Family:Whitney, Otis (1802-1872)
Otis6 Whitney (Nathan5, Benjamin4, John3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Nathan5 and Sarah (Godfrey) Whitney, was born 26 Mar 1802, Augusta, ME, and died 9 Mar 1872, Augusta, ME, aged 69 years.[1]
He married firstly, before 1834, Nancy Jones. She was born in Schenectady, NY and died before 1846.
Marriage intentions were published 27 Sep 1846, Augusta, ME, for him and his second wife Sarah C. Jackson "of Wrentham, Mass."[2] He "widr. of Augusta, Maine, son of Nathan and Sarah, a. 40 y." married secondly, 13 Oct 1846, Wrentham, MA, Sarah Catherine Jackson, daughter of Laban and Mary Ann (Meader) Jackson, "of Wrentham, MA" "dau. of Laban and Mary Ann, a. 21 y."[3] She was born 9 Dec 1825, Walpole, MA, and died 20 Oct 1909, Malden, MA.
Children of Otis6 and Nancy (Jones) Whitney:
i. Selinda7 Whitney, b. ca. 1834, Middleburgh, NY; m. 6 Jul 1863, Boston, MA, Nathaniel W. Moulton,[4] son of James R. and Hannah Moulton, b. ca. 1839, Rollinsford, NH. ii. Angenette Jones Whitney, b. 13 Jan 1836, Augusta, ME; d. 4 Dec 1909, Cambridge, MA; m. 25 Dec 1862, Boston, MA, William H. Brown, son of Charles and Thirza G. (-----) Brown, b. ca. 1837, Brunswick, ME. She is also recorded as Ann Jeanette. iii. Marion B. Whitney (son), b. ca. 1840, ME; d. after 1850; no further record found.
Children of Otis6 and Sarah Catherine (Jackson) Whitney:
iv. Harriet A.7 Whitney, b. ca. 1848, ME; m. 4 Nov 1867, Gardiner, ME, George L. Smith.[5] v. Herbert K. Whitney, b. ca. 1856, ME; d. after 1870; no further record found.
Census
- 1840, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME: Otis Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1850, Augusta, Kennebec Co., ME:
224 393 Otis Whitney 48 M - Machinist $2500 Me. Sarah C. Whitney 34 F - Mass. Selinda Whitney 16 F - N.Y. Attended school Angenette J. Whitney 14 F - Me. Attended school Marion B. Whitney 10 M - Me. Attended school Harriet A. Whitney 2 F - Me. Lucinda Chisam 25 F - Me. Elvina Chisam 22 F - Me. Mary A. Jackson 56 F - N.H.
794 863 Otis Whitney 58 M - Machinist $1800 $500 Maine Sarah C. " 34 F - " Harriet A. " 12 F - " Attended school Herbert " 4 M - "
390 414 Whitney, Otis 68 M W Without Occupation $6000 $250 Maine Male citizen over 21 Sarah C. 44 F " Keeping house Mass. Herbert K. 15 M " Attending School Maine Attended school
Angenette J. BROWN 42 Self F M W ME Keeping House ME NY Florence C. BROWN 11 Dau F S W MA At School ME ME Sarah C. WHITNEY 54 MotL F W W MA At Home MA NH Charles BROWN 65 Fath M W W ME At Home ME ME
- 1880, son Herbert not found.
References
1.^ "Otis [Whitney], [died] March 9, 1872, a. 69. [b. March 26, 1802]," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 467-468.
2.^ "Otis [Whitney] and Sarah C. Jackson of Wrentham, Mass., [intentions] Sept. 27, 1846," according to Ethel Colby Conant, Vital records of Augusta, Maine, to the year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1934), vol. II, pp. 196-197.
3.^ "Otis [Whitney], widr., of Augusta, Me., s. of Nathan and Susan, a. 40y. and Sarah Catherine Jackson, d. of Laban and Mary Ann, a. 21y., [married] Oct. 13, 1846," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Wrentham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 164, page 64.
5.^ "Harriet A. [Whitney], and George L. Smith, [married] Nov. 4, 1867," according to Henry Sewall Webster, ed., Vital Records of Gardiner, Maine to the Year 1892 (Gardiner, ME: The Reporter-Journal Press, 1914).
6. Massachusetts Marriage Records, 1840-1915; Ancestry.com
7. Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915; Ancestry.com
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