Family:Whitney, Israel (1781-1856)

Israel⁶ Whitney (Joshua⁵, Daniel⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Joshua⁵ and Mary (Clarke) Whitney, was born 6 Apr 1781, Worcester, MA, and died before 4 Mar 1856, Worcester, MA.

He married 23 Feb 1799, Worcester, MA, Lucy Mahan. She was born 18 Oct 1780, and died 16 Dec 1858.

He was born in Worcester, MA; was a farmer. His will is dated 28 Mar 1854, and proved 4 Mar 1856; resided Worcester, MA.

Children of Israel⁶ and Lucy (Mahan) Whitney:

i.	Sarah7 Whitney, b. 13 Jun 1800; d. 21 Aug 1888; m. Daniel Goddard; resided Worcester, MA. Son Luther D.; resided Worcester.
ii.	Nancy Whitney, b. 8 Sep 1802; d. 8 Jun 1854; m. Capt. Bezaleel White; resided Worcester, MA and Paris, ME. He was captain of the militia company that escorted Lafayette from Worcester to Boston in 1824. In 1828 he removed to Maine. He d. 27 Jun 1874. Ch.: Mary Ann, b. 30 Apr 1825; d. 30 Sep 1841; Lucy Jane, b. 20 Jun 1827; m. Francis E. Richards; resided Oxford; Eunice M., b. 20 Aug 1830; m. Paul Weixler; resided W.; Eliza W., b. 7 Mar 1833; d. 4 Mar 1872; William B., b. 18 Aug 1835, was colonel in the war; resided Quincy, MA; Sarah J., b. 20 Oct 1837; d. 30 Aug 1854; George C., b. 4 Apr 1843.
iii.	Mary Whitney, b. 2 May 1805; d. 20 Apr 1868; m. (int. 5 Apr 1834, West Boylston, MA[1]) 1834, Calvin Flagg of West Boylston.
iv.	Julia Whitney, b. 30 Jun 1807; d. 10 Feb 1887; m. 2 Jan 1828, John C. Greenleaf of Warner, NH. Son Levi C. Greenleaf, stock yards, Chicago.
v.	Lucy M. Whitney, b. 14 Jun 1809; d. 15 Jan 1850; m. 1832, Asa Thayer of Paris, ME.
vi.	Abigail Whitney, b. 11 Jan 1813; d. 23 Mar 1862; m. Jonas Hartshorn; resided Worcester.
vii.	Joshua Whitney, b. 10 Mar 1815; m. 28 Sep 1839, Caroline Pope. He d. 2 Mar 1859, s. p.; resided Worcester, MA.
viii.	Almira Whitney, b. 2 Feb 1818; m. 24 Nov 1836; Loren H. Wrisley of Norway, ME; s. p.
ix.	John Whitney, b. 9 Apr 1820; m. Martha Parks.
x.	Eliza Whitney, born 17 Jan 1822; m. ("of Worcester" int. 11 Jan 1846, Framingham, MA[2]) 28 Jan 1846, David B. Fiske; resided Framingham, MA. He was b. 13 Aug 1820. Ch.: Sarah Emma, b. 15 Apr 1848; m. 11 Feb 1886, Dr. Elisha M. White of Boston, who d. 14 Jul 1890; Ella Whitney, b. 1 Aug 1850. Both residents of Framingham.

Census

• 1810, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA: Whitney Israel, 1 male 26-45, 2 males 10-16, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-45, 1 female 10-16, 4 females under 10.

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. 159-160.

1.^  "Mary [Whitney] of Worcester and Calvin Flagg, int. April 5, 1834," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of West Boylston, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (1911).

2.^  "Eliza [Whitney] of Worcester, and David Fisk, int. Jan. 11, 1846," according to Vital Records of Framingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).

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