Family:Whitney, Richard (1782-1863)
Richard6 Whitney (Simon5, Daniel4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of Simon5 and Sarah (Seaver) Whitney,[1] was born 2 Jan 1782, Watertown, MA,[2] was baptized 6 Jan 1782, Watertown, MA,[3] and died 25 Nov 1863, Amherst, MA, aged 80 years 10 months 23 days, of pneumonia.
He married, 23 Apr 1816, Amherst, MA, Mary Elizabeth Parker, daughter of Justin and Mary (-----) Parker. She was born 20 May 1797, Brookfield, MA, and died 13 May 1879, aged 81 years 11 months 27 days, of apoplexy.
He was a carriage trimmer and harnessmaker by trade. He resided Amherst, MA.
He was apparently the "Richard Whitney of Watertown" who, by Betsey Sparrow, had the following child:
i. Harriet7 Whitney, b. 30 Mar 1812, Sherborn, MA.[4]
Children of Richard6 and Mary Elizabeth (Parker) Whitney:
i. Simon Woodbridge7 Whitney, b. 21 Nov 1816, Amherst, MA; m.(1) Emeline L. Belding; m.(2) Sarah Ingram; m.(3) Samantha Atherton. ii. Richard Seaver Whitney, b. 13 Feb 1818, Amherst, MA; m. Amelia Arrington. iii. Samuel Frost Whitney, b. 18 Jul 1819, Amherst, MA; resided Emery St., Springfield, MA; m. 30 Mar 1848, Amherst, MA, Zavilla A. Belding, dau. of Chester and Polly (Allis) Belding. iv. Sarah Ann Mary Whitney, b. 25 Jun 1821, Amherst, MA; d. 28 Oct 1824, Amherst, MA. v. Elisha Parker Whitney, b. 19 Jun 1825, Amherst, MA; m. 9 Jul 1849, Farmington, CT, Frances A. M. Stanley. vi. Sarah Ann Mary Whitney, b. 24 Oct 1826, Amherst, MA; d. 2 Mar 1861; m. 28 May 1847, Amherst, MA, Merrick N. Spear, son of Eliphalet and Martha (-----) Spear. vii. Caroline Elizabeth Whitney, b. 2 Aug 1828, Amherst, MA; d. 19 Jun 1863; m. 7 Jul 1847, Amherst, MA, Samuel M. Warren "of Belchertown", s. of Edmund and Sarah (-----) Warren; m. ----- Simons.
Census
- 1820, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA: Richard Whitney, 2 males 26-44, 3 males 0-9, and 2 females 16-25; 2 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1830, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA: Richard Whitney, 2 males 40-49, 3 males 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 10-14, and 2 females 0-4.
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA:
326 350 Joseph Kellogg 63 M - Farmer $2500 Mass. Joanna " 61 F - " Phila Doty " 22 F - " Richard Whitney 67 M - " Mary " 54 F - "
19 20 Richard Whitney 72 M - Mass. Mary E. " 58 F - "
291 355 John Dickinson 78 M - Farmer $9000 $16000 Mass. Olive " 70 F - " Francis Cooley 17 M - " Attended school John D. Boyden 8 M - " Attended school John C. White 29 M - $200 " Mary Mack 24 F - " Richard Whitney 76 M - Harness Maker - $100 Mass.
- 1860: Mary Whitney not found.
- 1870, Amherst, Hampshire Co., MA:
416 495 Taylor, Ida 18 F W At School Mass. Attended school Whitney, Mary 73 F W Keeping House "
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. 158.
- All events in Amherst from Jay Mack Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital Records, Amherst (Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1987).
1.^ His parentage is proven by his birth record.
2.^ "Richard Whitney, s. Simon & Sarah Whitney, b. 2 Jan 1782," according to Watertown Records, Comprising the Fourth Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, from 1738 to 1822 (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, c1903), volume 3, page 175.
3.^ "6 Jan 1782, Richard, s. of Simon Whitney, bapt.," according to Watertown Records, Comprising East Congregational and Precinct Affairs, 1697 to 1737. Also, Record Book of the Pastors, 1686-1819 (Watertown, MA: Historical Society, 1906), volume 4, page 170.
4.^ "Harriet [Whitney], d. of Richard of Watertown, and Betsey Sparrow, [born] Mar. 30, 1812," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).
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