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McLellan, Hugh Davis, comp. & ed. by Lewis, Katharine B., The History of Gorham, Maine, (Portland, ME: Smith & Sale, Printers, 1903); reprint (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992).
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WHITNEY
The family of Whitney trace their descent from Turstin de Wige-
more, a Fleming, who came over to England with William the
Conqueror and participated in the battle of Hastings. The family
took their name from their residence, called Whitney Court, at Whit-
ney-on-the-Wye. Each succeeding generation of the family married
into the best families of England, and held prominent positions at the
court of the king. The estate not being entailed and the last Whit-
ney of Whitney Court having only daughters it was sold, but is still
called Whitney Court.
Thomas Whitney and wife Mary belonging to a younger branch of
the family moved to Westminster, where their son John, born in 1589,
was apprenticed to a tailor. John Whitney married Elinor _____,
and in May, 1635, emirated to America, and lived in Watertown,
Mass. He had nine children, from the youngest of whom, Benjamin,
the Gorham Whitneys are descended.
Nathaniel Whitney was born in York, Me., April 14, 1680. He
was the son of Benjamin, and grandson of John Whitney above. He
was a weaver. He married Sarah, daughter of John Ford of Kittery.
Children:
Nathan, b. Jan. 10, 1706/7, m. Lydia Young, Nov. 12, 1730; 2d, Elizabeth
Melcher.
Nathaniel, b. Dec. 12, 1709, m. Hannah Day, Jan. 3, 1733/4.
Abel, b. July 23, 1712, m. Mary Cane, Nov. 12, 1735.
Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1714, m. Jeremiah Simpson, July 13, 1736; 2d, John Larrabee.
John, b. ____, m. Margaret Coffin; 2d, Hephzibah Adams; was a physician.
Lydia, b.____, d Jan. 14, 1720.
Isaac, b. Mar. 9, 1720/1, m. Sarah Crosby, Sept. 5, 1743.
Amos, b. Mar. 5, 1723/4, m. Sarah Payne, Sept. 5, 1748.
Lydia, b. July 22, 1726, d. Mar. 23, 1727/8.
Joanna, b. Mar. 13, 1729/30.
Nathaniel Whitney was living in York as late as 1760. His estate
was settled in 1768, by his son Amos.
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(2) Nathan Whitney, son of Nathaniel, was one of the early settlers
in Gorham. He came to this town from Biddeford, where his chil-
dren were born. In 1752 he purchased of Enoch Freeman of
Falmouth the thirty acre lot, 26, with the dwelling house and barn
thereon. He was a prominent and influential citizen of Gorham, and
served on many important town committees. He was also active in
religious matters. We find him recorded as an early elder in the
church. He married Lydia, daughter of Matthias Young of York,
Me. Children:
David, b. Apr. 8, 1732, m. Hannah Brown, Feb 1, 1754; 2d, Abigail Knight;
3d, Rebecca Edgecomb
Abel, b. Aug. 20, 1734, m. Thankful Morton, Dec. 16, 1758
Lydia, b. Dec 11, 1736.
Sarah, b. Aug. 15, 1739, m Ebenezer Morton, Dec. 27, 1758.
Nathan, b. Apr. 30, 1742.
Matthias, b. Mar. 8, 1743/4.
John, b. Apr. 4, 1747, m. Elizabeth _____. One child, b. in Gorham: Mary, b.
Jan. 18, 1776. John Whitney d. in the Army, May 5, 1776.
Nathan Whitney married second, Oct. 20 1748, Elizabeth Melcher
of Biddeford. Children:
Anna, b. Sept 5, 1749, m. Ebenezer Watson, p. Sept. 22, 1771.
Ebenezer, b. July 30, 1751.
Asa, b. Dec. 17, 1754, m. Patience Weston, p. Apr. 15, 1775; 2d, Mrs. Davis.
Elder Nathan Whitney died in Gorham in 1804.
(2) Nathaniel Whitney, son of Nathaniel, came to Gorham from
Falmouth. At the time of his marriage he lived in Biddeford, and
there most of his children's births were recorded. His homestead
farm in Gorham, which he purchased in 1769 of Benjamin Winslow,
consisted of the two thirty acre lots, 51 and 52, and the south half
of the hundred acre lot, 76. His house stood on 51. The hill on
which he and some of his brothers made their settlement is still
known as Whitney's hill. He married Hannah Day of Wells. Chil-
dren:
Nathaniel, b. Mar 22, 1735, m. Susanna Whitney of Brunswick, Sept 15, 1757.
Hannah, b. Nov. 16, 1736, m. Joseph Hamblen, Oct., 1755
Moses, b. Mary. 17, 1739, m. Susannah Crockett, Dec. 27, 1760; 2d, Mary Page;
3d, Mrs. Kimball.
