Family:Whitney, Benjamin Lincoln (1810-1855)

From WRG
Jump to navigationJump to search

Benjamin Lincoln8 Whitney (Nicholas Bowes7, Phinehas6, William5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Nicholas Bowes7 and Ann (Adams) Whitney, was born 24 Jun 1810,[1] Hingham, MA, and died 30 May 1855, Cambridge, MA, aged 55 years, of varioloia, merchant, b. Hingham.[2]

He "of Boston" married, 23 Aug 1837, Cambridge, MA, Caroline St. Aubyn Homer,[3] daughter of Andrew and Ruth (Doane) Homer. She was born about -- Nov 1814,[4] Lincoln, MA, and died 26 Feb 1876, Cambridge, MA, aged 61 years 3 months, of dropsy.[5]

He was a member of the firm of Fearing & Whitney.[6]

Children of Benjamin Lincoln8 and Caroline St. Aubin (Homer) Whitney:

i. Benjamin Lincoln9 Whitney, bapt. 25 Apr 1842, Cambridge, MA;[7] d. -- Dec 1847, Cambridge, MA, aged 10 years.[8]
ii. Seraphina Homer Whitney, b. ca. 1840, bapt. 25 Apr 1842, Cambridge, MA;[9] m. 1 Sep 1859, Cambridge, MA, Francis G. Davis of Cambridge,[10] b. ca. 1837, Cambridge, son of Stephen J. and Anna B. (-----) Davis.[11]
iii. Caroline St. Aubin Whitney, bapt. 25 Apr 1842, Cambridge, MA;[12] died before 1850.
iv. Anna Adams Whitney, b. 18 Mar 1843,[13] MA; d. 26 Apr 1864, Cambridge, MA, aged 21 years 1 month 8 days, of typhoid erysipelas; unmarried.[14]
v. Caroline F. Whitney, b. 2 Oct 1849, Cambridge, MA;[15] d. 28 Jul 1910, State Hospital, Worcester, MA (recorded in Cambridge, MA), aged 60 years, of dysentery;[16] m. 30 Sep 1873, Newton, MA, Francis E. Seaver of Northborough, b. ca. 1844, Northborough, MA, son of Samuel & Julia (Conant) Seaver.[17]

Census

1004 1124 Benjamin Whitney 39 M - Cloth Dealer Mass. Caroline H. A. Whitney 35 F - Mass. Seraphina H. Whitney 10 F - Mass. Attended school Anna A. Whitney 7 F - Mass. Attended school Caroline F. Whitney 8/12 F - Mass. Ruth Homer 73 F - Mass. Emmeline D. Whitton 42 F - Mass. Seraphina Homer 37 F - Mass. Nancy Brown 39 F - Ireland Illiterate Bernard Brown 14 M - Ireland Attended school George Brown 11 M - Ireland Attended school

533 613 Benjamin L. Whitney 45 M - Merchant Mass. Caroline S. A. " 40 F - " Seraphina H. " 16 F - " Anna A. " 12 F - " Caroline F. " 5 F - " Seraphina Homer 42 F - " Hannah Collins 23 F - Ireland

879 999 Caroline S. Whitney 50 F - Mass. W - - - - - Caroline P. " 15 F - Mass. S School - - - - - Frances G. Davis 28 M - Mass. M Shipper - - 1 1 - Sophonia H. " 26 F - Mass. M - - - - - Arthur J. " 5m M - Mass. S - - - - - Eliza Anderson 31 F - Ireland S Domestic - - - - - Margaret Sweeney 20 F - Ireland S Domestic - - - - -

555 674 Davis, Francis G. 32 M W Merchant Mass. Male citize over 21 -----, S. H. 30 F W Keeping House " -----, Arthur S. 5 M W At Home " Whitney, Caroline 55 F W No Occupation " -----, Caroline F. 20 F W No Occupation " Morgan, Winifred 25 F W Domestic Servant Ireland Parents foreign born McCools, Elizabeth 18 F W Domestic Servant Mass. Parents foreign born

S. H. Davis was his daughter Seraphina.

References

1.^  "Benjamin L. [Whitney], [born] June 24, 1810. G.R.2," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).

2.^  "30 May 1852" according to Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 271, but 30 May 1855 according to "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 94, page 42.

3.^  "Caroline St. Aubyn [Whitney], [born] _____, 1814. G.R.2," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

4.^  "Benjamin L. [Whitney] of Boston, and Caroline St. A. Homer, [married] Aug. 23, 1837," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 284, page 53.

6.^  Pierce, loc. cit.

7.^  "Benjamin Lincoln [Whitney], s. of B. L. and Caroline St. A., bp. Apr. 25, 1842. C.R.9," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

8.^  "Benj[amin] [Whitney], s. of Benj[amin] L., [died] Dec. __, 1847, a. 10y. C.R.9," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

9.^  "Caroline St. Aubin [Whitney], d. of B. L. and Caroline St. A., bp. Apr. 25, 1842. C.R.9," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 127, page 47.

11.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 127, page 47.

12.^  "Seraphina Homer [Whitney], d. of B. L. and Caroline St. A., bp. Apr. 25, 1842. C.R.9," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

13.^  "Anna A. [Whitney], [born] Mar. 18, 1843. G.R.2," according to Cambridge Vital Records.

14.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 175, page 56.

15.^  "Caroline F. [Whitney], d. of Benjamin L., b. in Hingham, and Caroline St. A., b. in Lincoln, [born] Oct. 2, 1849," according to Cambridge Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 35, page 174.

16.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1910/27 (Death), page 323, and volume 1910/113 (Death), page 196.

17.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 254, page 269. Also, "Caroline F. Whitney (b. 1850, Cambridge, MA, d. of Benjamin Whitney & Caroline S. A. Homer) & Francis E. Seaver, m. 30 Sep 1873, NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2017, Robert L. Ward and the Whitney Research Group.

Retrieved from "http://wiki.whitneygen.org/wrg/index.php?title=Family:Whitney,_Benjamin_Lincoln_(1810-1855)&oldid=278874"