Family:Whitney, Isaac (1761-1825)

Isaac⁶ Whitney (David⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of David⁵ and Sarah (Rugg)(Hill) Whitney, was born 27 Nov 1761, Harvard, MA, and died 10 Apr 1825, Harvard, MA, aged 64 years.

He married 22 Mar 1785, Susannah Fletcher. She was born about 1764, and died 12 Nov 1845, Harvard, MA, aged 81 years, of fever.

He resided Harvard, Ashburnham, and Ashby, MA, 1786.

Children of Isaac⁶ and Susannah (Fletcher) Whitney:

i.	Isaac7 Whitney, b. 28 Jan 1787, Ashburnham, MA;[1] "Jr." "of Ashby" m. 31 Aug 1809, Ashburnham, MA, Sally Broughton;[2] resided Ashburnham and Ashby, MA.
v.	David Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1789, Ashburnham, MA;[3] d. 6 Oct 1853, Ashby, MA;[4] m. 12 Dec 1815, New Ipswich, NH, Charlotte Blanchard.
iii.	Susannah Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1791, Ashby, MA.[5]
iv.	Betsey Whitney, b. 30 Oct 1792, Ashby, MA.[6]
v.	Polly Whitney, b. 3 Feb 1796, Ashby, MA.[7]
vi.	Nabby Whitney, b. 12 Mar 1798, Ashby, MA.[8]
vii.	Samuel Whitney, b. 2 Jul 1807, Ashby, MA;[9] d. 3 Jul 1807, Ashby, MA.[10]
viii.	Zimri Whitney, b. 2 Jul 1807, Ashby, MA;[11] d. 23 May 1879, Ashby, MA, aged 67 years 10 months 21 days;[12] m. 1834, Nancy Lawrence.[13] He died felo de se; resided Ashby, MA.

Census

• 1790, Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA: Isaac Whitney, 1 male over 16, 2 males 0-15, and 1 female.
• 1800, Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA: Isaac Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 10-15, 1 female 26-44, 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), pp. 188-189.

• Harvard VR.

1.^  "Isaac [Whitney], s. Isaac and -----, [born] Jan. 28, 1787," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909). Also "Isaac [Whitney], s. Isaac and Susanna, at Ashburnham, [born] Jan. 18, 1787," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989), pp. 88-90.

2.^  "Isaac [Whitney] Jr. of Ashby and Sally Broughton, [married] Aug. 31, 1809," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.

3.^  "David [Whitney], s. Isaac and -----, [born] March 14, 1789," according to Ashburnham Vital Records. Also "David [Whitney], s. Isaac and Susanna, at Ashburnham, [born] Mar. 14, 1789," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

4.^  "David [Whitney], s. Isaac, [died] Oct. 6, 1853," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

5.^  "Susanna [Whitney], d. Isaac and Susanna, at Ashburnham, [born] Mar. 14, 1791," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

6.^  "Betsey [Whitney], d. Isaac and Susanna, [born] Oct. 30, 1792," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

7.^  "Polly [Whitney], d. Isaac and Susanna, [born] Feb. 3, 1796," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

8.^  "Nabby [Whitney], ch. Isaac and Susanna, [born] Mar. 12, 1798," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

9.^  "Samuel [Whitney], s. twin, Isaac and Susanna, [born] July 2, 1807," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

10.^  "Samuel [Whitney], s. Isaac and Susanna, [died] July 3, 1807," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

11.^  "Zimri [Whitney], d. twin, Isaac and Susanna, [born] July 2, 1807," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

12.^  "Zimri [Whitney], married, b. Ashby, farmer, s. Isaac and Susanna, [died] of suicide, insanity, May 23, 1875, a. 67y. 10m. 21d," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

13.^  "Simri [Whitney] and Nancy Lawrence, [married] -----, 1834 or 1835," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.

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