Family:Whitney, Albert (1813-1864)
Albert7 Whitney (Artemas6, John5, Abraham4, Isaiah3, Thomas2, John1), son of Artemas6 and Rebecca (Smith) Whitney, was born 4 Sep 1813, Shirley, MA,[1] and died 26 Feb 1864, Lunenburg, MA, aged 50 years 6 months, of consumption.[2]
Marriage intentions were published 3 Apr 1836, Lunenburg, MA, for him "of Fitchburg" and Lucy W. Conant "of Harvard".[3] Marriage intentions were published 16 Apr 1836, Harvard, MA, for him "of Lunenburg" and Lucy W. Conant.[4] He "of Lunenburg" married, 19 Apr 1836, Harvard, MA, Lucy W. Conant,[5], daughter of Reuben and Hannah Warner (Sampson) Conant. She was born as "Lucy Sampson Conant" on 27 Nov 1814, Harvard, MA, and died 4 Aug 1898, Lunenburg, MA, aged 83 years 8 months 8 days, of old age.[6]
Children of Albert7 and Lucy W. (Conant) Whitney:
i. Charles Albert8 Whitney, b. 15 Sep 1838, MA; d. 5 Jun 1841, MA. ii. Lewis Tyler Whitney, b. 9 Feb 1842, Harvard, MA; d. 10 Apr 1903, Leominster, MA, aged 61 years 1 month 1 day, of organic disease of heart and Brights disease;[7] m. 14 Mar 1870, Boston, MA, Catharine (Ayre/Ayer) Boyd, b. ca. 1838, Roxbury, MA, dau. of George & Catharine (Powers) Ayre/Ayer.[8] He was divorced before 1900, and probably before 1880, when he is recorded as single.
Census
- 1840, Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA: Albert Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, and 1 female 20-29; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
- 1850, Lunenburg, Worcester Co., MA:
22 23 Albert Whitney 36 M - Inn Keeper $1000 Mass. Lucy Whitney 35 F - Mass. Lewis F. Whitney 8 M - Mass. Attended school Amanda M. Page 16 F - Mass. Attended school
49 56 Albert Whitney 42 M - Farmer Mass. Lucy Whitney 41 F - " Lewis T. Whitney 13 M - "
750 771 Albert Whitney 46 M - Farmer $2000 $400 Vt. Lucy " 46 F - Mass. Lewis T. " 18 M - Stove Maker " Attended school
270 274 Lucy W. Whitney 50 F - Harvard, Mass. W Housekeeper - - - - - Lewis T. Whitney 23 M - Lunenburg, " S Shoemaker - - 1 1 -
204 215 Whitney, Lucy W. 55 F W Keeping house $1700 $600 Mass.
- 1870, son Lewis not found.
- 1880, Leominster, Worcester Co., MA:
Lucy WHITNEY 55 Self F W W MA Works In Paper Mill MA MA
Brad H. WOOD 74 Self M M W MA Farmer MA MA Alaseba WOOD 67 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA --- Lewis WHITNEY 40 Oth M S W MA Hired Man MA --- Eliza A. KIMBALL 73 Oth F S W MA Boarder Housework MA ---
654 919 DeCell, Hector Head W M Sep 1869 30 mar 3 Canada Fr. Canada Fr. Canada Fr. House painter, Rents house, Immig. 1876, Al. -----, Lizzie C. Wife W F Apr 1879 21 mar 3 2ch 2liv Canada Fr. Canada Fr. Canada Fr. Immig. 1897 -----, Alcide Son W M Jan 1898 2 sgl Massachusetts Canada Fr. Canada Fr. -----, Archie Son W M Mar 1899 1 sgl Canada Fr. Canada Fr. Canada Fr. Immig. 1897 Whitney, Lewis T. Brdr W M Feb 1841 59 div Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Owns mortgaged house
References
- Census records.
- Seth Chandler, History of the town of Shirley, Massachusetts, from its early settlement to A.D. 1882 (1883: Shirley, Mass., the author), p. 622-623.
1.^ "Albert [Whitney], ch. Artemas and Rebecah, [born] Sept. 4, 1813," according to Shirley Vital Records.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 176, page 254.
3.^ "Albert [Whitney], of Lunenburg, and Lucy W. Conant of Harvard, int. Apr. 3, 1836," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Early Records of the Town of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, Including That Part Which is Now Fitchburg, 1719-1764 (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1896), volume 3, page 96.
4.^ "Albert [Whitney] of Lunenberg, and Lucy W. Conant, int. Apr. 16, 1836," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).
5.^ "Albert [Whitney] of Lunenburg and Lucy W. Conant of Harvard, [married] Apr. 19, 1836, in Lunenburg," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. III, p. 280. Also "Albert [Whitney], Mr., of Lunenburg, and Miss Lucy W. Conant of Harvard, [married] Apr. 19, 1836, by Rev. Calvin Lincoln," according to Lunenburg Vital Records, volume 3, page 184.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 483, page 719.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 541, page 480.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 228, page 32.
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