Family:Whitney, Abraham (1748-1833)
Abraham5 Whitney (Abraham4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), son of Abraham4 and Sarah5 (Whitney) Whitney; born Harvard, Dec. 20, 1748; married in Bolton, 28 Feb 1776, Rebecca Dudley, of Acton. She died 27 Aug 1838, Harvard, Massachusetts, aged 81 years.
Abraham Whitney, Jr., was born in Harvard, Massachusetts, where he always resided. He was educated for the ministry, but subsequently followed an agricultural life, remarking that he was not good enough to be a minister. He was in the Revolutionary army, in a Worcester County company. He was puritanic in all his tastes and was through life a thoroughly good man, highly esteemed and respected by all. He died 26 Aug 1833, Harvard, Massachusetts, aged 84 years; resided Harvard, Massachusetts.
Children of Abraham5 and Rebecca (Dudley) Whitney:
i. Abraham6 Whitney, born 3 Mar 1777; died 18 Oct 1778. ii. Abraham Whitney, born 29 Nov 1779; married Alice Houghton. iii. Josiah Whitney, born 18 Aug 1781; married Sally Puffer. iv. John Whitney, born 31 Jul 1783; M. Sally Stowe. v. Samuel Whitney, born 28 May 1785; unmarried Jan 27, 1840. vi. Simeon H. Whitney, born 20 Mar 1787; married Nancy Barnard. vii. Rebecca Whitney, born 13 Oct 1789; married Sept 30, 1811, Joel Bowers. He was born 5 Feb 1789; died 6 Mar 1851; was a farmer. - Ch.: Mary Dickenson, born 30 Apr 1814, Harvard, Massachusetts; 19 Nov 1838, Boxborough, MA, Varnum Taylor; resided Boxboro, Massachusetts; Cephas H., born Oct 23, 1816; resided Still River, Massachusetts; Rebecca Howard, born 28 Sep 1822, Harvard, Massachusetts; married ----- Houghton; resided Bolton, Massachusetts; Luke Whitney; Levina Whitney; Joel Dudley; Elisha Puffer; and Francis Augustus.
viii. Sarah Whitney, born 11 Feb 1797; married 24 Jun 1819, Cephas Houghton. He was born Feb 11, 1792; died 18 Aug 1881. Was a farmer. - Ch.: Sarah E., born 24 Mar 1820; died 20 Mar 1860; George Emory, b. 2 Nov 1822, Harvard, Massachusetts, died 17 May 1824, Harvard, Massachusetts; George N., born Oct 23, 1824; married 1847; died Oct 23, 1893, in Leominster, Massachusetts; Edward W., born Mar 22, 1829; married 1856; resided Still River, Massachusetts; Elsie A., born 19 Apr 1831; married G. B. Grassie; resided Bolton, Massachusetts; John Cephas, born Dec 26, 1836, married, 22 Aug 1870, Mary Leora Smith; resided Still River, Massachusetts.
ix. Mary Whitney, born 17 Jan 1800; apparently married 1 Apr 1824, Harvard, Massachusetts, Addison Smith Edgerly, born 4 Feb 1799, Durham, New Hampshire, son of George and Abigail C. (Thomas) Edgerly. x. Elizabeth Whitney, born 22 Sep 1802; died unmarried xi. Joseph Whitney, born 6 Jan 1795; died 16 May 1799. xii. Abel Whitney, born 20 Oct 1791; died 2 Dec 1799. xiii. Lydia Whitney, born -----, reported only by Pierce.
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. 103.
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