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 WHITNEY WHISTLER, Volume 1, Number 4

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THE WHITNEYS OF TOWNSEND, MASSACHUSETTS

Marriages
Timothy Whitney and Submit Parker in Groton, May 24, 1738.
Levi Whitney and Rebecca Clark, Townsend, Dec. 19, 1764.
Levi Whitney of Shrewsbury, and Mrs. Lydia Price of Townsend, Nov. 13, 1780.
Josiah Whitney of Waltham, and Mary Barrett of Ashby, Feb. 18, 1790.
Asa Whitney and Mary Wallis, Feb. 25, 1790.
Amos Whitney Dix and Sally Procter or Proctor, Aug 28, 1794.
Samuel Whitney and Polly Wallace, Sept. 30, 1813.
Leonard Whitney and Sybil Newell of Pepperrill, April 11, 1822. (Pepperell)?
Nathan Whitney of Bolton, and Eliza Stevens, Feb. 25, 1827.
Joseph Whitney of Bolton, and Eliza Sanders, April 13, 1830.

Townsend marriages in Groton
Shadrack Whitney of North Town, and Prudence Lawrence, Jan. 5, 1731-2.

LAND GRANTS IN TOWNSEND, MASSACHUSETTS

In North Town, Jonathan Whitney purchased land for his son of Sudbury, Mass. Amos Whitney
was one of the founders of this town in 1735.
Each proprietor had 60 acres. Among the many were Shadrack and Amos Whitney, 1732. In 1793
the town voted to hire Rev. Nicholas B. Whitney (Harvard, 1793), as a candidate for church
pastor.
The meeting house in Townsend, like others in the early days, assigned pews according to wealth
and position in the community. Lt. Amos Whitney held pew number one in 1772. In the
Revolutionary War, the 1775 Muster Roll contained the names of the above Lt. Amos Whitney,
Israel Whitney, and Lewis Whitney.
In 1777, the selectmen of the town included Levi Whitney, and Benjamin Whitney, Sgt. In this
town lived Samuel Whitney inventor of the woodworth planer.
Amos Whitney was a selectman for many years; 1737, 1738, 1739, 1740, 1748, 1749, 1750,
1751, 1752, 1753, 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1762, 1764.

WHITNEYS OF NORTHFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

Aaron, son of Moses of Littleton, was born in 1714, and attended Harvard College, from which
he was graduated in 1737. He became the minister of Petersham, Mass., December, 1738. The
Rev. Mr. Whitney was a Tory, and Petersham was mostly made up of Whigs. The town voted not
to employ Rev. Mr. Whitney to preach. However, he persisted, and their he was kept from the
pulpit by an armed guard, he preached at his own house until his death in 1779.
He married on July 12, 1739 to Alice Baker of Phillipston, who died Aug. 26, 1767. Ruth, widow
of Rev. Daniel Stearns, became his second wife, and died in Keene, N.H., 1788.

FROM THE RECORDS OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS THE WHITNEYS

Roxbury was separated from Dorchester in 1710, when the boundary lines were formed between
the two towns. Whitneys in both towns were related; so we include Roxbury after Dorchester,
since there is a correlation here.
At the time the boudary was made, Daniel Whitney and John Whitney were in the area. When
Roxbury went into the Revolution, Capt. Moses Whitney was in charge of one of the Minute
Companies of the town, as part of Col. John Greaten s Minute Regiment, that formed in April of
1775. Ebenezer Whitney joined this group.
Elisha Whitney bought a residence on South Street in 1820, opposite the stonehouse, that in
1995, was part of the Bussey farm.
Third Church and its parsonage, of Roxbury, had as its pastor, in 1836, George Whitney, who
was dismissed in February of 1836.
The Second Company of Roxbury, commanded by Capt. William Draper, in Col. William Heath
Regiment, had the following Whitneys in its ranks; Stephen, Jacob, Isaac, and Ebenezer, in
December, 1775.
There was a Whitney estate, up on Pond Street, consisting of nine acres. A handsome stone
mansion stood there in 1805, built in the old Elizabethan style. It was a short distance from the
town. of Brookline. In the rear of the house, the ground sloped downward through a lush
meadow to a swift-running brook (It is hard to believe such a description when one passes
through this area now). The name of John, the grandson of John Whitney, the first settler here,
appeared in the list of members of the Second Church in 1712. F Whitney, the inventor; Rev.
George Whitney, Pastor of Second and Third Churches here; and Prof. William Dwight Whitney,
oriental scholar; all belonged to this branch of the family.

CHELMSFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, WHITNEYS

Chelmsford is usually thought of as the stronghold of the old Adams family, but some of its
staunchest citizens were Whitneys.
In 1820, Amos Whitney lived along the banks of the river here, past Pawtucket Falls, by a
hundred years previous to this, the Josiah Whitney family lived here, near the line with Littleton.
Among the military personnel in the Revolution were: Salmon Whitney of Groton, age 18, who
fought in Captain John Minott s Co., under direction of Col. Dike; Samuel Whitney, who was not
credited to any town; Jonas and Samuel Whitney, in Captain John Ford s Co. at Ticonderoga;
Col. Josiah Whitney s Regiment of Militia in 1777.
Among the list of contributors toward the building of the Pawtucket , born Sept. 17, 1785, died
1786
Susannah W., bap. Dec. 17, 1786
David S., born August 22, 1788

Daniel Whitney of this town, was a member of the company of Capt. Eldad Wright of Northfield
and Warwick, sent to Cambridge, April 20; 1775 in the regiment of Col. Samuel Williams.
Daniel Whitney (Sgt), and John Whitney, were with Capt. Peter Proctor s Co. that marched to
reinforce the North army, July 10th to August 12, 1777.
In the French-Indian War of 1748, John Whitney; Jr., was a member of Capt. Hobbs famous
expedition.
Rumor about Aaron Whitney bears repeating. As with most rumors, it had no real foundation. He
was a suspected Tory, and stories of his supposed treachery snowballed.  On July 10, 1776, all
ammunition and other war material was taken from his store. It took him a long time to regain the
confidence of his fellow townspeople. After many years the rumors were put to rest, and he held
many important offices. In 1782 he was chosen a representative to the General Court.

