Family:Whitney, Amos (1787-1874)

Amos⁷ Whitney (Levi⁶, Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), born Rindge, New Hampshire, 1786; married Sophia Harris, born 1786; died 1877.

Amos Whitney was born in Rindge, New Hampshire. He moved to Leominster, and married his wide in Fitchburg. In 1812 he moved to Royalston, and purchasing of Abel Downe the John Osborne place lived there ever afterward. He died 1874; resided Leominster and Royalston, Massachusetts.

Children of Amos⁷ Whitney:

i.	Mary Ann8 Whitney, born 30 Aug 1812; married at Royalston, Massachusetts, Benjamin Wheeler, born 17 Jan 1810; died Feb, 24, 1884; resided So. Royalston. Ch., Levi W.; resided So. R.; born 10 Jun 1848; Mary A., died Oct, 20, 1860.
ii.	Sophia Whitney, born 19 Feb 1815; married Oct., 1836, Reuben Browning. He was born 17 Mar 1814; died 5 Nov 1845. She died at Royalston, July 1 1865. Ch., Martha A., born in Holden, 2 Aug 1838; married David W. Hodgkins, M. D., of Jefferson, Maine, 17 May 1866; address, East Brookfield, Massachusetts; ch., Robert B., born in Waldoboro, Maine, Oct. 17, 1867 died same day; Isabelle Marion, born E. Brookfield, Massachusetts, 21 Jun 1869; George Whitney, born E. Brookfield, 30 Dec 1870; died 9 Jan 1876, aged 5 years 10 days; David Harwood, born E. Brookfield, 11 Jun 1873; and Chester Hussey, born E. Brookfield, 9 Jan 1875; Marion F., born 8 Nov 1840; married to Rev. Henry M. Rogers, of Ware, Dec., 1862; address, Holden, Massachusetts: ch., Nellie Marion, born in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, Dec., 1863; Herbert Allen, born Wellfleet, Massachusetts, Apr. 1866; Rupert Browning, born Dalton, Massachusetts, Aug., 1868; and Harry, born W. Springfield, 1870; died at 4 months. Nellie Marion Rogers married Charles A. Dawson, of Holden, Sept., 1883; address, Holden, Massachusetts; ch., Rachel Dawson, born in Holden, July, 1894. Mary S., born 28 Aug 1842; married to Henry W. Cotton, of Monson, Mar., 1868; ch., Susan Browning, born Milford, Connecticut, 21 Sep 1869; married Henry S. Tufts, of Boston, Oct., 1890; address. 1859 Oakdale Ave., Lake View, Chicago. Henry W. Cotton, died in South Framingham, Dec., 1892; aged 57.
iii.	George Whitney, born Sept. 21,1817; married Eliza J. Simpson and Mary E. Carter.
iv.	Levi Harris Whitney, born 25 Nov 1821; m Susan S. Whitcomb, born 1829; resided s. p. Athol, Massachusetts.
v.	Abigail A. Whitney, born 182[? - unable to read. Ed.]; married Chas. W. Forristoll; resided West Fitchburg.

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. 306.

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