Family:Whitney, Levi (1798-1863)

Levi⁷ Whitney (Aaron⁶, Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Aaron⁶ and Phebe (Dunklee) Whitney, was born 7 Jul 1798, Amherst, NH,^[1] and died 28 Jun 1863, Calais, ME.^[2]

He married 24 Aug 1824, Watertown, MA, Jane⁷ Whitney, daughter of Moses⁶ and Jane (Polley) Whitney. She was born 13 Jun 1805, Watertown, MA, and died 14 Jun 1843, Calais, ME.^[3]

Marriage intentions were published 19 Jan 1845, for him and his second wife H. E. W. Mason, "both of Calais"^[4] He married secondly, after 19 Jan 1845 and before 1850, Calais, ME, before 1850, Hannah E. W. (-----) Mason. She was born about 1811, ME, and died after 1880.

He resided Calais, ME.

Children of Levi⁷ and Jane⁷ (Whitney) Whitney:

i.	Phebe Jane8 Whitney, b. 13 Jun 1825; d. 21 Oct 1826, Saco, ME.[5]
ii.	Levi F. Whitney, b, 29 Oct 1827; d, 3 Jan 1833.
iii.	Charles Henry Whitney, b. 30 Jan 1829, ME; m. Maria L. Hiltz.
iv.	Horace Whitney, b. 16 Jun 1830; d. 30 Oct 1831.
v.	George E. Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1832; d. 29 Jun 1833.
vi.	Julia A. Whitney, b. 1 Nov 1833; d. 1849.
vii.	Mary Olive Whitney, b. 15 May 1835; d. April 28, 1836.
viii.	Edward Llewellyn Whitney, b. 23 Sep 1837, Calais, ME;[6] d. 30 Aug 1838, Calais, ME.[7]
ix.	Harriett Emeline Whitney, b. Jan 1840, Calais, ME;[8] m. 18 Jan 1858, Henry A. Hiltz; b. 7 Feb 1831; d. 18 Dec 1877; resided 21 Carlton St., Somerville, MA. Children: a. Eugenie Hiltz, b. 15 Jun 1859; m. 14 Jul 1881, Malden, MA, Charles H. Collagan; post office address, 21 Carlton St., Somerville, MA. Children: 1. Mabel Eugenie Collagan, b. 28 Aug 1890
x.	William Harrison Whitney, b. 22 Oct 1841, Calais, ME;[9] d. 8 Mar 1843, Calais, ME.[10]
xi.	Jane Whitney, b. 26 May 1843, Calais, ME;[11] d. 6 Jun 1843, Calais, ME.[12]
xii.	Mary Whitney, b. 26 May 1843, Calais, ME;[13] d. 15 Sep 1844, Calais, ME.[14]

Children of Levi⁷ and Hannah E. W. (-----)(Mason) Whitney:

xiii.

Edward Everett8 Whitney, b. 7 May 1853, ME; m. Violetta Wood.

Census

• 1830, Biddeford, York Co., ME: Levi Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 10-14, and 1 female 0-4.

This extract is identified as belonging to this Levi Whitney because his brother Luke is enumerated on the same page. Also, a child died in the neighboring town of Saco in 1826.

• 1840, Calais, Washington Co., ME: Levi Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 2 males 20-29, 2 males 10-14, 1 female 30-39, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 5-9, and 1 female 0-4; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Calais, Washington Co., ME:

401 438 Levi Whitney 52 M - Machinist $1200 N. Hampshire Hannah 39 F - Maine Angeline 24 F - " Charles H. 21 M - Machinist " Harriet E. 10 F - " Henry E. Mason 11 M - " John Prescott 19 M - Machinist "

• 1860, Calais, Washington Co., ME:

205 209 Levi Whitney 61 M - Machinist $4500 $1500 N.H. Hannah E. W. Whitney 48 F - Maine Angeline Whitney 32 F - Do Everett Whitney 7 M - Do Attended school John Ward 14 M - Do Thomas Mahoney 20 M - Farm Laborer Ireland

• 1870, Calais Ward 2, Washington Co., ME:

183 234 Whitney, Hannah 50 F W Housekeeping Maine, Us. -----, Everett 17 M W Lumberman "

• 1880, Calais, Washington Co., ME:

Everett WHITNEY 27 Self M M W ME Barber --- ME Violetta WHITNEY 25 Wife F M W ME Keeping House NOV SCO ME Mabel WHITNEY 4 Dau F S W ME ME ME Hannah WHITNEY 68 Moth F W W ME MA MA

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), p. 362.

1.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

2.^  "Levi [Whitney], [died] June 30, 1863, ae 65y.," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 466.

3.^  "Jane [Whitney], w. Levi, [died] June 14, 1843, ae 41y.," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 175.

4.^  "Levi, and H. E. W. Mason, b. of Calais, int. Jan. 19, 1845," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 14.

5.^  "----- [Whitney], a child of Levi, [died] 21 Oct. 1826," according to ______, First book of records of the town of Pepperellborough, now the city of Saco (Portland, Me.: Thurston Print, 1896).

6.^  "Edward Llewellyn [Whitney], s. Levi and Jane, [born] Sep. 23, 1837," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 14.

7.^  "Edward L. [Whitney], s. Levi and Jane, [died] Aug. 30, 1838. [p. 175]," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 158.

8.^  "Harriet Emeline [Whitney], d. Levi and Jane, [born] Jan. 18, 1840," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 158.

9.^  "William Harrison [Whitney], s. Levi and Jane, [born] Oct. 22, 1841," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 158.

10.^  "William H. [Whitney], s. Levi and Jane, [died] Mar. 6, 1843," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 175.

11.^  "Jane [Whitney], d. Levi and Jane, [born] May 26, 1843," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 158.

12.^  "Jane [Whitney], d. Levi and Jane, [died] June 6, 1843," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 175.

13.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. Levi and Jane, [born] May 26, 1843," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 158.

14.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. Levi and Jane, [died] Sep. 15, 1844," according to Howland, Sharon D., Vital Records of Calais to the Year 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1999, 2000, 2001), p. 175.

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