Family:Whitney, Josiah (1765-1842)

Josiah⁶ Whitney (Josiah⁵, David⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Josiah⁵ and Sarah (Lawrence) Whitney, was born 23 Jun 1765, Waltham, MA, and died 24 Dec 1842, Ashby, MA.^[1]

He married (pub. 10 Jan 1790), 18 Feb 1790, Ashby, MA, Mary "Polly" Barrett.^[2] She was born 1768, and died 23 Aug 1841, Ashby, MA.^[3]

After the births of four of their children they were dismissed to the church in Ashby, 24 Nov 1799. There they ever afterward resided, honored and respected. He resided Watertown and Ashby, MA.

Children of Josiah⁶ and Mary (Barrett) Whitney:

i.	Josiah7 Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1791;[4] m. Rebecca Rice.
ii.	Sally Whitney, b. 19 Mar 1792;[5] d. 23 Nov 1889; m. 16 Dec 1814, Oliver Kendall, resided Ashby. He was b. Jun 1792; d. 15 Apr 1857. Ch.: Sarah, b. 22 Mar 1818, d. 16 Aug 1822; Josiah Quincy, b. 21 Apr 1825, m. 13 Sep 1853, Amanda H. Adams; d. 15 Jun 1883; Clarissa; John Miron, b. 4 Oct 1829, d. 9 Nov 1846.
iii.	Jonas Prescott Whitney, b. 22 Sep 1793;[6] m.(1) Rebecca Piper; m.(2) Louisa Wheeler.
iv.	Mary Whitney, b. 14 Sep 1796;[7] d. 5 Jul 1888; m. 17 Jul 1817, Ashby, MA, Oliver L. Wheeler;[8] resided Ashby, MA. He was b. 6 Aug 1795; d. 13 May 1891. Ch.: Cynthia Barrett, b. 30 Jun 1818; m. 11 May 1846, Lewis Raymond of Norwich, CT, who d. same fall; d. 30 Mar 1852; Oliver Cushing, b. 15 Sep 1819; d. 17 Oct 1838; Otis Adams, b. 1 Nov 1820; m. 12 Mar 1863, Mary Elizabeth Jewett; Ch.: Charles Cushing, b. Fitchburg, MA, 18 May 1864, d. 18 Mar 1868; Ellen Louisa, b. 29 Mar 1866, Fitchburg, MA; d. 25 Apr 1866; Fanny Maria b. 26 Sep 1867, Fitchburg, MA; Walter Otis, b. 25 Jun 1871, Fitchburg, MA; Mary Augusta, b. 7 Feb 1823; m.(1) 30 May 1843, K. W. Knight of Ashburnham, MA; he d. 5 Sep 1858; m.(2) 22 Nov 1860, S. G. Frost; ch.: Charles Montague, b. 29 Apr 1846, d. Sep 1846; Cynthia Elizabeth, b. 5 Jun 1848; Eddie Hurbert Frost, b. 27 Jul 1866; d. 25 Feb 1867; Charles Merriam, b. 12 Feb 1827; d. 9 Sep 1853; Harriet Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1829; m. 25 Apr 1857, John S. Wetherbee, of New York City; Ch.: Adella Frances, b. 8 Nov 1858, New York; Miranda Russell, b. 5 Mar 1860, New York, d. 26 Mar 1861; Hattie Jane, b. 19 Nov 1861, Ashby; Mary Miranda, b. 9 Jan 1863, New York; Charlotte Wheeler, b. 14 Apr 1865, New York; Jane Hubbard, b. 15 May 1830; d. 19 Aug 1850; Walter Jewett, b. 19 Apr 1833; m. 29 Nov 1859, Abbie Louisa Brown, of Keene, NH; Alice Aurelia, b. 17 Dec 1834; m.(1) 14 Sep 1857, W. F. White of Ashburnham, MA, m.(2) 20 Oct 1880, J. W. Pickering of Boston, MA, lawyer office 28 School St. R. 31; Mary Aurelia, b. 30 Oct 1836, Ashby, MA; d. 17 Dec 1863; Elizabeth Elmyra, b. 2 Jul 1838; m. 16 Jun 1868, Edwin Whitney, of Ashby, MA; d. 13 Jul 1887; Cynthia Elizabeth Knight, m. 7 Dec 1868, George Adams Upton, of Townsend, MA; Ch.: Edson Knight, b. 22 Sep 1869, Townsend, MA; Fred, b. 1 Sep 1871, Townsend, MA, d. 24 Sep 1871; Mary Alice, b. 1 Sep 1871, Townsend, MA; d. 15 Dec 1872; George Forrest, b. 5 May 1874, Townsend, MA; Charles Amos, b. 9 Apr 1879, Townsend, MA; Roy Frost, b. 29 Apr 1885, Townsend, MA.
v.	William Whitney, b. 20 Jul 1798;[9] bapt. 29 Jul 1798, Lincoln, MA;[10] m. Fanny Lincoln.
vi.	John B. Whitney, b. 7 Apr 1801;[11] m.(1) Harriett Cushing; m.(2) Sophronia Boring.
vii.	Nancy Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1803;[12] d. 20 May 1851; m. (int. 24 Dec 1824, Fitchburg, MA[13]) 8 Feb 1825, Ashby, MA, Asa Holt,[14] resided Ashby, MA. He was b. 21 Mar 1801; d. 3 Mar 1890. Ch.: Lowell Convers, b. 19 Aug 1826, m. 20 Dec 1848, Mary Ann Hayden, P. O. address, Ashby, MA; Sarah Jane, b. 4 Oct 1828, m. 12 Apr 1852, Cyrus Appleton Davis, P.O., Dixon, IL; Nancy Elmira, b. 2 Oct 1830, m. 3 Oct 1847, Luther Gregory Spaulding, P. O., Ashby, MA; Mary Alice, b. 27 Nov 1835, d. 23 Aug 1854; Ellen Elizabeth, b. 30 Jul 1839, P.O., Elgin, IL; Lyman Woodrow, b. 18 Mar 1842, d. 2 Mar 1863.
viii.	Alice Whitney, b. 17 Dec 1806;[15] d. 19 Sep 1858; m. 1837, Ashby, Calvin J. Tyler. He was b. 8 Nov 1813; d. 23 Mar 1887. Ch.: John Martin, b. 20 Dec 1838, d. 16 Oct 1866; Sarah Kendall, b. 16 Jan 1840, m. 14 Nov 1861, M. E. McDowell, resided Leominster, MA; Willard, b. 6 Aug 1841, d. 10 Aug 1845; Laura Matilda, b. 22 May 1844, m. 23 Apr 1867, A. B. Upham, resided Leominster, MA; Ann Caroline, b. 18 Mar 1847, d. 2 Jul 1876; Alice, b. 3 Oct 1850, d. 3 Oct 1854.

