Family:Whitney, Moses (s1815-a1841)

Moses Whitney, parentage unknown, was born between 1810 and 1820, and died after 1841, and apparently before 1850.

He married, before 1835, Harriet -----.

Children of Moses and Harriet (-----) Whitney:

i.	(daughter) Whitney, b. ca. 1835; d. Sep 1840, Barre, MA, aged 5 years.[1]
ii.	(child) Whitney, b. say 1837, inferred from 1840 census.
iii.	(child) Whitney, b. ca. Jul 1840; d. Sep 1840, Barre, MA, aged 2 months.[2]
iv.	(child) Whitney, b. ca. Sep 1841; "infant" d. 16 Sep 1841, Barre, MA, of dropsy on brain.[3]
v.	George W. Whitney, b. ca. 1841, Barre, MA; m. 12 Feb 1863, Blackstone, MA, Eliza G. Washburn.[4]
vi.	Alfred D. Whitney, b. ca. 1842, Barre, MA; m. 26 Oct 1861, Blackstone, MA, Emma A. Young, daughter of Wellington and Phebe (-----) Young, b. ca. 1842, Douglas, MA.

Census

• 1840, Barre, Worcester Co., MA: Moses Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1850: not found.
• 1855, Blackstone, Worcester Co., MA:

133 136 Francis Stockwell 25 M W Boot maker Mass. Harriet Stockwell 35 F " Mass. Josephine Stockwell 6 F " Mass. Franklin J. Stockwell 3m M " Mass. George W. Whitney 15 M " Boot maker Mass.

• 1860, Blackstone, Worcester Co., MA:

1869 3037 Francis J. Stockwell 30 M - Farm Labor Mass. Harriet M. 42 F - " Josaphene 10 F - R.I. Attended school Franklin 10 M - Mass. George Whitney 20 M - Farmer " Alfred 18 M - Boot Bottomer "

This was Francis Judson Stockwell and his wife Harriet Matilda (Clark) Stockwell. She was not Harriet, mother of George.

• 1870, Mendon, Worcester Co., MA:

175 194 Whitney, Alfred A. 28 M W Boot Bottomer for Boot factory Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Emeline A. 27 F W Keeping house " -----, Alfred E. 6 M W " -----, Herschel 1 M W "

• 1870, son George not found.
• 1880, sons George and Alfred not found.

References

1.^  "_____ [Whitney], d. Moses, [died] Sept. __, 1840. a. 5y. C.R.," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Barre, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).

2.^  "_____ [Whitney], ch. Moses, [died] Sept. __, 1840. a. 2m. C.R.," according to Barre Vital Records.

3.^  "_____ [Whitney], infant Moses, [died] Sept. 16, 1841," according to Barre Vital Records. Also, XX.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1, page 104.

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 151.

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