Cemetery Inscriptions in Northfield, Mass.
Freeman G. Whitney, died Sept. 22, 1862, age 14 years.
Clara M. Whitney, dau. of W. and S.A. Whitney d. May 22, 1864, age 6.
Emma M. Whitney, dau. of Wm, and Sarah A. Whitney d. Jan. 31, 1848, age 2 yrs, 7m., 19d


DORCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, AND THE WHITNEYS

The accidental drowning at Dorchester Neck, of Moses Whitney, age 17, occurred on Dec. __
1803.
Mary H. Whitney, still living in 1851, married, as his second wife, Pearlye Lyon, son David and
Prudence May Lyon, born in Woodstock, Conn., on June 3, 1778. His first wife was Polly
Bradford of Woodstock, whom he married Nov. 10, 1803.
Moses Whitney, was the first president of the Dorchester and Milton Bank in 1832.

We have not been able to find the parents of any of the above people mentioned. We will try
again, from another source.

CITIZENS OF TOWNSEND, FROM OTHER TOWNS, WHITNEYS

Shadrack Whitney, son of Jonathan, brother of Amos, giver of the Townsend parsonage, was
born in Watertown in 1698. He was in Townsend before the Charter was formed there in 173_
The Groton records give his marriage to Prudence Lawrence as January 5, 1731-2. He owned
land in Mason, Townsend, Groton, and other small towns around the area, and was considered an
important colonial figure in those early days. On July 20, 1764, he made his Will, and gave to the
town of Groton forty pounds.
The Whitneys in Groton and Townsend gave liberally to religious and scientific pursuits. Shadrack
Whitney or Whitney, was selected by his peers to divide the lands in Townsend equally between
the proprietors.

Levi Whitney, eldest son of Daniel, brother of Shadrack, was born in Shrewsbury, Dec. 5 1739,
arriving in Townsend when he was about 21. He married Rebecca Clark, the dau. of Samuel, on
Dec. 19, 1764:
Children:
Asa Whitney, born in 1767, and died in 1851.
Sarah Whitney, born in 1769, married Eleazer Flint of Reading, on May 3, 1791.
Aaron Whitney, married, and moved to Milford, N.H., and then removed to Maine, where he
died. He was a very large man, over six-and-a-half feet tall!
Sibyl Whitney, had no family. She drowned accidentally in Lansingburg, New York.
Levi Whitney, took as his second wife, Mrs. Lydia Randall Price, widow of Major Henry Price,
first grandmaster of Masons in America. The daughter, Rebecca Whitney, was the only child of
Levi and Lydia, born July 29, 1781, and died Sept. 18, 1799; she married Benjamin Wallace of
Townsend. Their descendants still live in the town.
Levi Whitney was an officer in the commissary dept. during the Revolution. He had great
mechanical ingenuity (What Whitney doesn t!). He manufactured agricultural tools.

Amos Whitney, of Townsend, was born Feb. 11, 1766, and married Anna Brown of Concord or
August 16, 1789. A cooper at Chelmsford, he became a wealthy man, and accumulated much
valuable property.
His first child, Amos, was born in 1790, and died Oct. 19, 1873. Another son, Sewell, died very
young.

Asa Whitney, son of Levi, born in 1767, married Mary Wallace, Feb. 25, 1790. He never
accumulated much in the way, of worldly goods; he was a blacksmith and cooper, and a
hard-working man. The town considered him a fine citizen. He died Dec. 27, 1851, and M___
Wallace Whitney passed away Feb. 11, 1846.
Their children:
Polly Whitney, born May 29, 1790, married James French and removed to Henniker, N.H.
Asa Whitney, born Dec. 1, 1791.
Samuel Whitney, born Feb. 27, 1794, died in Waltham in Nov. of 1870.
Sewell Whitney, born March 18, 1796, died in 1818.
Rebecca Whitney, born `Nov. 4, 1797, died Sept. 1, 1800.
Sarah Whitney, born May 3, 1800, married George Hartwell, and died Sept. 18, 1829.
Levi Whitney, born March 19, 1802, resided in Cleveland, Ohio.
Joel Whitney, born June 8, 1807, resided in Winchester, Mass.

Asa Whitney, eldest son of Asa and Mary, married Clarinda Williams at Watertown, Jefferson
County, New York on August 22, 1815. She was the dau. of Ralph Williams of Groton, Conn.
Children:
William Wallace Whitney, born Sept. 1, 1817, unmarried, died in Cuba, Nov. 17, 1847.
George Whitney, born Oct. 17, 1819, married, had one daughter, and resided in Phila.
Mary Jane Whitney, born Nov. 8, 1821, married John H. Redfield on August 16, 1843, moved to
New York, and then to Phila.
Daniel Lyman Whitney, born Feb., 1824, died young.
Eliza Whitney, born Jan. 25, 1825-6, married Rev. M.A. De Wolfe Howe on June 9, 1857, and
had three children.
John Randall Whitney, born Oct. 21, 1828, married, had seven children, resided Phila.
James Shields Whitney, born Dec. 2, 1830, married, had four children, resided Phila.
ALL THE ABOVE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN BROWNSVILLE, NEW YORK.

Asa sought employment in Boston, and attended school there. He returned to Townsend to his
blacksmith shop. Then he removed to Swanzey, N.H., where he worked with the cotton mill
machinery. In 1813, he went to Brattleboro, Vt., where he lost everything. From there he
removed to Brownsville, New York.  For a time he lived in Schenectady and Albany, where he
was the Superintendent of the Mohawk-Hudson Railroad. From there he went to Brownsville
again. He became a commissioner of the Erie Railroad. In 1842 he manufactured locomotives and
railroad car wheels in Phila., under the name of "A. Whitney and Sons." He gave liberally to the
Univ. of Pa. He was known as the only millionaire from Townsend. He died in Phila. June 4,
1874, and his widow survived him.

