Family:Whitney, Henry (1819-b1855)
Henry8 Whitney (Moses7, Hananiah6, Samuel5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of Moses7 and Sophia (Cutter) Whitney, was born 4 Nov 1819, and died before 1855, and probably before 1850.
He "of Richmond, Va." married, 21 Apr 1846, Worcester, MA, Jane Haskell Puffer, daughter of Seth and Achsah N. (-----) Puffer.[1] She was born about 1821, Worcester, MA. She married secondly, 18 Jun 1855, Worcester, MA, James F. Weston, of Bethel, VT, born about 1816, Bethel, VT, son of Daniel and Sylvia (-----) Weston.[2]
Children of Henry8 and Jane Haskell (Puffer) Whitney:
i. Ella9 Whitney, b. 23 Apr 1847, Richmond, VA. ii. Henry Clifford Whitney, b. 3 Aug 1848, Worcester, MA.[3] iii. Alfred Puffer Whitney, b. 3 Aug 1849, Richmond, VA, or Worcester, MA;[4] d. 18 Jul 1850, Worcester, MA, aged 11 months, of disease of the brain.[5]
Census
- 1850, Henry not found.
- 1850, Worcester Ward 2, Worcester Co., MA:
166 244 Seth Puffer 54 M - Carriage trimmer Ms. Achsah " 49 F - " Joseph S. Wesby 31 M - Book binder " Ann E. " 25 F - " Jane H. Whitney 29 F - " Etta " 3 F - Va. Clifford " 2 M - " Alfred P. " 1 M - Ms. Bridget Holland 30 F - Ireland 245 George B. Felt 30 M - Clerk N.H. Frances L. " 25 F - Ms.
- 1860: not found.
- 1870: not found.
References
1.^ "Henry [Whitney], of Richmond, Va., and Jane-H. Puffer, [married] April 21, 1846," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Births 1714-1848; Marriages 1747-1848; Deaths, 1826-1848), Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, vol. 12 (1894). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 19, page 210.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 89, page 265.
3.^ "Henry-Clifford [Whitney], s. Henry and Jane, [born] Aug. 3, 1848," according to Worcester 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 36, page 405.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 36, page 419.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 50, page 158.
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