Family:Whitney, Austin (1819-1851)
Austin9 Whitney (Seth8, William7, William6, William5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Seth8 and Sally (Wood) Whitney, was born 27 Feb 1819, Gardner, MA,[1] and died 1 Nov 1851, Gardner, MA, aged 32 years 8 months 5 days, farmer, of abcess of the lungs.[2]
He "of Gardner" married, 26 Dec 1843, Petersham, MA, Maria H. Allen[3] of Petersham, daughter of George and Hannah (Holland) Allen. She was born 7 Aug 1826, Hardwick, MA, and died 17 Jan 1860, Gardner, MA, aged 33 years 5 months 6 days, of scroffula.[4]
John P. Allen of Gardner was appointed guardian to Ellen Maria in Feb 1860.
He resided Gardner, MA.
Children of Austin9 and Maria (Allen) Whitney:
i. Abby S.10 Whitney, b. ca. 1843, Marlborough, N.H.; m. 1861, Gardner, MA [also recorded in Hubbardston, MA], Addison Foster, b. ca. 1841, Surry, N.H., son of Benjamin and Electa (-----) Foster.[5] ii. Austin10 Whitney, b. 29 Jun 1847, Gardner, MA;[6] d. 5 Jul 1849, Gardner, MA, aged 7 days.[7] iii. Ellen Maria Whitney, b. 16 Oct 1850, Gardner, MA;[8] d. Feb 1890; "of Barre" m. 4 Jul 1874, Concord (also recorded Barre), MA, Marshall Miles of Concord, b. ca. 1820, Concord, MA, son of Reuben and Lucy M. (Snow) Miles.[9]
Census
241 315 Austin Whitney 30 M - Farmer $2075 Massachusetts Maria H. Whitney 23 F - Massachusetts Mary M. Lambert 20 F - " Mary E. " 3 F - "
299 391 George Allen 58 M - Farmer Mass. Hannah Allen 58 F - " Nathan H. Allen 23 M - Tin Mnfr. " Seth Allen 18 M - Farmer " Maria H. Whitney 27 F - " Ellen M. Whitney 4 F - "
77 92 James N. Patterson 30 M - Farmer $3400 $1000 Nova Scotia Lois Patterson 34 F - Mass. Sarah Lois Patterson 6 F - Mass. Attended school James Owen Patterson 2 M - Mass. Arabell Hodgins 17 F - Domestic Nova Scotia Attended school James L. Mathews 15 M - Laborer Mass. Attended school 93 John P. Allen 35 M - Farmer $600 Mass. Nancy W. Allen 36 F - Mass. George Edwin Allen 9 M - Mass. Attended school J. Willie Allen 7 M - Mass. Attended school Ellen Maria Whitney 9 F - Mass. Attended school Hannah Allen 64 F - Mass.
541 607 Wilde, Amariah H. 50 M W Day Laborer $1500 $500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Sarah E. 40 F W Keeping School " -----, Jessie L. 13 F W Attending School " Attended school -----, Sarah 70 F W No Occupation " Whitney, Ellen M. 19 F W Work in Tailor Shop "
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. 607.
1.^ "Austin [Whitney], s. Seth and Sally, [born] Feb. 27, 1819," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 59, page 129.
3.^ "Austin [Whitney] of Gardner and Maria H. Allen, [married] Dec. 26, 1843," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 140, page 190.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 146, pages 163 and 169.
6.^ "Austin [Whitney], s. Austin and Maria H., [born] June 29, 1849," according to Gardner Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 36, page 315.
7.^ "Austin [Whitney], s. Austin and Maria, [died] July 5, 1849, a. 7d. Debility," according to Gardner Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 41, page 272.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 44, page 151.
9.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 263, page 85, and volume 264, page 245.
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