Family:Whitney, Abner (1780-1866)
Abner6 Whitney (Abner5, Jonas4, Eleazer3, Thomas2, John1), son of Abner5 and Esther (Jackson) Whitney, was born 19 Jul 1780, Roxbury, MA, and died 27 Dec 1866.
He married, 20 Jan 1805, Springfield, VT, Polly White.[1] She was born about 1786, and died Mar 1851, Orange, MA, aged 64 years, of fits.[2]
He was a farmer and resided Orange, MA.
He was a grantee 1824-1845, and a grantor 1825-1846, New Salem, MA.[3]
Children of Abner6 and Polly (White) Whitney:
i. Mary H.7 Whitney, b. ca. 12 Mar 1805, Springfield, VT; d. 21 Aug 1884, Orange, MA, aged 79 years 5 months 9 days, of old age; bur. North New Salem, MA;[4] m. A. Thayer. ii. Arathusa Whitney, b. ca. 28 Feb 1807, Orange, MA; d. 17 Dec 1888, Orange, MA, aged 81 years 9 months 17 days, of old age; bur. New Salem, MA;[5] m. Samuel Adams; son James W. resided Orange, MA. iii. Alexander Shumway Whitney, b. ca. 1817, MA; m. Mehitable Davis. iv. Harrison H. Whitney, b. 31 Oct 1819; m. Onda Kendall. v. Emily A. Whitney, b. ca. 14 Jul 1819, Orange, MA; d. 8 Aug 1890, Orange, MA, aged 71 years 24 days, of inflammation of the stomach;[6] m. Thomas Tenney; resided Orange, MA. vi. Harriett Whitney, b. -----; no record found; d. before 1866, without heirs. vii. Charles Whitney, b. ca. 1829; d. Mar 1851, Orange, MA, aged 21 years, of shot accident.[7]
Census
- 1810: not found.
- 1820, Orange, Franklin Co., MA: Abner Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 18-25, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 16-25, 2 females 10-15, and 3 females 0-9; 2 engaged in agriculture.
- 1830, Orange, Franklin Co., MA: Abner Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 10-14.
- 1840, Orange, Franklin Co., MA: Abner Whitney, 1 male 60-69, 1 male 10-14, and 2 males 60-69; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Orange, Franklin Co., MA:
228 233 Abner Whitney 70 M - Farmer $2000 Mass. Polly " 63 F - " Charles " 20 M - Laborer " 229 234 Alexander J. Whitney 35 M - Farmer $1000 Mass. Mehittable " 40 F - Vt.
129 160 Harrison H. Whitney 40 M - Farmer $2500 $500 Massachusetts Ouda (?) " 41 F - " Wilson H. " 18 M - Farmer " Attended school Harriet M. " 15 F - " Attended school Josephine A. " 12 F - " Attended school Emily E. " 6 F - " Attended school Mary L. " 1 F - " Abner " 80 M - Farmer $1200 "
279 359 Harrison Whitney 45 M - Massachusetts M Manufacturer - - 1 1 - Onda Whitney 46 F - " M Housekeeper - - - - - Josephine A. Whitney 17 F - " S - - - - - Emily T. Whitney 11 F - " S - - - - - Mary L. Whitney 6 F - " S - - - - - Abner Whitney 86 M - " W - - - - -
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. 196.
1.^ Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.
2.^ "Polly [Whitney], sp. Abner, ae 64, of Fitts, [died] Mar. --, 1851," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, "Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891" (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983).
3.^ "Abner [Whitney], grantee, 1824-1845. FD," and "Abner [Whitney], grantor, 1825-1846. FD," according to Vital Records of New Salem, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Salem, MA: Essex Institute, 1927).
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 355, page 337.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 391,page 375.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 409, page 439.
7.^ "Charles [Whitney], s. Abner, ae 21, shot accident, [died] Mar. --, 1851," according to Orange Vital Records.
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