Aaron, b. June 7, 1741, m. Jenny McLellan, Sept. 19, 1765
Miriam, b. Jan. 15, 1743
Tabitha, b. Mar. 16, 1745/6, m. John Watson, Dec. 5, 1765. (She was b. in
Kittery.)
Patience, b. May 11, 1748, m. Edward Thomes, Oct. 9, 1766; 2d, Colman Wat-
son.
Hepsibah, b. Aug. 29, 1750, m. Nathan Freeman, Oct. 15, 1766.
Josiah, b. 1752, m. Hannah Barstow; 2d, Elizabeth Harding, Sept. 16, 1775;
joined the Shakers; d. at Alfred, Feb. 24, 1837, aged 86.
(2) Abel Whitney, son of Nathaniel, Jr., lived in York, Gorham, and
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Standish. He was a weaver by trade. He married Mary, daughter
of Micah Cane of York. Children:
Joanna, b. in York, Oct. 10, 1736.
Moses, b. in Wiscasset, Feb. 17, 1737/8, m. Aug. 28, 1761, Lois Crediford of
Falmouth. We have no record of any family, or the death of Lois,
but Moses Whitney was married in Falmouth, Jan. 15, 1766, by Rev.
Dr. Deane, to Priscilla Burnell. Ch: Zebulon, b. in Falmouth, Dec. 7,
1766; Nabby, b. in Gorham, Apr. 12, 1777.
Joseph, b. in Wiscasset, Mar. 1, 1739/40, m. Mehitable Stevens, Oct. 3, 1765;
2d, Betty Phinney
Daniel, b. in York, Sept. 17, 1741, d. young.
Joel, b. in York, May 21, 1743, m. Mary Weston of Falmouth, Sept. 26, 1765;
went to Jonesboro, 1767; d. there, 1789.
Mary, b. in York, Oct. 5, 1744, m. Capt. Samuel Whitmore, Oct. 24, 1764.
Lydia, b. in York, July 31, 1746, m. John Burnell, July 3, 1766.
Zebulon, b. in York, Nov. 27, 1747, m. Hannah Stone, p. Mar. 22, 1777.
Joanna, b. in York, Sept. 27, 1749, m. Caleb Chase, Dec. 31, 1769.
Naphtali, b. in York, Feb. 10, 1750/1, m. Mary Stone, p. Mar. 22, 1777.
Micah, b. in York, Dec. 11, 1752, m. Hannah Cobb, Nov. 29, 1779..
Daniel, b. in York, Sep 26, 1754, m. Abigail Stone, Dec 7, 1780.
Paul, b. in York, June 30, 1756, enlisted in the Revolutionary army from Gor-
ham, and was killed in battle in R. I., 1778.
Deborah, b. Feb., 1759, m. Jeremiah Williams, p. May 17, 1777.
Abel Whitney died before September, 1762, for at that time his
widow Mary received a deed from Barnabas Bangs of a part of the
thirty acre lot, 81. Mrs. Mary Whitney married second, June 10,
1763, Samuel Crockett.
(2) Isaac Whitney, son of Nathaniel, lived in York, Saco and
Gorham. He married Sarah, daughter of Dr. Crosby of York.
Children:
Lucy, b. in York, July 31, 1745, m. Jabez Morton, Oct. 11, 1764.
Phineas, b. in York, June 5, 1747, m. Oct. 19, 1769, Anna, dau. of Bryant and
Thankful Morton. Ch. b. in Gorham: Stephen, b. Sept. 23, 1771;
Crosby, b. Sept. 20, 1773; Affia, b. Jan. 12, 1776; Jonathan, b. Feb. 8,
1778.
Isaac, b. in York, Dec. 28, 1748, m. Mary Crockett, p. Apr. 7, 1772.
Hannah, b. in York, Nov. 28, 1750, m. Joseph Brown, Oct. 19, 1769; 2d, Joshua
Adams.
Stephen, b. in Saco, Mar. 19, 1755, m. Patty Irish, p. Oct. 28, 1780.
Jonathan, b. in Saco, Feb. 9, 1757, m. Mary Blake, p. Nov. 24, 1781; l'd in
Buxton, and d. Sept., 1819.
Mrs. Sarah Whitney died in Gorham June 23, 1765, and Mr. Whit-
ney married, Aug. 29, 1765, Mrs. Hannah Payne. Children, born in
Gorham:
Barnabas, b. Aug. 18, 1766, m. Sarah Walker, Jan. 1, 1789.
Henry, b. July 24, 1767, m. Abigail Walker, Nov. 7, 1793; l'd in Pownal and
Freeport.
