Family:Whitney, Nathan (1800-1870)
Nathan Whitney (Charles), son of Charles and Polly (Heywood) Whitney, was born 1800, Barretston Plantation, ME, and died Jun 1870, Appleton, ME, aged 69 of consumption.[1]
He married, 1831, Hope, ME, Clarissa Knowlton. She was born about 1811, ME, and died after 1870.
Children of Nathan and Clarissa (Knowlton) Whitney, if any, unknown, although the 1840 census suggests a daughter born 1835-1840.
Notes
His widow Clarissa may be the Clarissa Whitney who had her intentions of marriage published 22 May 1872, Alexander, ME, with Samuel Walker, "both of Alexander".[2]
Census
- 1840, Union, Lincoln Co., ME: Nathan Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1850, Union, Lincoln Co., ME:
153 163 Nathan Whitney 50 M - Joiner $400 Maine Clarissa " 39 F - "
249 261 Nathan Whitney 59 M - Farmer $400 $185 Me. Attended school [sic] Clara Whitney 48 F - " Emeline Farden 10 F - " Pauper
281 294 Whitney, Clara 58 F W Keeping house $300 $100 Maine Caswell, Mercy 58 F W Maine
References
- Census records.
2.^ "Clarissa, and Samuel Walker, b. of Appleton, int. May 22, 1872," according to Elizabeth M. Mosher, comp., Vital Records of Appleton, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1993), p. 135.
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