Family:Whitney, Hosea (1813-1861)

Hosea⁸ Whitney (Zimri⁷, John⁶, Zachariah⁵, John⁴, Joseph³, John², John¹), son of Zimri⁷ and Susanna (Sanderson) Whitney, was born 17 Mar 1813, Rindge, NH, and died 1 Jul 1861, Charlestown, MA, aged 49 years 3 months, of a fit.^[1]

He married, 30 Nov 1837, Boston, MA, Charlotte Sawyer,^[2] daughter of James and Mary (-----) Sawyer. She was born 17 Jun 1810, New Hampton, NH, and died 12 Jan 1871, Boston, MA, aged 61 years 7 months, of organic disease of bowels.^[3]

He was a soap cutter. He resided Charlestown, MA.

Children of Hosea⁸ and Charlotte (Sawyer) Whitney:

i.	John Shepherd9 Whitney, b. 22 Nov 1838; m.(1) Irene Richmond; m.(2) Chloe (Peterson) Whiting.
ii.	Sarah A. Whitney, b. 30 May 1840; d. 30 Aug 1840.
iii.	Martha Whitney, b. 18 Sep 1841; m. 23 Oct 1859, Cambridge, MA, John Irving Rice, b. 9 May 1833, Houlton, ME, son of Francis and Margaret (-----) Rice;[4] res. Winchester, MA. Children: a. John Whitney Rice, b. 11 Aug 1860. b. Walter Lincoln Rice, b. 9 Nov 1865. c. Carrie Boutelle Rice, b. 19 Nov 1867. d. Marion Monroe Rice, b. 6 Jun 1872.
iv.	Sophia Whitney, b. 4 Aug 1843; d. 20 or 26 Aug 1843, Cambridge, MA, age 3/4 month.[5]
v.	Andrew J. Whitney, b. 20 Dec 1846, Cambridge, MA;[6] d. 20 Sep 1847, Cambridge, MA, aged 8 months 23 days, of bowel complaint.[7]

Census

• 1840, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA: Hosea Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 0-4.
• 1850, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA:

1449 1679 Nehemiah Clarke 47 M - Boarding House Keeper N.H. ... Hosea Whitney 45 M - Soap Maker Vt. John " 14 M - " Attended school

• 1850, Boston Ward 11, Suffolk Co., MA:

1285 2082 Susan Penfield 39 F - N.H. Ann " 14 " - Ms. Martha Whitney 10 " - " Attended school Nathan C. Penfield 9 M - Me. Attended school Wm. " 6 " - " Attended school John " 5 " - Ms. Attended school

Martha was living with her aunt Susan (Whitney) Penfield.

• 1850, Charlotte not found.
• 1855, Cambridge Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA:

81 116 Mary T. Mason 38 F - Mass. Mary M. " 17 F - N.H. Daniel B. " 11 M - " George Milton 28 M - Brick Worker " Horatio G. Turner 26 M - Paver Maine Thomas S. Thompson 26 M - Express " Hosea Whitney 41 M - Soapmaker N.H. James O. Allen 24 M - Teamster Vermont Joseph Allen 22 M - Stone Cutter Mass. 117 Stephen N. Parker 28 M - Carpenter Maine Olive W. " 27 F - " Ada A. " 3 F - "

• 1855, Charlestown Ward 3, Middlesex Co., MA:

47 60 Joseph Davis 43 M - Produce D. N.H. Pamela " 40 F - " John S. " 15 M - Student Mass. Geo. S. " 12 M - " Alva W. " 9 M - " Joseph A. " 5 M - " Ada B. E. " 2 F - " Charlotte Whitney 44 F - N.H. Elsie M. Libbie 17 F - Canada

• 1860, Charlestown, Middlesex Co., MA:

306 445 Asa C. Kingsbury 42 M - Machinist Mass. Hannah " 37 F - " Frank E. " 11 M - " Attended school Jas. H. Stevens 32 M - " " Adalaide " 21 F - " Frank " 2/12 M - " Wm. F. Hildreth 38 M - " " Christina 16 F - Rio Janeiro Isaac Prescott 48 M - Teamster Me. Hosea Whitney 40 M - N.H. Joseph Kelly 60 M - " Joseph Shaw 38 M - Ship Carpenter Me. Amos Cummings 56 M - Machinist "

• 1860, Charlotte not found.
• 1865 State, Somerville, Middlesex Co., MA:

593 662 Rice, John E. 32 M - Me. M Glass Cutter - - 1 1 - " , Martha 24 F - Mass. M - - - - - " , John W. 5 M - " - - - - - - " , Walter L. 1 M - " - - - - - - Whitney, Charlotte 54 F - N.H. W - - - - - 663 Fillebrown, Henry S. 30 M - Mass. M Glass Engraver - - 1 1 - " , Emily 24 F - " M - - - - - " , Silvester L. 6m M - " - - - - - -

• 1870, Charlestown Ward 1, Middlesex Co., MA:

662 951 Morse, Harry 62 M W Fish Market $2000 $600 N. Hampshire Male citizen over 21, Illiterate Fairbank, Etta 19 F W Keeps House Mass. Illiterate Whiting, Frank 46 M W Drives Team Maine Male citizen over 21, Illiterate Moulton, Saml. 40 M W Drives Team Mass. Male citizen over 21, Illiterate Smith, John 34 M W Drives Team $800 " Male citizen over 21, Illiterate Whitney, Charlotte 62 F W Keeps House N. Hampshire Illiterate

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 469.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 148, page 85.

2.^  Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Records.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 240, page 8.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 127, page 48.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 9, page 9.

6.^  "Andrew J. [Whitney], s. of Hosea, [born] Dec. 20, 1846," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 23, page 13.

7.^  "Andrew J. [Whitney], s. of Hosea and _____, [died] Sept. 20, 1847, a. 8m. 23d. Bowel complaint," 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 33, page 10.

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