Family:Whitney, Samuel (s1785-b1850)
Samuel Whitney, parentage unknown, was born say 1785, Alstead, NH, and died before 1850.
Intentions of marriage were published 8 Nov 1808, Charlestown, MA, for him "Mr." "of Boston" and "Miss" Frances Goodenow "of Charlestown".[1]. He married, 28 Nov 1808, Boston, MA, Frances Goodenow.[2] She was born about 15 Jan 1787, Sudbury, MA, and died 5 Jan 1857, Boston, MA, aged 69 years 11 months 20 days, of consumption.[3]
Children of Samuel and Frances (Goodenow) Whitney, probably incomplete:
i. Samuel B. Whitney, b. ca. 1812, Boston, MA; d. 12 Mar 1853, Boston, MA, aged 40 years, of suicide;[4] m. 24 Mar 1839, Boston, MA, Eliza Curtis,[5] died after 1853, when her husband was called "married". ii. Elizabeth G. Whitney, b. ca. 12 Aug 1812, Boston, MA; d. 20 Apr 1900, Boston, MA, aged 87 years, 8 months 8 days, of influenza, pneumonia, and senile gangrene; unmarried.[6] iii. Frances J. Whitney, b. ca. 12 Apr 1817, Boston, MA; d. 13 May 1888, Shirley, MA, aged 71 yearss 1 month 1 day, of pneumonia; unmarried.[7] iv. Martha Earl Whitney, b. ca. 8 Mar 1821, Boston, MA; d. 15 Aug 1904, Quincy, MA, aged 83 years 5 months 7 days;[8] m. Timothy Reed
Census
11 30 Francis G. Whitney 60 M - Mass. Samuel B. " 38 M - Painter " Martha E. Swain 25 F - " 31 Luther Dunbar 41 M - Carpenter " Abby " 28 F - "
References
- Census records.
1.^ Roger D. Joslyn, F.A.S.G., comp. and ed., Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984), Volume 1, Section II, p. 530.
2.^ Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 277.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 113, page 43.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 77, page 18.
5.^ Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Records.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 507, page 215.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 392, page 210.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1904/79, page 370.
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