Family:Whitney, Luke (1783-1838)

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Luke7 Whitney (William6, William5, William4, Nathaniel3, John2, John1), son of William6 and Mary (Mansfield) Whitney, was born 21 May 1783, Winchendon, MA, and died 1 Sep 1838, Gardner, MA, aged 55 years.[1]

He married, 30 Jun 1806, Gardner, MA, Cynthia Partridge,[2] daughter of Jabez and Anna (Twitchell) Partridge. She was born 1 Dec 1785, Gardner, MA, and died 1 Jul 1860, Westminster, MA, aged 74 years, of palsy, widow.[3] She married secondly, 10 May 1847, Brattleboro, VT, Elisha Pierce (1772-1858), as his second wife. His first wife was Cynthia's sister Deborah. His son Elisha Pierce by his first wife married Luke and Cynthia's daughter Thuseba (see below).

He resided Gardner, MA.

Children of Luke7 and Cynthia (Partridge) Whitney:

i. Oreson8 Whitney, b. 12 Jan 1806, Gardner, MA;[4] m. Amanda Chase.
ii. Thuseba Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1808, Gardner, MA;[5] d. 5 Dec 1813, Gardner, MA.[6]
iii. Luke Whitney, b. 14 Feb 1810, Gardner, MA;[7] m.(1) Sarah A. Peirce; m.(2) Mary Peirce; m.(3) Amanda Wood.
iv. Celia Whitney, b. say 1811, d. 5 Dec 1815, Gardner, MA;[8]
v. Cynthia Whitney, b. 26 Jun 1813, Gardner, MA;[9] d. 25 Jun 1885, Gardner, MA;[10] m. 28 Aug 1863, Chester, VT (see notes below), Joel Green Watkins,[11] son of Elias and Sally7 (Whitney) Watkins, b. 4 Mar 1812, VT, d. 10 Aug 1869, Chester, VT.
vi. Thuseba Whitney, b. 6 May 1815, Gardner, MA;[12] d. 24 Jan 1864; m. (int. 4 Jun 1833, Westminster, MA[13]) 22 Jan 1833, Elisha Peirce, Jr., son of Elisha and Deborah (Partridge) Pierce, b. 11 Dec 1806, Westminster, MA, d. 2 Mar 1868; resided Fitchburg, MA.
Ch.: Mary F., b. 16 Dec 1834; m. 19 Sep 1852, George K. Ray, of West; resided South Gardner, MA; Nelson J., b. 3 Mar 1839; m. Mary A. Putney; resided Reading, MI; Franklin W., b. 9 May 1849; resided Reading, MI.
vii. William Whitney, b. 30 Aug 1817, Gardner, MA;[14] m. Caroline M. Pierce.
viii. Anna Whitney, b. 1 Apr 1819, Gardner, MA;[15] d. 10 Aug 1838, Gardner, MA.[16]
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x. Mary Whitney, b. 12 Aug 1823; bapt. 12 Aug 1827, Gardner, MA;[17] d. 1 Aug 1838, Gardner, MA.[18]
xi. Eliza Whitney, b. 23 Nov 1825, Gardner, MA; bapt. 12 Aug 1827, Gardner, MA;[19] d. 8 Apr 1893, Franklin, MA, aged 67 years 4 months 16 days, of carcinoma;[20] m. 9 Nov 1851, Springfield, MA, or Holyoke, MA, Dr. Gilbert Clark, b. 20 Dec 1822, Franklin, MA, son of Nathan Clark;[21] d. s. p. 24 Mar 1874; resided Franklin, MA.
xii. Asa Partridge Whitney, b. 26 Jan 1828; bapt. 1 Jun 1827, Gardner, MA;[22] m. Lucy Bixby.

Notes

The marriage record of Joel G. Watkins and Cynthia in 1863 gives her surname as "Watkins". The 1850 census shows Joel and Cynthia with a 7-year-old son George. George's birth record on 18 Aug 1843, Chester, VT, gives his parents as Joel and Cynthia Watkins, as does his death record on 8 Sep 1864, Andersonville Prison, GA.

Census

References

1.^  "Luke [Whitney], h. Cyntha, [died] Sept. 1, 1838 [a. 55. G.S.1]," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).

2.^  "Luke [Whitney] and Cyntha Partridge, [married] June 30, 1806," according to Gardner Vital Records.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 140, page 259.

4.^  "Orason [Whitney], ch. Luke and Cyntha, [born] Jan. 12, 1806," according to Gardner Vital Records.

5.^  "Thuceba [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [born] March 19, 1808," according to Gardner Vital Records.

6.^  "Thuseba [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [died] Dec. 19, 1813 [a. 5. G.S.1]," according to Gardner Vital Records.

7.^  "Luke [Whitney], s. Luke and Cyntha, [born] Feb. 14, 1810," according to Gardner Vital Records.

8.^  "Celia [Cynthia ?] [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [died] Dec. 5, 1813," according to Gardner Vital Records.

9.^  "Cynthia [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [born] June 26, 1813," according to Gardner Vital Records.

10.^  Massachusetts, Deaths, 1841-1915, at FamilySearch.org.

11.^  Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908, at Ancestry.com.

12.^  "Thuceba [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [born] May 6, 1815," according to Gardner Vital Records.

13.^  "Thuseba [Whitney] of Gardner and Elisha Pierce Jr. int. June 4, 1833," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1915).

14.^  "William [Whitney], s. Luke and Cyntha, [born] Aug. 30, 1817," according to Gardner Vital Records.

15.^  "Anna [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [born] April 1, 1819," according to Gardner Vital Records.

16.^  "Anna [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [died] Aug. 10, 1838 [a. 19. G.S.1]," according to Gardner Vital Records.

17.^  "Jerome [Whitney], s. Luke and Cyntha, [born] May 6, 1821," according to Gardner Vital Records.

18.^  "Jerome [Whitney], s. Luke and Cyntha, [died] Aug. 6, 1838 [a. 17 G.S.1]," according to Gardner Vital Records.

19.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. Luke and Cynthia, bap. Aug. 12, 1827. C.R.," according to Gardner Vital Records.

20.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. Luke and Cyntha, [died] Oct. 1, 1838 [a. 15 G.S.1]," according to Gardner Vital Records.

21.^  "Elisa [Whitney], d. Luke and Cynthia, bap. Aug. 12, 1827. C.R.," according to Gardner Vital Records.

22.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 437, page 514.

23.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 54, page 281.

24.^  "Asia Partridge [Whitney], s. Luke, bap. June 1, 1827. C.R.," according to Gardner Vital Records.

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