Family:Whitney, Nathan (1768-1848)

Nathan⁵ Whitney (Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Benjamin⁴ and Mercy (Hinckley) Whitney, was born circa 1768, and died Sep 1849.^[1]

Marriage intentions were published 25 Dec 1793, Lisbon, ME, or Topsham, ME, for him and his first wife Sarah Godfrey^[2], both "of Little River". She was born say 1773 at probably Lisbon Falls, ME, and died 21 Mar 1827, Lisbon, ME, or 22 Mar 1827, Augusta, ME.

He married secondly, 14 Jun 1828, Augusta, ME,^[3] or 29 Jun 1828, Hallowell, ME, Fannie D. Shephard.^[4] She was born circa 1800, probably Hallowell, ME.

Pierce says the following:^[5]

He was a farmer.

Children of Nathan⁵ and Sarah (Godfrey) Whitney were as follows:

i.	Abiezar Holbrook6 Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1794, Lisbon, ME, or Bowdoin, ME, m.(1) Betsy White; m.(2) Mrs. Susan Eaton.
ii.	Calvin Whitney, b. circa 1796, prob. Lisbon Falls, ME; he was married two times.
iii.	John Godfrey Whitney, b. 3 Mar 1798, Lisbon, ME; m. Mary Allen.
iv.	Bathsheba Whitney, b. 30 Jan 1800, Lisbon, Maine; d. 15 Mar 1885, or 15 Mar 1895; m. 23 Jun 1842, Augusta or Gardiner, ME, David Hamlin, b. 23 Mar 1789, China, ME, d. 13 Feb 1862.
v.	Rebecca S. Whitney, b. 1801, Lisbon, Maine; m. 9 Sep 1820, Gardiner, ME, Robert Gould, b. 1796, d. 1835.
vi.	Otis Whitney, b. 26 Mar 1802; d. 9 Mar 1872, Augusta, ME, aged 69 years; m.(1) ----- -----; "widr. of Augusta, Maine, son of Nathan and Susan, a. 40 y." m.(2) 27 Sep 1846, Augusta, ME, or 13 Oct 1846, Wrentham, MA, Sarah Catherine Jackson, daughter of Laban and Mary Ann (-----) Jackson, "of Wrentham, MA" "dau. of Laban and Mary Ann, a. 21 y."[6]
vii.	Thankful Whitney, b. 6 Jun 1806, Lisbon, ME; m. 30 Nov 1826, Gardiner or Augusta, ME, John Kimball. 8 children b. Augusta, ME.
viii.	Elias Scott Whitney, b. 1809, Lisbon, ME; m. Brunswick, ME, Sarah Godfrey.
ix.	Hannah Whitney, b. circa 1811, prob. Lisbon Falls, ME; d. 30 Mar 1865; m. 9 Mar 1831, Gardiner or Augusta, ME, William Thomas Folsom, b. 21 Jul 1807, Mount Vernon, ME, d. 6 Jan 1883, Augusta, ME.
x.	Celinda Whitney, b. 28 Jul 1818, Litchfield, ME; m. 27 Feb 1838, ME, Seth P. Bragdon.

Children of Nathan⁵ and Fannie D. (Shephard) Whitney, all born Augusta, ME:

xi.	Sarah Elizabeth6 Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1829.
xii.	Nathan Franklin Whitney, b. 10 Apr 1831; m. before 1870, Mary F. -----.
xiii.	Ruel William Whitney, b. 16 Oct 1836; m. before 1870, Amanda -----.

Census

• 1800, Little River Plantation, Lincoln Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 2 males 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, Lisbon, Lincoln Co., ME: Whitney, Nathan, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1820, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male over 45, 2 males 18-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 2 females over 45, 3 females 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture, 2 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Augusta, Kennebec County, ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 2 males 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1840, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 60-69, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, and 1 female 10-14.
• 1840, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME: Otis Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

224 393 Otis Whitney 48 M - Machinist $2500 Me. Sarah C. Whitney 34 F - Mass. Selinda Whitney 16 F - N.Y. Attended school Angenette J. Whitney 14 F - Me. Attended school Marion B. Whitney 10 M - Me. Attended school Harriet A. Whitney 2 F - Me. Lucinda Chisam 25 F - Me. Elvina Chisam 22 F - Me. Mary A. Jackson 56 F - N.H.

• 1850, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

587 792 Charles Booker 56 M - Laborer Me. Married in year Fanny Booker 50 F - Me. Married in year Sarah E. Whitney 19 F - Me. Nathan Whitney 18 M - Laborer Me. Ruel W. Whitney 13 M - Me. Attended school James Booker 25 M - Laborer Me. {George A. W. Booker 23 M - Laborer Me. {Charles A. T. Booker 23 M - Laborer Me. Lydia Booker 20 F - Me. William Booker 18 M - Sailor Me. Orren Booker 16 M - None Me. Attended school Andrew Pike 30 M - Laborer Me. Amos Perry 23 M - Laborer Me. Timothy Littlefield 96 M - None Me.

• 1860, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

794 863 Otis Whitney 58 M - Machinist $1800 $500 Maine Sarah C. " 34 F - " Harriet A. " 12 F - " Attended school Herbert " 4 M - "

• 1860, Standish, Cumberland Co., MA:

184 192 Joseph Whitney Jr. 46 M - Old School F. B. $700 $200 Maine Married in year Harriet C. " 47 F - N.H. Nathan F. " 29 M - Teacher com. schools Maine Attended school James Fifield 11 M - N.H. Attended school 185 193 James Whitney 48 M - Farmer $800 $300 Maine Married in year Elizabeth " 48 F - " Julia " 24 F - Dress maker "

• 1870, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

390 414 Whitney, Otis 68 M W Without Occupation $6000 $250 Maine Male citizen over 21 Sarah C. 44 F " Keeping house Mass. Herbert K. 15 M " Attending School Maine Attended school

• 1870, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:

1313 1373 Whitney, Nathan F. 39 M W House Carpenter $500 $150 Maine Male citizen over 21 Mary F. 41 F " Keeping House Maine Frank H. 12 M " At Home Maine Attended school

• 1870, Berwick, York Co., ME:

264 271 Hanscom, John F. 30 M W Works in Shoe Shop $200 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Julia F. 24 F W Keeping House Newhampshire -----, Fred 4 M W At Home Newhampshire -----, George C. 3/12 M W At Home Maine 272 Whitney, Ruel W. 34 M W Clerk in Sewing Machine Shop $500 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Amanda 30 F W Keeping House Maine -----, Nellie M. 10 F W Attending School Massachusetts Attended school

• 1880, son Otis and his wife Sarah not found.
• 1880, son Nathan and his wife Mary not found.
• 1880, son Ruel and his wife Amanda not found.

References

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3.^  Frederick C. Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago, IL: The Author, 1895), p. 118.

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6.^  "Otis [Whitney], widr., of Augusta, Me., s. of Nathan and Susan, a. 40y. and Sarah Catherine Jackson, d. of Laban and Mary Ann, a. 21y., [married] Oct. 13, 1846," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

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