Family:Whitney, Jonas (1824-a1900)
Jonas8 Whitney (Jonas Prescott7, Josiah6, Josiah5, David4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of Jonas Prescott7 and Rebecca (Piper) Whitney, was born 20 Mar 1824, and died 4 May 1874, Fitchburg, MA.
He "of Fitchburg" married, 11 Apr 1850, Ashby, MA, Elizabeth Corey Rice,[1] daughter of Silas Rice of Ashburnham. She was born 21 Mar 1827, and died 3 May 18--.
He married secondly, 4 May 18--, Lucy Damon. He resided Fitchburg, MA.
Children of Jonas8 and Elizabeth Corey (Rice) Whitney:
i. Frank Ormond9 Whitney, b. 21 Jul 1851, Fitchburg, MA;[2] m. Anna M. Snow.
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), pp. 476-477.
1.^ "Jonas [Whitney], of Fitchburg, and Elizabeth C. Rice, [married] Apr. 11, 1850," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989).
2.^ "Frank Ormond [Whitney], s. Jonas and Eliz. C., [born] July 21, 1851," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. 8, p. 97.
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