Family:Whitney, Job (1788-1854)
Job7 Whitney (James6, Ezra5, James4, John3, Jonathan2, John1), son of James6 and Ruth (Knapp) Whitney, was born 29 Sep 1788, and died 10 Sep 1854, North Woodstock, CT, aged 66 years.[1]
He married, 2 Mar 1815, Woodstock, CT, Abigail Buckman.[2] She was born 22 Feb 1782, and died 24 Sep 1874, Woodstock, CT, aged 92 years.[3]
He resided North Woodstock, CT.
Children of Job7 and Abigail (Buckman) Whitney:
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Child, Lucia D. [Whitney], death, 1896, vol. 465, p. 701:
- [number] 17; [death date and place] Feby. 9; [date of record] ; [name] Lucia D. Whitney; [sex] Female; [marital status] Widow of Elisha Child; [age] 77 2 15; [cause] Valvular disease of heart; [residence] Southbridge; [occupation] House keeper; [birthplace] Woodstock, Ct.; [parents] Job Whitney, Abigail Buckman; [parents' birthplaces] No. Woodstock, Ct., No. Woodstock, Ct.; [buried] No. Woodstock, Ct.
i. Ruth Knapp8 Whitney, b. 21 Nov 1816, Woodstock, CT;[4] d. 13 Jun 1833, Webster, MA; m. 3 Jan 1839, Woodstock, CT, Edwin May, of North Woodstock, or "of Webster".[5] He d. 14 Apr 1882. ii. Lucia Dresser Whitney, b. 25 Nov 1818, Woodstock, CT;[6] d. 9 Feb 1896, Southbridge, MA, aged 77 years 2 months 15 days, of valvular disease of heart;[7] m. 4 Mar 1839, Woodstock, CT, Elisha Child;[8] resided Southbridge, MA. He d. 15 Dec 1880. iii. Job Orton Whitney, b. 25 Jan 1821, Woodstock, CT; d. 25 Sep 1838, North Woodstock, CT, aged 17 years.[9] iv. (child) Whitney, b. ca. 1823; d. 3 Jan 1823, Woodstock, CT.[10]
Census
- 1820: not found.
- 1830, Woodstock, Windham Co., MA: Job Whitney, 1 male 70-79, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 70-79, 2 females 40-49, 1 female 30-39, and 2 females 10-14.
- 1840, Woodstock, Windham Co., MA: Job Whitney, 2 males 50-59, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 5-9, 2 females 50-59, and 1 female 20-29; 3 engaged in agriculture.
- 1850, Woodstock, Windham Co., MA:
231 269 Job Whitney 69 M - Farmer $3500 Mass. Nabby " 69 F - Conn. Elisha Child 37 M - Farmer N.Y. Lucia B. " 31 F - Conn. Nancy " 9 F - " Attended school Abby " 7 F - " Attended school Ruth K. " 1 F - " Stephen Buckman 63 M - Laborer " Anna " 67 F - " Job Allen 22 M - Laborer Vermont Bradford Stone 14 M - Conn. Attended school
1217 480 Elisha Child 48 M - Farmer $2000 $700 N.Y. Lucia B. Child 41 F - Conn. Nancy Child 19 F - Do Abby Child 17 F - Do Ruth K. Child 11 F - Do Attended school Henrietta A. Child 3 F - Do Nabby Whitney 78 F - Do Daniel Whitney 19 M - Farmer Do
This was his widow Nabby. Daniel Whitney is a nephew, son of half-brother James.
313 359 Child, Elisha 57 M W Farmer $2500 $975 New York Male citizen over 21 -----, Lucia D. 51 F W Keeping house Conn. -----, Ruth K. 21 F W At home Conn. -----, Henrietta A. 13 F W At home Conn. Attended school Whitney, Nancy L. 1 F W At home Mass. -----, Nabby 88 F W At home Conn. Wakefield, Adotus 79 F W At home $500 Conn.
This was his widow Nabby. Nancy L. Whitney is a grand-niece, daughter of nephew Daniel.
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. 367.
1.^ "Job [Whitney], farmer, married, d. 10 Sep 1854 ae 66," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock 3:310-1, Brown Diary p. 97.
2.^ "Job [Whitney], m. Nabby BUCKMAN, b. of Woodstock, 2 Mar 1815, by Rev. Sam[ue]l BACKUS," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock 2-M:114.
3.^ "Jobe [Whitney], his w. [ ], d. 24 Sep 1874 ae 92," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock Brown Diary p. 139.
4.^ "Ruth Knap[p] [Whitney], d. Job & Abigail, b. 21 Nov 1816, Woodstock 2:136," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock 2:136. Also recorded in Craftsbury, VT, as Ruth, daughter of Job Whitney, b. 21 Nov 1815 Vermont, Vital Records Index, All Births.
5.^ "Ruth K. [Whitney], of Woodstock, m. Edwin MAY, of Webster, Mass., 3 Jan 1839, by Rev. L. S. HOUGH, of N. Woodstock," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock 2-M:191. Also, "Ruth [Whitney], m. Edwin MAY, 3 Jan 1839," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock Brown Diary p. 69.
6.^ "Lutia Dresser [Whitney], d. Job & Abigail, b. 22 Nov 1818," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock 2:136.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 465, page 701.
8.^ "Lucin* D. [Whitney], m. Elisha CHILD, b. of Woodstock, 4 Mar 1839, by Rev. Lent S. HOUGH, of N. Woodstock (*Should be "Lucia")," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock 2-M:192.
9.^ "Job Orton [Whitney], s. Job & Abigail, b. 25 Jan 1821; d. 25 Sep 1838 ae 17," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock 2:145, Brown Diary p. 69.
10.^ "Job [Whitney], his infant, d. 3 Jan 1823," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Woodstock Brown Diary p. 52.
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