Samuel Whitney, brother of Asa, born in 1794, never married.

Amos Whitney, son of Amos and Hanna Brown Whitney, never married0 In 1854, his father died
and left him a fortune.

A FEW NOTES FROM CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AND ThE WHITNEYS

In school district eleven, A7bigail Townsend Whitney taught two terms of eight weeks each,
between 1845 and 1846. She died in Harvard, Mass.
Horace Whitney worked in a machine shop there, then a farm in Sterling, 18??.
Horace Whitney, Jr., was in the Union Army in 1862.
In 1827, Isaac Whitney of Harvard, took charge of a boarding house, with twelve beds and a
tavern.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK, WHITNEYS
Horace Whitney, in the area by 1830, was from Vermont, and settled in LeRay. He died in 1846,
His widow married his brother, Riley Whitney.
George R. Whitney, son of Horace Whitney, was born in Le Ray on March 12, 1844, and resided
there until he was 18. He farmed until 1875, and then moved into Watertown, NY
T.O. Whitney married Martha Wood in Ellisburgh, on March 12, 1840. They lived in Henderson,
N.Y., until his death. He was an assessor there in 1863-67.

In the Troy- Lansingburgh Directory of 1877. N.Y.
Baltuce S. Whitney, coppersmith, 113 North Fourth.
Chas. Whitney, driver National Express Co., 347 Ninth.
Daniel W. Whitney, 93 Sixth St.
Edward B. Whitney, shoemaker, 8 No. Fourth.
Elizabeth Whitney, 85 Green.
Mrs. Hamden L. Whitney, 524 Whipple Ave.
Jas. N. Whitney, coppersmith, 113 No. Second
J, Fletcher Whitney, directory agent, 8&9 First.
L. Whitney, moulder boards, 123 Fourth.

In the West Troy- Green Island Directory, 1877, NY.
Ed.w. Whitney, harnessmaker, 68 Whitehall.
Henry Whitney, blacksmith, 110 George.
Win. P. Whitney, harnessmaker, 70 Whitehall.

In the Cohoes Directory, 1877, N.Y.
George Whitney, carpenter, 17 Newark.
Miss Mary Whitney, boarding house, 52 Main St.

WALPOLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHITNEYS

Mary Whitney, born May 4, 1798, in Walpole.
Lewis Whitney, born Dec. 14, 1838, in Walpole.
Lois Whitney, married Joseph Bellows, who went to Lunenburg, Mass. They had 14, children. 
He died in 1817, age 73.
Adeline Whitney, married Joseph Fisher, and had 3 children. He was born Feb. 6, 1823, in
Danville, Vermont.
Fanny Whitney, of Cambridge, Mass., married Franklin E. Foster. They had 5 children, and lived
in Chicago, IL.
Hannah Stearns Whitney married Oliver Stearns Sparhawk on Nov. 30, 1800.

FROM RICHARD WHITNEY OF WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS

Richard Whitney, son of Richard and Martha Colham Whitney, born in Watertown on Jan. 13,
1661, died in Stow on Dec0 15, 1723. He received a land grant in Stow in 1682. He married
Elizabeth Sawtell, daughter of Jonathan of Boston, who was born on Feb. 3, 1668 and died Nov.
24, 1723.
Children of Richard and Elizabeth:
Richard Whitney, born in Stow in 1694, and died in 1775.
Jonathan Whitney, born in Stow on Feb. 26, 1669, and died Nov. 8, 1773, married in Lancaster,
Mass. to Alice Willard on Jan. 20, 1718. Alice was the deu. of Simon Willard and was born Dec.,
1699, dying Feb. 10, 1792.
Sarah Whitney, born in 1703, married Capt. Hezekiah Hopsgood in 1723.
Rohannah Whitney, born in 1705.
Joshua Whitney, born in Stow, in 1706, married Zerviah _____.
Hannah Whitney married Samuel Farr.
Elizabeth Whitney married John Whitney on Dec. 29, 1722.
Hepzibah Whitney, born in 1710, married Seth Sawyer, Oct. 12, 1732.

Richard Whitney, born in Stow in 1694, died April 27, 1775. He married Hanna Whitcomb, dau.
of Josiah. She was born in Lancaster in 1693 and died in Stow, Nov. 17, 1743. The next wife of
Richard Whitney was Mrs. Hannah Ayers, whom he married Oct. 26, 1745, borr 1794, and died
Sept. 27, 1775.
Children of Richard and Hanna Whitcomb Whitney:
Mary Whitney, born Nov. 24, 1715, married ____ Gates. 
Dorothy Whitney, born April 13, 1718, married _______Taylor.
Daniel Whitney, born Feb. 13, 1720, married Nov 9, 1744, Dorothy Goss of Lancaster. He died in
1782.
Hannah Whitney, was born May 29, 1723, and married _____ Weatherbee.
Richard Whitney, born in Stow on July 31, 1723, married in Sudbury, Mary Perry, on Dec 10,
1747. He died May 4, 1798. Elizabeth Whitney, born July 23, 1728, married Joseph Weatherbee
on April 15, 1748, and died before 1755.
Josiah Whitney, born in Stow on Oct. 12, 1731.
Sarah Whitney, married Dec. 23, 1769 to Capt. Hezekiah Whitcomb of Harvard, Mass.

