Family:Whitney, Hezekiah (1803-1857)
Hezekiah7 Whitney (Hezekiah6, Elias5, Lemuel4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Hezekiah6 and Sarah (Piper) Whitney, was born 20 Aug 1803, Stow, MA, and died 30 May 1857, Gloucester, MA, aged 54 years, of consumption, teamster.[1]
He married, 13 Feb 1825, Boston, MA, Sarah B. Parsons.[2] She was born about 1805, MA, and apparently died or remarried before 1860.
He was a teamster, and lived in Boston, Manchester, and Gloucester, MA.
Children of Hezekiah7 and Sarah B. (Parsons) Whitney, probably incomplete:
i. (daughter)8 Whitney, b. say 1826; living 1830. ii. Sarah Ann Whitney, b. ca. 1827; had illegitimate daughter: iii. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1829; living 1830. iv. Hezekiah Whitney, b. ca. 1840; living 1850. v. Ann Mariah Whitney, b. ca. 22 Mar 1845; d. 30 Mar 1845, Manchester, MA, aged 8 days.[5] vi. Elmira Whitney, b. 23 Mar 1845, Manchester, MA.[6] vii. George Henry Whitney, b. ca. 6 Sep 1848; d. 25 Sep 1848, Manchester, MA, aged 19 days.[7]
Census
- 1830, Ward 1, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Hezekiah Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 50-59, 1 female 30-39, and 3 females 0-4.
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, Manchester, Essex Co., MA:
222 331 Larkin Woodberry 56 M - Cabinet Maker $1500 Mass. Emily S. " 23 F - " Emily " 2/12 F - " 332 George H. Rowe 32 M - " " " Married in year Jane " 26 F - " Married in year 333 Louisa C. Bingham 52 F - $300 N.J. William H. " 23 M - " " N.J. Luther " 15 M - " Attended school Charles H. Story 1 M - Mass. Rufus Standley 26 M - " " " George W. " 19 M - " " " 334 Hezikiah Whitney 47 M - Teamster " Sarah " 45 F - " Hezikiah " 10 M - " Attended school Ann M. " 5 F - " Attended school
32 46 Wm. K. Flowers 51 M - Laborer Mass. Eunice G. Flowers 52 F - Mass. Amos K. Flowers 21 M - Mariner Mass. Wm. H. Flowers 18 M - Mariner Mass. John L. Flowers 11 M - Mass. 47 [?Hezekiah?] Whitney 49 M - Mass. Sarah E. Whitney 48 F - Mass. Ann M. Whitney 10 F - Mass.
- 1860: not found.
- 1860, Gloucester, Essex Co., MA:
1138 1561 John B. Reed 34 M - Teacher $1000 $500 Massachusetts Betsey A. 35 F - Do Charles A. 10 M - Do Attended school John F. 8 M - Do Attended school Georgianne 7 F - Do Attended school Benjamin T. 5 M - Do Attended school Thomas E. Reed 4 M - Massachusetts Percey M. 2 M - Do Hattie 8/12 F - Do Ann M. Whitney 16 F - Servant Do 1562 Walter M. Falt 37 M - Master Mariner $1000 $1000 Nova Scotia Mary C. 32 F - Massachusetts Marion 11 F - Do Attended school Walter 9 M - Do Attended school Julia P. 8 F - Do Attended school
References
1.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 111, page 180.
2.^ Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Records.
3.^ "Ann Mariah [Whitney], d. Sarah Ann, [born] May 3, 1845," according to Vital Records of Manchester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1903).
4.^ "Sarah Ann [Whitney], a. 20y., b. Manchester, d. S.C., and Sarah B. of Manchester and George T. Rowe, a. 21y., mariner, s. Robert and Mary, [married] Jan. 12, 1847," according to Vital Records of Gloucester, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1917-1924).
5.^ "Ann Mariah [Whitney], d. Hezekiah and Sarah, dropsy, [died] Mar. 30, 1845, a. 8d.," according to Manchester Vital Records.
6.^ "Elmira [Whitney], d. Hezekiah, teamster, and Sarah B., [born] Mar. 23, 1845," according to Manchester Vital Records.
7.^ "Georg[e] Henry [Whitney], s. Hezekiah and Sarah, consumption, [died] Sept. 25, 1848, a. 19d.," according to Manchester Vital Records.
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