Family:Whitney, Jared Irving (1833-1898)

Jared Irving⁸ Whitney (Benjamin⁷, Benjamin⁶, Jonas⁵, David⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Benjamin⁷ and Elmira (Stimpson) Whitney, was born 1 Aug 1833,^[1] Marlborough, NH,^[2] and died after 1880.

He married, 19 Jan 1858, Marlborough, NH, Sarah Jane Kidder.^[3] She was born 10 May 1834,^[4] and died after 1880.

He was brought up on a farm and worked at that until he was 21. Then in company with his brother-in-law was in the chair business for a number of years, and later worked at the wood-working business, and most of the time since; resided Leominster, MA, and Clinton, MA, 269 Main St.

Children of Jared Irving⁸ and Sarah Jane (Kidder) Whitney:

i.	Fannie Belle9 Whitney, b. 16 Oct 1863, Marlborough, NH (given name omitted);[5] m.(1) 19 Jan 1888 or 19 Jan 1889, Lempster, NH, Edward L. Flagg;[6] resided Leominster; is a carpenter; divorced; m.(2) 10 Aug 1899, Cambridge, MA, Frank Sumner Nettleton, b. ca. 1856, Lowell, MA, son of Frederick S. and Gratia M. (Munn) Nettleton.[7] Ch.: Mable Frances, b. 27 Mar 1889.
ii.	Arthur Eugene Whitney, b. 9 Sep 1868, Marlborough, NH;[8] d. 8 Jun 1869, Marlborough, NH, aged 9 months of whooping cough.[9]

Census

• 1860, Marlborough, Cheshire Co., NH:

422 460 Benj. Whitney 58 M - Farmer $4500 $1000 N.H. Elmira S. 57 F - Mass. George E. 16 M - Laborer N.H. Attended school Jared J. 26 M - Laborer $700 " Sarah J. 27 F - Mass. 461 Chas. D. Tarbell 22 M - Mechanic $1200 $500 N.H. Elmira F. 24 F - " Frank L. 1 F - " Abel J. Burpee 36 M - Laborer Mass.

• 1870, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA:

269 359 Whitney, Jared R. 36 M W Works in Piano shop New Hampshire Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah J. 36 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Finnie B. 6 F W Attends School New Hampshire

• 1880, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA:

Jared I. WHITNEY 46 Self M M W NH Works In Piano Shop NH MA Sarah J. WHITNEY 46 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Fannie B. WHITNEY 16 Dau F S W NH At School NH MA

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. 480.

1.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

2.^  "Jared [Whitney], [born] ___ __, 1833. G.S.," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Leominster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (n.d.).

3.^  "Jared I. Whitney (b. 1833) & Sarah J. Kidder, m. 19 Jan 1858, Marlborough, Cheshire Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

4.^  "Sarah J. Kidder [Whitney], [born] ___ __, 1834. G.S.," according to Leominster Vital Records.

5.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

6.^  "Fannie Bell Whitney (b. 1865, d. of Jared I. Whitney & Sarah) & Edward S. Flagg, m. 19 Jan 1889, Lempster, Sullivan Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 489, page 318.

8.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

9.^  1870 Mortality Schedule.

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