Family:Whitney, Joel (1787-1852)

Joel⁶ Whitney (Micah⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Micah⁵ and Hannah (Cobb) Whitney, was born 7 May 1787, Gorham or Phillips, ME, and died 22 Mar 1852, Saint Paul, MN.

He married firstly, Jun 1815, Phillips, ME, Sally Dyer. She was born 10 May 1789, Malden, MA, and died May 1834, Phillips, ME.

He married secondly, 1836, Farmington, ME, Sarah (Ramsdell) Crompton. She was born 25 Mar 1802, Farmington, ME, and died before 21 Feb 1840, Plymouth, ME. She had married firstly, 29 Mar 1821, Farmington, ME, Samuel Crompton.

He married thirdly, 21 Feb or 23 May 1840, Unity, ME, Betsey (Chase) Ayer. She was born 30 Mar 1796, Unity, ME. She had married firstly, 23 Jan 1817, Unity, ME, Benjamin Ayer, Jr. She married thirdly, 18 Jan 1864, Readfield, ME, Dudley Moody.

He was born in Gorham, ME, married at Phillips, where he was a general merchant. In 1838 he moved to Plymouth, ME, where, after a residence of ten years, he moved to Portland. In 1851, he moved to St. Paul, where he died the following year. He was buried at Phillips. He resided Phillips, Plymouth and Portland, ME, and Saint Paul, MN.

Children of Joel⁶ and Sally (Dyer) Whitney:

i.	Sophia Dyer7 Whitney, b. 1 Jan 1816, Phillips, ME; m. 5 Dec 1832, Moses Sherburne, b. 25 January 1808 in Mt. Vernon, Kennebec Co., ME, the son of Samuel and Lucy (Carson) Sherburne.; resided Saint Paul, MN.
ii.	Charles T. Whitney, b. 18 Sep 1817, Phillips, ME; m. Martha C. Thayer.
iii.	Julia Ann Whitney, b. 19 Jun 1819 or 9 Jun 1820, Phillips, ME; d. 23 Nov 1834, Phillips, ME.
iv.	Joel E. Whitney, b. 18 May 1822, Phillips, ME; m. Elsie Ayer.
v.	Eliza Jane Whitney, b. 20 Jun 1824, Phillips, ME; d. Apr 1866, Saint Paul, MN.
vi.	Sarah Gustanza Whitney, b. 2 Apr 1826 or 2 Apr 1827, Phillips, ME; d. 23 Mar 1848, Plymouth, ME.
vii.	Andrew Jackson Whitney, b. 20 Apr 1828 or 20 Apr 1829, Phillips, ME; m. 1855, St. Paul, MN, Bertha Louise Burbank; resided Kansas City, MO.
viii.	Eliab Latham Whitney, b. 6 Jun 1830 or 18 May 1831, Phillips, ME; d. 2 Feb 1868; m. 1854, Helen M. Burbanks, b. abt. 1832 in Vermont.; resided Saint Paul, MN. Eliab is buried in Oakland Cemetery in St. Paul, MN. They had two children: Fred C. Whitney, b. abt. 1856 in MN; and Ada L. Whitney, b. abt. 1859 in MN. Ada died 21 January 1878 in St. Paul, MN, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery there.

Notes

Trinity, ME, apparently does not and never did exist, despite the statement by Pierce that Joel's third marriage occurred there. That marriage is recorded as occurring 23 May 1840, Waldo Co., ME. Two towns in Waldo County had names similar to Trinity: Unity and Liberty. Since Betsey Chase was born in Unity, ME, and her first husband Benjamin Ayer, Jr., was enumerated there in the 1830 census, this is undoubtedly the correct location.

Census

• 1820, Phillips, Somerset Co., ME: Joel Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 3 males 18-25, 1 male 0-9, 1 females 16-25, 1 female 10-15, 2 females 0-9; 4 engaged of agriculture.
• 1830, Phillips, Somerset Co., ME: Joel Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 40-49, 1 female 10-14, 1 female 5-9, and 2 females 0-4.
• 1840, Plymouth, Penobscot Co., ME: Joel Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 9 males 20-29, 3 males 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 male 5-9, 1 female 40-49, 3 females 20-29, 1 female 15-19, and 1 female 10-14.
• 1850, Ward 5, Portland, Cumberland Co., ME:

150 260 Joel Whitney 64 M - Grocer Me. Betsey " 55 F - " Eliza J. " 26 F - " 261 Henry W. Hersey 29 M - Book Keeper " Ellen L. G. " 28 F - " Mary E. " 1 F - " Fred. A. Gerrish 26 M - Mail Agent " Married in year Martha J. " 19 F - " Married in year Ann Clancy 20 F - Ireland

• 1860, widow Betsey not found.
• 1860, St. Paul Ward 1, Ramsey Co., MN:

Boarding House 737 656 Simeon Burbank 65 M - Boarding House $500 Mass. ... A. J. Whitney 32 M - Ins. Agent $1000 Maine A. " 21 F - New York ...

This is son Andrew.

• 1860, St. Paul Ward 1, Ramsey Co., MN:

114 100 L. Whitney 29 M - Express messenger $200 Maine H. M. " 28 F - Vermont Fred C. " 4 M - Minn. Ada " 1 F - do

This is son Eliab Latham.

• 1870, St. Paul Ward 1, Ramsey Co., MN:

170 178 Burbank, Simon 75 M W At Home $800 Massachusetts Male citizen over 21 Nancy 68 F W Keeping House Vermont Carrie 36 F W At Home New York Whitney, Nellie 39 F W " Vermont Ada 11 F W At School Minnesota Attended school Bertha L. 32 F W " New York Carrie 11 F W " Minnesota Attended school Lina 4 F W " Upham, Henry P. 33 M W Banker $10000 Massachusetts Gertrude 25 F W At Home New York Kamball, Lizzie 18 F W Domestic Svt. Germany Parents foreign born

These are the wives and children of sons Andrew and Eliab.

• 1870, sons Andrew and Eliab not found.
• 1880, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN:

Bertha WHITNEY 40 Self F M W NY Keeping House VT VT Carrie L. WHITNEY 20 Dau F S W MN Teaches School ME NY Nina WHITNEY 13 Dau F S W MN ME NY

Notice that Bertha is married, not widowed.

• 1880, sons Andrew and Eliab not found.
• 1880, Helen/Nellie and Ada not found.

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. 232.

• Whitney, Kenneth L., The Ancestors and Descendants of Ebenezer Whitney and Dorcas Drury Parlin (Silver Spring, MD: The author, 2003).

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