Family:Whitney, Nathan (1784-1843)
Nathan7 Wheeler (Timothy6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Eleazer3, Thomas2, John1), son of Timothy6 and Phebe (Reed) Whitney, was born 15 Aug 1784, Marlborough, MA,[1] and died before 1843, Pittsfield, Lorain Co., OH.
He married, 16 May 1805, Athol, MA, Sina Wheeler,[2] daughter of Zaccheus and Silence (Leland) Wheeler. She was born 9 Apr 1786, Sutton, MA,[3] and died after 1843.
On 19 Sep 1843, Pittsfield Township, Lorain Co., OH, will proved; names wife Sina; sons Alva, Ira, William W., Nathan H., and George F.; and four daughters Lusina and Lusinda Whitney, Mrs. Lincoln, and Mrs. Wilden.[4]
Children of Nathan7 and Sina (Wheeler) Whitney:
i. Alva8 Whitney, b. 6 Mar 1806, Athol, MA;[5] living 1843. ii. Ira Whitney, b. 30 Jul 1807, Athol, MA;[6] living 1843. iii. Anna Whitney, b. 30 Mar 1809, Athol, MA;[7] living 1843; m. about 1835, Stillman W. Lincoln. iv. William Wheeler Whitney, b. 12 Mar 1811, Athol, MA;[8] living 1843. v. Nathan H. Whitney, b. say 1812;[9] living 1843. vi. George F. Whitney, b. 16 Aug 1814, Orange, MA;[10] living 1843. vii. Loisa Whitney, b. 27 Sep 1816, Orange, MA;[11] d. 1846; m. 4 Jul 1838, Lorain Co., OH, Joel Wilder. viii. Lusina Whitney, b. say 1818;[12] living 1843; m. 9 Aug 1836, Lorain Co., OH, Joseph Stilloway or David Sillaway. ix. Lucinda Whitney, b. ca. 1825, VT;[13] m. 1 May 1846, Lorain Co., OH, Jesse West.
Census
- 1810, Orange, Hampshire Co., MA: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 0-9.
References
1.^ "Nathan [Whitney], s. Timothy and Phebe, [born] Aug. 15, 1784," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Marlborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1908), pp. 194-196.
2.^ "Nathan [Whitney] of Royalston and Sina Wheeler, [married] May 16, 1805," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910), p. 176.
3.^ "Sina [Wheeler], d. Zaccheus and Silance, [born] April 9, 1786," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Sutton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).
4.^ E-mail message, 29 Mar 2002, from Laurie Skillern ([email protected]).
5.^ "Alva [Whitney], d. Nathan and Sina, [born] March 6, 1806," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
6.^ "Ira [Whitney], s. Nathan and Sina, [born] July 30, 1807," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
7.^ "Anna [Whitney], d. Nathan and Sina, [born] March 30, 1809," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
8.^ "William Wheeler [Whitney], s. Nathan and Sina, [born] March 12, 1811," according to Athol Vital Records, pp. 96-97.
9.^ E-mail message, 29 Mar 2002, from Laurie Skillern ([email protected]).
10.^ "George [Whitney], ch. Nathan & Sina (name unclear), [born] Aug. 16, 1814," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891 (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983).
11.^ "Loisa, dau. Nathan and Sina, Sep. 27, 1816," according to Orange Vital Records.
12.^ E-mail message, 29 Mar 2002, from Laurie Skillern ([email protected]).
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