Timothy, b. Oct. 10, 1768, d. Sept. 22, 1769.
Sarah, b. Dec. 27, 1769, d. Jan. 17, 1770.
Timothy, b. Aug. 1, 1771, m. Hannah -----.
James, b. ------.
Mary, b. ------, m. Mr. Thompson of Saco or Biddeford; d. 1832.
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Mr. Whitney married, Jan. 1, 1784, Mrs. Mary Walker. He died
at the house of his son Henry in Freeport.
(2) Amos Whitney, son of Nathaniel, was an early settler in
Gorham. He is said to have first built a log house in what is now
Melville Cressy's field. His homestead farm in Gorham was the
two thirty acres lots, 40 and 42, which he sold in 1798 to Joseph
Crocker Snow of Falmouth, Mass. Mr. Whitney was the first town
clerk of Gorham, from 1764 to 1769, and was one of the first select-
men; a man highly respected and of great integrity. He married
Sarah, the daughter of Thomas Payne of York. Children, the three
oldest born in York:
Ebenezer, b. Dec. 30, 1749.
Amos, b. Apr. 22, 1752, m. Anna Weston, p. Oct. 5, 1776.
Mary G., b. Oct. 25, 1754, m. Thomas Paine of Standish, Apr. 26, 1792.
Elias, b. Apr. 12, 1763, m. Polly Fowler, Dec. 14, 1788.
Jotham, b. Apr. 2, 1766, m. Elizabeth Ross, Apr. 1, 1792.
Ruth, b. June 25, 1769.
Mr. Whitney married second (pub. Aug. 14, 1773), Hannah John-
son of Falmouth.
(3) David Whitney, son of Nathan, came to town when a young
man. He married, Feb. 1, 1754, Hannah Brown of Gorham.
Children:
Susanna, b. June 25, 1756, m. Owen Runnells, Aug. 25, 1774. He d. in the
Army, Feb. 29, 1776, and she m. 2d, ----- Dearborn of Buxton
Jesse, b. Mar. 18, 1758, m. Mary, daughter of David and Hepzibah Sawyer of
Saco; enlisted from Gorham, and served in the Continental army; d.
Jan. 18, 1832.
David Whitney married second, Oct. 11, 1760, Abigail Knight of
Falmouth. Child:
Joshua, b. Aug. 17, 1761, l'd in Buxton.
David Whitney married third, Nov. 26, 1761, Rebecca Edgecomb
of Falmouth. Children:
Daniel, b. Nov. 18, 1762.
Hannah, b. June 12, 1764, m. John Robers, Nov. 12, 1786.(?)
Thomas, b. Oct. 5, 1765.
Nathan, b. Sept. 10, 1769.
A David Whitney of Gorham was published to Lydia Moore of
Buxton, June 29, 1785.
(3) Abel Whitney, son of Nathan, purchased in 1767 thirty acres
of common land, on which he made his home. This land, which is
situated about a half mile west of where the Methodist church is now
located on North St., he conveyed, April, 1791, to his son Nathaniel,
Jr. The following year Nathaniel, Jr., sold to John Akers this farm
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which he says, "I and my father now occupy." Abel Whitney ws
a Revolutionary soldier in Capt. Josiah Jenkins's company, Col.
Brewer's 12th Mass. He married Thankful, daughter of Capt. Bry-
ant and Thankful Morton. Children:
Joseph, b. May 1, 1760, d. in Alfred with the Shakers, Sept. 19, 1847.
Lydia, b. July 28, 1763, d. July, 1767.
Betty, b. July 22, 1765, m. a Mr. Boynton.
Sarah, } b. June 20, 1769, {m. Robert Higgins, p. Sept. 19, 1789.
Nathaniel,} {m. Zilpha Martin, Mar. 16, 1794; l'd in Standish.
Reuben, b. July 21, 1771, m. Mercy Baker; d. in Litchfield.
Simeon, b. Feb. 9, 1774, went to eastern Maine.
Susanna, b. Apr. 2, 1776, m. ----- Hale.
Levi, b. May 18, 1779, m. Happy Higgins, about 1800; l'd in Standish.
Lydia, b. Apr. 30, 1782, m. ----- Starbird; d. in Standish.
Abel Whitney died in Standish.
(3) Asa Whitney, son of Nathan, married Patience, daughter of
Thomas and Patience (Phinney) Weston of Gorham. Children:
Samuel, b. Aug. 28, 1777, m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Snow of Barnstble, Aug.
24, 1798; 2d, Mary Rich; 3d, Mrs. Mary (Piper) Ring; was a F. Bapt.
preacher; was a member of the convention to organize the State of Me.,
in 1820; d. at Jackson, Oct. 18, 1859.
