Family:Whitney, Elisha (1786-1867)

Elisha⁷ Whitney (Daniel⁶, Elijah⁵, Daniel⁴, John³, John², John¹), son of Daniel⁶ and Sarah (Gay) Whitney, was born 24 Jun 1786, Warwick, MA,^[1] and died 23 Feb 1867, St. Pie, QC.

Marriage intentions were published 28 Oct 1809, Brookline, MA, for him and Abigail Baker Gay "of Dedham".^[2] Marriage intentions were published 29 Oct 1809, Dedham, MA, for him "of Boston" and "Mrs." Abigail Baker Gay "of Dedham". He married, 19 Nov 1809, Dedham, MA, Abigail Baker Gay,^[3] daughter of Joel and Abigail (Davis) Gay. She was born 28 Jul 1793, Roxbury, MA, and died 19 Nov 1867, Abbotsford, Rouville, QC.

Children of Elisha⁷ and Abigail Baker (Gay) Whitney:

i.	Abigail8 Whitney, b. say 1810.
ii.	Elisha Whitney, b. say 1810; not in family in 1820.
iii.	George Gay Whitney, b. say 1812; not in family in 1820.
iv.	Mary Willard Whitney, b. 5 Feb 1815, Roxbury, MA; d. 1 Mar 1865, Hardwick, VT; bur. Houston Hill Cemetery, Walden, VT;[4] m. 15 Jan 1834, Walden, VT, Giles Houston.[5]
v.	Sophia Whitney, b. say 1817.
vi.	Seneca Franklin Whitney, b. say 1820.
vii.	Nancy Gay Whitney, b. ca. 1822; d. after 1850, then unmarried.
viii.	Joseph Albert Whitney, b. 15 Jul 1825, Walden, VT; d. 9 Feb 1866, Emileville, QC, of tuberculosis; m. 22 Jul 1850, Emileville, QC, Lovina Harriet Jackman, b. 27 Nov 1824, Abbotsford, QC, d. 16 Dec 1912, Vancouver, BC, dau. of Humphrey and Mary (Ayer) Jackman.

Census

• 1810, 3rd Ward, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Elisha Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9.
• 1820, Walden, Caledonia Co., VT: Whitney, Elisha, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44, and 3 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Walden, Caledonia Co., VT: Elish Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 15-19, 2 males 5-9, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 15-19, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850: not found.
• 1850, Walden, Caledonia Co., VT:

96 98 Edwd. Layfayette 34 M - C.E. Mary J. " 26 F - Vt. Nancy Whitney 28 F - "

• 1860: not found.

References

• Mailing List:2002-11-11 02, Whitney of Canada, VT and Mass., by Taryn Jones

1.^  "Elishah [Whitney], s. Daniel and Sarah, [born] Saturday, 24 Jun 1786," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, "Massachusetts vital records", Warwick (Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1982-present), volume 1, page 47.

2.^  "Elisha [Whitney] and Abigail Baker Gay of Dedham, [married] Oct. 28, 1809. In Brookline. [p. 504]," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903). This appears to be intentions of marriage, rather than a marriage record.

3.^  "Elisha [Whitney], Mr., of Boston, and Miss Abigail Baker Gay, of Dedham, int. Oct. 29, 1809 [VR], m. Nov. 19, 1809," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886).

1.^  Find A Grave memorial #21395797, Mary Whitney Houston.

2.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

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