Family:Whitney, Joel (1777-a1810)
Joel Whitney (Joel), son of Joel and Mary (Fisher) Whitney, was born 21 Feb 1777, Chesterfield, NH.[1]
He married, 14 Apr 1799, Chesterfield, NH, Mary Wheeler.[2]
That he had a wife is inferred from the 1810 census, and that they were married about 1800-1804 is suggested by the births of three children between 1800 and 1810. Her name is from the death record of their son Royal B. Whitney. Nothing further is known of her.
Children of Joel and Mary (Wheeler) Whitney:
i. (son) Whitney, b. say 1801, Chesterfield, NH; living 1820. ii (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1803, Chesterfield, NH; living 1820. iii. Maria Baker Whitney, b. ca. 1810, Chesterfield, NH; d. 21 May 1870, Adams, MA, aged 60 years, of congestion of lungs;[3] unmarried. iv. (daughter) Whitney, b. say 1814, Chesterfield, NH; living 1820. v. Royal B. Whitney, b. ca. 14 Feb 1817, Chesterfield, NH; m.(1) ----- -----; m.(2) Sarah M. Smith.
It seems likely that this was the same family:
- Edy Farwell Whitney, dau. of Joel and Mary, born 20 Jul 1812, Littleton, NH.[4]
Census
- 1810, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH: Joel Whitney, Junr, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
- 1820, Chesterfield, Cheshire Co., NH: Mary Whitney, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, and 2 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture. This indicates that he no doubt died before 1820.
References
1.^ Oran E. Randall, History of Chesterfield, Cheshire County, N.H. : from the incorporation of "Township Number One" by Massachusetts in 1736, to the year 1881 : together with family histories and genealogies (Brattleboro, Vt.: D. Leonard, printer., 1882), p. 490. Also, New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.
2.^ "Joel Whitney & Polly Wheeler, m. 14 Apr 1799, NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 229, page 32.
4.^ New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.
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