Family:Whitney, Ethan (1788-1823)
Ethan7 Whitney (Hachaliah6, Jesse5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Hachaliah6 and Abigail (Nelson) Whitney, was born 22 Apr 1788, Milford, MA,[1] and died Jul 1823, Boston, MA.
He married, 7 Jan 1810, Milford, MA, Betsy Mellen Green,[2] daughter of Lemuel and Sukey (Torrey) Green. She was born Mendon, 17 Dec 1792, Mendon, MA, and died 23 Aug 1871, Bellingham, MA, aged 78 years, of inflammation of bowels.[3] She married secondly, 9 Sep 1825, Milford, MA, Micah Bent.[4]
He resided Milford, MA.
Children of Ethan7 and Betsey Mellen (Green) Whitney:
i. Nelson8 Whitney, b. 5 May 1811, Milford, MA;[5] m. Ruth M. Guild. ii. Harriet Whitney, b. 9 Apr 1813, Milford, MA;[6] d. 15 Mar 1841, Bellingham, MA, aged 26 or 27 years;[7] unmarried. iii. Willis Whitney, b. about Apr 1815; d. 11 Sep 1817, Milford, MA, aged 2 years 4 months.[8] iv. Dexter Whitney, b. 1817; m. Adeliza Cook. v. Ethan Whitney, b. 2 Dec 1823, Milford, MA; m. Julia Ann Louise Bosworth.
Census
- 1810, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Ethan Whitney, 1 male 16-25 and 1 female 16-25.
- 1820, Ward 4 Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Ethan Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
References
- 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. 413.
1.^ "Ethan [Whitney], s. of Hachaliah and Abigail, [born] Apr. 22, 1788," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917).
2.^ "Ethan [Whitney] and Betsey Mellen Green, [married] Jan. 7, 1810," according to Milford Vital Records.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 239, page 263.
4.^ "Betsey M. [Whitney], Mrs., and Micah Bent, [married] Sept. 9, 1827," according to Milford Vital Records.
5.^ "Nelson [Whitney], s. of Ethan and Betsey, [born] May 5, 1811," according to Milford Vital Records.
6.^ "Harriot [Whitney], d. of Ethan and Betsey, [born] Apr. 9, 1813," according to Milford Vital Records.
7.^ "Harriette [Whitney], d. Ethan and Betsey M., [died] Mar. 15, 1811, a. 27. C.R.2. [Hariat, 1841, a. 26, P.R.1.]," according to Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1903), p. 220.
8.^ "Willis [Whitney], s. of Ensign Ethan and Betsey, [died] Sept. 11, 1817, a. 2y. (a. 2y. 4m. G.R.1)," according to Milford Vital Records.
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