Brig. Gen. Josiah Whitney, son of Richard and Hanna Whitcomb Whitney, was born in Stow, Oct.
12, 1731, and died in Albany, Mass., Jan. 1806. He was an extraordinary soldier, with many
decorations. He married, in Stow, Mass., on Sept. 9, 1751, Sarah Farr, who born Jan, 19, 1735,
and died in Harvard, Mass., April 21, 1773. For his next wife, Josiah took Sarah Dwelly of
Bridgewater, who died in Whittingham, Vermont Feb. 18, 1817. Children of Josiah:
Josiah Whitney, born at Harvard, Feb, 25, 1753, died Feb. 2, 1827, and married in Harvard, Jan.
10, 1776, Anna Scollay, who was bap. April 18, 1756, and died in Nelson, N.H., March 8, 1824.
Elizabeth Whitney, born May 7, 1755, married April 28, 1796, Phineus Barnard. When shc died,
he married her sister, Mrs. Sarah Burgess.
Stephen Whitney, born in Harvard, May 1, 1757, married Feb. 6, 1783, Persis Locke, who born
1757 and died in Deerfield in June of 1806. He died in Lynn, Mass.
Four infant children born next and died almost immediately: 1762, 1763, 1766, 1768, Sarah
Whitney, born April 11, 1751, married Dec, 14, 1791 to Lt. Burgess who was born March 1,
1770. Upon his death, she married Phineas Barnard, the widower of her sister Elizabeth.
Oliver Whitney, born Jan 9, 1777, died at sea. 
Artemus Ward Whitney, born Nov. 17, 1778, died at sea.
Susannah Whitney, born Oct. 2, 1780 Nov. 8, 1803 to John Adams of Ashburnham, and died in
North Adams, Mass., on May 5, 1866.
Dwelly Whitney, born August 2, 1782, died at sea
Lemuel Whitney, born in Harvard on Sept. 19, 1784, died in Ashburnham, Mass., July 9. He
married Elizabeth Hall, Dec. 4, 1804, who was born Feb. 6, 1788 and died April 30, Daniel
Whitney, born in Oct, 25, 1786, died in April of 1860. 
John Hancock Whitney, born Dec. 13, 1788, married and lived in Cazenovia, New York. 
Moses Gill Whitney, born Feb. 4, 1791, married Ann Shields,
Daniel Whitney, son of Josiah and Sarah Dwelly Whitney, was born Oct. 25, 1786. He was a
master builder. He moved his entire family to New York City, where he died when he was 82.  He
married on March 10, 1808, Hannah Shedd of Waltham, Mass., where he lived when he was
young.
Children of Daniel and Hannah Shedd Whitney:
Daniel Whitney, born in Feb. 11, 1809, died in San Francisco, Feb. 10, 1850.
Hannah Maria Whitney, born Oct. 10, 1810, died unmarried on Dec. 25, 1859.
George Whitney, born Oct. 30, 1812, died at sea.
Josiah Marshall Whitney, born in Boston Jan. 19, 1814, married in Astoria, New York, to Mary
Janes Ayers on May 10, 1839. She was born Sept. 8, 1820.
Edward Oliver Whitney, was born Dec. 24, 1816, and married Eliza Lawrence.
Lucy Jane Whitney, born Dec. 16, 1818, died Jan. 11, 1861; married on Oct. 19, 1854.
George B. Revere, born Jan 26, 1823, and died Dec. 11, 1882.
Susanna Whitney, was born Feb. 24, 1821.
Benjamin S. Whitney, born Nov. 8, 1822, and died August 8, 1850.
Abigail Whitney, born Nov. 21, 1824, married Theodore Crowell, and moved to Dillsburg, __.
William Minott Whitney, was born in Boston, Jan, 2, 1827, and died in Albany, New York, in
May, 1905.
Warren Webster Whitney, born in N.Y.C., Feb. 10, 1836, married Jenny A. Bord, who was born
in Troy, N.Y., Feb. 10, 1836.
Sarah Lousie Whitney, was born Sept. 26, 1831, and died August 14, 1832.

William Minott Whitney, who was born in Boston Jan. 2, 1827, became an expert in the retail dry
goods trade. He was the chief buyer for many large N.Y. stores. He moved to Albany, N.Y., and
in 1865 formed a partnership with a man named Lenox, and they formed "The New York Stores."
He entered into several partnerships in his lifetime, but the most important one was when he
admitted his son, Charles L.A. Whitney, into the business in 1896. He married Amelia Cook in
NYC in June of 1856, She was the dau, of Walter and Mary Cook, and was born in N.Y.C., Jan.
31, 1831, Children of William and Amelia Whitney:
Leila Whitney, born in N.Y.C., May 17, 1857, married in Albany, Nov. 25, 1879 to William Stott,
who was born in Stottville, NY., Sept. 12, 1855, and died in Albany, Aug. 22, 1938.
William Minott Whitney, Jr., born in N.Y.C., in 1858, and died in Albany, N.Y., Feb. 6, 1899. He
married, in Stottville, June 9, 1886, Jessie Douglas Stott.  They had the following children; Leila,
William Minott, Jr., and Prudence.
Virginia Belle Whitney, born in N.Y.C., Jan 8, 1865, died in 1865.
Charles Lee Anthony Whitney, born in Albany, August 10, 1870.
Mabel Whitney, born in Albany, Dec. 4, 1874, married in Albany on Dec. 29, 1897, Charles
Hamilton Satin of New York.


MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS AND THE WHITNEYS

John the immigrant of Watertown, first Whitney in the area.
Thomas Whitney, born in England in 1629, and married Mary Kendall, Jan. 11, 1655; lived in
Watertown, had 12 children, and died Sept. 20, 1719, at the grand old age of 90. Thomas
Whitney, son of Thomas and Mary Kendall Whitney, was torn in Watertown, August 24, 1656,
and married Elizabeth Lawrence on Jan. 29, 1679. They lived in Watertown, Stow, and Lancaster
(now Bolton). He died in 1742, and Elizabeth died a few weeks earlier. They had seven or eight
children.

