Family:Whitney, Mary (1761-1835)

Mary⁶ Whitney (Joshua⁵, Daniel⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), daughter of Capt. Joshua⁵ and Mary (Clarke) Whitney, was born 19 Jun 1761, Worcester, MA, and died 27 Apr 1835, Gilsum, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. She is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Lawrenceville, St. Lawrence, NY.^[1]

She married, 24 Jun 1778, Worcester, MA, Samuel⁶ Whitney,^[2] son of Hon. Joseph⁵ and Mary (Hastings) Whitney. They were third cousins by common descent from John² and Ruth (Reynolds) Whitney. He was born 7 Aug 1758, Newton, MA, and died 1 Jun 1831. He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Lawrenceville, St. Lawrence, NY.^[3]

Children of Samuel⁶ and Mary (Whitney) Whitney:

i.	William Bartholomew7 Whitney, b. 18 Apr 1779, Worcester, MA,[4] or "Bartholomew" 4 Oct 1778, Gilsum, NH;[5] m. Lydia Ann Lawrence.
ii.	Samuel7 Whitney, b. 14 Jul 1781, Gilsum, NH;[6] m.(1) Hope Blish; m.(2) Elsey Everts.
iii.	Joshua Whitney, b. 10 Jun 1784; m. Harriett Tuttle.
iv.	Mary 'Polly' Whitney, b. 10 April 1786 Gilsum, NH; m. David Blish.
v.	Lois Whitney, b. 23 Aug 1788, Gilsum, NH;[7] m. James M. Marks; resided Keene, NH.
vi.	Luther Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1791, Gilsum, NH;[8] m. Betsey Dart.
vii.	Lydia Whitney, b. 6 Sep 1793, Gilsum, NH;[9] d. 25 Jan 1887; m. 18 May 1813, Surry, NH, James Locke;[10] resided Wellsboro, PA. He was b. 18 May 1790; d. 14 Mar 1874. He was a watchmaker and jeweler; resided Wellsboro, PA.
viii.	Daniel Whitney, b. 3 Sep 1795, Gilsum, NH;[11]; m. Emeline Henshaw.
ix.	William Clarke Whitney, b. 29 Aug 1797, Gilsum, NH;[12] d. unmarried in Belleville, ON.
x.	Lucy Whitney, b. 27 Apr 1800, Gilsum, NH;[13] m.(1) 20 Mar 1820, Gilsum, NH, Isaac Coburn;[14] m.(2) 27 May 1824, Gilsum, NH, Rev. John Smith,[15] an M.E. clergyman; resided Parishville, NY.

Census

• 1790, Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH: Samuel Whitney, 1 male over 16, 3 males 0-15, and 3 females.
• 1800, Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH: Sam^l Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 16-25, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH: Whitney, Samuel, 1 male over 45, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female over 45, 2 females 16-25, and 1 female 10-15.
• 1820, Gilsum, Cheshire Co., NH: Whitney, Lemuel, 1 male over 45, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, and 1 female 16-25; 2 engaged in agriculture. Even though the record is clearly "Lemuel", this must be an error for Samuel, who lived in Gilsum at this time, but cannot be found otherwise in the census. Furthermore, there is no known Lemuel Whitney who could have been living there at that time.

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), pp. 131-132.

1.^  "Samuel [Whitney], s. Joseph and Mary, [born] Aug. 7, 1758," according to Vital Records of Newton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1905).

2.^  Whitney, Mary - Find A Grave Memorial

3.^  "Samuel [Whitney], and Mary Whitney, [married] June 24, 1778," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Worcester Births, Marriages and Deaths. (Births 1714-1848; Marriages 1747-1848; Deaths, 1826-1848), Collections of the Worcester Society of Antiquity, vol. 12 (1894).

4.^  Whitney, Samuel - Find A Grave Memorial

4.^  Whitney, Mary - Find A Grave Memorial

5.^  "Bartholomew [Whitney], s. Samuel and Mary, [born] Apr. 18, 1779.," according to Worcester Vital Records.

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

7.^  "Samuel [Whitney], s. Samuel and Mary, [born] Jan. 27, 1782," according to Worcester Vital Records. According to Gilsum, NH Town Clerk Records, Samuel Whitney was b. 14 Jul. 1781 who was married to Hope Blish.

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

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

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

11.^  "Lydia Whitney & James Lock, m. 18 May 1814, Surry, Cheshire Co., NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

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

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

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

15.^  "Lucy Whitney (b. 1800, Gilsum, NH, d. of Samuel Whitney) & Isaac Cobourn, m. 20 Mar 1820, [Gilsum,] NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

16.^  "Lucy Whitney (b. 1800, Gilsum, NH) & John Smith, m. 27 May 1824, [Gilsum,] NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

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