Family:Whitney, Nathan (1768-1848)

Nathan⁵ Whitney (Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Benjamin⁴ and Mercy (Hinckley) Whitney, was born circa 1768, and died Sep 1849.^[1]

Marriage intentions were published 25 Dec 1793, Lisbon, ME, or Topsham, ME, for him and his first wife Sarah Godfrey^[2], both "of Little River". She was born say 1773 at probably Lisbon Falls, ME, and died 21 Mar 1827, Lisbon, ME, or 22 Mar 1827, Augusta, ME.

He married secondly, 14 Jun 1828, Augusta, ME,^[3] or 29 Jun 1828, Hallowell, ME, Fannie D. Shephard.^[4] She was born circa 1800, probably Hallowell, ME.

Pierce says the following:^[5]

He was a farmer.

Children of Nathan⁵ and Sarah (Godfrey) Whitney were as follows:

i.	Abiezar Holbrook6 Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1794, Lisbon, ME, or Bowdoin, ME, m.(1) Betsy White; m.(2) Mrs. Susan Eaton.
ii.	Calvin Whitney, b. circa 1796, prob. Lisbon Falls, ME; he was married two times.
iii.	John Godfrey Whitney, b. 3 Mar 1798, Lisbon, ME; m. Mary Allen.
iv.	Bathsheba Whitney, b. 30 Jan 1800, Lisbon, Maine; d. 15 Mar 1885, or 15 Mar 1895; m. 23 Jun 1842, Augusta or Gardiner, ME, David Hamlin, b. 23 Mar 1789, China, ME, d. 13 Feb 1862.
v	Rebecca S. Whitney, b. 1801, Lisbon, Maine; m. 9 Sep 1820, Gardiner, ME, Robert Gould, b. 1796, d. 1835.
vi.	Otis Whitney, b. 26 Mar 1802; d. 9 Mar 1872, Augusta, ME, aged 69 years; m.(1) ----- -----; "widr. of Augusta, Maine, son of Nathan and Susan, a. 40 y." m.(2) 27 Sep 1846, Augusta, ME, or 13 Oct 1846, Wrentham, MA, Sarah Catherine Jackson, daughter of Laban and Mary Ann (-----) Jackson, "of Wrentham, MA" "dau. of Laban and Mary Ann, a. 21 y."[6]
vii.	Thankful Whitney, b. 6 Jun 1806, Lisbon, ME; m. 30 Nov 1826, Gardiner or Augusta, ME, John Kimball. 8 children b. Augusta, ME.
viii.	Elias Scott Whitney, b. 1809, Lisbon, ME; m. Brunswick, ME, Sarah Godfrey.
ix.	Hannah Whitney, b. circa 1811, prob. Lisbon Falls, ME; d. 30 Mar 1865; m. 9 Mar 1831, Gardiner or Augusta, ME, William Thomas Folsom, b. 21 Jul 1807, Mount Vernon, ME, d. 6 Jan 1883, Augusta, ME.
x.	Celinda Whitney, b. 28 Jul 1818, Litchfield, ME; m. 27 Feb 1838, ME, Seth P. Bragdon.

Children of Nathan⁵ and Fannie D. (Shephard) Whitney, all born Augusta, ME:

xi.	Sarah Elizabeth6 Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1829.
xii.	Nathan Franklin Whitney, b. 10 Apr 1831.
xiii.	Ruel William Whitney, b. 16 Oct 1836.

Census

• 1800, Little River Plantation, Lincoln Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 2 males 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, Lisbon, Lincoln Co., ME: Whitney, Nathan, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1820, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male over 45, 2 males 18-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 2 females over 45, 3 females 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture, 2 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Augusta, Kennebec County, ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1840, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 60-69, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 10-14.

References

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3.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 118.

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6.^  "Otis [Whitney], widr., of Augusta, Me., s. of Nathan and Susan, a. 40y. and Sarah Catherine Jackson, d. of Laban and Mary Ann, a. 21y., [married] Oct. 13, 1846," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

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