Benjamin Whitney, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Lawrence Whitney, was born on Oct. 7, 1683
and married Sara Barrett on Feb. 7, 1710. She was the dau. of John of Marlborough. She died on
Feb. 15, 1730, age 38. Next, Benjamin married, in 1730, Abigail Bridge, who was the dau. of
Matthew and Abigail Russell Bridge of Lexington, Mass, She died in Boston, August 1, 1767. In
1710, Benjamin was living in Marlborough. He removed to Boston in 1737, and died there in that
year, He had 14 children.
Children of Benjamin:
Deborah Whitney, born Nov. 7, 1711, married Joseph Wheeler, lived in Marlborough.
Barrett Whitney, born Sept. 22, 1715, married June 16, 1737 to Elizabeth Allen of Boston.
David Whitney, born June 21, 1717, married Mercy _______
Persis Whitney, born Jan. 10, 1719, married Nathan Goodale of Marlborough, had 13 children.
Solomon Whitney, born Dec. 20, 1721, married Oct. 5, 1749, Elizabeth Smith. He died 175_
They had 2 children in Marlborough; Miriam born in 1751, and Benjamin in 1753. He moved to
Canada, and had several more children.
Sarah Whitney, born in July 13, 1723, married Abraham Joslin,
Timothy Whitney was born July 6, 1725 and died young.
Dinah Whitney, born July 12, 1727, married, in Boston, Elijah Livermore.
Job Whitney, born Oct. 22, 1729, was of Harvard College, 1758, preacher, unmarried, Abigail
Whitney, born May 13, 1731, married Samuel Austin, as his second wife.
Benjamin Whitney, born May 9, 1732, died March 22, 1751.
George Whitney, born March 22, 1733, died Dec. 26, 1751.
Samuel Whitney, born Sept. 5, 1734, married Abigail Cutler on Oct. 20, 1757, the dau. of David
and Lydia Cutler. He was in Concord 1767 to 1777, and was a delegate to the First
Congress (Provincial) in 1775.  He was on the committee of safety and inspection. He removed to
Castine, Maine, where he died on July 2, 1813, age 78.
Anna Whitney, was born Oct. 23, 1736, and married William Barnes of Boston, in 1761.

Timothy Whitney, possibly related to the above, lived in Marlborough, and had eight children by
his wife, Phebe Reed:
Thomas Whitney, born June 15, 1777 married Abigail Hapgood, June 23, 1798.
Susanna Whitney, born Feb. 26, 1782
Nathan, born August 15, 1784
Lewis, born April 7, 1788
Edward. W., born Jan. 29, 1793
Phebe, Born March 12, 1795
Henry, Born Nov. 6, 1797
Sophia, born Dec. 25, 1799

Thomas Whitney, who married Abigail Hapgood, had the following children:
Lucy, on Sept. 8, 1798
William Hapgood, on July 5, 1800

Daniel Whitney, of this area, who was married to Cate _________, had the following children:
Luther, who was born on Feb. 23, 1781 
John Stone, born June 20, 1783
William, who was born August 22, 1785

THE WHITNEYS OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

Abel Whitney, born in Northboro, Mass., May 23, 1783, married Susannah White of Brookline in
1809, and died, Feb. 12, 1853.
Augustus Anson Whitney, son of Abel and Susannah White Whitney, was born Dec. 4, 1812.

Andrew Whitney, from this area, was in the Revolutionary War.

Benjamin Whitney, from Thomas of Marlborough, married Abigail Bridge.
Betsy Whitney married Abijah Johnson, Feb. 19, 1797.
Edward H. Whitney was a councilman here in 1877.
Edward T. Whitney married Lydia L. Brigham of Northboro, in 1833.
Elijah Whitney married Rebecca Winship on Dec. 8, 1736.
Elisha Whitney, from Elijah, married Abigail Dana on June 4, 1769, and died Dec. 9, 18__.
Henry Whitney was an alderman in the area in 1862.
Israel Whitney married Jeraima Robbins, Dec, 10, 1764-5. He was from Eliphalet, John,
Nathaniel, Richard, and John (QV).
Lucy Whitney, from Daniel of Salem, born in Watertown, married Benjamin Dana on May 22,
1766. She married Samuel Whittemore on Nov 2, 1800, and died Dec. 11, 1814.
Micah Whitney of Natick, married Lydia Mason on Nov. 17, 1747,
Oliver Whitney, a Rev. War soldier, married Hannah Chase on June 9, 1780.
Nathaniel R. Whitney was in the Rev. War.
Samuel Whitney of Watertown, married Lydia Prentice on Jan. 15, 1765.
Mrs. Sarah Whitney of Dedham, married Eliphalet Robbins, 1776, who died 1795.
Stephen Whitney voted in this area in 1822.
Timothy Whitney was in the Revolutionary War from here.
William H. Whitney was in the Revolutionary War from here.
William Lambert Whitney, son of Abel and Susannah, was born in 1811, and married Lucy Jones,
Oct 18, 1836. He married Rebeccah Brackett of Quincy in 1840.
Zaccheus Whitney, was born in Lancaster, and married Phancy Allen, April 19, 1821, and died in
1845, age 70.

THE WHITNEYS OF ANCIENT WINDSOR, CONNECTICUT

Susan Collins Whitney, of Brookline, Mass, dau of Gen. James S. Whitney, married Henry
Farnam Booth, Sept. 5, 1867.
Augustus Grant Whitney, married as his third. wife, Nov. 16, 1847, Mrs. Elizabeth Hyatt Whitney
Barber, born in Walton, Delaware County, New York, on Jan. 1, 1806. She was the daughter of
David. and Nancy Raymond Whitney. Elizabeth was also the widow of Marvin Barber of
Torrington, Conn. They removed from Torrington in 1866, to Canterbury, Orange-County, New
York.
(We believe that the record here is incorrect; that Augustus is a Grant, not a Whitney).
Ann Whitney of Belchertown, Mass., married Giles Osborn, who died in 1842, age 29.

