Family:Whitney, Isaac (1761-1825)

Isaac⁶ Whitney (David⁵, Thomas⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of David⁵ and Sarah (Rugg)(Hill) Whitney, was born 27 Nov 1761, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 10 Apr 1825, Harvard, MA, aged 64 years.^[2]

He married 22 Mar 1785, Harvard, MA, Susannah Fletcher.^[3] She was born about 1764, and died 12 Nov 1845, Harvard, MA, aged 81 years, of fever.^[4]

He resided Harvard, Ashburnham, and Ashby, MA, 1786.

Children of Isaac⁶ and Susannah (Fletcher) Whitney:

i.	Isaac7 Whitney, b. 28 Jan 1787, Ashburnham, MA;[5] "Jr." "of Ashby" m. 31 Aug 1809, Ashburnham, MA, Sally Broughton;[6] resided Ashburnham and Ashby, MA.
v.	David Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1789, Ashburnham, MA;[7] d. 6 Oct 1853, Ashby, MA;[8] m. 12 Dec 1815, New Ipswich, NH, Charlotte Blanchard.
iii.	Susannah Whitney, b. 14 Mar 1791, Ashby, MA;[9] d. 5 Sep 1862, Harvard, MA, aged 71 years 5 months 20 days, of consumption;[10] m.(1) (int. 1 Feb 1821, Harvard, MA) Alexander Eustice;[11] m.(2) 14 Feb 1843, Harvard, MA, William Conant.
iv.	Betsey Whitney, b. 30 Oct 1792, Ashby, MA;[12] "of Ashby" m. (int. 7 Nov 1814, Harvard, MA) William Conant.[13]
v.	Polly Whitney, b. 3 Feb 1796, Ashby, MA;[14] "Mary" d. 2 May 1879, Harvard, MA, aged 83 years 3 months, of tubercular consumption;[15] "Mary", m. 1 Apr 1824, Harvard, MA, Addison Smith Edgerly.[16]
vi.	Nabby Whitney, b. 12 Mar 1798, Ashby, MA.[17]
vii.	Samuel Whitney, b. 2 Jul 1807, Ashby, MA;[18] d. 3 Jul 1807, Ashby, MA.[19]
viii.	Zimri Whitney, b. 2 Jul 1807, Ashby, MA;[20] m. Nancy Lawrence.

Census

• 1790, Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA: Isaac Whitney, 1 male over 16, 2 males 0-15, and 1 female.
• 1800, Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA: Isaac Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 10-15, 1 female 26-44, and 4 females 0-9.
• 1810, Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA: Isaac Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 10-15, 3 females 0-9.
• 1820, Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA: Isaac Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 10-15, 1 and female over 45; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, widow Susannah not found.
• 1840, widow Susannah not found.

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), pp. 188-189.

1.^  "Isaac [Whitney], s. of David and Sarah, [born] Nov. 27, 1761," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Isaac [Whitney], [died] Apr. 10, 1825, a. 64 y. G.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "Isaac [Whitney] (Jr. int.) and Susanna Fletcher, [married] Mar. 22, 1785," according to Harvard Vital Records.

4.^  "(Susanna, G.R.1.) [Whitney], wid. of Isaac, G.R.1.), [died] Nov. 12, 1845, a. 81 y. Fever. (Nov. 11, 1845. G.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.

5.^  "Isaac [Whitney], s. Isaac and -----, [born] Jan. 28, 1787," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909). Also "Isaac [Whitney], s. Isaac and Susanna, at Ashburnham, [born] Jan. 18, 1787," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989), pp. 88-90.

6.^  "Isaac [Whitney] Jr. of Ashby and Sally Broughton, [married] Aug. 31, 1809," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.

7.^  "David [Whitney], s. Isaac and -----, [born] March 14, 1789," according to Ashburnham Vital Records. Also "David [Whitney], s. Isaac and Susanna, at Ashburnham, [born] Mar. 14, 1789," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

8.^  "David [Whitney], s. Isaac, [died] Oct. 6, 1853," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

9.^  "Susanna [Whitney], d. Isaac and Susanna, at Ashburnham, [born] Mar. 14, 1791," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

10.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 158, page 227.

11.^  "Susan [Whitney] and Alexander Eustice, int. Feb. 1, 1821," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

12.^  "Betsey [Whitney], d. Isaac and Susanna, [born] Oct. 30, 1792," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

13.^  "Betsy of Ashby, and William Conant, int. Nov. 7, 1814," according to Harvard, Massachusetts, Vital Records.

14.^  "Polly [Whitney], d. Isaac and Susanna, [born] Feb. 3, 1796," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

15.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 312, page 342.

16.^  "Mary [Whitney] and Adison (Addison S., int.) Edgely, [married] Apr. 1, 1824," according to Harvard, Massachusetts, Vital Records.

17.^  "Nabby [Whitney], ch. Isaac and Susanna, [born] Mar. 12, 1798," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

18.^  "Samuel [Whitney], s. twin, Isaac and Susanna, [born] July 2, 1807," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

19.^  "Samuel [Whitney], s. Isaac and Susanna, [died] July 3, 1807," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

20.^  "Zimri [Whitney], d. twin, Isaac and Susanna, [born] July 2, 1807," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

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