Family:Whitney, Peter Lambert (1818-a1880)

See Genealogy of the descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, p. 424.

Peter Lambert⁸ Whitney (William⁷, Peter⁶, Aaron⁵, Moses⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of William⁷ and Zilpah (Eager) Whitney, was born 23 Nov 1818, Northborough, MA,^[1] and died 29 Dec 1904, Boston, MA, aged 86 years 1 month 6 days, of exhaustion of senile insanity.^[2]

He married 27 Nov 1845, South Boston, MA, Mary H. Smith.^[3] She was born 12 Feb 1826, and died after 1880.

He was at one time an engineer in the Charlestown navy yard; resided South Boston, MA, 330 W. 3rd. St.

Children of Peter Lambert⁸ and Mary H. (Smith) Whitney:

i.	Mary Adams9 Whitney, b. 26 Apr 1847, Boston, MA; m. 5 or 4 Dec 1868, Boston, MA, Albert Hiram White, b. ca. 1845, Boston, MA, son of Amos T. and Mary A. (-----) White;[4] resided 135 K St., South Boston. Children: a. Leah Mabel White, b. 1 Feb 1869. b. Albert Foster White, b. 6 Apr 1871.
ii.	Abby Foster Whitney, b. 19 Jan 1850, Boston, MA; d. 24 Aug 1850, Boston, MA, aged 7 months 5 days, of whooping cough.[5]

Census

• 1850, Boston Ward 12, Suffolk Co., MA:

1457 1810 Wm. Smith 64 M - Mesenger $2800 Mass. Mary 58 F - " Ellen 18 F - " Edward 17 M - " Attended school Peter L. Whitney 30 M - " Mary A. 34 F - " Mary 3 F - " Abby 5/12 F - "

• 1855, Boston Ward 12, Suffolk Co., MA:

1641 2625 Peter L. Whitney 33 M - Clerk Mass. Mary H. " 29 F - " Mary A. " 8 F - "

• 1860, Boston Ward 12, Suffolk Co., MA:

971 1245 Wm. Smith 77 M - Tailor $1600 $150 Mass. Ellen M. " 28 F - Seamstress " Peter L. Whitney 38 M - Engineer $200 " Mary H. " 33 F - "

• 1865 State, Boston Ward 12, Suffolk Co., MA:

1890 3045 Peter L. Whitney 46 M - Mass. M Engineer - - 1 1 - Mary " 36 F - " " - - - - - Mary " 18 " - " S - - - - -

• 1870, Boston Ward 12, Suffolk Co., MA:

734 1137 Whitney, Peter L. 52 M W Engineer Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary H. 40 F W Keep House " White, Albert H. 28 M W Clerk in Store " Male citizen over 21

• 1880, South Boston, Boston, Suffolk Co., MA:

Peter L. WHITNEY 61 Self M M W MA Laborer MA MA Mary H. WHITNEY 52 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA

• 1900, 330 West Third Street, Boston Ward 14, Suffolk Co., MA:

30 58 Whitney, Peter L. Head W M Nov 1818 81 mar 52 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Owns free hosue -----, Mary H. Wife W F Feb 1830 70 mar 52 2ch 1liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Donavan, Mary A. Ldgr W F Sep 1828 71 sgl Ireland Ireland Scotland Seamstress, Immig. 1857

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. 484.

1.^  "Peter-Lambert [Whitney], s. William and Zilpah, [born] Oct. 26, 1818," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Northborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850 (1901).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1904/24, page 487.

3.^  Boston, Massachusetts, Vital Records.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 8, page 440 (amended).

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 50, page 54.

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