Family:Whitney, Joel (1777-a1810)
Joel Whitney (Joel), son of Joel and Mary (-----) Whitney, was born 21 Feb 1777, Chesterfield, NH.[1]
He married, say 1803, Mary Wheeler.
That he had a wife is inferred from the 1810 census, and that they were married about 1800-1804 is suggested by the births of three children between 1800 and 1810. Her name is from the death record of their son Royal B. Whitney. Nothing further is known of her.
Children of Joel and Mary (Wheeler) Whitney:
i. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1805, Chesterfield, NH; living 1810. ii. (son) Whitney, b. say 1807, Chesterfield, NH; living 1810. iii. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1809, Chesterfield, NH; living 1810. iv. Royal B. Whitney, b. ca. 14 Feb 1817, Chesterfield, NH; d. 26 Apr 1905, North Adams, MA, aged 88 years 2 months 12 days, of colitis;[2] m.(1) ----- -----; m.(2) 18 Aug 1849, Lanesborough, MA, Sarah M. Smith, b. ca. 1828, Stockbridge, MA, daughter of Russell and Cynthia (Munson) Smith.[3]
It seems likely that this was the same family:
- Edy Farwell Whitney, dau. of Joel and Mary, born 20 Jul 1812, Littleton, NH.
Census
- 1810, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH: Joel Whitney, Junr, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
- 1820, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH: Mary Whitney, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, and 2 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture. This indicates that he no doubt died before 1820.
- 1850, Adams, Berkshire Co., MA:
696 696 Royal Whitney 32 M - Carpenter Mass. Sarah " 33 F - " Nancy " 4 F - "
94 1 Royal Whitney 42 M - Carpenter $1000 $200 N.H. Sarah " 43 F - " Nancy " 13 F - Mass. Helen " 7 F - " Attended school
737 768 Whitney, Royal 52 M W Carpenter $3000 $500 New Hampshire Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah 53 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Helen 17 F W Works Shoe Factory " Bracket, Hannah 74 F W No Occupation New York
R.B. WHITNEY 62 Self M M W NH Carpenter NH NH Sarah WHITNEY 63 Wife F M W VT Keeping House VT VT
References
1.^ Oran E. Randall, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H. : from the incorporation of "Township Number One" by Massachusetts in 1736, to the year 1881 : together with family histories and genealogies (Brattleboro, Vt.: D. Leonard, printer., 1882), p. 490.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 72, page 467.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 37, page 43.
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