Family:Whitney, Aaron (1780-a1810)

Aaron⁶ Whitney (Ezekiel⁵, John⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Ezekiel⁵ and Katherine (Draper) Whitney, was born 20 Jun 1780, Watertown, MA, and died after 1810, said in Watertown, MA.

He "of Watertown" married, 16 Apr 1805, Brookline, MA, Hannah Abbott,^[1] daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Buckman) Abbott. She was born 14 Apr 1781. She is said to have married secondly, a certain Mr. Littlefield.

He was mentioned in his father's will, 8 Jan 1801.

Children of Aaron⁶ and Hannah (Abbott) Whitney:

i.	(son)7 Whitney, b. 1805-1810; probably identical to Aaron Whitney, b. ca. 1808, Watertown, MA; m. Keziah/Desire Dillingham; res. Waterville and Fairfield, ME.

Census

• 1810, Watertown, Middlesex Co., MA: Aaron Whitney Jr, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44. The older female could be his widowed mother Katherine (Draper) Whitney. He was "Jr." because another, slightly older, Aaron Whitney was living in Watertown in 1810.
• 1820: not found.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850: not found.

References

• Abbott, Lemuel Abijah, Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass., ..., p. 416.

1.^  "Aaron [Whitney] of Watertown and Hannah Abbott, Apr. 16, 1805. In Brookline," according to Registry Department of the City of Boston, A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston, Containing Boston Marriages from 1752 to 1809 (Boston, MA: Rockwell and Churchill, 1903), p. 487.

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