Family:Whitney, Caleb (1800-1847)

Caleb⁷ Whitney (Jonathan⁶, Caleb⁵, Jonathan⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Jonathan⁶ and Lucy (Wheeler) Whitney, was born 28 Dec 1800, Sterling, MA,^[1] and died after 1840.

He married, 7 Mar 1824, Sterling, MA, Abigail R. Sargent, "both of Sterling".^[2] She was born between about 1801, Princeton, MA, and died 7 Apr 1864, Sterling, MA, aged 63 years, of hemorrhage from lungs.^[3]

Children of Caleb⁷ and Abigail R. (Sargent) Whitney:

i.	Charlotte Evelina8 Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1824, Sterling, MA;[4] m. 13 Jun 1855, Sterling, MA, Henry N. Allen.[5]
ii.	Abigail Roe Whitney, b. 11 Dec 1825, Sterling, MA;[6] d. 24 Nov 1851, Sterling, MA, aged 25 years 11 months 13 days.[7]
iii.	Hannah P. Whitney, b. ca. 1828, Sterling, MA; d. 25 Jun 1850, aged 22 years, of consumption;[8] m. 1 Jan 1848, Boston, MA, John A. Millin/Millen.[9]
iv.	Leonard M. Whitney, b. ca. 20 Aug 1830, Sterling, MA; d. 12 Jan 1868, Clinton, MA, aged 37 years 4 months 22 days, of consumption;[10] m. 11 Jan 1854, Worcester, MA, or 7 Jan 1854, Sterling, MA, Elizabeth A. Monroe, daughter of Oliver and Caroline (-----) Monroe, b. ca. 1835, Boston, MA.[11] Children: a. Edward Munroe9 Whitney, b. 19 Jun 1857, Sterling, MA; m. 13 Apr 1878, Fitchburg, MA, Jamie L. Landfair, b. ca. 1855, Quebec, Canada, dau. of William and Mary (-----) Landfair.[12]
v.	Mary C. Whitney, b. ca. 1833, MA; m. 13 Jun 1855, Worcester, MA, James F. Raymond.[13]
vi.	John H. Whitney, b. ca. 30 Mar 1838, Sterling, MA; d. 7 Mar 1900, Fitchburg, MA, aged 62 years 11 months 7 days, of valvular disease of heart and chronic bronchitis;[14] m. 25 Feb 1869, Orange and Fitchburg, MA, Jennie N. Derby, daughter of Josiah and Betsey (-----) Derby, b. ca. 1849, Ashburnham, MA.[15] Children: a. Henry M.9 Whitney, b. 27 Oct 1872, Fitchburg, MA;[16] d. 4 Sep 1873, Ashburnham, MA [also recorded as Fitchburg, MA], aged 10 months 7 days, of cholera infantum.[17]

Census

• 1830, Sterling, Worcester Co., MA: Caleb Whitney, 1 male 15-19 [sic], 1 male 10-14, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, and 2 females 0-4. The male 10-14 may have been a brother, a brother-in-law, an apprentice, or a farm laborer.
• 1840, Sterling, Worcester Co., MA: Caleb Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1850: not found.
• 1855, Sterling, Worcester Co., MA:

60 76 Leonard M. Whitney 25 M - Chairmaker Mass. Elizabeth Whitney 19 F - " 77 Abigail Whitney 55 F - " Charlott Whitney 30 F - " Mary Whitney 22 F - " George T. Burpee 28 M - Chairmaker "

• 1880, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

John WHITNEY 42 Self M M W MA Works In Chair Shop MA MA Jennie WHITNEY 38 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA

References

1.^  "Caleb, s. Jonathan and Lucy, [born] Dec. 28, 1800," according to Frances Pratt Tapley, comp., Vital Records of Sterling, Massachusetts (Sterling, MA: Historical Commission, 1976).

2.^  "Caleb and Abigail R. Sargent, both of S., [married] March 7, 1824," according to Sterling Vital Records.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 176, page 296.

4.^  "Charlotte Evelina, d. Caleb and Abigail, [born] Apr. 22, 1824," according to Sterling Vital Records.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 89, page 239.

6.^  "Abigail Roe, d. Caleb and Abigail, [born] Dec. 11, 1825," according to Sterling Vital Records.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 59, page 187.

8.^  Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org.

9.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 38, page 235.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 213, page 248.

11.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 80, page 290.

12.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 300, page 207.

13.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 89, page 267.

14.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 506, page 327.

15.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 217, page 316; and volume 219, page 227.

16.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 243, page 250.

17.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 258, pages 285, 315.

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