Census

• 1790, Lexington, Middlesex Co., MA: Josiah Whitney, 1 male over 16 and 2 females.
• 1800, Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA: Josiah Whitney Jr, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 2 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1810, Ashby, Middlesex Co., MA: Josiah Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 2 males 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 2 females 0-9.

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), pp. 154-155.

1.^  "Josiah [Whitney], [died] Dec. 25, 1842," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989), pp. 246-247.

2.^  "Josiah [Whitney], of Waltham, and Mary Barrett, [married] Feb. 18, 1790," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 183-184.

3.^  "Polly [Whitney], w. Josiah, [died] Aug. 24, 1841," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 246-247.

4.^  "Josiah [Whitney], s. Josiah and Polly, at Waltham, [born] Mar. 24, 1791," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

5.^  "Sally [Whitney], d. Josiah and Polly, at Waltham, [born] Mar. 19, 1792," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

6.^  "Jonas P. [Whitney], s. Josiah and Polly, [born] Sep. 22, 1793," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

7.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. Josiah and Polly, at Waltham, [born] Sep. 14, 1796," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

8.^  "Mary [Whitney], and Oliver L. Wheeler, [married] July 17, 1817," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 183-184.

9.^  "William [Whitney], s. Josiah and Polly, at Lincoln, [born] July 20, 1798," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

10.^  "William, s. Josiah and w., bp. July 29, 1798. C.R.1," according to Vital Records of Lincoln, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908).

11.^  "John E. [Whitney], s. Josiah and Polly, [born] Apr. 7, 1801," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

12.^  "Nancy [Whitney], d. Josiah and Polly, [born] Mar. 29, 1803," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

13.^  "Nancy [Whitney] of Ashby and Asa Holt, [marriage intentions] Dec. 24, 1824," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. III, p. 149.

14.^  "Nancy [Whitney], and Asa Holt, of Fitchburg, [married] Feb. 8, 1825," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 183-184. Also, "Nancy to Asa Holt, Feb. 8, 1825, in Ashby," according to Fitchburg Vital Records, vol. III, p. 411.

15.^  "Ellis [Whitney], s. Josiah and Polly, [born] Dec. 17, 1805," according to Pingrey, op. cit., pp. 88-90.

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