Family:Whitney, Lewis W. (1838-a1900)

Lewis W.⁸ Whitney (Dwelly⁷, Lemuel⁶, Josiah⁵, Richard⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Dwelly⁷ and Emily (Derby) Whitney, was born 9 Jul 1838, Ashburnham, MA,^[1] and died after 1900.

He married, 29 Nov 1865, Ashby, MA, or 28 Nov 1865, Ashburnham, MA, Martha Jane Lawrence, daughter of Leonard and Martha (-----) Lawrence.^[2] She was born 19 Mar 1844, Ashburnham, MA,^[3] and died after 1900.

He resided resided Ashburnham, MA.

Children of Lewis W.⁸ and Martha Jane (Lawrence) Whitney:

i.	Frank M.9 Whitney, b. 23 Oct 1866, Ashburnham, MA;[4] m. 1 Jan 1890, Ashburnham, MA, Alice G. Bemis, b. ca. 1866, Ashburnham, MA, dau. of Albert C. & Sarah (Hastings) Bemis;[5] resided 214 West St., Worcester, MA.
ii.	Charles Lewis Whitney, b. 29 Nov 1868, Ashburnham, MA;[6] resided Worcester.

Census

• 1860, Hubbardston, Worcester Co., MA:

760 889 Thomas W. Whitworth 23 M - Chair Maker $200 N.H. Sarah D. " 24 F - Mass. Lewis Whitney 22 M - " " " 890 George Baker 27 M - " " $100 " Susan E. " 20 F - " Clinton W. " 2 M - " Cora J. " 6/12 F - "

• 1870, Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA:

363 447 Whitney, Lewis W. 32 M W Farming $2800 $625 Mass. Male citizen over 21 " Martha J. 26 F W Keeping house " " Frank M. 3 M W " " Charles L. 1 M W "

• 1880, Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA:

Lewis W. WHITNEY 41 Self M M W MA Farmer MA --- Martha J. WHITNEY 36 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA Frank M. WHITNEY 13 Son M S W MA At School MA MA Charles L. WHITNEY 11 Son M S W MA At School MA MA

• 1900, School Street, Ashburnham, Worcester Co., MA:

386 431 Whitney, Lewis W. Head W M Jul 1838 61 mar 34 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Farmer, Free farm -----, Martha J. Wife W F Mar 1844 56 mar 34 -ch -liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts

• 1900, 303 Salisbury Street, Worcester Ward 1, Worcester Co., MA:

237 347 Whitney, Frank M. Head W M Oct 1866 33 mar 10 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Clerk in meat newkeeper, Rents house -----, Alice J. Wife W F Mar 1865 35 mar 10 0ch 0liv Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts

References

• Census records.

• 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. 522.

1.^  "Lewis [Whitney], [born] ----, 1838. G.S.4," also "Luis [Whitney], s. Dwelly and Emily, [born] July 9, 1838," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Ashburnham, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

2.^  "Lewis W., a. 27y., farmer, of Ashburnham, s. Dwell and Emily, and Martha J. Lawrence, a. 21y., of Ashburnham, d. Leonard and Martha, Nov. 29, 1865," 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). Also "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 182, page 167, and volume 181, page 40.

3.^  "Martha J. [Whitney], w. Lewis, [born] -----, 1844. G.S.4," according to Ashburnham Vital Records.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 188, page 139.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 408, page 320.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 216, page 182.

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