MAINE-NEW HAMPSHIRE WHITNEYS

Benjamin Whitney, tailor, of Dover, York, was born in Watertown, June 6, 1643. His wife, Jane,
died in March of 1690, and he married Mary Poor, April 11, 1695; died in Sherborn, Mass., 1723
(previous issues reviewed this).
They had Jane, who was born in Watertown, Sept. 29, 1669, married Jonathan Morse.
Benjamin was born in Framingham, and married Esther Maverick, widow, August 7, 1705.
Jonathan was born in Sherborn, Mass,
John was born in York, Maine, and married Lettice Ford. They had: May, 1719; Mary; Samuel;
Elizabeth; Mehitable; John (Kittery, Maine, adds Benjamin, May 22, 1725); John married, in
Kittery, Maine, Jan. 14, 1730, Susannah Barton Smith.
Nathaniel Whitney, was a weaver, born in York, Maine, April 14, 1680, and was of Kittery, York.
He married Sarah Ford. They had:  Nathaniel, Nathan, Abel, Sarah, Isaac, Amos, Lydia, and
Joanna.

GORHAM, MAINE, THE WHITNEYS

The Whitneys in this area were from York, Maine, and removed to Gorham, Maine. Amos and
Nathan Whitney were living in this area before the town was incorporated in 1735. Amos Whitney
was the first town clerk, and one of the first on the Board of Selectmen and was annually
re-elected. Amos and Elder Nathan Whitney were employed, in the religious affairs of the town,
which were very important in those days, These men had great integrity.

There were eleven officers and soldiers from Gorham named Whitney, in the Revolution. Paul
Whitney was killed in the Battle of Rhode Island. Isaac Whitney, Stephen Whitney, Zebulon
Whitney and David Whitney, were pensioners.
Amos Whitney married Sarah Payne, and had three children: Elias, Jotham, and Ruth. 
David Whitney s wife was Hannah Brown. They had 7 children between 1755 and 1769; Jesse,
Susannah, Joshua, Daniel, Hannah, Thomas, and Nathan.
Abel Whitney had 10 children.
Timothy Whitney had 5 children.
Owen Whitney had 9 children.
Stephen Whitney had 2 children.
Asa Whitney had 11 children.
Micah Whitney had 4 children.
Daniel Whitney had 10 children.
Phineas Whitney had 4 children.
Uriel Whitney had 6 children.

Zebulon Whitney had 9 children. Zebulon Whitney married Joanna Stone; their 9 children were;
Abigail, Happy, Mattie,
Rufus, Eli, Eunice, Hannah, Tabitha, Almira. All were born between 1775 and 1798.

Eli was born in 1786, and was living in 1862.
In this town, Deborah Whitney married Jeremiah Williams. She died Dec. 16, 1861, age 92.

Mary Whitney married Capt. Samuel Whitmore, and had 12 children, born between August 5,
1765, and June 25, 1788. He died Dec. 21, 1808. Their children were; Lydia, Mary, Dorca~ John,
Patience, Elizabeth Ross, 2 Samuels, Joel, Sara, Joanna, and Eunice.

The town clerk in 1764, 1769, 1772 was Amos Whitney. He was selectman in 1766-7, 1769.
Nathan Whitney held these positions in 1774. Zebulon Whitney did the same in 1857-8.

Elder Nathan Whitney died in 1804, age 95.

Anna Whitney married Caleb Chase, the town treasurer, in 1772, and left Gorham about 1778.
Hannah Whitney married Joseph Hamblin, son of Jacob, who was one of the grantees in 1746. 
Joseph died in 1763. They had: Jacob 1756, Esther 1758, Sarah 1759, Joseph, Jr. 1763. 
Eunice Whitney married George Hanscom, and had 12 children, around 1740-75.
Stephen Whitney married Martha Irish, dau. Of James and Mary G. Irish.  James Irish was born
August 18, 1776, and was living in 1869.
Tabitha Whitney married John Watson, eldest son of Deacon Eliphabel, born Sept. 23, 1741.
They had 10 Children; Mary, Martha, Edmund, Colrnan, Miriam, Tabitha, Moey, Sally, Greenleaf,
and Desire. All were born between 1775 and 1789.
Anna Whitney married Ebenezer Watson, second son of Deacon Eliphabel, born Sept. 28, 174_
and had 9 children.

The Journal of Hezekiah Prince, Jr., published by the Maine Historical Society mentions Haynes
Whitney, born 1788, who came from Woodstock Vermont to Thomaston, Maine, where married
Jane Robinson in 1816. They settled at Beech Woods. He died suddenly in 1825. (The Journal of
Hezekiah Prince, Jr. is worth reading for its picture of Maine in the early part of the nineteenth
century there.)

ODDS AND ENDS OF VARIOUS WHITNEY INFORMATION

Dr. Ebenezer Whitney of Worcester County, Mass., was in the area before the Revolution.  His
estate was appraised in March 1744, and consisted of a large library and various drugs used in his
practise.
Eliza J. Whitney, wife of Charles H. Whitney, was born in Waldoboro, Maine, June 20, 1853, and
died in Nashua, N.H., Feb. 21, 1883.
Frank Lesie Whitney, born in Bristol, Maine May 14, 1890, was the son of Frank H. Whitney of
Newport, Maine.
Inez E. Lash Whitney was born in Waldoboro, Maine.
Mrs. Lydia Whitney, bap. on Feb. 5, 1843, died ,in Bath, Maine in 1893.
Mary Luella Whitney, wife of John Murphy, was born in Bristol, Maine
Amaziah Whitney, of Otsego County, New York, married Sally Boynton of Maryland.
Lois Whitney of Weston, Mass., born in 1733, married Richard Davis of Lincoln, Mass., Nov 19,
1771, and removed to Jaffrey, N.H.
Wilbur F. Whitney of Ashburnham, Mass., married Sarah E. Jewell in 1866.
In Macomb County, Michigan, 1834, were; John, Samuel, Jesse, Isaac Whitney.
Joshua Whitney, born in 1746, died in Bridgewater, Vermont in 1816. He married Sally Haynes in
1777, who was born in 1759, and died in 1833. Before they moved to Vermont, they lived in
Wendell (Sunapee), N. H.

