Family:Whitney, Aaron (1772-1845)

Aaron⁶ Whitney (Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), born Townsend, Massachusetts, 1772; married 16 Mar 1797, Phebe Dunklee, born 20 Dec 1778; died 31 Jan 1800; married 2d Olive Lund, born Aug. 1779; died Jan., 1867.

He was a blacksmith by trade, and in 1812 was the postmaster at Amherst. His shop was burned in 1815, and in 1819 he moved to Calias. He was a prominent citizen in Amherst for some time. He died 16 Feb 1845; resided Nashua, New Hampshire, and Amherst, Massachusetts, and Calais, Maine.

Children of Aaron⁶ Whitney:

i.	Levi7 Whitney, born 7 Jul 1798; married Jane Whitney.
ii.	Luke Whitney, born 2 Jan 1800; married Cynthia Smith King and Mary Thankful Smith.
iii.	Mark Whitney, born Jan 2, 1800; died 22 Feb 1807, in Amherst, New Hampshire.
iv.	Aaron Whitney, born 15 Dec 1801; married Rebecca Perkins.
v.	James Whitney, born 8 Jul 1808; married Julia A. Dorr.
vi.	Olive Whitney, born 15 May 1805; resided Westbrook, Maine.

References

1. 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. 202.

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