Benjamin, b. Aug. 19, 1779, l'd in Kingston, Canada; ws twice sent to England
as delegate to Parliament; d. at sea, 1835, on passage home from
England.
Abigail, b. Mar. 10, 1781, m. Joseph Davis, Sept. 29, 1799.
John, b. Apr. 17, 1783, m. ------ Rich; was a Methodist preacher; d. in
Thorndike.
Patience, b. Dec. 7, 1784, m. ----- Floyd; d. in Ira, N. Y.
Mrs. Patience Whitney died Dec. 23, 1784, aged 33, and Mr.
Whitney married, July 14, 1785, Mrs. Phebe (Hopkins) Davis, widow
of Elijah Davis of Gorham, and daughter of Constant and Phebe
Hopkins of Truro, Mass. Children:
Anna, b. Jan. 25, 1786, m. Nicholas Dennett of Saco, May 17, 1806.
Elsie, b. Apr. 9, 1788, m. Nicholas Dennett (2d wife); 2d, ----- Scamman of
Saco.
Mary, b. Aug. 10, 1790, m. Edward P. Barnard of Bridgton; d. at Lynn, Mass.
George W., b. June 14, 1792, m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Whitney of Buxton,
Mar. 7, 1817; 2d, Mrs. Angelina (Phinney) Magrath; was a F. Bapt.
preacher in Bridgton and in Rochester, N. H.; d. in Rochester, Sept.
18, 1878.
Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1794, m. Seth Brown.
Eunice, b. apr. 30, 1796, m. ----- Emery; l'd in Ripley, Me.
Roxanna, b. -----, m. ----- Davis of Buxton; d. in Buxton.
Asa Whitney died in Gorham, Dec. 17, 1806. His widow Phebe
died in Bridgton, April 17, 1853.
(3) Moses Whitney, son of Nathaniel and Hannah, was born in
Biddeford. He was remarkable for his strength and courage. He
served in the French and Indian wars, and also in the Revolution.
He married Susanna, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Crockett. On
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the old family Bible of the Crocketts I find, "Susanna, daughter of
Susanna Crockett Whitney, born June 29, 1762." Dea. Alden
of Gorham in his diary says, under date of July 1, 1762, "Moses
Whitney's wife died." Again, Mr. Alden says, "Sept. 7, 1763,
Moses Whitney married last night. Tall wedding." This latter must
have been the marriage of Moses Whitney to Molly Page of England.
His children by her were:
Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1764, m. Lemuel Rounds, p. July 14, 1781; moved to Ohio.
Lucy, b. Sept. 30, 1768, m. John Greenlaw of Brownfield, Mar. 27, 1788.
Enoch, b. Apr. 8, 1773, m. Hannah Newcomb, p. June 2, 1792; 2d, Mrs.
Kendall; 3d, Mrs. Dennett.
Moses, b. Aug. 30, 1776.
Betsey, b. Nov. 1, 1777, m. James Cates, Dec. 10, 1797; moved to N. Y. State.
Richard, b. July 20, 1780, m. ------; l'd in Belfast.
Susanna, b. Apr. 9, 1783, m. Seth Carsley of Harrison, Jan. 22, 1809.
Samuel, b. Feb. 2, 1785, m. Margaret Darrow; l'd in Dixmont; d. Mar. 27,
1874.
Moses Whitney married, Jan. 22, 1792, Mrs. Abigail (Skillings)
Kimball, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Skillings, and widow of
Caleb Kimball. Child:
Sally, b. Oct. 22, 1793, m. Rev. Jos. H. Phinney of Harrison, Sept. 26, 1812.
On June 10, 1785, Moses Whitney received from his father Nathan-
iel all the land and buildings "called the homestead of Nathaniel,"
sixty acres, being the two thirty acres lots, 51 and 52, and also thirty-
one and a half acres, the south end of the hundred acre lot, No. 76.
This latter is bounded on the north by the road to Harding's grist
mill. Moses to have all the buildings on 76. In 1813, Moses
Whitney with wife Abigail, then of Harrison, and son-in-law Phinney
and wife Sally sell No. 51 and one-half of the barn on 52 to Seth
Hersey, and in 1816 the same parties sell No. 52 with the house and
one-half of the barn to Joseph Cressey, Jr. The property is still in
the hands of Cressey's descendants.
Moses Whitney died about 1820, and his wife, Oct. 8, 1844.
(3) Aaron Whitney, son of Nathaniel, married Jenny, daughter of
Alexander and Anna McLellan of Falmouth. Children:
Hannah, b. July 20, 1766, d. in Alfred, June 4, 1835.
