Family:Whitney, Aaron (1801-1866)

Aaron⁷ Whitney (Aaron⁶, Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Aaron⁶ and Phebe (Dunklee) Whitney, was born 15 Dec 1801, Amherst, NH, and died Jan 1866, Hartford, CT.

Marriage intentions were published, 6 Feb 1830, Biddeford, ME, for him "Mr." "of Saco" and "Miss" Rebecca S. Perkins "of Biddeford".^[1] She was born Mar 1809, and died after 1850, and apparently before 1860.

He was a machinist. He resided Biddeford, ME, and Hartford, CT.

Children of Aaron⁷ and Rebecca (Perkins) Whitney:

i.	Sarah Jane8 Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1831, Biddeford, ME;[2] d. 20 Mar 1881.
ii.	Amos Whitney, b. 8 Oct 1832, Biddeford, ME;[3] m. Laura Johnson.
iii.	John W. Perkins Whitney, b. 12 Jul 1835, Biddeford, ME;[4] m. Olive E. Springer.
iv.	Ada Whitney, b. -----; d. before 1850.
v.	George Quimby Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1843, ME; m. Isabelle Gaylord.
vi.	Fanny Forrester Whitney, b. ca. 1846, ME; unmarried; resided 94 Waltham St., Boston, MA.
vii.	Grace Greenwood Whitney, b. ca. Oct 1849, MA; m. 11 Oct 1876, George H. Casey; resided 39 W. 61st St., New York City.

Census

• 1840: not found. He may have been living with his brother Luke.
• 1850, Lawrence, Essex Co., MA:

172 217 Aaron Whitney 48 M - Machinist N.H. Rebecca " 40 F - Me. Sarah J. " 19 F - " Amos " 17 M - " " John " 14 M - " Attended school George " 7 M - " Attended school Frank " 4 M - " Attended school Grace G. " 11/12 F - Mass. Oren Waterman 35 M - " Me. Calvin Haven 23 M - None Mass A. Woodman 21 M - Operative Unknown Isaac W. Talbot 41 M - Machinist " Joseph Morrel 18 M - " R.I. Julia O'Brien 27 F - Ireland Illiterate

• 1860, Hartford District 3, Hartford Co., CT:

620 665 Aaron Whitney 58 M - Machinist $300 N. Hampshire Jenny " 29 F - Maine George Q. Whitney 17 M - Apprentice Machinist Maine Fanny F. " 14 F - Mass. Attended school Grace D. " 11 F - " Attended school

• 1870, Hartford Ward 3, Hartford Co., CT:

120 221 Whitney, Amos 37 M W General Machinist $45000 Maine Illiterate, Male citizen over 21 -----, Laura J. 32 F W Keeping house New Hampshire Illiterate -----, Nettie L. 4 F W Connecticut -----, Clarence E. 6/12 M W " Born in Dec -----, Sarah J. 39 F W At home Maine Illiterate Quackenbush, Fanny 24 F W " " " Illiterate Dyer, Bridget 30 F W Domestic Ireland Parents foreign born

This was his daughter Sarah living with her brother Amos. Apparently the census taker reversed the meaning of the columns about literacy, marking those who could read and write, instead of those who couldn't.

• 1870, daughter Grace not found.
• 1880, daughter Sarah not found.

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), pp. 363-364.

1.^  "Aaron [Whitney], Mr., of Saco, and Miss Rebecca S. Perkins, of Biddeford, int. Feb. 6, 1830," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 307.

2.^  "Sarah Jane [Whitney], d. of Aaron and Rebecca, b. Mar. 19, 1831," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 243.

3.^  "Amos [Whitney], s. of Aaron and Rebecca, b. Oct. 8, 1832," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 243.

4.^  "John [Whitney], s. of Aaron and Rebecca, b. Jul. 12, 1835," according to Beatty, John D., ed., Vital Records of Biddeford, Prior to 1856; Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 28 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 243.

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