Family:Whitney, Albert N. (1821-1881)

Albert N.⁶ Whitney (Abiezer Holbrook⁶, Nathan⁵, Benjamin⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Abiezer Holbrook⁶ and Elizabeth (White) Whitney, was born 20 Jun 1821, Bowdoin, ME,^[1] and died 18 Dec 1881, Monson, MA,^[2] aged 60 years 6 months, of disease of the kidney, stonecutter.^[3]

He married, 14 Mar 1852, Blue Hill, ME, Abby N. Saunders,^[4] daughter of Isaac and Abby (Grindle) Saunders. She was born 22 Jun 1835, and died 19 Oct 1902, Acorns Haverford, PA.

Children of Albert N.⁶ and Abby N. (Saunders) Whitney:

i.	Flora7 Whitney, b. 1853; d. 1853.
ii.	Viola Frances Whitney, b. 24 Jan 1854; m. James Edwin Dutton.
iii.	Isaac Herbert Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1859; d. 31 May 1899, Atlanta, GA.
iv.	Abbie Louisa Whitney, b. 6 Mar 1861; d. 8 Jul 1861.
v.	Julia Annie Whitney, b. 20 Dec 1864; d. 27 Jul 1941, Sunset, ME.
vi.	Havilla Lilla Whitney, b. 8 Sep 1867, Blue Hill, ME; d. 6 Mar 1940, Sharon Hill, PA; "Lilla D." m. 26 Jun 1893, Monson, MA, Stephen Brown Knowlton, of Philadelphia, PA, b. ca. 1868, Deer Isle, ME, son of Henry W. and Sarah S. (Small) Knowlton.[5]

Census

• 1850, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., ME:

149 155 Isaac P. Sanders 42 M - Stone Cutter [Maine] Abagail " 36 F - [Maine] Harriet " 17 F - [Maine] Attended school Abby " 16 F - [Maine] Attended school Stephen B. Wescott 9 M - [Maine] Attended school Allen Sawyer 25 M - Stone Cutter [Maine] Albert Whitney 29 M - " " [Maine] Joseph Stover 26 M - " " [Maine]

• 1860, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., ME:

223 233 Albert Whitney 38 M - Master Stone Cutter $325 $600 Me. Abby N. " 26 F - " Thomas B. " 6 M - " Attended school Isaac H. " 1 M - "

• 1870, Blue Hill, Hancock Co., ME:

87 91 Whitney, Albert 49 M W Work on Stone Quarry $1000 $140 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Abby M. 36 F W Keeping house " -----, Fanny B. 16 F W At home " Attended school -----, Herbert 11 M W " Attended school -----, Anna J. 5 F W " -----, Villa D. 3 F W "

• 1880: not found.

References

• Census records.

1.^  "Albert [Whitney], s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [born] June 24, 1821, in Augusta, ME," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

2.^  "Albert [Whitney], s. Abizer and first w. Betsy, [died] [---], in Monson, MA," according to Rachel Townsend Cox, ed., Vital Records of Bowdoin Maine to the Year 1892, (Maine Historical Society, 1944).

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 328, page 374.

4.^  "Albert Whitney of Bluehill & Abby N. Saunders of same m. 14 Mar 1852 by Arthur F. Drinkwater," according to Alice MacDonald Long, Marriage Returns of Hancock County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 9 (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1992), p. 135.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 433, page 641.

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