Family:Whitney, Isaiah (1781-1812)

Isaiah⁶ Whitney (Isaiah⁵, Abraham⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Isaiah⁵, was born 8 Sep 1781, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died 26 Sep 1812, Harvard, MA, aged 31 years.^[2]

He "3d" married, 15 Apr 1807, Harvard, MA, Lydia Sawyer,^[3] daughter of Phinehas and Hannah (Whitcomb) Sawyer. She was born 30 Sep 1787, Harvard, MA, and died 16 Mar 1873, Shrewsbury, MA, aged 86 years 4 months 16 days [sic], of heart disease. She married secondly, 1 Apr 1828, Shrewsbury, MA, Samuel⁷ Whitney, q.v.

Children of Isaiah⁶ and Lydia (Sawyer) Whitney:

i.	Francis Wheeler7 Whitney, b. 18 Jan 1808, Harvard, MA;[4] d. 25 Aug 1825, Harvard, MA, aged 18 years or 17 years 6 months.[5]
ii.	Phinehas Whitney, b. 12 May 1809, Harvard, MA;[6] d. 3 Oct 1810, Harvard, MA, aged 10 months, of quinsy, or d. 4 Oct 1810, Harvard, MA, aged 17 months.[7]
iii.	Hannah Whitney, b. about Oct 1811, d. 8 Feb 1812, Harvard, MA, aged 3 or 4 months, of consumption.[8]
iv.	Mary Whitney, b. 23 Feb 1813 (posthumously), Harvard, MA; bapt. 15 May 1813, Harvard, MA;[9] d. 21 Mar 1851, Worcester, MA; m. (int. 2 Nov 1833, Westborough, MA[10]) 10 Dec 1833, Shrewsbury, MA, Edwards Whipple Green;[11] b. 3 Feb 1809, Westborough, MA, d. 13 Oct 1868, Westborough, MA; son of Stephen and Sophie (Parker) Green. He m.(2) 11 Jul 1852, Worcester, MA, Henryette Evelina Atkinson (1834-1893). Children: a. Mary S. Green, b. 12 Jul 1835, Shrewsbury, MA. b. Sarah W. Green, b. 8 Sep 1836, Shrewsbury, MA. c. Harriet L. Green, b. 16 Jul 1839, Shrewsbury, MA. d. Francis E. Green, b. 30 Oct 1841, Shrewsbury, MA. e. Frederick A. Green, b. 6 May 1844, Grafton, MA. f. Addison W.Green, b. 1 Dec 1846, Grafton, MA.

Census

• 1810, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Isaiah Whitney 3d, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 0-9, and 1 female 16-25.
• 1820, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Lydia Whitney, 1 male 10-15, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 0-9.

References

1.^  "Isaiah [Whitney], s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, [born] Sept. 8, 1781," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Isaiah [Whitney] 3d, s. of Isaiah Jr. and Mary, [died] Sept. 26, 1812, a. 31 y.," according to Harvard Vital Records.

3.^  "Isaiah [Whitney] 3d and Lydia Sawyer, [married] Apr. 15, 1807," according to Harvard Vital Records.

4.^  "Francis Wheeler [Whitney], s. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, [born] Jan. 18, 1808," according to Harvard Vital Records.

5.^  "Francis Wheeler [Whitney], s. of wid. Lydia, [died] Aug. 25, 1825, a. 18 y. C.R. 2. (s. of Isaiah and Lydia, Aug. 24, 1825, a. 17 y. 6 m. G.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.

6.^  "Phinehas [Whitney], s. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, [born] May 12, 1809," according to Harvard Vital Records.

7.^  "(Phinehas, G.R.1.) [Whitney], s. of Isaiah 3d (and Lydia, G.R.1.), [died] Oct. 3, 1810, a. 10 m. Quinsy. C.R.1. (Oct. 4, 1810, a. 17 m. G.R.1," according to Harvard Vital Records.

8.^  "(Hannah, G.R.1.) [Whitney], d. of Isaiah 3d (and Lydia, G.R.1.), [died] Feb. 8, 1812, a. 4 m. Consumption. C.R.1. (a. 3 m. G.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.

9.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. of Isaiah 3d and Lydia, [born] Feb. 23, 1813. (Mary, d. of Is[siah] 3d dec. and Lydia [Whitney], bp. May 15, 1813. C.R.1.)," according to Harvard Vital Records.

10.^  "Mary [Whitney] of Shrewsbury and Edwards W. Green, int. Nov. 2, 1833," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).

11.^  "Mary [Whitney] and Edward W. Green of Westborough, [married] Dec. 10, 1833," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1904).

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