Family:Whitney, Levi (1793-1876)

Levi⁷ Whitney (Jonas⁶, Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Jonas⁶ and Relief⁶ (Whitney) Whitney, was born 23 Aug 1793, Harvard, MA,^[1] or 23 Aug 1795,^[2] and died 19 Aug 1876, Boston, MA, aged 83 years, of diarrhea, resided 68 Temple Street.^[3]

He married, date and place unknown, Mary -----. She was born about 1803, NH, and died 1889.

He kept the Commercial Coffee House in Boston, MA.

Children of Levi⁷ and Mary (-----) Whitney, if any, unknown.

Census

• 1830, Boston Ward 7, Suffolk Co., MA: Levi Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 15-19, and 1 female 30-39.
• (poss.) 1840, Boston Ward 9, Suffolk Co., MA: Mary Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 5-9; 1 engaged in commerce.
• 1850, Boston Ward 8, Suffolk Co., MA:

Commercial Coffee House 439 1732 Augustus Lyman 25 M - Clerk N.Y. ... Levi Whitney 57 M - Hotel Mass. ... Mary Whitney 45 F - N.H.

• 1855, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk Co., MA:

95 96 Levi Whitney 60 M - Innholder Mass. Mary " 52 F - N.H. Sarah Clapp 20 F - Maine Joseph Aiken 18 M - Clerk Maine Joanna Hogan 20 F - Ireland

• 1860, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk Co., MA:

92 99 Levi Whitney 68 M - Grocer $20000 $1000 Mass. Mary " 57 F - N.H. Geo. Evans 37 M - Broker U.S. Tim. Wallace 45 " - Printer N.H. Bridget Russell 24 F - Domestic Ireland Cannot read or write Anne Morse 27 " - Copyist N.H.

• 1865 State, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk Co., MA:

113 114 Levi Whitney 69 M - Mass. M None - - 1 1 - Mary Whitney 62 F - N.H. " - - - - - Mary Ballou 19 " - " S Servant - - - - - John E. Harriman 37 M - Mass. M Printer - - 1 1 - Miss Hyde 38 F - Vt. S Dressmaker - - - - -

• 1870, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk Co., MA:

610 1065 Whitney, Levi 76 M W No Business Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 68 F W Keeping House N. Hampshire Ballou, Mary 24 F W Domestic Servant "

• 1880, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA:

Mary WHITNEY 77 Self F W W NH Keeping House NH NH Mary BALLOW 38 Niec F S W NH At Home NH NH Louisa BALLOW 27 Niec F S W NH At Home NH NH Harry L. CHAPMAN 22 Oth M S W MA Engineer MA MA Thos. B. CHAPMAN 24 Oth M S W MA Butcher CT MA Albert F. FAIRBANKS 45 Oth M M W RI Broker RI RI Ezra PERCIVAL 47 Oth M S W MA Veneerer ME ME Elmer CLARK 19 Oth M S W MA Butcher MA MA David H. LAWRENCE 20 Oth M S W MA Clerk In Store MA MA

References

1.^  "Levi [Whitney], s. of Jonas and Relief, [born] Aug. 23, 1793," according to Harvard Vital Records.

2.^  "Levi [Whitney], [born] Aug. 23, 1795. G.R.3," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 285, page 193. Mary's death not found in this reference.

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