Family:Whitney, Jonathan (1771-1839)
Jonathan6 Whitney (Jonathan5, Zaccheus4, Jonathan3, Jonathan2, John1), son of Jonathan5 and Mary (Wyman) Whitney, was born 27 Mar 1771, Lancaster, MA,[1] was baptized 31 Mar 1771, Lancaster, MA,[2] and died 22 Jan 1839, Brighton, MA.[3]
He married, 24 Nov 1801, Boston, MA,[4] Esther Green Stetson, daughter of John and Joanna (Green) Stetson. She was born 7 Sep 1781, Hingham, MA, and died 15 Aug 1843, Brighton, MA.[5] They lived in Boston, MA. The entire family (those who died before 1874) were relocated from an unknown cemetery to Mount Auburn Cemetery and re-interred on 29 May 1874, per cemetery records.
Children of Jonathan6 and Esther Green (Stetson) Whitney:
i. Jonathan7 Whitney, b. ca. 19 Apr 1804, Boston, MA; d. 3 Dec 1856, Boston, MA (also recorded at Brighton, MA), aged 52 years 7 months 14 days, of heart disease, gentleman;[6] unmarried. ii. Esther G. Whitney, b. ca. 1808, Boston, MA; d. 1 Jan 1848, Brighton, MA, aged 39 years, of consumption;[7] unmarried. iii. Mary W. Whitney, b. ca. 1810, Boston, MA; d. 17 Jul 1852, Brighton, MA, aged 42 years, of consumption; unmarried.[8] iv. Elizabeth I. Whitney, b. ca. 2 Nov 1812, Boston, MA; d. 13 Feb 1873, Boston, MA, aged 60 years 3 months 11 days, of apoplexy; unmarried.[9] v. Frances S. Whitney, b. ca. 30 Jan 1818, Boston, MA; d. 9 Jun 1877, Boston, MA, aged 59 years 4 months 9 days, of debility, neurlagia, and abcess;[10] m. 28 Jan 1858, Boston, MA, Charles Allen Browne, 43, druggist, b. ca. 1814, Salem, MA, and died 1 Mar 1893 Boston, MA, son of James and Lydia (Vincent) Browne, as his second wife.[11]
Census
- 1810, Boston Ward 6, Suffolk Co., MA: Jonathan Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 2 females 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.
- 1820, Boston Ward 6, Suffolk Co., MA: Jonathan Whitney, 1 male over 45, 1 male 10-15, 1 female over 45, and 4 females 0-9.
- 1830, Boston Ward 7, Suffolk Co., MA: Jonathan Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 20-29, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 20-29, 2 females 15-19, and 1 female 10-14.
- 1850, Brighton, Middlesex Co., MA:
198 250 Francis Room 34 M - Carpenter Nova Scotia Jane " 27 F - " Ann Holdscraft 58 F - " Sarah Dauphany 34 F - " Robert " 8 M - " Attended school Mary " 6 F - " Attended school Isabella " 10/12 F - " William Small 9 M - " Attended school 251 Jonathan Whitney 46 M - None $6500 Mass. Mary " 38 F - " Elizabeth J. " 36 F - " Frances " 30 F - "
207 304 Jonathan Whitney 50 M - Gentleman Massachusetts Elizabeth I. Whitney 35 F - do Frances S. Whitney 30 F - do 305 Thomas Austin 60 M - Baker do Anne P. Austin 50 F - do Francis E. Austin 25 F - do Jonathan W. Austin 16 M - do Mary Bowe 22 F - Ireland Ann Walch 22 F - do
33 32 Charles A. Brown 47 M - Druggist $20000 - Massachusetts H. S. Whitney " 42 F - " William A. " 19 M - Clerk " Rebecca " 18 F - " E. J. Whitney 47 M - $75000 - " Catherine Griffin 24 F - Servant Ireland Mary Brown 28 F - " "
There are his daughters Frances (not "H.") and Elizabeth.
References
1.^ "Jonathan [Whitney], s. of Jonathan and Mary, [born] Mar. 27, 1771. T.R.1," according to Lancaster Vital Records, p. 108.
2.^ "Jonathan [Whitney], s. of Mr. Jonathan and wife, bap. Mar. 31, 1771. C.R.1.1," according to Lancaster Vital Records, p. 307.
3.^ Find A Grave memorial #112499909, Jonathan Whitney.
4.^ "Whitney, Jonathan [Whitney] and Easther Green Stutson [int. reads Stitson], [married] Nov. 24, 1801," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 280
5.^ Find A Grave memorial #136411721, Esther Green Stetson Whitney.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 103, page 34, and volume 104, page 89.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 33, page 6.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 67, page 58.
9.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 258, page 35.
10.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 294, page 112.
11.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 119, page 4.
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