Family:Whitney, Samuel (s1775-a1817)
Samuel Whitney, parentage unknown, was born say 1775, and died after 4 Feb 1817, when living in Readfield, ME.
He married, 20 Feb 1813, Readfield, ME, Anna Lake,[1] daughter of Ebenezer and Sarah (Merrill) Lake. She was born about 1780, New Gloucester, ME, and died after 4 Feb 1817.[2]
"On 4 Feb. 1817 Samuel Whitney of Readfield, yeoman, and wife Anna; John Walker of Pejepscot, yeoman, and wife Jane; John Stinchfield of Pejepscot, yeoman, and wife Sarah; Simeon Wilbour of New Gloucester, yeoman, and wife Elizabeth; and John Lake of Jay, yeoman, sold half a lot in New Gloucester to Joseph Thrasher."[3]
She was a "Mayflower" descendant in the following line:
- Francis1 Eaton, m. Christian Penn
- Benjamin2 Eaton, m. Sarah Hoskins
- Ebenezer3 Eaton, m. Hannah Rickard
- Mercy4 Eaton, m.(1) Benjamin Lake
- Ebenezer Lake, m. Sarah Merrill
- Anna Lake, m. Samuel Whitney
Samuel and Anna (Lake) Whitney had no known children.
References
1.^ L.D.S. International Genealogical Index, Batch # M503632
2.^ Lee Douglas Van Antwerp, M.D., C.G., and Robert S. Wakefield, F.A.S.G., ed., Mayflower Families through Five Generations, Descendants of the Pilgrims who Landed at Plymouth, Mass. December 1620 (Plymouth, MA: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 1994), volume 9, pages 131-132.
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