THE WHITNEYS OF GRAFTON, MASSACHUSETTS

John Whitney was the immigrant ancestor of this family. The first one in this town was Samuel
Whitney, Jr., who was from Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John and John.
Samuel Whitney, Jr. was born Sept. 23, 1739, and married Phebe Harrington in 1762. The family
resided in the town until they moved to North Marlborough, Vermont.
Their children were:
Catherine, born May 5, 1763
Elizabeth, born August 26, 1764
Moses, born Oct, 20, 1765. died young
Moses, born Jan. 26, 1767
Guilford, born Jan. 2, 1769

Jason Whitney, of this town, had a wife named Arabellah. Their children were:
Priscilla, born March 13, 1728
Micha, born Nov 9, 1730
Bulah, born Dec. 7, 1732
Lois, born March 2, 1735
Dummeras, born May 29, 1737
Eunice, born August 5, 1739
Sarah, born June 8, 1741

Nathaniel Whitney, married Feb. 20, 1754, Abigail Marstop. Their children were:
Nathaniel, born Oct. 14, 1754
Abigail, born Feb. 10, 1757, died Aug. 27
Mary, born March 29, 1759, died July 18, 1782
Lydia, born March 20, 1761, died Feb, 24, 1776
Abigail, born April 11, 1763
Hannah, born August 28, 1765
Joseph, born Nov. 27, 1767, married Polly ___________
Katherine, born Feb. 14, 1770
Terzah, born August 15, 1772, died Feb. 9.
Lois, born Feb. 8, 1775

Joseph Whitney, son of Nathaniel and Abigail Marstop, married Polly _______. He died August
14, 1843. Their children were:
Joseph H., born March 29, 1803, married Damaris H. Rice, and then Sarah Ingraham.
____May 24, 18804, died Nov. 21, 1832.
Polly J., born Oct. 29, 1806, married Solomon L. Prentice
Nathaniel, born July 4, 1810, married Charlotte Thompson
Hannah, born August 25, 1812
Harriot 0., born Jan. 19, 1817

Joseph H. Whitney, son of Joseph and Polly, born March 29, 1803, married Damaris H. Rice. 
She was born in 1807, and died in 1833. On Jan. 7., 1834, he married Sarah Ingraham.
Children of Joseph H, Whitney:
Charles R., born Jan. 7, 1830
Andrew W., born August 16, 1831, d. 1837
Sarah A., born Jan. 8, 1833, died Sept. 24, 1836
Daniel S., born Oct. 9, 1834, removed to Worcester, Mass,
Joseph J., born July 25, 1836
William H., born May 6, 1840
Josephine, born May 25, 1838
Elizabeth M., born June 30, 1842

Nathaniel Whitney, who married Charlotte Thompson, Dec. 24, 1833, had the following children:
Lucina W., born Oct. 2, 1834
George T., born Oct. 11, 1838
Charlotte M., born Oct. 19, 1843

Orlando Whitney, born July 23, 1804, married Susan Wood, May 5, 1829. She was born Dec. 22,
1808, and died Jan 29, 1836. He died July 25, 1874. They had a daughter Susan C., who was
born Nov. 4, 1834, and died in 1836.

John Whitney, who was born in Petersham, Dec. 11, 1805, son of Simon Whitney, married Jan. 1,
1838, Harriet F. Bruce, who was born August 3, 1819. Their children were:
Helen B., born Oct 3, 1838, married Cyrus D. Aldrich, and died May 4, 1873.
Lucy H., born May 27, 1841, never married.

Marriages
Daniel Whitney and Ruth Watson, Feb. 9, 1835-6.
Horace M. Whitney and Martha Gerry, Oct. 29, 1835.
Sidney S. Whitney and Margaret P. Billings, July 4, 1831.
Ephraim Whitney and Jemima Whippie, Oct. 1, 1778 (He was of Upton).
John S. Whitney, of Westborough, and Susannah Knowlton, Feb. 25, 1794.
Jacob Whitney and Patty Whipple, Sept. 27, 1795 (He was of Upton). 
Joel Whitney and Mary J. Whitney, Nov. 27, 1828 (He was of Upton).

In 1727, Israel Whitney bought land here from the Indians.
The town tax of 1803 included. Joseph Whitney, a resident, and Ephraim and Eli Whitney, who
were non-residents.

Grafton men in the French-Indian wars included. Nathaniel and Jonathan Whitney. 

Grafton minute-men were:  Nathaniel Whitney, Joshua Whitney, and Timothy Whitney. The
committee to seat the meeting-house included, in 1738, Jason Whitney, who had the fore seat of
the front, He withdrew from communion in 1743, disagreeing with his brethren. Six other citizens
followed him.

The deacon of the Freewill Baptist Church in 1859 was N.G. Whitney.

John Whitney began business here in 1836, and continued on South Street until 1870.

QUERIES

Need information on parentage of Stephen M. Whitney, born ca 1833, Chester, Vt. Married Ellen
Percy Cady, 1854, Worcester Co., Vt. Died, 1864, Lowell, Mass.  Father may have been Jaleb
Whitney, mother Hannah _____. Caleb born ca 1800, Westminster, Vt. Will exchange info. Mrs.
Frances McMahill Molsberry, 940 San Eduardo Ave., Henderson, NV., 89015.

E. W. Whitney, born in 1838, Walker County, Ala. His mother was Minerva, born in 1810, S.C.,
married to Thomas L. Reed in 1850 census of Walker County, Ala. His father or his grandfather
said to be kin of Eli Whitney. Paula Thompson, 4120 Prescott Rd., So., Memphis, Tn., 38118.

Mary T. Whitney of New York, married James Grimes of Vermont, between 1815 and 1820. She
had at least 2 children, both sons, of whom David, was born March 16, 1820 in Cortland Co.,
N.Y. She died there in 1832. Her parents? Mrs. Elizabeth Wall, 844 N.
Marion Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302.

Zervia _________ married Joshua Whitney (See children of Richard Whitney of Watertown,
Mass), in Stow, Mass. Clarence Pierce 30 S. Fillmore Beverly Hills Fla. 32665

Ruth Whitney, born 1780 in Wendell, N.H., was the d.au. of Joshua and Sally Whitney. The line
from Joshua goes back to Joshua and Anna Blodgett, William and Lydia Perham, Joshua, and
John. Would like to contact others of this line. Kenneth S. Jacobs, 1912 Summit Drive, Dunedin,
Florida 33528.

