Family:Whitney, Luther (1790-1871)

Luther⁶ Whitney (Israel⁵, Elijah⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Israel⁵ and Abigail (Fairbanks)(Puffer) Whitney, was born 5 Feb 1790, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 12 Mar 1871, Harvard, MA.

He married, 3 Jan 1814, Harvard, MA, Melinda Wetherbee.^[2] She was born 1797, and died 4 May 1847, Harvard, MA, aged 50 years, of consumption, or aged 53 years.^[3]

He was born in Harvard on the farm which his grandfather had purchased before the town was incorporated. He always resided there, and at this death the property passed into possession of his son Luke. He resided Harvard, MA.

Children of Luther⁶ and Melinda (Wetherbee) Whitney:

i.	Luke7 Whitney, b. 9 Sep 1815; m.(1) Charlotte M. Turner; m.(2) Abigail Knight; m.(3) Lydia H. Hartwell.
ii.	William Whitney, b. say 1817; m. Jane A. -----.
iii.	Jonathan W. Whitney, b. Nov 1819; m. Mercy R. -----.
iv.	Clarissa Whitney, b. ca. 1822, MA; d. -----; no record of her death is found in MA.

Census

• 1820, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Luther Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 3 males 0-9, and 1 female 26-44; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Luther Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 3 males 10-14, 1 female 70-79, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1840, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Luther Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 20-29, 1 female 80-89, 1 female 40-49, and 2 females 15-19; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA:

194 225 Luke Whitney 34 M - $2500 Mass. Abigail " 31 F - " Manda Knight 29 F - " Horatio S. Whitney 10 M - " Attended school Charlotte A. " 7 F - " Attended school Augustus L. " 5 M - " Attended school Ella A. " 1 F - " 226 Luther " 60 M - Farmer $280 " Clarissa " 28 F - "

• 1860, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA:

20 22 Luther Whitney 70 M - $400 Mass.

• 1860, daughter Clarissa not found.
• 1870, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA:

108 121 Whitney, Luke 54 M W Farmer $2600 $500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Abbie 51 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Ella L. 18 F W No occupation Mass. -----, Clara A. 15 F W No occupation Mass. -----, Luther F. 14 M W At Home Mass. Whitney, Luther 80 M W Farmer Mass. Male citizen over 21 Knight, Amanda 49 F W No occupation Mass.

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), p. 200.

1.^  "Luther [Whitney], s. of Israel and Abigail, [born] Feb. 5, 1790," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Luther [Whitney] and Melinda Wetherbee, [married] Jan. 3, 1814," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "Melinda [Whitney] (Malinda Wetherbee, G.R.1.) w. of Luther, [died] May 4, 1847, a. 50 y. Consumption. (May 3, 1847, a. 53 y. G.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.

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