Family:Whitney, Jesse (1790-1858)
Jesse7 Whitney (Jacob6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), born Stow, Massachusetts, 26 Jan 1790; married at Medfield, Massachusetts, 19 Nov 1818, Rebecca Newell, born Sherborn, Massachusetts, 2 Feb 1795; died at Nashua, 16 Jun 1856.
He was born in Stow, Massachusetts, where he resided until eighteen years of age, working on his father's farm and attending school as opportunity presented itself. When nineteen years of age he went to Boston to learn the trade of boot and shoemaker. After serving his apprenticeship for four years he went to Framingham to work for a Mr. Buckminster, a boot and shoe manufacturer. A short time afterward he became proprietor of the business, and continued it until the fall of 1825, when he moved to Nashua, New Hampshire, and entered the employ of the Nashua Mfg. County in their cotton mills as belt maker (leather), and continued with them for ten years. Later he was a trader in boots and shoes. Mr. Whitney was an upright and conscientious man, Whig in politics, and had the respect and esteem of his townsmen. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian church. He died in Nashua, his wife having preceded him some two years. He died 18 Jan 1858; resided Framingham, Massachusetts, and Nashua, New Hampshire.
Children of Jesse7 Whitney:
i. Helen Louisa8 Whitney, born 4 Oct 1819; married Orlando Lund. She died 8 Jan 1893. ii. George Henry Whitney, born 24 Feb 1821; married Susan Glover Stickney. iii. Elizabeth Wheelock Whitney, born 19 Oct 1822; married 29 Jan 1846, George F. Adams; resided Derry, New Hampshire. He was born 29 Jun 1824. - Ch.: Helen Louise, born 10 Dec 1847; married 10 Feb 1874, Quincy Jeffers; resided Dedham, Massachusetts; Lucy Elizabeth, born 9 Sep 1850; married Jan. 1, 1870, George Proctor; resided 518 Broadway, So. Boston, Massachusetts; Sarah Fitz, born 22 Jun 1852; resided Derry, New Hampshire; George Newell, born Dec. 27, 1853; married 22 Jun 1891, Carrie Combs; resided 901 McGee St., Kansas City, Missouri; Frankie Wellman, born 18 Aug 1859; died Feb. 1, 1867; Charles Eugene, born 23 Jun 1861; married 27 Nov 1888, Ida Swain; resided No. 6 Roslyn St., Salem, Massachusetts; Mary Whitney, born 4 Sep 1863; died 4 Sep 1863; Marion Whitney, born 7 Jan 1867; died 3 Feb 1877.
iv. Mary Antoinette Whitney, born 2 Aug 1824; married 25 Apr 1844, Alfred Lund, died 1855; married second Josiah Stone; resided Cortland, New York. v. Eunice Newell Whitney, born 9 Jun 1826; died 4 Dec 1833. vi. Edward Payson Whitney, born 2 May 1828; married Josephine Stickney. vii. Charles Fred'K Whitney, born 26 Dec 1829; married Helen L. Blaisdell. viii. WM. Andrew Whitney, born 20 Sep 1831; died 14 Nov 1861. ix. Eugene Francis Whitney, born 7 Feb 1834; married Carrie H. Clark. x. Richard Dexter Whitney, born 26 Oct 1836; married Laura A. Ingraham.
References
1. 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. 302-303.
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