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 M. -----.
Children of Moses and Harriet M. (-----) 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; d. 7 Apr 1898, Boston, MA, aged 55 years, of valvular disease of heart;[4] m.(1) 12 Feb 1863, Blackstone, MA, Eliza G. Washburn;[5] m.(2) ----- -----; m.(3) 22 Aug 1889, Boston, MA, Jennie F. (Lane) Wait, b. ca. 1849, Laconia, NH, dau. of Charles and Sarah J. (-----) Lane.[6] Children: a. (daughter) Whitney, b. 2 Oct 1865, Blackstone, MA.[7]
vi. Alfred D. Whitney, b. ca. 1842, Barre, MA; m. 26 Oct 1861, Blackstone, MA, Emma A. Young, b. ca. 1842, Douglas, MA, daughter of Wellington and Phebe (-----) Young.[8]
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.
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.
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 483, page 489.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 399, page 165.
6.^ "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.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 179, page 141.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 146, page 143.
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