Family:Whitney, Jesse (1790-1850)
Jesse7 Whitney (Hachaliah6, Jesse5, Jonathan4, Jonathan3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Hachaliah6 and Abigail (Nelson) Whitney, was born 12 Oct 1790, Milford, MA,[1] and died 1 Feb 1850, Milford, MA, aged 59 years 3 months 19 days, of consumption, farmer.[2]
He married 12 Jun 1817, Milford, MA, Rebecca Fisk, daughter of Levi and Elisabeth (Taft) Fisk.[3] She was born 8 Feb 1800,[4] Upton, MA, and died 10 Aug 1871, Milford, MA, aged 71 years 6 months 2 days, of liver complaint.[5]
They resided on the old homestead, Milford, MA.
Children of Jesse7 and Rebecca (Fisk) Whitney:
i. Rowanna Semira8 Whitney, b. 28 Aug 1820, Milford, MA;[6] d. 19 Feb 1905, Milford, MA, aged 84 years 5 months 22 days, of cerebral apoplexy;[7] bur. Pine Grove Cemetery, Milford, MA; m. 18 Sep 1872, Milford, MA, Israel Sawyer Patch, b. ca. 1824, Northfield, MA, son of Jonathan and Sally (Sawyer) Patch;[8] s.p., resided E. Main St., Milford, MA.
Census
- 1820, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Jesse Whitney, 1 male 26-44 and 1 female 16-25; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1830, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Jesse Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 5-9.
- 1840, Milford, Worcester Co., MA: Jesse Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 15-19; 1 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:
28 40 Rebecca Whitney 50 F - $4000 Mass. Rosannah L. " 30 F - " 41 Osmond Hathaway 45 M - Machinist " Roselinda " 28 F - Maine Lyman Moorey 24 M - Labourer N.H. Bino Cone 21 M - " Canada Maurice Corsoll 19 M - " "
882 1301 Rhebecca Whitney 55 F - Mass. Samira Whitney 34 F - Mass. 1302 William C. Dickersen 37 M - Supr. Gas Works Mass. Mary Dickersen 39 F - Mass.
1098 1757 Rebecca Whitney 60 F - $3500 - Mass. Roxanna S. 39 F - " 1758 Frank P. Lackey 40 M - Boot Bottomer " Louisa 38 F - "
439 613 Rebecca Whitney 65 F - Mass. W House Keeper - - - - - Smyra Whitney 44 M - " S Straw Worker - - - - - 614 Franklin Lackey 49 M - " M Boot Maker - - 1 1 - Louisa Lackey 42 F - " M House Keeper - - - - -
208 319 Whitney, Rebecca 70 F W Keeping house $4500 $150 Mass. -----, Roxana S. 48 F W Sews hats in straw factory $800 " Lackey, Franklin 51 M W Boot bottomer for factory $400 $2100 " Male citizen over 21 -----, Louisa 47 F W Keeping house "
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. 413.
1.^ "Jesse [Whitney] Jr., s. of Hachaliah and Abigail, [born] Oct. 12, 1790. (1791. G.R.1)," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917).
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 50, page 119.
3.^ "Jessee [Whitney] and Rebecca Fisk, June 12, 1817," according to Milford Vital Records.
4.^ "Rebecca Fisk [_____] [Whitney], w. of Jesse, [born] Feb. 8, 1800. G.R.1," according to Milford Vital Records.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 240, page 274.
6.^ "Roana Semira [Whitney], d. of Jessee and Rebecah, [born] Aug. 28, 1820," according to Milford Vital Records.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 1905/66 (death), page 378.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 246, page 281.
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