Annah, b. Oct. 18, 1767, d. in Alfred, Nov. 30, 1837.
Samuel, b. May 22, 1769, d. Aug. 11, 1773.
Jenny, b. May 10, 1771, m. David Johnson, June 16, 1785.
Sarah, b. June 8, 1773, d. in Alfred, Mar. 4, 1817.
Susanna, b. Feb. 16, 1775, m. James Merrill of Buxton, May 1, 1804.
Tabitha,} b. May 16, 1777, {d. in Alfred, Oct. 25, 1828.
Miriam, } {d. in Alfred, Apr. 5, 1850.
Betsey, b. May 7, 1780, d. in Alfred, Nov. 15, 1845.
Silas, b. -----, left the Shakers when young.
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Mr. and Mrs. Whitney, with most of their family, joined the Shaker
Family at Alfred, where they died, he, June 19, 1815, aged 74, and
she, April 2, 1833, aged 88.
(3) Joseph Whitney, son of Abel, married Mehitable, daughter of
Benjamin and Sarah Stevens. Children:
Abel, b. July 21, 1767, m. -----. He and his wife d. in Gorham from the
effects of charcoal fumes.
Mary, b. July 27, 1769, m. Abial Rounds, p. Mar. 12, 1791.
Anna, b. Mar. 17, 1774, m. Isaac hall, May 19, 1793.
Mercy, b. Oct 31, 1776, m. Joseph Libby, June 24, 1801.
Solomon, b. June 23, 1780, m. Phebe Gilkey, Feb. 13, 1808; l'd in Troy.
Mrs. Whitney died soon after the birth of Solomon, and Mr.
Whitney married, in 1781, Betty, daughter of Col. Edmund Phinney.
Children:
Stephen, b. July 28, 1782, m. Hannah Freeman, p. Nov. 24, 1810.
Joseph, b. Oct 18, 1784, m. Mary Hunter of Topsham.
Patience, b. Sept. 25, 1786, m. Capt. Silas C. Elden of Buxton, Nov. 16, 1809.
Sarah, b. Dec. 3, 1788, m. Edmund Gammon, Dec. 24, 1809
Hannah, b. Oct. 6, 1791, m. Clark Dyer, Jan. 10, 1812.
Betty, b. Apr. 1, 1794, m. Samuel Gilkey, May 7, 1817.
Peggy, b. Nov. 10, 1796, d. young.
Edmund, b. Dec. 7, 1799, m.----- McLean; d. in Jacksonville, Fla.
James, b. July 3, 1803, m. Mary Larrabee, Dec. 25, 1825.
Joseph Whitney died March 13, 1819, and his wife, Feb. 14, 1828,
aged 69.
(3) Zebulon Whitney, son of Abel, was born in York. He lived
for a time in Gorham, then moved to Standish. While in Gorham
he lived in the north part of the town, in the fist house on the old
road to Standish after passing the North church. Mr. Whitney was
a soldier in the Revolution, and received a pension for his services.
He married Hannah Stone of Cape Elizabeth. Children:
Abigail, b. Jan. 23, 1776, m. Caleb Shaw, Mar. 10, 1796.
Happy, b. Aug. 11, 1778, m. Enoch Hamblen, June 6, 1802.
Mattie, b. Feb. 14, 1781, d. unm. Apr. 14, 1865.
Rufus, b. Apr. 5, 1784, d. unm. Feb. 24, 1817.
Eli, b. Aug. 16, 1786, m. Damaris Stone, Apr. 19, 1811.
Eunice, b. Aug. 30, 1789, m. Peter Whitney, June 13, 1816.
Hannah, b. Apr. 21, 1791, d. unm. Aug. 28, 1833.
Tabitha, b. Aug. 30, 1795, d. unm. Aug 15, 1860.
Almira, b. July 14, 1798, m. George Whitmore.
Zebulon Whitney died on the "Shaw place" in Gorham, Sept. 11,
1833, and his wife, Dec. 10, 1824, aged 69.
(3) Micah Whitney, son of Abel, was a blacksmith. He served
in the war of the Revolution, and was sergeant in the War of 1812.
He married Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Hannah Cobb.
Children:
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Sally, b. Jan 11, 1781, m. James Humphrey.
William P., b. May 3, 1783, m. Nancy I. Carlton.
Lydia, b. Feb 8, 1785.
Joel, b. May 7, 1787, m. Sally Dyer; 2d, Sarah Crompton; 3d, Betsey Chase.
Ebenezer, b. -----, m. Dorcas Parlin; l'd in Freeman, Me.
Joanna, b. -----, m. Caleb Sylvester.
Andrew, b. May 5, 1795, m. Huldah Sweetsir, 1816; l'd in Phillips.
