Family:Whitney, Elias (1763-a1820)
Elias5 Whitney (Amos4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Amos4 and Sarah (Payne) Whitney, was born 2 Apr 1763, Gorham, ME,[1] and died after 1820.
He married 14 Dec 1788, Gorham, ME, Polly Fowler,[2] parentage, birth and death unknown.
Children of Elias5 and Polly (Fowler) Whitney:
i. (son)6 Whitney, b. before 1790, Freeport, ME, deduced from 1790 Census. ii. (daughter) Whitney, b. before 1790, Freeport, ME, deduced from 1790 Census. iii. (son) Whitney, b. 1790-1800, Freeport, ME, deduced from 1800 Census. iv. (daughter) Whitney, b. 1790-1800, Freeport, ME, deduced from 1800 Census. v. (son) Whitney, b. 1790-1800, Freeport, ME, deduced from 1800 Census. vi. (daughter) Whitney, b. 1790-1800, Freeport, ME, deduced from 1800 Census. vii. (son) Whitney, b. 1790-1800, Freeport, ME, deduced from 1800 Census. viii. (child) Whitney, b. about 1801, , d. before 9 Jun 1805, Freeport, ME.
Notes
One of the children may have been Emeline L. Whitney of Portland who m. 7 Dec 1830, Portland, ME, William Merrill, Jr., of Pownal, ME.[3] She was born about 1809.
Census
- 1790, Freeport, Cumberland Co., ME: Elias Whitney, 1 male over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 2 females.
- 1800, Bridgeton, Cumberland Co., ME: Elias "Witney", 1 male 26-44, 4 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 0-9.
- 1810, Portland, Cumberland Co., ME: Elias Whitney , 1 male over 45, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 16-25, 2 females 10-15, and 3 females 0-9.
- 1820, Portland, Cumberland Co., ME: Elias Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 female over 45, 1 female 16-25, and 2 females 10-15.
- 1830: not found.
References
- Gorham Vital Records
- 1790 Census
- 1800 Census
- 1810 Census Index
- 1820 Census Index
1.^ "Elias [Whitney], s. Amos and Sarah (Payne), [born] Apr. 2, 1763," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897).
2.^ "Elias [Whitney] and Polly ["Polley"in original] Fowler, [married] Dec. 14, 1788," according to Marquis Fayette King, comp., Publishments, marriages, births and deaths from the earlier records of Gorham, Maine (Portland, ME: Maine Genealogical Society, 1897). Also, "Dec. 14, 1788, Elias WITNEY & Polly FOWLER; by Caleb JEWET, Gorham (A:32)," according to Kelley, Judith Holbrook, ed. and transcr., Clayton Rand Adams, ed., Marriage Returns of Cumberland County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 29 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 69.
3.^ "Dec. 7, 1830, William MERRILL, Jr. of Pownal & Emeline L. WHITNEY of Portland; by Bennett Tyler, [?Portland?] (A:95)," according to Kelley, Judith Holbrook, ed. and transcr., Clayton Rand Adams, ed., Marriage Returns of Cumberland County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 29 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 126.
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