Family:Whitney, Abner (1801-1884)
Abner7 Whitney (Amaziah6, Abner5, John4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), son of Amaziah6 and Sarah (Boyington) Whitney, was born 2 Feb 1801, MA, or Otsego Co., NY, and died 15 Aug 1884, Wilber, NE.
He married, 27 Sep 1843, Albany, NY, Matilda P. Sherwood. She was born 17 May 1815, Saratoga Co., NY, and died 18 Dec 1893.
He was an architect and builder. He resided Albany, NY, and Wilber, NE.
Children of Abner7 and Matilda P. (Sherwood) Whitney:
i. Mary J.8 Whitney, b. 1844, Albany Co., NY; m. A. Hardy; resided Beatrice, NE. ii. Amaziah Whitney, b. 7 Sep 1848, Albany Co., NY; m. Martha Eckerson. iii. Martha Whitney, b. 6 Sep 1846; d. 22 Sep 1847. iv. Margaret Whitney, b. 4 Nov 1851, Canada; d. 18 Aug 1861. v. Matilda Whitney, b. 31 Mar 1855, Otsego Co., NY; d. 25 Sep 1856. vi. Electa Whitney, b. 1 Jul 1857; d. 27 May 1878.
Census
- 1840: may have been living with his brother Amaziah, Albany, Albany Co., NY.
- 1850: not found.
- 1855 State, Maryland, Otsego Co., NY:
136 Framed $300 147 Abner Whitney 45 M - - Otsego 1 - 1 Farmer 1 - - - - 1 - Matilda Whitney 40 F - Wife Saratoga 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - Mary I. Whitney 10 F - Chld Albany - - 1 - - - - - - - - Amasiah Whitney 6 M - Do Albany - - 1 - - - - - - - - Margeret Whitney 3 F - Do Canada - - 1 - - - - - - - - Martha Whitney 2m F - Do Otsego - - 2m - - - - - - - - Amos Tubbs 22 M - Srvt Otsego - - 22 Farmer 1 - - - - - - Ephraim Burnside 16 M - Do Do - - 16 Do - - - - - - - Caroline Adams 14 F - Do Do - - 16 - - - - - - - -
191 193 Abner Whitney 59 M - Farmer $3000 $400 N.Y. Matilda P. Whitney 44 F - N.Y. Mary J. Whitney 15 F - N.Y. Attended school Amziah Whitney 12 M - N.Y. Attended school Margaret Whitney 8 F - N.Y. Attended school Electa Whitney 2 F - N.Y. Attended school
175 185 Whitney, Abner 69 M W Carpenter $4000 $600 New York " Matilda 55 F " Keeping house " " Mary 25 F " " " " " Amaziah 21 M " Carpenter & J. " " Electia 12 F " At home "
172 Framed $3000 184 Abner Whitney 74 M - ---- Otsego m Cabinet Store - 1 - - 1 - Matilda Whitney 59 F - Wife Saratoga m - Amaziah Whitney 25 M - Son Albany s Carpenter & Cabinet - 1 - - - - Electa Whitney 17 F - Dau Otsego s Manufacturer
Abner WHITNEY 79 Self M M W NY Carpenter MA MA Matilda WHITNEY 64 Wife F M W NY Hk NY VT Emmajiah WHITNEY 32 Son M M W NY Carpenter NY NY Martha WHITNEY 26 DauL F M W NY Hk NY NY Robert WHITNEY 2 GSon M S W NY NY NY
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. 321.
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