Charlotte, b. -----.
Mary, b. -----, m. Reuben Smith.
Happy, b. -----, m. Samuel W. Phoenix of Phillips.
Benjamin, b. 1806, m. Susan Wells.
Nahum, b. -----, l'd down east; unm.
Micah Whitney died June 19, 1829, and his wife, in 1834.
(3) Daniel Whitney, son of Abel, lived in the north part of the
town, where Edward Files now lives. He married Abigail, daughter
of Archelaus Stone of Cape Elizabeth, sister to his brother Zebulon's
wife. Children:
Reuben, b. July 20, 1781, d. young.
Betsey, b. Nov. 10, 1783, d. unm. Jan. 23, 1853.
Nabby, b. May 16, 1785, d. unm.
Peter, b. Aug. 14, 1788, m. Eunice Whitney, June 13, 1816.
Olive, b. Jan. 8, 1791, m. Josiah Murch; l'd in Unity.
Mary, b. Dec. 31, 1792, m. Dea. Enoch Moody of Standish (2d wife), Feb. 7,
1830.
Luther, b. May 6, 1795, moved to Thorndike.
Damaris, b. July 31, 1797, m. Dea. Enoch Moody (1st wife). (See above.)
Miriam, b. Nov. 14, 1799, m. George Hunt.
Happy, b. Nov. 16, 1802, m. James Kelly of Unity.
Louisa, b. 1806, d. unm. Sept. 3, 1834.
Daniel Whitney died Dec. 13, 1834, aged 80, and his wife, June 1,
1841, aged 79.
(3) Isaac Whitney, son of Isaac, born in York, lived for a time in
Buxtn. About 1770 he came to Gorham village, and soon after
married Mary Crockett. In 1775 he bought of Samuel Crockett the
seventy acre lot, 17, on which he made his home. This farm is now
in the possession of his great-grandson Frank L. Whitney. Mr
Whitney served in the Revolutinary war, and received a pension
from Government. Children, all born in Gorham:
Sarah, b. 1772, m. Solomon Newcomb, Feb. 26, 1798.
Edmund,} May 4, 1774, {m. Martha Meserve, Mar. 3, 1803.
Samuel,} {m. Dorcas Wescott, Oct. 23, 1800; d. in Farmington,
Me., Sept. 9, 1864, and his wife, May 30, 1863, aged 84.
Joseph, b. Aug 26, 1776, m. Mary Freeman, Aug. 2, 1801; d. in Standish, May
3, 1870.
Dorcas, b. 1778, d. unm. Oct. 21, 1815.
Isaac L., b. May 29, 1781, m. Margaret Leach; l'd in Raymond; d. Oct., 1856.
Adams, b. 1784, m. Lydia, dau. of Ebenezer Lombard, June 3, 1816; d. in
Standish.
Polly, b. 1786, d. unm. Apr. 16, 1850.
Sophy, b. 1795, d. unm. Mar. 25, 1847.
William, b. -----, d. young.
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Isaac Whitney died in Gorham, Oct. 21, 1837, and his wife, July
29, 1832, aged 80.
(3) Stephen Whitney, son of Isaac, was in the Revolution, serving
in the Rhode Island line, and received a pension for his services.
He married Martha, daughter of James, Jr., and Mary Gorham Irish.
Children:
Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1781, m. Freeman Blake, p. Aug. 12, 1803.
Sarah, b. Nov. 4, 1783, m. Jonathan Elwell, June 5, 1802.
Ebenezer, b. -----, d. in the West Indies in 1801.
Patience, bapt. Mar. 4, 1800, m. Robert Nevens.
William, bapt. Mar. 4, 1800.
Stephen, b. May 5, 1799, m. Abigail, dau. of Wm. Mayberry of Windham; 2d,
-----.
Ebenezer, b. Mar. 22, 1803, l'd in Bridgton.
Patty, b. -----.
Miriam, b. -----.
Stephen Whitney died Feb. 1, 1848, aged 93, and his wife, Nov. 10, 1836.
(4) James Whitney, son of Joseph, lived on what is now called
Haggett's hill, about a mile below the village on the new road to
Saccarappa. Mr. Whitney held many offices in the State militia.
He married Mary A., daughter of William and Hadassah Larrabee
of Scarborough. Children:
Hadassah L., b. Jan. 29, 1827; m. Elias Milliken of Burnham, 1848; d. Mar. 18,
1864.
Joseph, b. Mar. 15, 1829, m. Helen Call of Bradford, 1858; d. 1862.
James Louville, b May 30, 1831, m. Elvira Whitten of Burnham, 1862; d.
1886.
