Family:Whitney, Amos (1812-a1842)
Amos7 Whitney (Moses6, Abraham5, John4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), son of Moses6 and Jane (Polley) Whitney, was born about 1812, and apparently died before 1850.
He married firstly, 16 Oct 1832, Watertown, MA, Susan Lawrence. She died 4 Sep 1842, Wayland, MA, aged 32 years.[1]
He married secondly, 20 Nov 1842, Medford, MA, Jane Dearborn,[2] daughter of Daniel and Jane (Blanchard) Dearborn. She was born about 1811 or 1814, Northfield, NH, and died 27 Jan 1875, Medway, MA, aged 64 years, of dropsy.[3]
He resided Wayland, MA.
No record of children of Amos7 Whitney has been found. It is very likely that he was identical to Amos, the father of Mary Whitney, b. ca. 1835, Wayland, MA, who m. 25 Sep 1851, Medway, MA, Stephen H. Wood.[4] It is also likely that Edward Whitney, b. ca. 1848, appearing in the 1860 census below, was actually Edward Westcott, not Whitney, as in the 1850 and 1855 census records.
Census
- 1840, there was an Amos Whitney in Watertown, but he was apparently 40-49 years of age, and therefore not the head of this family, who was only about 28.
- 1850: not found.
- 1850, Medford, Norfolk Co., MA:
182 234 Jerome Westcoat 40 M - Carpenter $500 Mass. Edward " 1 M - " Jane Whitney 36 F - N.H. 235 Stephen Vose Jr. 25 M - Boot-maker " Emeline " 26 F - Mass. Francis E. " 3 M - " 236 Lurana Chase 58 F - " William H. " 24 M - " Alexander " 22 M - "
265 341 John H. Lum 48 M - Boot-maker $1500 England Mary A. " 42 M - Mass. George W. " 17 M - " " Mary Whitney 15 F - " Eli Darling 23 M - " N.Y. Asa Clark 19 M - " Mass. James Lowe 61 M - " England Ezra Pearson 19 M - " " James Hallowell 22 M - " " Peter McKane 22 M - " Scotland
232 242 Jerome Wescott 40 M - Carpenter Mass. Edward Wescott 6 M - Mass. Jane Whitney 38 F - N.H.
- 1860: not found.
- 1860, Medford, Norfolk Co., MA:
1181 1290 Jerome Wescott 48 M - Carpenter $1000 $200 Mass. Jane Whitney 43 F - N.H. Edward Whitney 12 M - Mass. Attended school
300 375 Albee, Albert 28 M W Brick Mason $500 $100 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Anna 19 F W Work for Bonnet factory " Haynes, Milo E. 24 M W Works for Boot factory " Male citizen over 21 376 Westcott, Jerome 60 M W Carpenter $2000 $200 " Male citizen over 21 Whitney, Jane 53 F W Housekeeper New Hampshire 377 Dodge, Martha 76 F W Keeping house Rhode Island -----, Francis T. 24 F W Works in Boot factory Mass. Male citizen over 21 [sic]
References
1.^ "Susan [Whitney], w. Amos, [died] Sept. 4, 1842, a. 30," according to Vital Records of Wayland, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 2, page 467.
2.^ "Amos [Whitney] and Jane Dearborn, [married] Nov. 20, 1842," according to Vital Records of Medway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 3, page 25.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 275, page 257.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 55, page 184.
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