Family:Whitney, Jason (1811-1880)
Jason8 Whitney (Ohio7, Silas6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Ohio7 and Mary (Bolton) Whitney, was born 10 Feb 1811, Ashburnham, MA,[1] and died 16 May 1880, Westminster, MA.
He married firstly, 4 May 1836, Ashburnham, MA, Elizabeth Laws Sampson,[2] daughter of Jonathan and Betsey (Gibbs) Sampson. She was born 2 Nov 1818, Winchendon, MA, and died 5 Sep 1841, Ashburnham, MA, aged 22 years 10 months 3 days.[3]
She was a direct descendant of "Mayflower" passengers Myles Standish, John Alden, and Stephen Hopkins (but not of Henry Sampson).
He married secondly, 16 Aug 1842, Susan Elvira Barrett.[4] She was born 2 May 1816, and died 1 Apr 1857.
He married thirdly, 14 Nov 1859, Esther Ball. She was born 20 Sep 1821, and died 7 Dec 1877.
He resided Westminster, MA.
Children of Jason8 and Elizabeth L. (Sampson) Whitney:
i. Sarah B.9 Whitney, b. 29 Jul 1837; d. 2 Aug 1858; m. 18 May 1858, Henry E. Thomas. Was killed at battle of Cold Harbor in 21st New Hampshire Regiment, 2 June 1864. ii. Emma E. Whitney, b. 17 Jan 1830; m. 3 Jul 1861, George A. Stone; resided Fitzwilliam, NH. iii. Charles W. Whitney, b. 7 Dec 1840; m. Ruana Barrell.
Children of Jason8 and Susan Elvira (Barrett) Whitney:
iv. Maria Susan Whitney, b. 20 Apr 1843, Ashburnham, MA;[5] m. Henry L. Smith; resided Westminster. v. Jason Franklin Whitney, b. 20 Apr 1845, Ashburnham, MA;[6] d. 15 Mar 1849, Ashburnham, MA.[7] vi. Mary C. Whitney, b. 5 Nov 1847, Ashburnham, MA;[8] d. 3 Oct 1848, Ashburnham, MA.[9] vii. Jason W. Whitney, b. 18 Jun 1849, Ashburnham, MA;[10] d. 11 Sep 1849, Ashburnham, MA.[11] viii. Abbie E. Whitney, b. 1851; d. -----. ix. Ferdinand Whitney, b. 29 Aug 1854; m. 18 Jun 1876, Greenwich, MA, Elmira S. Gleason;[12] resided Fitchburg, MA.
Jason8 and Esther (Ball) Whitney had no children.
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. 460.
1.^ "Jason [Whitney], s. Ohio and Mary, [born] Feb. 10, 1811," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).
2.^ "Jason [Whitney] and Elizabeth L. Sam[s]on, [married] May 4, 1836," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
3.^ "Elizabeth [Whitney], w. Jason, [died] Sept. 5, 1841, a. 22y. 10m. 3d. G.S.1," and also, "-----, w. Jason, Sept. 5, 1841, a. 22," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
4.^ "Jason [Whitney] and Susan E. Barrett of Montpelier, Vt., [married] Aug. 16, 1842," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
5.^ "Susan M. [Whitney], d. Jason and Susan A., [born] May 20, 1843," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
6.^ "Jason Franklin [Whitney], s. Jason F. and Susan A., [born] April 20, 1845," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
7.^ "Jason F. [Whitney], s. Jason and Susan, March 15, 1849, a. 3y. 10m. 15d. Scald," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
8.^ "Mary E. [Whitney], d. Jason and Susan E., [born] Nov. 5, 1847," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
9.^ "Mary R. [Whitney], d. Jason and Susan E., Oct. 3, 1848, a. 11m. G.S.1," and also "S. W., d. Jason and Susan, Oct. 1848, a. 10m. 20d. Dysentary," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
10.^ "Jason W. [Whitney], s. Jason and Elvira, [born] June 18, 1849," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
11.^ "Jason W. [Whitney], s. Jason and Susan, Sept. 11, 1849, a. 2m. 15d. Dysentary," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.
12.^ "Ferdinand [Whitney], son of Isaac and Susan Whitney, aged 22, b. in Ashburnham, and Elmira S. Gleason, aged 17, b. in Greenwich, m[arried] 18 Jun 1876," according to Greenwich, Massachusetts, Vital Records, as extracted in the L.D.S. International Genealogical Index.
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