Sarah Jane, b. Nov. 2, 1832, m. Nahum E. Murray, 1859.
William Warren, b. July 11, 1835, d. 1847.
Edwin, b. Nov. 5, 1840, m. Martha Vickery of Unity; d. 1875.
Capt. Whitney died in Waterford in 1842, and after his death the
family moved to Burnham. Mrs. Whitney died in 1895, aged 90.
(4) Eli Whitney, son of Zebulon, lived in the Whitney neighbor-
hood. He married Damaris, daughter of Jonathan Stone. Children:
Zebulon, b. Apr. 24, 1812, m. Susan, dau. of Major Morton, Apr. 24, 1839. Ch:
Mary Susan, b. Feb. 2, 1840, m. Wesley Files; Emily F., b. Apr. 20,
1841; d. Apr. 5, 1844; Ai E., b. Apr. 24, 1844; Thaddeus P., b. Sept.
26, 1847, m. Emma Marean; Frances E., b. oct. 31, 1849, m. Geo.
Freeman of Portland; Willie P., b. 1857, d. June 16, 1863. Mr. Whitney
was one of the selectmen in 1857 and 1858. He d. at the Shaw place,
Sept. 24, 1877; his wife d. Apr. 16, 1878, aged 57.
William S., b. Oct. 17, 1814, m. Abigail Morton, sister to the wife of his brother
Zebulon, in 1840. Ch: William E., b. June 14, 1841, d. 1844; Emily
C., b. Oct. 22, 1845, m. Charles F. Merrill; Herman S., b. July 27, 1847,
m. Flavilla Berry of Standish; she d. 1873, and he m. June 16, 1875,
Helen A. Plaisted; Charlotte, b. 1850, d. young; Harriet E., b. Apr. 28,
1854, d. 1872; Cora Belle, b. Aug. 28, 1862, m. Frank L. Whitney.
William S. Whitney d. June 27, 1900, and his wife, May 8, 1895, aged 71.
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Rufus, b. Aug. 17, 1817, m. Esther, dau. of Benjamin Skillings. Ch: Helen
M., b. Aug. 3, 1840, m. Albion F. Johnson; Gershom S., b. Dec. 1, 1844,
was in Co. I, 12th Me. Vols, d. in Post Hospital, Savannah, Ga., May
11, 1865. Rufus Whitney l'd in the Whitney neighborhood most of his
life. He d. at his house on High St., Gorham village, Apr. 24, 1897; his
wife d. in Deering, Jan. 6, 1901, ag. 81.
Mary Ann, b. Sept. 29, 1822, m. Moses Butterfield, Oct. 3, 1850.
Jonathan S., b. Mar. 11, 1825, m. Amanda Hopkinson, Mar. 31, 1858. Ch:
Frank I., b. Dec. 13, 1859; Sadie, b. Nov. 1862, m. Everett Files; Lulie,
b. Aug. 7, 1865. Mr. Whitney lives on the old Davis place in the north
part of the town.
Caroline, b. July 6, 1827, d. unm. 1867.
Eli Whitney died on the Davis place in 1865. Mrs. Whitney died
July 19, 1872, aged 84.
(4) Peter Whitney, son of Daniel, lived on the Fort Hill Road, just
beyond Little river, which place together with the mill near the
bridge he bought of Willard Buttrick. Mr. Whitney was the last
person that carried on the fulling and dyeing business at these Gor-
ham falls, and probably the last that carried it on in Gorham. Mr.
Whitney married his cousin Eunice, daughter of Zebulon Whitney.
Children:
Abigail S., b. Sept. 14, 1820, m. Samuel Moody of Standish, Oct. 27, 1840.
Hannah S., b. Feb. 12, 1822, m. Samuel Moody of Standish.
Luther, b. June 21, 1824, m. Phebe Horton, 1848; d. in Canada.
Eli, b. June 26, 1826, m. Sarah E. Brown of Windham, 1856.
Damaris, b. July 20, 1828, d. unm. Nov 11, 1848.
Peter Whitney died March 15, 1842, and his wife, Dec. 25, 1869.
(4) Edmund Whitney, son of Isaac, lived in the north part of the
town. He married Martha Meserve of Scarborough. Children:
Susan, b. Jan. 23, 1804, Lewis Higgins of Standish, Mar. 25, 1828; d. in
Manchester, N. H., Mar. 9, 1879.
Freeman, b. May 21, 1806, m. Lydia A. Meserve, 1834. One child: Anna
Maria, b. Mar. 21, 1837, m. Daniel Johnson, Feb. 2, 1854. Freeman
Whitney d. July 19, 1855, and his wife, Aug. 20, 1869.
Levisa A., b. aug. 15, 1810, m. Jonathan S. Files, p. Feb. 15, 1835.
