Family:Whitney, Abel (1712-1762)

Abel⁴ Whitney (Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹) son of Nathaniel³ and Sarah (Ford) Whitney born on 23 Jul 1712 at York, ME^[1] and died before Sep 1762^[2].

Abel married 12 Nov 1735 at York, ME Mary Cane, daughter of Nicholas Cane and Mary Parsons.

He (From McClellan's History of Gorham) "Abel Whitney died before September, 1762, for at that time his widow Mary received a deed from Barnabas Bangs of a part of the thirty acre lot, 81. Mrs. Mary Whitney married second, June 10, 1763, Samuel Crockett."

Mary Cane was born circa 1714 at York, ME.

Children of Abel⁴ and Mary (Cane) Whitney:

i.	Joanna5, b. 10 Oct 1736 at York, ME, d. before 1749.
ii.	Moses, b. 17 Feb 1737/38 at Wiscasset, ME, m. Priscilla burnell.
iii.	Joseph, b. 1 Mar 1738/39 at Wiscasset, ME, m. Mehitable Stevens; m. Betty Phinney.
iv.	Daniel, b. 17 Sep 1741; d. before 1754. McClellan says "d. young."
v.	Joel, b. 21 May 1743 at York, ME; m. Mary Weston.
vi.	Mary, b. 5 Oct 1744 at York, ME.
vii.	Lydia, b. 31 Jul 1746 at York, ME; m. John Burnell.
viii.	Zebulon, b. 27 Nov 1747 at York, ME; m. Joanna Stone.
ix.	Joanna, b. 27 Sep 1749 at York, ME.
x.	Naphtali, b. 10 Feb 1750/51 at York, ME, Marriage banns for he and Mary Stone were published 22 Mar 1777 at Gorham, ME, wife "of Scarboro."
xi.	Micah, b. 11 Dec 1752 at York, ME; m. Hannah Cobb.
xii.	Daniel, b. 26 Sep 1754 at York, ME; m. Abigail Stone.
xiii.	Paul; b. 30 Jun 1756 at York, ME, d. 29 Aug 1778 at RI at age 22; killed in battle. McClellan's History of Gorham states that Paul enlisted in the Revolutionary Army from Gorham, and was killed in Battle in R. I., 1778.
xiv.	Deborah, b. Feb 1759, m. Jeremiah Williams.

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