Family:Whitney, Joseph (1800-1885)

Joseph⁸ Whitney (Joseph⁷, William⁶, William⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Joseph⁷ and Hannah (Perley) Whitney, was born 10 Oct 1800, Winchendon, MA,^[1] and died 10 Mar 1885, Winchendon, MA, aged 84 years 5 months, of old age, farmer.^[2]

He "Jr." married firstly, 30 Oct 1821, Winchendon, MA, Abigail Flint.^[3] She 17 Dec 1837, aged 36 years.^[4]

He "Jr." married secondly, 3 Jan 1842, Winchendon, MA, "Mrs." Charlotte H. (Flint) Nutting,^[5] daughter of Nathan and Polly (Brown) Flint. She was born about 5 Jan 1802, Winchendon, MA, died 7 Oct 1882, Winchendon, MA, aged 80 years 9 months 3 days, of typhoid dysentery.^[6] She had married firstly, 16 Jan 1828, William Nutting (1801-?).

He resided Winchendon, MA.

Children of Joseph⁸ and Abigail (Flint) Whitney:

i.	Joseph9 Whitney, b. ca. 1822, Winchendon, MA; "third" "of Winchendon" m. 2 Oct 1850, Fitchburg, MA, Maria Haskell.[7]
ii.	Milton Whitney, b. -----.
iii.	McClusa Whitney or MacKelner Whitney, b. ca. 1831, MA.
iv.	(child) Whitney, b. ca. 1832; d. 10 Jun 1832, Winchendon, MA.[8]
v.	Dudley Whitney, b. 10 Aug 1836, MA; m. Mary E. Whitney.

Joseph⁸ and Charlotte (Flint)(Nutting) Whitney had no known children.

Census

• 1830, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA: Joseph Whitney, Jr., 1 male 20-29, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1840, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA: Joseph Whitney Jr., 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, and 1 female 15-19; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA:

32 34 Joseph Whitney Jr. 49 M - Farmer $1500 Massachusetts Charlotte " 48 F - " Dudley " 16 M - Laborer " Attended school Horace Nutting 21 M - " " Attended school Nancy J. Brooks 7 F - New Hampshire Attended school

• 1850, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA:

429 495 Frances Robbins 34 F - Massachusetts ... Joseph Whitney 28 M - Laborer Massachusetts ...

• 1850, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

42 42 Milton S. Phillips 27 M - Retnant $500 Mass. Rebecca C. " 22 F - " Elizabeth " 7/12 F - " Jam. Holt 50 M - Carpetner Unknown Catharine " 49 F - " Willis R. Bardwell 31 M - Stone Cutter Mass. Charles L. Polley 27 M - " Medm. N.Y. Nelson B. " 27 M - Farmer N.Y. MacKelner Whitney 19 M - Laborer Mass.

• 1860, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA:

1083 1317 Joseph Whitney 59 M - Farmer $1375 $625 Massachusetts Charlotte " 58 F - " Nancy J. Brooks 17 F - " Atttended school

• 1870, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA:

431 554 Whitney, Joseph 69 M W Farmer $800 $400 Mass. Male citizen over 21 " Charlotte N. 68 F W Keeping House "

• 1880, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA:

Joseph WHITNEY 79 Self M M W MA Farmer MA MA Charlotte N. WHITNEY 78 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA

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. 453.

1.^  "Joseph [Whitney] Jr., s. Joseph and Hannah, [born] Oct. 10, 1800," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 366, page 489.

3.^  "Joseph [Whitney] Jr. and Abigail Flint, [married] Oct. 30, 1821," according to Winchendon Vital Records.

4.^  "Abigail [Whitney], w. Joseph Jr., [died] Dec 17, 1837, a. 36. G.S.1," according to Winchendon Vital Records.

5.^  "Joseph [Whitney] Jr. and Mrs. Charlotte Nutting, [married] Jan. 3, 1842," according to Winchendon Vital Records.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 339, page 460.

7.^  "Joseph [Whitney] third, s., 28, farmer, Winchendon, (Joseph, Jr., and Abigail) and Maria Haskell, [married] Oct. 2, 1850," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. 8, p. 136.

8.^  "_____ [Whitney], inf. ch. Joseph Jr., [died] June 10, 1832," according to Winchendon Vital Records.

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