Family:Whitney, Lemuel (1767-1825)

Lemuel⁶ Whitney (Lemuel⁵, Lemuel⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Lemuel⁵ and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Whitney, was born Stow, Massachusetts, 25 Jan 1767, and died 1825.

He married Dorcas Gates. She died 7 Mar 1823.

He was a farmer. He resided Stow, MA, Grafton, VT, and East Sudbury, MA.

Children of Lemuel⁶ and Dorcas (Gates) Whitney:

i.	Peter Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1791, Stow, MA; d. infancy.
ii.	Dorcas Whitney, bapt. 12 May 1793, Stow, MA; d. infancy.
iii.	Peter Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1794, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.
iv.	Ezekiel Whitney, b. 15 Jun 1795, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.
v.	Jotham Whitney, b. 22 Aug 1797, Grafton, VT; bapt. 1 Apr 1798, Stow, MA.
vi.	Susan Whitney, b. 16 Nov 1799, Grafton, VT.
vii.	Betsey Whitney, b. 29 Sep 1801, Grafton, VT; m. 24 Nov 1825, Marlborough, MA, Ephraim Darby "of Ashby".^[1]
viii.	Jane Whitney, b. 29 May 1803, Grafton, VT.
ix.	Mary Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1805, Grafton, VT.
x.	Elmira Whitney, b. 9 May 1807, Grafton, VT. She may be the Almira Whitney, b. ca. 1806, who m. 7 Apr 1831, Marlborough, MA, William Morse.
xi.	Lucy Ann Whitney, b. 1 Dec 1809, Grafton, VT.
xii.	Anna Whitney, b. 11 Apr 1811, Grafton, VT.
xiii.	Louis Whitney, b. 8 Jun 1812, Grafton, VT; m. Louisa W. Parmenter.
xiv.	Leonard⁷ Whitney, b. 22 Feb 1815, Grafton, VT; m.(1) Sarah Ayer; m.(2) Mrs. Betsey Parker.

Census

1790, Acton, Middlesex Co., MA: Lem^l Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 2 females.
1800, Grafton, Windham Co., VT: Whitney, Lemuel, 1 male 26-44, 3 male2 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
1810, Grafton, Windham Co., VT: Lemuel Whitney, 1 male 16-26, 2 males 10-16, 1 female over 45, 1 female 10-16, 5 females under 10.