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The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895)

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 177

2417. x. MARY, b.------. 2418. xi. ELMIRA, b. ------. 2419. xii. LUCY ANN, b. ------. 2420. xiii. LOUSIA, b. ------. 2421. xiv. ANN, b.-------. 1018. URIAL WHITNEY (Abner, John [NOTE], Moses, Richard, John), b. Shirley, Mass. Sept. 11, 1757; m. at Gorham, Me., Dec. 16, 1784, Lydia WHITMORE, b. Aug. 1, 1764; d. mar. 6, 1818. He was born in Shirley, and at the breaking out of the Revolutionary was enlisted in Col. PRESCOTT'S regiment. The emlistment bears date of Apr. 19, 1775. After the war he located in Gorham, Me., where he married his wife. In 1798 he pur- chased land in No. Yarmouth, Me., to which place he removed his family soon after. He ever after resided there, and was a noted school teacher, being familiarly known as "Master WHITNEY." He was held in high esteem as a citizen and as a Christian; was a member of the Congregational church in Pownal, Me., Percy CHAPIN, pastor. He was granted a pension Apr. 28, 1818. He d. Nov. 10, 1835; res. Gor- ham, Me. 2422. i. STATIRA, b. Dec. 24, 1785; d. Dec. 31, 1785. 2423. ii. MARY, b. Jan. 21, 1787; m. Retire DRINKWATER; res. Durham, Me. 3 ch. She d. May 2, 1824. 2424. iii. STATIRA, b. Dec 1, 1789; d. Aug. 11, 1794. 2425. iv. JOEL, b. Aug. 7, 1791; lost at sea about 1812. 2426. v. BEULAH B., b. June 3, 1793; m. Nov. 2, 1817, Enos SMALL, b. Nov. 28, 1788; d. Feb. 5, 1881. She d. Apr. 21, 1879. Ch.: William Lathrop, b. Oct. 29, 1819; m. Clara W. PIERCE; d. Feb. 1, 1886; Sarah L., b. Feb. 17, 1822; m. John A. ANDREWS; d. Nov. 8, 1854; Uriel Whitney, b. July 23, 1825; m. Mary E. GILMAN; res. 682 Tremont St., Boston, Mass. He graduated at Amherst Col- lege in the class of 1854, and at Andover Theo. Seminary in 1858. Mary Scott, b. May 4, 1828; d. June 1, 1879; Beulah, b. Aug. 18, 1833. She grad. Mt. Holyoke Female Sem. 1856; taught in Marion, Iowa, 5 years; at Rockford, Ill., 4 years; now, and the last 18 years, a teacher in Boston, Mass. 2427. vi. BETSEY, b. May 27, 1795; m. James MITCHELL; res. Freeport, Me. She d. Feb., 1849. CH.: Ansel L., b. Dec. 1, 1828; res. Falmouth, Me.; Major W., b. Sept. 13, 1830; John W., b. Nov. 24, 1831; Statira M., b. May 24, 1833; Roxanna, b. Sept. 7, 1834; Eliza- beth, b. Jan. 17, 1840; Harriett S., b. June 25, 1842. 2428. vii. SALLY, b. Dec. 16, 1796; m. Daniel SOULE; res. Pownal, Me. She d. May 20, 1827, and he m. her sister. 2429. viii. HARRIETT, b. Apr. 28, 1798; m. Daniel SOULE. CH.: Mrs. Sarah W. CLIFFORD, 37 Folsom St., Dorchester, Mass. He d. July 30, 1843; ch.: Elisha B., b. June 18, 1828; d. Dec. 12, 1853; Perez C., b. mar. 3, 1830; d. May 15, 1871; Aamuel W., b. May 30, 1831; d.-----; Daniel, b. Jan. 13, 1834; Clarance, b. Oct. 16, 1835; d. Oct. 16, 1857; Harriet A., b. June 6, 1837; Sarah, b. May 24, 1839; Lewis W., b. Mar. 12, 1841. 2430. ix. CHARLOTTE, b. May 12, 1880; m. Levi DAVIS. She d. July 6, 1851; res. No. Yarmouth, Me. CH.: Lewis, b. Jan. 5, 1828; Charlotte, b. Oct. 21, 1831; d. Mar. 22, 1875; Augusta C., b. Oct. 6, 1836; res. Yarmouth, Me. 2431. x. STATIRA, b. Apr. 26, 1802; m. Nathaniel MERRILL; res. Pownal, Me. Ch.: Charles H., b. Feb. 16, 1829; joseph, b. Dec. 21, 1832. She d. July 21, 1878. 2432. xi. URIAL, b. July 4, 1804; m. Mary HOIT. 2433. xii LEWIS, b. Sept. 21, 1806; m. Mary SMALL. 1022. AMAZIAH WHITNEY (Abner, John [NOTE], Moses, Richard, John), b. prob. Shirley, Mass. [NOTE]; m. Sarah BOYNGTON; d., ae. 86. He was in the Revolutionary army in a company from Worcester Co., under command of Capt. BOUTELL; res. in Mass., Albany and Maryland, N. Y. 2434. i. AMAZIAH, b. ------; m. and had 2 ch. 2435. ii. ARATHUSA, b. July 24, 1804; m., 1824, Decatur WINTERS, b. 1802. Ch.: Stephen D., b. Dec., 1826; d. 1852. He was a lawyer and was admitted to practice the year before he died; Lucinda, b. 1833; d., ae. 3 mos; Amaziah, b. 1831; d., ae. 6; Maria, b. 1828;

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