Family:Whitney, Moses (1789-1831)

Moses⁷ Whitney (Hananiah⁶, Samuel⁵, William⁴, Nathaniel³, John², John¹), son of Hananiah⁶ and Azubah (Keyes) Whitney, was born 28 Nov 1789, Winchendon, MA,^[1] and died 16 May 1831.

He "of Boston" married, 27 Oct 1816, Medford, MA, Sophia Cutter,^[2] daughter of Samuel and Rebecca (Hill) Cutter. She was born 25 Jan 1794, Cambridge, MA, and died after 1831.

Resided Boston, MA, and Saint Louis, MO.

Children of Moses⁷ son of Sophia (Cutter) Whitney:

i.	Sophia8 Whitney, b. 17 Apr 1818; d. 17 Apr 1818.
ii.	Henry Whitney, b. 4 Nov 1819; m. Jane Haskell Puffer.
iii.	Martha C. Whitney, b. 3 Sep 1821; d. 12 Jul 1853, Stoneham, MA, aged 31 years 10 months, of fever;[3] m. 27 Aug 1843, Boston, MA, Cushing Fearing.[4]
iv.	Moses Whitney, b. 13 Oct 1823; d. 13 Oct 1823.
v.	George K. Whitney, b. 14 Jul 1826; m.(1) Frances Maria Green; m.(2) Susanna Clendenin; m.(3) Ida Frances Gibbs.
vi.	Samuel C. Whitney, b. 14 Aug 1828, Boston, MA; d. 15 Feb 1894, Stoneham, MA, aged 65 years 6 months 1 day, of apoplexy;[5] m. 18 Sep 1850 or 16 Aug 1850, Stoneham, MA, Abbie L. Bryant, b. 11 Mar 1833, Stoneham, MA, dau. of Daniel Bryant;[6] resided s. p. Stoneham, MA. Soldier.
vii.	Azubah K. Whitney, b. 6 May 1831, d. 6 May 1831.

Census

• 1820, 6th Ward, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA: Moses Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 18-25, 1 male 0-9, 2 females 16-25, and 1 female 10-15; 1 in manufacture or trades.
• 1830, Boston Ward 4, Suffolk Co., MA: Moses Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 2 males 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 15-19, and 1 female 5-9.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850: not found.
• 1850, Martha not found.
• 1855, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., MA:

171 174 Daniel Bryant 48 M - Laborer $2000 Mass. Abigail " 47 F - " A. L. " 17 F - " Mary Lee 8 F - " Attended school S. C. Whitney 22 M - Shoemaker "

• 1855, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., MA:

178 233 Daniel Bryant 53 M - Laborer Mass. Abigal Bryant 52 F - Mass. Mary E. Lee 13 F - Mass. Samuel C. Whitney 27 M - Shoemaker Mass. Abba L. Whitney 22 F - Mass.

• 1860: not found.
• 1860, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., MA:

1621 2087 Daniel Bryant 57 M - Laborer $2700 $200 Mass. Abagail Bryant 57 F - Housewife Mass. Samuel C. Whitney 31 M - Shoe Cutter Mass. Abby L. Whitney 27 F - Mass.

• 1865 State, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., MA:

536 623 Abagail Bryant 62 F - Mass. W - - - - - Samuel C. Whitney 33 M - " M Shoe cutter - - 1 1 - Abigail L. Whitney 38 F - Mass. M - - - - -

• 1870, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., MA:

131 166 Whitney, Samuel C. 41 M W Shoe Cutter Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Abbie L. 37 F W Keeping house $2000 $900 Mass. Bryant, Abigail 67 F W No Occupation $1000 -- Mass. Lane, Emma J. 11 F W At school Mass. Attended school

• 1880, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., MA:

Abigail BRYANT 77 Self F W W MA Keeping House MA MA Abby L. WHITNEY 47 Dau F M W MA Copyist MA MA Samuel WHITNEY 49 SonL M M W MA Works In Shoe Factory MA MA Emma J. LANE 21 Oth F S W MA Domestic Servant MA MA

• 1900, 247 Main Street, Stoneham, Middlesex Co., MA:

45 59 Hayden, J. Ernest Head W M May 1873 27 mar 6 Massachusetts Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Plummer, Rents house -----, May E. Wife W F Aug 1872 27 mar 6 2ch 2liv New Brunswick unknown unknown -----, Edithe M. Dau W F Aug 1895 4 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts New Brunswick -----, Ruth E. Dau W F Apr 1899 1 sgl Massachusetts Massachusetts New Brunswick 60 Whitney, Abbie Head W F Mar 1833 67 wid 0ch 0liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Owns free house

References

• Census records.

• 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. 276.

1.^  "Moses [Whitney], s. Hananiah and Azubah, [born] Nov. 28, 1789," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

2.^  "Moses [Whitney] of Boston, and Sophia Cutter, [married] Oct. 27, 1816," according to Vital Records of Medford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1907).

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 76, page 116.

4.^  L.D.S. International Genealogical Index.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 446, page 371.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 46, page 129.

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