Family:Whitney, Orlando (1804-1874)
Orlando7 Whitney (Jonah6, Thomas5, Thomas4, Eleazer3, Thomas2, John1), son of Jonah6 and Anna (Rider) Whitney, was born 23 Jul 1804, Westborough, MA, and died 25 Jul 1874, Grafton, MA, aged 70 years 2 days, of complications of disease.[1]
He married, 7 May 1829, Grafton, MA, Susan Maria Wood,[2] daughter of Isaac Willard and Susanna (Smith) Wood. She was born 22 Dec 1808, Grafton, MA, and died 1 Oct 1905, Westborough, MA, aged 96 years 9 months 9 days, of chronic bronchitis.[3]
They resided Grafton, MA, until his death, and then she resided 16 Grove St., Westborough, MA.
Children of Orlando7 and Susan M. (Wood) Whitney:
i. Susan C.8 Whitney, b. 4 Nov 1834, Grafton, MA;[4] d. 29 Jul 1836, Grafton, MA, aged 1 year 3 months.[5]
Census
- 1830, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA: Orlando Whitney, 1 male 20-29 and 1 female 20-29.
- 1840, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA: Orlando Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 2 males 10-14, and 1 female 30-39; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:
521 570 Orlander Whitney 46 M - Shoemaker $2300 Mass. Susan M. " 41 F - do Byron M. Mosely 14 M - do Attended school
135 153 Orlando Whitney 51 M - Shoe Maker Mass. Susan M. Whitney 50 F - " Alonzo Bond 15 M - Shoe Maker "
1486 1662 Orlander Whitney 56 M - Farmer $2300 $600 Massachusetts Susan M. " 42 F - " Samuel Bacon 13 M - "
171 228 Orlando Whitney 60 M - Westboro, Mass. M Farmer - - 1 1 - Susan M. Whitney 55 F - Grafton, " M Housekeeper - - - - - Isaac W. Wood 85 M - Alstead, N.H. M Farmer - - 1 1 - Susannah H. Wood 83 F - Grafton, Mass. M - - - - -
466 586 Whitney, Orlando 66 M W Farmer $2500 -- Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Susan M. 61 F W Keeping House Mass.
W. L. WOOD 73 Self M M W MA Laborer MA MA Rhoda M. WOOD 52 Wife F M W NJ Keeping House NJ NJ Susan M. WHITNEY 71 Oth F W W MA Servant MA MA
114 135 Ruggles, Fidelia Head W F Mar 1834 66 wid 0ch 0liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Owns mortgaged house Whitney, Susan Brdr W F Dec 1808 91 wid 1ch 0liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts
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. 345.
1.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 267, page 338.
2.^ "Orlando [Whitney] and Susan M. Wood, [married] May 7, 1829," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, MA: The Systematic History Fund, 1906).
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1905/94 (death), page 486.
4.^ "Susan Caroline [Whitney], d. Orlando and Susan M., [born] Nov. 4, 1834," according to Grafton Vital Records.
5.^ "Susan Caroline [Whitney], d. Orlando and Susan M., [died] Jan. 29, 1836. [a. 1y. 3m. G.S.]," according to Grafton Vital Records.
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