Family:Whitney, Ebenezer (1803-1877)

Ebenezer⁶ Whitney (Stephen⁵, Isaac⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Stephen⁵ Whitney and Martha (Irish) Whitney, was born 22 Mar 1803, Gorham, ME, and died 20 Dec 1877, aged 74 years 9 months. He was buried in Harrison Village Cemetery, Harrison, ME.^[1]

He married, int. 1 Jan 1835, cert. 17 Jan 1835, Harrison, ME, Sarah P.⁸ Whitney,^[2] daughter of Daniel⁷ and Susan (Harmon) Whitney. She was born 29 Feb or 1 Mar 1816, Harrison, ME, and died 10 Sep 1883. She was buried in Harrison Village Cemetery, Harrison, ME.^[3]

On 1 Mar 1830, Harrison, ME, he was chosen surveyor of highways.^[4]

Children of Ebenezer⁶ and Sarah P.⁸ (Whitney) Whitney (possibly incomplete):

i.

Susan Augusta7 Whitney, b. ca. Oct 1836; d. 4 Apr 1878 aged 41 years 9 months; bur. Harrison Village Cemetery, Harrison, ME;[5] unmarried.

ii.

Calvin Crocker Whitney, b. 22 Feb 1839; d. 30 Sep 1896, Bridgton, ME; m. 3 Sep 1841,[sic] Sarah E. Blake of Gorham, d. 7 Feb 1907. Calvin C. Whitney was a carriage painter of high professional ability. He worked many years in the great carriage factories of Charles P. Kimball in Portland, ME, and in Chicago, IL. He also worked in the great Pullman Car Shops in Pullman, IL. Their children: Eveline Augusta, b. Sept. 1, 1862; died Feb. 11, 1897; unmarried. Margie Isadore, b. Apr. 3, 1864; married Willis E. Marriner of Bridgton, June 29, 1889; children, Ernest Cummings, b. Oct. 16, 1891; student in Bridgton High School, college preparatory year. Frederick Whitney, b. Feb. 5, 1896. Evelyn Louise, b. Feb. 2, 1905. Fred Ernest, 3d child of Calvin, b. in Gorham, Aug. 11, 1867; married Emily Brackett of Watertown, Mass.; and resides there. He is a provision dealer in Cambridge, Mass. James Cummings Sloan, 4th child of Calvin, b. in Portland, Sept. 19, 1869; was grocer in Bridgton for years; now of the firm of Whitney & Hobson, in trucking business in Portland; married Georgia McGee of Bridgton; they had one son: Clarence Eastman Whitney, b. Mar. 5, 1897; died May 6, 1906. Magaret Edith, b. Nov. 10, 1906. Lillian, b. Aug. 19, 1871; married Willis E. Crosby of Bridgton, Nov. -, 1901; children: Mary Lela, b. Aug. 20, 1903. Calvin, b. July 19, 1905. Maude Esther, b. Nov. 19, 1873; married Edwin Rae Hill of Cumberland,Me. Clifford Calvin, b. Apr. 13, 1882; grocer; resides in Portland.

Census

• 1830: not found.
• 1840, Bangor, Penobscot Co., ME: Eben^r Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in in manufacture or trades.
• 1840, Harrison, Cumberland Co., ME: Ebenezer Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, and 2 females 0-4; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Harrison, Cumberland Co., ME:

576 586 Ebenezer Whitney 47 M - Farmer $1000 Maine Sally Whitney 34 F - do Susan W. Whitney 14 F - do Attended school Calvin C. Whitney 10 M - do Attended school

• 1860, Bridgton, Cumberland Co., ME:

291 295 Eben Witney 56 M - Laborer $800 $300 Me. Sarah P. Whitney 44 F - " Susan A. 24 F - Milliner " Calvin C. 20 M - Printer " 296 Benj. Dolton 28 M - Pedler $100 England Lucinda 26 F - Me. Sarah E. 9 F - N.H. Attended school Austin W. 5 M - " William S. 1 M - Me.

• 1870, Bridgton, Cumberland Co., ME:

37 40 Whitney, Ebenezer 67 M W At home $1200 $500 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 54 F W Keeping house " -----, Susan A. 33 F W Tailoress "

• 1880, Bridgton, Cumberland Co., ME:

1880 U.S. Census, Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine, T9-0477, p. 40D Sally WHITNEY 63 Self F W W ME Keeping House ME ME

References

• Census records.

• Moulton, Alphonso, Howard L. Sampson, and Granville Fernald, comps. and eds., Centennial History of Harrison, Maine: Containing The Centennial Celebration of 1905, and Historical and Biographical Matter (Portland: Southworth Printing Company, 1909), pp. 703-704.

1.^  Find A Grave Memorial #142601002, Ebenezer Whitney.

2.^  Harrison, Maine, Vital Records.

3.^  Find A Grave Memorial #142601004, Sarah P. Whitney.

4.^  Harrison, Maine, Vital Records.

5.^  Find A Grave Memorial #142601010, Susan A. Whitney.

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