Family:Whitney, Solomon (1735-a1810)

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Solomon6 Whitney (Solomon5, Nathaniel4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Solomon5 and Martha (Fletcher) Whitney, was born 5 Dec 1735, Concord, MA, and baptized 14 Dec 1735, Weston, MA.[1]

He "Jr." married 14 Jan 1762, Lincoln, MA, Mary Fay,[2] daughter of Silas and Hannah (Billing) Fay. She was born 14 Feb 1740/1, Lincoln and/or Weston, MA, and died unknown.

Children of Solomon6 and Mary (Fay) Whitney:

i. Leonard7 Whitney, bapt. 7 Aug 1763, Lincoln, MA;[3] m. Cate Wheeler.
ii. Silas Whitney, bapt. 13 Jul 1766, Lincoln, MA;[4] m.(1) Hopestill Sargent; m.(2) Sally Lovejoy.
iii. Otis Whitney, b. about 1768, calculated from age at death; d. Jul 1853, Campton, NH, aged 85 years.
iv. Levi Whitney, b. 1772 d. 5 May 1822 Ad 50 in Rumney, N.H.[5]; m. Susanna Sargent, possibly 1800[6].

Census

  • 1790, Lincoln, Middlesex Co., MA: Solomon Whitney, 1 male over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 1 female.
  • 1800: not found, but there are two candidates: one in Canterbury, NH, one in Westmoreland, NH.
  • 1810: not found, but there is a candidate in Canterbury, NH, with 1 male over 45 and 1 female over 45.

References

1.^  "Solomon [Whitney], s. Solomon and Martha, bap. Dec. 14, 1735," according to Mary Frances Peirce, Town of Weston. Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1707-1850. 1703--Gravestones--1900. Church Records, 1709-1825. Appendix and Addenda, Cent Society, Gleanings from the Town Files, Bits of Genealogy, Error, Indexes, &c. (Boston, MA: McIncloe Bros., Printers, 1901), page 425.

2.^  "Solomon [Whitney] [int. Jr.] and Mary Fay, [married] Jan. 14, 176[Worn] [int. 1762]. [Solomon Jr., Jan. 14, 1762, M.R ]," according to Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908).

3.^  "Leonard [Whitney], s. Solomon Jr. and Mary, bp. Aug. 7, 1763. C.R.1," according to Lincoln Vital Records.

4.^  "Silas [Whitney], s. Solomon Jr. and w., bp. July 13, 1766. C.R.1," according to Lincoln Vital Records.

5.^  Birth year, date of death, age, location from gravestone in Rumney, NH

6.^  A Levi Whitney and female appear on US Federal Census of 1800 in Barretstown Plantation (later Hope), Maine. A Charles Whitney also appears in 1800. No Whitneys were present in the 1790 census in Barretstown Plantation, Maine.

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