Family:Whitney, Abel (1804-1882)

Abel⁷ Whitney (Abel⁶, Benjamin⁵, Joseph⁴, Joseph³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Abel⁶ and Phebe (Scott) Whitney, was born 9 Feb 1804, Tunbridge, VT, and died 26 Feb 1882, Jefferson, WI.

He married, 28 Mar 1831, Tunbridge, VT, Mary Hall.^[1] She was born 12 Dec 1811, Tunbridge, VT, and died 9 May 1892, Jefferson, WI.

He resided Tunbridge, VT, and Jefferson, WI.

Children of Abel⁷ and Mary (Hall) Whitney:

i.	Mary Jane8 Whitney, b. 1 Apr 1832, Tunbridge, VT;[2] d. after 1870; m. George Curtis. He was born ca. 1832, OH; d. 31 Dec 1862, Jefferson Co., WI, while enlisted in Company A, WI 1st Regiment Cavalry of disease. Children: a. Alta Curtis, b. ca. 1855, WI; d. 1915, Fort Atkinson, WI; unmarried.
ii.	Nathaniel H. Whitney, b. 15 Apr 1835, Tunbridge, VT;[3] m. 13 Apr 1872, Jefferson Co., WI, Lucy A. Wells.
iii.	Elisabeth Sybil Whitney, b. Sep 1839, VT; d. after 1900; m. Oscar Sheld Cornish; b. ca. 1835, Middlefield, Otsego Co., NY; d. 16 Mar 1892; resided Fort Atkinson, WI. Children: a. Mary D. Cornish, b. ca. 1859, Fort Atkinson, WI. b. Warner Whitney Cornish, b. 18 Jan 1869, Fort Atkinson, WI. c. Robert B. Cornish, b. ca. 1874, Fort Atkinson, WI.
iv.	Amanda Whitney, b. 27 Apr 1842, VT; d. 1 Nov 1899, Sauk Co., WI; m. 10 Oct 1867, Fort Atkinson, WI, James M. Smith.
v.	Hannah Emerette Whitney, b. 30 Apr 1843, VT; d. 9 Aug 1916, Fort Atkinson; unmarried.
vi.	Burton C. Whitney, b. Oct 1846, VT; m. 1873, Jefferson, WI, Idelia Hoyt.

Census

• 1840, Tunbridge, Orange Co., VT: Abel Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 5-9, 1 female 0-4; 2 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

619 645 Ezra B. Curtis 45 M - Farmer $1500 Vermont Ann " 45 F - " Merit " 19 M - Laborer " Attended school David " 16 M - Laborer " Attended school Delia " 10 F - " Attended school John " 8 M - " Attended school William Lamoth 14 M - Laborer New York 646 Abel Whitney 47 M - Farmer $600 Vermont Mary " 38 F - " Mary Jane " 18 F - " Attended school Nathaniel C. " 15 M - " Attended school Sybil G. " 10 F - " Attended school Amanda " 8 F - " Attended school Emerette " 6 F - " Attended school Benton C. " 4 M - " Attended school

• 1860, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

601 601 Abel Whitney 56 M - Farmer $2000 $500 Vt. Mary " 50 F - " Nathl. " 25 M - Farm hand " Amanda " 18 F - " Hannah P. " 16 " - " Burton " 14 M - "

• 1870, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

163 154 Whitney, Abel 67 M W Farmer $5000 $1360 Vt. Male citizen over 21 -----, Mary 59 F W Keeps house Vt. -----, Emerette 25 F W Vt. -----, Burton 24 M W Farm laborer $700 Vt. Male citizen over 21

• 1880, Jefferson, Jefferson Co., WI:

Able WHITNEY 75 Self M M W VT Farmer MA MA Mary WHITNEY 69 Wife F M W VT Keeping House MA MA Emrett WHITNEY 36 Dau F S W VT Teaching School VT VT Fred HOLMES 19 Oth M W WI Farm Laborer VT NY

References

• 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. 373.

1.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

2.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.

3.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.

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