Family:Whitney, William Barrett (1801-1874)

William Barrett⁸ Whitney (Phineahas⁷, William⁶, William⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Phineahas⁷ and Bethiah (Barrett) Whitney, was born 14 Jun 1801, Winchendon, MA, and died 15 Feb 1874, Winchendon, MA.

He married, 20 Dec 1827, Lois M. Stone, daughter of David and Ruth (Mellen) Stone. She was born 25 May 1802, Greensborough, VT, and died 20 Oct 1870, Vineland, NJ.

He was a farmer during the earlier portion of his life. Later in life he was largely engaged in lumbering and in the manufacture of lumber. He resided Winchendon, MA.

Children of William Barrett⁸ and Lois M. (Stone) Whitney:

i.	Charles Milton9 Whitney, b. 31 Dec 1828; d. 24 Jan 1843, Orange, MA.
ii.	Elizabeth Ellen Whitney, b. 2 Sep 1831; d. 15 Sep 1833.
iii.	Elizabeth Ellen Whitney, b. 2 Aug 1834; m. 27 Apr 1854, Rev. Abram W. Stevens; resided Cambridge, MA. Ch.: Harold W., b. 26 Jan 1855; m. Frances E. Ball; book-keeper Nat'l Bank of Republic, Boston, MA; Charles Herbert, born 20 Aug 1860; Ralph L., born 10 Nov 1870. Rev. Abram Wilder Stevens was born in Barre, Massachusetts, 22 Jan 1834. He was educated at the preparatory school connected with the theological seminary, Meadville, Pennsylvania, and graduated therefrom in the class of 1862. He was ordained as a Unitarian minister at Manchester, New Hampshire, in 1863 and was settled over the Unitarian society in that city until 1865, when he received a call from the Lee Street society in Cambridge, Mass, which he accepted, and was settled over that society in 1865. He remained there until 1870, having been connected with this church and society for a period of five years. He is now connected with and is at the head of the proof-reading department of the University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
iv.	Louisa Lyman Whitney, born 8 Aug 1836; married 4 Sep 1855, Jason A. Morrison; born Warren, Pennsylvania, 16 Nov 1828; died 15 May 1865. Ch.: William Barrett, born 8 Apr 1863; teller State Nat'l Bank, Denver, Colorado.

Census

• 1830: Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA: William Whitney
• 1840: Orange, Franklin Co., MA: William B. Whitney
• 1850: Orange, Franklin Co., MA: William B. Whitney
• 1860: Granville Village, Licking Co., OH, page 46:

327 348 Wallas Carpenter 36 M - Carpenter $1200 $75 Vt. Elisabeth do 23 F - h k Maryland Nevra do 4 F - Ohio Adeline Broks 35 F - Domestic Vt. 349 Wm B Whitney 60 M - farmer $200 Mass. Lois S do 58 F - h k Vt.

• 1870: Vineland, Landis Twp., Cumberland Co., NJ, page 181:

1662 1456 Whitney Wm. B. 61 M W Teamster $3000 $500 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 ----- Lois S. 58 F W Keeping House Vermont

References

1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 453.

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