Family:Whitney, Charles (1742-a1783)

Charles⁶ Whitney (Aaron⁵, Moses⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Aaron⁵ and Alice (Baker) Whitney, was born 14 May 1742, Petersham or Littleton, MA.^[1]

He "of Petersham" married, 31 Oct 1765, Petersham, MA, Elisabeth Kimball "of Fitchburg",^[2] daughter of Amos and Dorothy (Hazeltine) Kimball, born 20 Apr 1745, Lunenburg, MA, and died 4 Sep 1784, Royalston, MA, aged 40 years.

He resided Phillipston, VT, but birth of children also indicates that he lived for at least a time in Templeton, Worcester, MA. He lived at Phillipston, VT.

Children of Charles⁶ and Elisabeth (Kimball) Whitney:

i.	Bezaleel7 Whitney, b. 29 Sep 1766, Templeton, MA; m. Lucy Shays.
ii.	Charles Whitney, b. 13 Jul 1768, Templeton, MA.
iii.	Betty Whitney, b. 12 Aug 1770, Templeton, MA.
iv.	Dolly Whitney, b. 14 Feb 1773, Templeton, MA.
v.	Amos Kimball Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1775, Templeton, MA.
vi.	Arathusea Whitney, b. 29 Apr 1777, Templeton, MA; d. 8 Jun 1833, Winchester, NH; m. about 1794, Capt. Oliver Doolittle of Northfield, MA. Resided Lyndon, VT.
vii.	Abel Whitney, b. 26 Mar 1780, Royalston, MA.
viii.	Lucy Kendall Whitney, b. 9 Sep 1783, Royalston, MA.

Census

• 1771, Templeton, MA (tax list): Charles Whitney.
• 1790: not found.
• 1800: not found.
• 1810: not found.

References

1.^  "Charles [Whitney], s. Rev. Mr. Aaron and Mrs. Allice, [born] May 14, 1742," according to Records of Littleton, Massachusetts, Printed by Order of the Town. First Installment: Births and Deaths from the Earliest Records in the Town Books, Begun in 1715 (Littleton, MA: Town of Littleton, 1900), p. 48. Also, "Charles [Whitney], s. Rev. Aaron and Alice, [born] May 14, 1742," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Petersham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).

2.^  "Charles [Whitney] and Elisabeth Kimball of Fitchburg, [married] Oct. 31, 1765," according to Petersham Vital Records.

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