Family:Whitney, Ruel (1811-1843)
Ruel7 Whitney (Laban6, Elias5, Elias4, Jonathan3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Laban6 and Olive (Green) Whitney, was born 3 Dec 1811, Bellingham, MA,[1] and died 3 Jul 1843, Brookfield, MA, aged 31 years 7 months.[2]
He married firstly, 11 Aug 1831, Southborough, MA,[3], Prudence Chamberlain. She was born about 1813, and died 29 Jan 1840. She was buried in Midland Cemetery, Westborough, MA.[4]
He married secondly, 26 Sep 1841, Brookfield, MA,[5] Caroline Josephine Harrington. She died 30 Apr 1842, Brookfield, MA, aged 19 years.[6]
Marriage intentions were published 11 Dec 1842, Brookfield, MA, for him and Mary I. Adams "of North Brookfield."[7] She was born about 1821, North Brookfield, MA. She married secondly, 1 Jan 1845, North Brookfield, MA, Emery A. Barton, b. ca. 1821, Ware, MA.[8]
Children of Ruel7 and Prudence (Chamberlain) Whitney, if any, unknown.
Children of Ruel7 and Caroline Josephine (Harrington) Whitney, if any, unknown.
Children of Ruel7 and Mary I. (Adams) Whitney, if any, unknown.
Census
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, widow Mary not found.
References
1.^ "Reuel [Whitney], s. Laban and Olive, [born] Dec. 3, 1811," according to Vital Records of Bellingham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society (1903), pp. 70-71.
2.^ "Reuel [Whitney], [died] July 3, 1843, a. 31y. 7m. G.S.2.," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Brookfield, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909), p. 546. Also "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 9, page 143.
3.^ "Ruel [Whitney] and Prudence Chamberlain, [married] Aug. 11, 1831," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Southborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1903).
4.^ FindAGrave Memorial #109917768, Prudence Chamberlain Whitney.
5.^ "Ruel [Whitney] and Caroline Josephine Harrington, [married] Sept. 26, 1841," according to Brookfield Vital Records, p. 438. Also, "Ruel [Whitney] and Caroline Josephine Harrington, both of Brookfield, [married] Sept. 26, 1841. In Brookfield," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Oxford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850 (1905).
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1, page 106.
7.^ "Ruel [Whitney] and Mary I. Adams of North Brookfield, int. Dec. 11, 1842," according to Brookfield Vital Records, p. 438.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 13, page 171.
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