Family:Whitney, Asa Willard (1787-b1839)
Asa Willard7 Whitney (Isaac6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Isaac6 and Lucy (Mead) Whitney, was born 24 Apr 1787, Harvard, MA[1] (also recorded Stow, MA[2]), and died -- --- 1839, Stow, MA.[3]
Marriage intentions were recorded 25 Dec 1809, Harvard, MA, for him and Abigail Whetcomb "of Bolton".[4] He married, 29 Dec 1809, Bolton, MA, Abigail Whetcomb,[5] daughter of Capt. Jonathan and Achsah (Fairbank) Whetcomb. She was born 13 Apr 1788, Bolton, MA.
He resided Harvard, MA.
Administration on his estate was granted in 1839.[6]
Children of Asa Willard7 and Abigail (Whitcomb) Whitney, possibly incomplete:
i. Lucia8 Whitney, bapt. -- May 1811, Stow, MA;[7] m. 1 Mar 1832, Lowell, MA, John H. Blake. ii. Abigail Whitney, bapt. 21 May 1815, Stow, MA.[8] iii. Anna Eliza Whitney, b. 13 Dec 1817, Harvard, MA.[9]
Census
- 1820, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Asa Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1830, Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA: Asa Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 40-49, 4 females 15-19, and 1 female 10-14.
- 1840, Abigail not found.
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. 303.
1.^ "Asa Willard [Whitney], s. of Isaac and Lucy, [born] Apr. 24, 1787," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917). Asa Willard, s. of Isaac and Lucy, Apr. 24, 1787
2.^ "Asa W., [born] Apr. 24, 1787. P.R.30," according to F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).
3.^ "Asa W. [Whitney], [died] ____, 1839, P.R.30.," according to Stow Vital Records.
4.^ "Asa Willard [Whitney] and Abigail Whetcomb of Bolton, int. Dec. 25, 1809," according to Harvard Vital Records.
5.^ "Asa W. [Willard in int.] [Whitney] of Harvard and Abigail Whitcomb, [married] Dec. 29, 1809," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Bolton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910).
6.^ Middlesex County, MA, Probate Files, #24604.
7.^ "Lucy [Whitney], d. Asa W. and [Sally], bp. May ___, 1811. C.R.," according to Stow Vital Records.
8.^ "Abigail [Whitney], d. Asa W., bp. May 21, 1815. C.R.," according to Stow Vital Records.
9.^ "Abba Eliza [Whitney], d. of (Capt. C.R.1.) Asa W. and Abigail, [born] Dec. 13, 1817," according to Harvard Vital Records.
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