Family:Whitney, Jonas Prescott (1793-1879)
Jonas Prescott7 Whitney (Josiah6, Josiah5, David4, Benjamin3, John2, John1), born in Waltham, 22 Sep 1793; bap. same day; moved to Ashby, 1799, and married Rebecca Piper; born 15 May 1797; died 18 Jun 1838; married second Louisa Wheeler; born 14 Apr 1804; died 1 Jun 1864.
Jonas P. Whitney, Fitchburg, will. Ch: Rebacca Chushing, Ashby; Josiah D., Brattleboro, Vermont; Julius, Brattleboro, Vermont; Mary Ann Mansfield, Ashby, Milo, Boston; Jonas, Fitchburg; Andrew, Fitchburg, Clara Hubbard, Fitchburg; Josiah Whitney, exec.; 1 Aug 1869; 23 Sep 1879. He died 18 Aug 1879; resided Ashby, Springfield and Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
Children of Jonas Prescott7 Whitney:
i. Rebecca8 Whitney, born 26 Jun 1815; married 5 Sep 1841, Isaac Cushing; resided Ashby, Mass; born 30 Jun 1818; 9 Oct 1891. ii. Josiah D. Whitney, born 7 Nov 1818; married Lucy D. Chapin. iii. Mary Ann Whitney, born 17 Nov 1820; married May, 1843, James A. Mansfield. She died Nov., 1885. iv. Jonas Whitney, born 20 Mar 1824; married Elizabeth Corey Rice and Lucy Damon. v. Andrew Whitney, born 29 Feb 1826; married 3 Jul 1872, Dida Hudson. He died Apr. 1886; resided Fitchburg, Massachusetts. vi. Clara Whitney, born 6 May 1828; married 8 May 1861, William W. Hubbard; resided Fitchburg. He was born 12 Sep 1827; s.p. vii. Sarah Whitney, born 14 Oct 1830; married 11 Jan 1865, Benjamin F. Dewing; resided 11 Milford St., Boston, Massachusetts. He was born 24 Jan 1836. He is a contractor; s.p. viii. Ellen Whitney, born 11 Jun 1832; died June 19 1832. ix. Milo Whitney, born 16 May 1884; married Malincha Hook; resided 73 Warren ave. Boston, Massachusetts. x. Julius Whitney, born 28 May 1836; married Harriett A. Downe and Mary J. Whitney.
References
1. All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 287-288.
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