Family:Whitney, Deborah (1759-1851)

Deborah⁵ Whitney (Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), daughter of Abel⁴ and Mary (Cane) Whitney, was born Feb 1759,^[1] and died 27 Oct 1851, Gorham, ME.^[2]

She married, 7 May 1777 [sic], Gorham, ME, Jeremiah Williams. Marriage intentions were published 17 May 1777 [sic], Gorham, ME, for her and Jeremiah Williams.^[3] He was born circa 1755, York, ME, and died 3 May 1823, Gorham, ME.

Children of Jeremiah and Deborah⁵ (Whitney) Williams, all born Gorham, ME:

ii.	Martha Williams6, b. 9 Mar 1778.
ii.	Mary Williams, b. 24 May 1782; d. 29 Nov 1873, Gorham, ME.
iii.	Peter Williams, b. 29 Oct 1783 or 1784, Gorham, ME; d. 23 Jan 1856, Gorham, ME.
iv.	Susanna Williams, b. 15 Feb 1785 or 1786, Gorham, ME; d. 7 May 1863, Gorham, ME.
v.	Lydia Williams, b. 5 Aug 1787; d. 19 Apr 1865, Gorham, ME.
vi.	Daniel Williams, b. 2 Aug 1789; d. 30 Jul 1823, Gorham, ME.
vii.	Joseph Williams, b. 14 Apr 1791; d. 7 Oct 1869, Gorham, ME.
viii.	Hannah Williams, b. 26 Mar 1793; d. 26 Jan 1853, Gorham, ME.

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3.^  "Deborah [Whitney], with Jeremiah Williams, [intentions] May 17, 1777," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).

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