Family:Whitney, Merrick (1804-1881)
Merrick8 Whitney (Samuel7, Silas6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Samuel7 and Abigail (Wilder) Whitney, was born 31 Dec 1804, Ashburnham, MA,[1] and died 2 Dec 1881.
He married, 6 Apr 1830, Ashburnham, MA, Harriett Adams.[2] She was born 16 Feb 1809, and died 9 Apr 1877.
He resided Ashburnham, MA.
Children of Merrick8 and Harriett (Adams) Whitney, all born Ashburnham, MA:
i. Merrick9 Whitney, b. 24 Dec 1830;[3] resided Ashburnham, MA. ii. Austin Whitney, b. 22 Apr 1832;[4] drowned 10 Jun 1846, aged 14 years 2 months 20 days.[5] iii. Lincoln Whitney, b. 1 Jul 1834; m. Mary C. McIntire. iv. Hosea S. Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1838; m. 31 Mar 1870, Mary G. Adams; b. 21 May 1846; resided Ashburnham, MA. v. Francina J. Whitney, b. 5 Dec 1843;[6] m. 12 Jun 1876, David E. Willard; b. 28 Sep 1839; resided Fitchburg; 2 ch. vi. Clementina H. Whitney, b. 2 Feb 1847; m. 31 Dec 1874, Clement E. Willard; b. 30 Aug 1847; resided Ashburnham. vii. Willis W. Whitney, b. 21 Jan 1851; m. 24 Nov 1886, Harriett E. Hyde; resided Ashburnham.
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. 459.
1.^ "Merrick [Whitney], s. Samuel and Abigail, [born] Dec. 31, 1804," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).
2.^ "Merrick [Whitney] and Harriet Adams, [married] April 6, 1830," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
3.^ "Merrick [Whitney], s. Merrick and Harriet, [born] Dec. 24, 1831," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
4.^ "Austin [Whitney], s. Merrick and Harriet, [born] April 22, 1832," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
5.^ "Austin [Whitney], s. Merrick and Cinderilla, [died] June 10, 1846, a. 14y. 2m. 20d. Drowned.," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
6.^ "Francina J. [Whitney], d. Merrick and Harriet A., [born] Dec. 5, 1843," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
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