Family:Whitney, Micah (1752-1832)

From WRG
Revision as of 13:15, 13 June 2007 by Tdoyle (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigationJump to search

Micah5 Whitney (Abel4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Abel4 and Mary (Cane) Whitney, was born 2 Dec 1752, Phillips, ME,[1] or 11 Dec 1752, York, ME, and died 19 Jun 1829, probabaly Gorham, ME,[2] or 4 Sep 1832, Phillips, ME.

Micah married, 29 Nov 1779 at Gorham, ME, Hannah Cobb, daughter of Andrew and Hannah (Green) Cobb, by William Gorham, Esq. She was born 28 Mar 1762, Phillips, ME, and died 5 Dec 1833, Phillips, ME.

Children of Micah5 and Hannah (Cobb) Whitney:

i. Sally Whitney6, b. 11 Jan 1781, Gorham, ME; m. before 21 Jun 1805, Gray, ME, James Humphrey.
ii. William Whitney, b. 3 May 1783, Gorham, ME; m.(1) Sarah Frank; m.(2) Nancy I. Carlton. He was also known as William Peace Whitney.
iii. Lydia Whitney, b. 3 or 8 Feb 1785, Gorham, ME, or 9 Feb 1785, Phillips, ME; d. Jun 1849, Phillips, ME; unmarried.
iv. Joel Whitney, b. 7 May 1787, Phillips or Gorham, ME; m.(1) Sally Dyer; m.(2) Sarah Ramsdell; m.(3) Betsey Chase.
v. Charlotte Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1789, Phillips, ME; d. 4 Apr 1867, Phillips, ME; unmarried.
vi. Ebenezer Whitney, b. 15 Aug 1791, Phillips or Gorham, ME; d. 18 Nov 1874, Freeman, ME; m. 26 Dec 1842, Phillips, ME, Dorcas Drury, daughter of John Drury.
vii. Andrew Whitney, b. 5 May 1794, Phillips, ME, or 5 May 1795, Gorham, ME; Huldah Sweetser.
viii. Mary Whitney, b. 30 Apr 1797, Phillips or Gorham, ME; m. Reuben Smith.
ix. Joanna Whitney, b. 6 or 8 Dec 1799, Phillips or Gorham, ME; d. 17 Apr 1862, Mifflin, WI; m. 10 Sep 1818 Caleb Barker Sylvester.
x. Happy Whitney, b. 1 Nov 1801, Phillips or Gorham, ME; m. 18 May 1821, Phillips, ME, Samuel W. Phoenix.
xi. Nahum Whitney, b. 11 Oct 1803, Phillips, ME; unmarried.
xii. Benjamin M. Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1806, Phillips, Gorham, or Gray, ME; m. Susan Wells.

References

1. ^  Source

2. ^  Source

  • Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC.
  • Listed in Daughters of the American Revolution membership records 157305 (issued 1920), 476629 (issued 1960), 481880 (issued 1961), 515332 (issued 1966), 569548 (issued 1972), 717023 (issued 1988), 727930 (issued 1989). From DAR #476629: "My ancestor's (Mica, Micah Whitney) place of residence during the Revolution was Buxton (now Gorham, Maine), Mass... served as a private in Capt. Jeremiah Hill's Co., Col James Scammons 30th Regt., muster roll dated Aug 1, 1775; enlisted Sep. 27, 1775... also Company returns dated Sep. 27, 1775; including abstract of pay Aug 1, 1775; also order for money in lieu of bounty coat dated Oct. 26, 1775 (Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors, Vol. 17: 238)." Notes that the middle name "Peace" was given to William because he was born on the day the war ended.
  • The History of Gorham Maine, by Hugh D. McLellan, Picton Press, Camden, ME (originally published 1903 by Smith & Sale, Portland, ME), 1992. Pages 438, 829, 833-834. "Micah Whitney, son of Abel, was a blacksmith. He served in the war of the Revolution and was a sergeant in the War of 1812. He married Hannah, daughter of Andrew and Hannah Cobb."
  • Our Pioneering Families, Genealogies of Whitney, Groathouse and Lignitz, researched and compiled by Vivian Gail Morrow Wade, Dec. 1986, first edition. Self-published manuscript available at DAR Library, Washington DC. Pages 63-73, 80, 83, 90. "Buried at the Rufus Bean Farm on the bank of the Sandy River- unmarked graves for him & Hannah in 1843." "Sally Whitney and James Humphrey lived circa 1850 at Avon, ME. Sally Whitney and James Humphrey lived circa 1850 at Salem, ME."

"Lydia Whitney never married, lived with bro. Ebenezer; died in old age." "Charlotte Whitney never married - lived with brother Ebenezer until he married - buried by him in Field's Cem., Phillips, Maine." "He, Ebenezer, married late in life; was a farmer, mill man, civil engineer. He laid out the first wagon roads in Phillips." "Mary Whitney and Reuben Smith lived in Mass- no other records known." "Happy Whitney and Samuel W. Phoenix lived in Phillips & Madrid Maine- then moved to Plymouth, Maine." "Nahum Whitney lived to old age- no record known of his family."

  • Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1901. Pages 432-433. "... spent seven years in the Continental Army. Two of his sons took part in the battle of Lake Champlain during the war of 1812... Ancestors of this family came to Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and many of its members were prominent in the civil and military affairs of the colony." "Joanna (Whitney), who was distinguished by her industrious and frugal habits, passed away at the age of sixty-three years. She was born at Otisfield, Maine, a daughter of Michael [this is undoubtedly a typo: other sources list it as Micah] Whitney, who spent seven years in the Continental Army. Two of his sons took part in the battle of Lake Champlain during the war of 1812, another son, Joel, became a leading citizen of the town of Phillips, where he operated a store and mill, and served in the Legislature." "Benjamin Whitney was town clerk and a school teacher."
  • Vital Records of Gorham, Maine. Maine Genealogical Society, Special Publication No. 7, Compiled by Marquis F. King, Second Edition. Picton Press, Camden, Maine 1991. Birth recorded on page 172.
  • Whitney Whistler, Spring 1986., by Mary Anne Shields, donated by Cape Canaveral Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Pages 60, 61.

Copyright © 1999, 2006, 2007, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group

Retrieved from "http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Family:Whitney,_Micah_(1752-1832)&oldid=37531"