Family:Whitney, Abijah (1768-a1800)

Abijah⁶ Whitney (Nathan⁵, Nathan⁴, Thomas³, Thomas², John¹), son of Nathan⁵ and Tabitha (Bennett) Whitney, was baptized 8 May 1768, Harvard, MA,^[1] and died after 1800.

He married, 28 Oct 1788, Conway, MA, Jane Murphy, "both of Conway".^[2]

Children of Abijah⁶ and Jane (Murphy) Whitney, all born Conway, MA:

i.	(child) Whitney, b. 1 Mar 1789; d. 1 Mar 1789, Conway, MA, aged 12 hours.[3]
ii.	Tabitha Whitney, bapt. 11 Jul 1790;[4] d. -- --- 1795, Conway, MA, aged 5 years, of dysentery.[5]
iii.	Esther Whitney, bapt. 4 Oct 1792.[6] Living 1800.
iv.	Joel Whitney, bapt. 14 Jun 1795;[7] d. -- --- 1795, Conway, MA, of dysentery.[8]
iv.	(daughter) Whitney, b. before 1800; deduced from 1800 census.

Census

• 1790, Conway, Hampshire Co., MA: Abijah Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 2 females.
• 1800, Pittsfield, Berkshire Co., MA: Abijah Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810: not found.

References

1.^  "Abijah [Whitney], s. of Nathan, bp. May 8, 1768. C.R.1," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Harvard, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1917).

2.^  "Abijah [Whitney] and Jane Murphy, both of C., [married] Oct. 28, 1788," according to Vital Records of Conway, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1943).

3.^  "_____ [Whitney], ch. Abijah, [died] Mar. 1, 1789, a. 12h., in C.," according to Conway Vital Records.

4.^  "Tabitha [Whitney], d. Abijah, bp. July 11, 1790, C.R," according to Conway Vital Records.

5.^  "_____ [Whitney], ch. Abijah, dysentary, [died] Aug. __ [rec. between Aug. 18 and Aug. 25] 1795, a. 5. [Rec. between Aug. 18 and Aug. 26, C.R.]," according to Conway Vital Records.

6.^  "Esther [Whitney], d. Abijah, bp. Oct. 4, 1792, C.R," according to Conway Vital Records.

7.^  "Joel [Whitney], s. Abijah, bp. June 14, 1795, C.R," according to Conway Vital Records.

8.^  "_____ [Whitney], ch. Abijah, dissentary, [died] Aug. 25, 1795. [Aug. 26, C.R.]," according to Conway Vital Records.

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