Martha Irish.
viii.	Jonathan Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1757, Biddeford, ME;[16] bapt. 7 Jul 1757, Biddeford, ME;[17] m. Mary Blake.
ix.	Mary Whitney, b. say 1760, Gorham, ME; m. ----- Thompson; d. 1832.
x.	James Whitney, b. say 1762, Gorham, ME. Possibly the James Whitney who m. 15 Aug 1785, Gorham, ME, Deborah Murch.

Children of Isaac⁴ and Hannah (Lombard)(Paine) Whitney, all born Gorham, Maine:

xi.	Barnabas5 Whitney, b. 18 Aug 1766;[18] m. Sarah R. Walker.
xii.	Henry Whitney, b. 24 Jul 1767;[19] m. Abigail Walker.
xiii.	Timothy Whitney, b. 10 Oct 1768;[20] d. 22 Sep 1769, Gorham, ME.[21]
xiv.	Sarah Whitney, b. 27 Dec 1769;[22] d. 17 Jan 1770, Gorham, ME.[23]
xv.	Timothy Whitney, b. 1 Aug 1771;[24] m. Martha Wells.

Isaac⁴ and Mary (Walker) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1771, Gorham, ME (tax list): Isaac Whitney
• 1790: Buxton, York Co., ME: Isaac Whitney, 2 males over 16 and 3 females.
• 1800: not found.

References

• Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 62.

• Willoughby, Miranda Goodrie, The Antecedents of Imogene Whitney (Riverside, RI, 1977).

1.^  "Isaac Whitney [s. Nathll. and Sarah (Foord)] born March 9th. 1720/21," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

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3.^  "Isaac Whitney and Sarah Crosby both of York intend Marriage Entred February 25. 1743," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

4.^  "Isaac Whitney his Children born in York of his Wife Sarah the Daughter of Doct^r. [blank] Crosby," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

5.^  "Isaac [Whitney] and Hannah Paine [Mrs Hannah Payne in Int.], [married] Aug. 29, 1765," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).

6.^  "Isaac [Whitney] and Mary Walker, [married] Jan. 1, 1784," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897). Also "Jan. 1, 1784, [married] Isaac WITNEY & Mary Walker; by Edward PHINNEY, Esq., Gorham (A:29)," according to Kelley, Judith Holbrook, ed. and transcr., Clayton Rand Adams, ed., Marriage Returns of Cumberland County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 29 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 66.

7.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 62.

8.^  "Lucy Whitney [d. Isaac and Sarah (Crosby)], born July 31^st. 1745," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

9.^  "Phinehas Whitney [s. Isaac and Sarah (Crosby)], born June 5^th 1747," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

10.^  "Isaac Whitney [s. Isaac and Sarah (Crosby)], born Dec^r. 28. 1748," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

11.^  "Hannah Whitney [d. Isaac and Sarah (Crosby)], born Nov^r. 28. 1750," according to Lester MacKenzie Bragdon and John E. Frost, Vital Records of York, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1992).

12.^  "David [Whitney], s. of Isaac and [blank], bap. May 11, 1753, in private," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 68.

13.^  "Jonathan [Whitney], s. of Isaac and [blank], bap. Oct. 7, 1753," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 69.

14.^  "Stephen [Whitney], s. of Isaac and Sarah, b. Mar. 19, 1755," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 35.

15.^  "Stephen [Whitney], s. of Isaac and [blank], bap. Mar. 24, 1755," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 71.

16.^  "Jonathan [Whitney], s. of Isaac and Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1757," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 35.

17.^  "Jonathan [Whitney], s. of Isaac and [blank], bap. Jul. 7, 1757," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 74.

18.^  "Barnabas [Whitney], s. Isaac and Hannah, [born] Aug. 18, 1766," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).

19.^  "Henry [Whitney], s. Isaac and Hannah, [born] July 24, 1767," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).

20.^  "Timothy [Whitney], s. Isaac and Hannah, [born] Oct. 10, 1768," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).

21.^  "Timothy [Whitney] [son of Isaac and Hannah], [died] Sept. 22, 1769. [p. 171]," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897)

22.^  "Sarah [Whitney], d. Isaac and Hannah, [born] Dec. 27, 1769," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).

23.^  "Sarah [Whitney] [daughter of Isaac and Hannah], [died] Jan. 17, 1770. [p. 171]," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897)

24.^  "Timothy [Whitney], s. Isaac and Hannah, [born] Aug. 1, 1771," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).

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