Family:Whitney, Justin (1801-1862)

Justin⁷ Whitney (Salmon⁶, Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Salmon⁶ and Hepzibah (Raymond) Whitney, was born 24 Jul 1801, Harvard, MA, and died 7 Aug 1862, Leominster, MA.

He married, 7 Nov 1827, Boxborough, MA, Mary Cushing Cotton^[1]. She was born 15 Sep 1806, and died 25 May 1891.

He was born in Harvard where he resided nearly all his life, was a farmer and lived on the farm, which tradition says, was originally purchased of the Indians. He resided Harvard and Leominster, MA.

Children of Justin⁷ and Mary Cushing (Cotton) Whitney:

i.	Justin Otis8 Whitney, b. 10 Jun 1829; d. 13 Oct 1853, unmarried.
ii.	Maria Bird Whitney, b. 14 May 1831; m. 1852, Henry Richards; resided Worcester.
iii.	Salmon Whitney, b. 24 Mar 1833; d. 26 Jul 1864, Leominster, MA; unmarried. He studied law in Lowell and at Harvard Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1860 and opened an office at Groton Junction, now Ayer. He served in the Sixth and Fifty-third Massachusetts Infantry. He enlisted 22 Apr 1861, and was discharged for disability 6 Jun 1863.
iv.	Harriet I. Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1837; m. 18 Feb 1866, Marshall P. Frost, resided 183 Lincoln St., Worcester. Ch.: Daughter, b. 12 Dec 1867; d. 29 Nov 1874.
v.	George Henry Whitney, b. 18 Jul 1839; m. Sarah C. Gould.
vi.	Ellen Frances Whitney, b. 7 Jun 1847; m. 10 Jun 1868.
vii.	Sarah Maria Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1841; m. 17 Oct 1860, Thomas Bennett, resided 14 Elliott St., Worcester. He was b. 14 Aug 1836; d. 20 Jun 1890. He was boatswain in the U. S. Navy. Ch.: Hattie Maria, b. 1 Sep 1861; m. 19 Oct 1886; present address (Mrs. Henry L. Adams, Wilmington, VT; Minnie Frances, b. 28 Dec 1862; m. 17 Oct 1882; address, Mrs. Minnie F. Bagley, widow, 14 Elliot St., Worcester, MA; George S. Bennett, b. 30 Jul 1866; present address, Deputy Clerk of United States Court, Boston, MA; one grandchild, Donald Bennett Adams, b. 13 Jun 1890, Wilmington, VT.

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. 304-305.

1.^  "Justin [Whitney] of Harvard, and Mary Cotton, [married] Nov. 7, 1827," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Boxborough, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1915), p. 59.

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