Family:Whitney, Benjamin (c1799-1832)
Benjamin Whitney, parentage unknown, was born about 1799, and died 26 May 1832, Millbury, MA, aged 32 years.[1]
He married 6 Oct 1825, Millbury, MA,[2] Olive Jenison Bixby, daughter of Simon and Hannah (Barton) Bixby. She was born 14 Oct 1802, Millbury, MA, and died 19 Mar 1880, Worcester, MA, aged 77 years 5 months 5 days, of pneumonia.[3]
They lived in Millbury, MA.
Children of Benjamin and Olive Jenison (Bixby) Whitney:
i. Mary Anne Whitney, b. 29 May 1826, Millbury, MA;[4] m. 4 Dec 1849, Millbury, MA, Stillman Towne "of Dana or Endfield".[5] ii. Minerva P. Whitney, b. 18 Jul 1829, Millbury, MA;[6] m. 11 Nov 1858, Millbury, MA, Willard Marble, b. ca. 1821, Sutton, MA, son of Alpheus and Mary (-----) Marble.[7]
Census
- 1830, Millbury, Worcester Co., MA: Benjamin Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 20-29, and 2 females 0-4.
- 1840, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA: Mrs. O. Whitney, 1 female 30-39 and 2 females 10-14.
- 1850, widow Olive and daughters not found.
- 1860, Millbury, Worcester Co., MA:
1628 1813 Olive Whitney 58 F - Mass.
334 554 Towne, Stillman 44 M W Clerk Dry Good Store $1500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary A. 45 F W Keeps House " -----, Addison W. 7 M W At school " Attended school Whiting, Olive J. 68 F W None " 555 Stewart, Louisa 67 F W Keeps House " -----, Hattie 26 F W None " -----, Nellie 25 F W None "
References
1.^ "Benjamin [Whitney], [died] May 26, 1832, a. 32," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Millbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).
2.^ "Benjamin [Whitney] and Olive J. Bixby, [married] Oct. 6, 1825," according to Millbury Vital Records.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 321, page 461.
4.^ "Mary A. [Whitney], d. Benjamin and Olive, [born] May 29, 1826," according to Millbury Vital Records.
5.^ "Marya [Mary Anne in int.] (d. Benjamin and Olive, a. 23) and Stillman Towne of Dana or Endfield, Dec. 4, 1849," according to Millbury Vital Records.
6.^ "Minerva P. [Whitney], d. Benjamin and Olive, [born] July 18, 1829," according to Millbury Vital Records.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 119, page 180.
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