Family:Whitney, William (1776-1834)
Col. William7 Whitney (Peter6, Aaron5, Moses4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Peter6 and Julia (Lambert) Whitney, was born 14 Dec 1776, Northborough, MA,[1] and died 25 Jul 1834, Northborough, MA, aged 53 years.[2]
He "Col." married, 21 Mar 1816, Northborough, MA, Zilpah Eager, of Northborough.[3] She died 20 Feb 1832, Northborough, MA, aged 44 years.[4]
Colonel William Whitney was born in Northborough, MA, where he always resided. He was a prominent and well to do citizen; was often in town office, and for a while was colonel in the Massachusetts militia. He resided Northborough, MA.
Children of William7 and Zilpah (Eager) Whitney:
i. John Martyn8 Whitney, born 14 Oct 1816, Northborough, MA;[5] m.(1) Susan Maria Cambell; m.(2) Elizabeth Nancy Chipman. ii. Peter Lambert Whitney, b. 23 Nov 1818, Northborough, MA;[6] m. Mary H. Smith. iii. William Foster Whitney, b. 17 Aug 1820, Northborough, MA.[7] He m. Abbie Brissler of Quincy, Mass. They lived in Brooklyn, NY, where he died and his family still reside.[8] - Ch: L. Abbie Whitney.
iii. Harrison Otis Whitney, b. 7 Apr 1822, Northborough, MA;[9] m. Ann E. Marsh. iv. Adams Whitney, b. 4 Jan 1826, Northborough, MA;[10] m. Susanna Channel Burrell.
Census
- 1820, Northborough, Worcester Co., MA: William Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female over 45, 2 females 26-44, and 1 female 16-25; 1 engaged in agriculture.
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. 295.
1.^ "William [Whitney], s. Rev. Peter and Julia, [born] Nov. 14, 1776," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Northborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850 (1901).
2.^ "William [Whitney], [died] July 25, 1834, a. 53," according to Northborough Vital Records.
3.^ "Col. William [Whitney] and Zilpah Eager, [married] March 21, 1816," according to Northborough Vital Records.
4.^ "Zilpah [Whitney], w. William, [died] Feb. 20, 1832, a. 44," according to Northborough Vital Records.
5.^ "John-Martyn [Whitney], s. William and Zilpah, [born] Nov. 13, 1816," according to Northborough Vital Records.
6.^ "Peter-Lambert [Whitney], s. William and Zilpah, [born] Oct. 26, 1818," according to Northborough Vital Records.
7.^ "William-Foster [Whitney], s. William and Zilpah, [born] Aug. 17, 1820," according to Northborough Vital Records.
8.^ Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, p. 424.
9.^ "Harrison-Otis [Whitney], s. William and Zilpah, [born] Apr. 6, 1822," according to Northborough Vital Records.
10.^ "Adams [Whitney], s. William and Zilpah, [born] Jan. 17, 1826," according to Northborough Vital Records.
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