Family:Whitney, Ebenezer (1762-1855)
Ebenezer6 Whitney (Zachariah5, Zachariah4, Ebenezer3, Richard2, John1), son of Zachariah5 and Sarah (Stanton) Whitney; born Mansfield, Connecticut, 28 May 1762; married in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, 18 Dec 1786, Rachel Perne Rawson, of Uxbridge; born Mendon, Massachusetts, 3 Apr 1764; died Montague, Massachusetts, 15 Nov 1819; married 2d, 24 Feb 1821, Lavinia Burnham Potter; born 25 Jan 1788; died 30 Nov 1866.
He was born in Mansfield, Connecticut, in 1762, on a farm, where he resided until three years of age when he moved with his parents to Montague, Massachusetts, where he lived until his majority, on attaining which he went to Worcester and enlisted as a private in the Continental army in the company commanded by Capt Joshua Pierce in Colonel Bigelow's regiment, in which he served from 14 Sep 1777, until 31 Dec 1779. In 1780, according to the army books, he was a private in Colonel Bigelow's regiment. In 1786, after the war was over, he was married in Uxbridge and returned to Montague, where he ever after resided, except for a short when he lived in Conway, Massachusetts. He received a pension from the government which began Apr 9, 1818; at that time it was stated he was of the Massachusetts continental line. He followed agricultural pursuits all his life after the war. He was given a pension by the government 6 May 1818, when 70 years of age. He died 31 Mar 1855; resided Conway and Montague, Massachusetts.
Children of Ebenezer6 and Rachel Perne (Rawson) Whitney:
i. Isaac Whitney, born 22 Jan 1788; married Laura Montague. ii. Otis Whitney, born Feb 1, 1790; married Thirza Glazier. iii. Appollus Whitney, born Dec 2, 1791; married Charlotte Hamilton. iv. Emory Whitney, born Oct 6, 1794; married Rosanna Selleck. v. Sophia Whitney, born Dec 13, 1796; married Ira Benjamin. She died Mar 19, 1850. vi. Ebenezer Whitney, born 29 Jun 1799; married Dianna Hildreth. vii. Asa R.7 Whitney, born Jan 31, 1803; died unmarried at Montague, 1871.
Children of Ebenezer6 and Lavinia Burnham (Potter) Whitney:
viii. Joseph M. Whitney, born Jan 11, 1824; married Mary Hunt.
Census
- 1790, Montague, Hampshire Co., MA: Ebenr Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 3 females.
- 1800, Montague, Hampshire Co., MA: Ebenezer Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 1 female 0-9.
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. 188.
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