Bathsheba Whitney of Weathersfield, Vt., administered the Will of Gershom Whitney, July 2_,
1791. Heirs were: Bathsheba Whitney, Hannah Gilbert, Sara Flagg, Polly Whitney, Marcy
Whitney, youngest daughter of Gershom, who married Amos Ball in Weathersfield, Vt. Can
anyone identify Gershom? Mrs. Barbara Ball Cudo, R.D.#1, Box 83, Montrose, Pa., 18801.

Glasford Wnitney, originally thought to be from Mass., and married a Pa. woman, went to
Licking Co., Ohio, around 1815. His son Milton was born there in 1818, and married Margaret
McKinney. Glasford Whitney disappeared. Can you identify him? Possibly went back to Mass. or
Canada, or New York. Benjamin A. Whitney, 266 Lee Street, Simi Valley, Ca., 93065.

Zibinia Whitney married Nancy Herrin, had son John Whitney, born Oct. 13, 1845 in New York.
The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came From London, England, to Watertown, Mass, in
1635, lists a Zibinia Whitney. Is this the same one? Joan B. Whitney, 150 First Ave., Plainwell,
Michigan, 49080.

Ezra Whitney, lived in Athens, Vermont. He married Agnis ____. Ezra Whitney, Jr., married Sally
Hooker, 1785, in Athens, Vermont. Their son Royal, born 1801, in Rockingham Vermont,
married Mary Elizabeth Boylan. Can you identify this family? Mrs. J.R. Dahling, Holly-Hedge,
227-3rd Avenue, New Westminster, B.C., Canada.

Harry Garrison Whitney, born New York, married Dora L. Sned.eker, born in Ohio, Dec. 1,
18__. They had: Merritt, Harry Garrison, Jr, Frank, Ray, Mame, Laura May, Ella, Mabel, and
Dorothy. Who were Harry s parents? Where was he born? Mary L. Matter, 2211 Eastview ,
DesPlains, Illinois, 60018.

Mariaha Amelia Whitney, born May, 1832, in -New Hampshire, married James R. Chaffin, in
1846, in Lookport, New York. Need Information-on family. Mrs. Marilyn Gentme, 1094 King
Street, San Gabriel, Ca., 91776.

Mariah Amelia Whitney, born May, 1832, in New Hampshire, and died Oct. 11, 1878, in
Sheffield, Iowa. Possibly father s name was Samuel? Possibly mother was Deborah? Her brother,
Samuel Barnes Whitney, married Mary E. Benham. Ella Hood, 10628 S.W. 53rd St., Topeka,
Kansas, 66604. (Have you two ladies corresponded. Apparently you seek the same ancestor.
Would like to know the results. Ed).

Searching for info, on Dorothy Goss who married Daniel Whitney, born Nov. 9, 17244, Stow,
Mass. Ella Hood, 10628 S.W.-53rd., Topeka, Kansas, 66604. (Daniel Whitney in this issue.
Sorry, we do not know about Goss records.

Need mother of John Whitney, born ca 1650, who married, March 17, 1674/5, Elizabeth Smith,
born ca 1655 Norwalk, Conn. John s father was Henry Whitney of Long Island, and Norwalk,
Conn. Doris Everett Moser, 476 S.E. 1st, East Wenatohee, Wa., 98801.

L.C. Whitney, died in Audubon Co., Iowa, married Harriet Chase, who was born in Steuben
County, N.Y., 18244. Father of L.C. Whitney was Thomas Whitney. Can you identify this family?
Whitney Whistler, Box 43, Pales Verdes Estates, Ca., 90274.

Searching for descendants of George. W. Whitney, born July 5, 1825, probably in Addison, Vt.,
son of Joshua and Susannah Hindes Whitney, daughter of John Hindes and Anna ____.

Seek burial place of Joshua Whitney, born 1796/7, probably in Addison, Vt., died Nov. 1850.
Where? Married Susan Hindes, above. Their children were: Sara, 1820-1846; Mary Elizabeth,
1823-1898, married Francis Bridge, Hamilton County, Ohio; George W., 1825;
Julia E, 1835.

Would like to correspond with other descendants of the above families. Most lived in western
Vermont, and eastern New York. Children of Joshua and Sarah Whitney were: Polly, 1786-1835,
married Norman Colburn; Return Josiah, 1788-1850, married Elmer Amy, born 1791; Joshua
Blodgett, 1793-1794; William Miller, 1795- 6, married Martha Ann Perley; Joshua, born 2796-7,
married Susannah Hindes, died 1850; Hulda, born 1800, Ir~ainriE Alansori Smith; Nancy, born
1804, married Elisha Ferguson; George, born 1805, nothing on him. Mrs. Phyllis Bridge Egge,
1022 Boulevard, Sturgis, S.D., 57785.

William Howard Whitney, born Jan. 3, 1861, in Ohio, died Nov. 28, 1937, in Arkansas. His
father, Wm. Hanie Whitney, born in England, married Alice Theodia. Lived in Chatham, Ontario.
, in the 1830 s. William Howard Whitney married 3 times. Need name of first wife. Nannette
Whitney Watson 421 Fairfield #C West Monroe La. 71291.

Seneca County, Ohio, had, as an early settler, Jasper Whitney of Thompson Twp. Later he moved
to Wood Co., Ohio. Jasper was suddenly very ill, and a local physician pronounced him dead.
However, in the midst of all the mourning, a sound was heard within the coffin. To everyone s
surprise Jasper "arose" from his "death bed."  When the coffin became a subject of discussion, as
to what should be done with it, Jasper Whitney informed the public that he had paid. for the
coffin, and would keep it, and use it, when the time came.  A few years later, the father of Jasper
Whitney passed away, and he was buried in that coffin. Published in 1880.

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