Merrill, b. Feb. 25, 1816, m. Zebia A. Kollock. One son, Alonzo M., b. in Low-
ell, Mass., July 18, 1845, enlisted from Gorham in 1862, in 16th Me. Vols.,
and was killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Mr. Whitney d. in Saco, Jan. 24,
1888.
Robie, b. Feb. 16, 1818, m. Mary J. Hall, Sept. 1, 1844. Ch: Eugene S., b.
Feb. 2, 1852, m. Nellie Stearns of Amoskeag, N. H.; Adelaide J., b.
Sept. 28, 1855, m. Albert Merrill of Manchester, N. H., Jan. 13, 1883;
Frank L., b. Apr. 11, 1858, m. Cora Belle Whitney; Katie C., b. Feb. 17,
1867, d. Aug. 28, 1886. Mr. Whitney l'd in the north part of the town
where his son Frank now l's. He d. at the house of his son in Man-
chester, N. H., Dec. 28, 1898; his wife d. Oct. 7, 1891.
Marshall, b. July 11, 1821, m. Sarah Gorden of Wayne. Ch: Ladora E., b.
Sept. 16, 1853, m. Frederick E. Smith of Attleborough, Mass., June 29,
1882; Alston V., b. Oct. 2, 1858; Mary J., b. Jan. 20, 1862. Marshall
Whitney d. July 18, 1884; Mrs. Whitney l's with her son.
Major M., b. Apr. 13, 1823, d. July 31, 1834.
Edmund Whitney died May 25, 1853, and his wife, June 21, 1853.
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MERRILL WHITNEY
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ROBIE WHITNEY
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James Whitney of Gorham married Deborah Murch Aug. 15, 1785.
The birth of one child is recorded: Humphrey, born April 26, 1786.
Uriel Whitney was the son of Abner Whitney of Lunenburg, Mass.
He was born in Shirley, Mass., Sept. 11, 1757. At the beginning of
the Revolution he enlisted in Col. Prescott's reginient. He married,
Dec 16, 1787, Lydia, daughter of Capt. Samuel Whitmore of Gor-
ham. At the time of his marriage Mr. Whitney is recorded as of
Gorham. In the year 1799 he purchased land in North Yarmouth, and
soon after moved to that place. He was a noted school-teacher,
and was called "Master"" Whitney. He was held in high esteem as
a citizen and Christian. Children of Uriel and Mary Whitney:
Statira, b. Dec. 24, 1785, d. young.
Mary, b. Jan 21, 1787, m. K. Drinkwater of Durham; d. May 2, 1824.
Statira. b. Dec. 1, 1789, d. Aug 11, 1792.
Joel, b. Aug. 7, 1791, lost at sea about 1812.
Beulah B., b. June 3, 1793, m. Enos Small, Nov. 2, 1817; d. Apr. 21, 1879.
Betsey, b. May 27, 1795, m. James Mitchell of Freeport.
Sally, b. Dec. 16, 1796, m. Daniel Soule, of Pownal.
Harriet, b. Apr 28, 1798, m. Daniel Soule of Pownal (2d wife).
Charlotte, b. May 12, 1800, m. Levi Davis of No. Yarmouth.
Statira, b. Apr. 26, 1802, m. N. Merrill of Pownal.
Uriel, b. July 4, 1804, m. Mary Hoyt.
Lewis, b. Sept. 21, 1806, m. Mary Small.
Mrs. Mary Whitney died March 6, 1818, and Mr. Whitney married,
Aug. 7, 1819, Mrs. Betsey (Mosher) Lothrop, daughter of James
Mosher of Gorham, and widow of Thomas Lothrop of Gorham.
Uriel Whitney died Nov. 10, 1835.
Sewall Whitney, son of Jacob and Abigail (Moses) Whitney of
Buxton and grandson of Ebenezer Whitney, was born in Buxton
April 8, 1819. He came to Gorham when he was eighteen years of
age. He married Elizabeth Fly of Gorham. Children:
Francis B., b. Jan. 11, 1845, m. Fannie Corrigan.
Eunice, b. Feb. 17, 1847, m. James Lombard.
Martha R., b. July 11, 1852, d. young.
James C., b. Aug. 11, 1857, m.Hattie R. Whittier.
Emily R., b. May 11, 1859, m. Horace Hill of Buxton; d. in 1893.
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Richard Lombard, son of James, ... His wife was Temperance,
daughter of Samuel, Jr., and Molly Hamblen. .... Children:
Albert, b. Dec. 25, 1827, m. Sarah Silla of Saco, 1846.
Children
James, b. Dec. 24, 1846, m. Eunice Whitney.
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