Family:Whitney, Nathan (1816-1886)

Nathan⁸ Whitney (Nathan⁷, Salmon⁶, Jonas⁵, Jonas⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Nathan⁷ and Nancy (Farwell) Whitney, was born 3 Nov 1816,^[1] Harvard, MA, and died 4 Sep 1886, Fitchburg, MA.

He married, 29 Apr 1845, Dublin, NH, Nancy Augusta Hay.^[2] She was born 28 May 1821,^[3] and died 3 Aug 1892.

He was a contractor. He resided Peterborough and Dublin, NH, and Winchendon and Fitchburg, MA.

Children of Nathan⁸ and Nancy Augusta (Hay) Whitney:

i.	Albert Raymond9 Whitney, b. 25 Mar 1846, Peterborough, NH; m.(1) Pauline Adeline Robbins; m.(2) Betridge (Parker) Tucker; m.(3) Julia Etta Platts.
ii.	Engelia Mazota Whitney, b. 28 May 1848, Peterborough, NH; m. 8 Jun 1881, Fitchburg, MA, Charles H. Shepley, son of Stephen and Martha M. (-----) Shepley, b. ca. 1848, Fitchburg, MA;[4] resided Waverly House, Boston, MA.
iii.	Emeline Frances Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1850, Peterborough, NH; m. William A. Briggs; resided Montpelier, VT.
iv.	Clara Mehala Whitney, b. 24 Jun 1853, Dublin, NH; m. 26 Nov 1874, Winchendon, MA, Herbert W. Raymond of Boston, MA, son of Silas and Lucinda (-----) Raymond, b. ca. 1853, Winchendon, MA;[5] resided 13 Wesley Park, Somerville, MA.
v.	William Edwin Whitney, b. 23 Nov 1856, Dublin, NH; m. Ada I. Howe.
vi.	Elmer Hale Whitney, b. 29 Dec 1858, Dublin, NH; m. Ida W. Gregg.
vii.	Edgar Hay Whitney, b. 29 Dec 1858, Dublin, NH; unmarried. He is manager of a manufacturing company; resided 155 Congress St., Boston.
viii.	Ada Molissa Whitney, b. 12 Feb 1860, Dublin, NH (given name omitted);[6] m. 24 Jan 1882, Fitchburg, MA, Charles H. Norton, of Vernon, VT, son of Eugene L. and Sarah (-----) Norton, b. ca. 1855, Charlestown, MA;[7] resided Egypt, MA.
ix.	Harry Loring Whitney, b. 4 Jul 1863, Dublin, NH;[8] m. Josephine Frost Simonds.

Census

• 1850, Peterborough, Hillsborough Co., NH:

176 200 Nathan Whitney 32 M - Joiner $1700 Mass. Augusta " 29 F - N.H. Albert R. " 4 M - N.H. Attended school Engelia " 2 F - N.H.

• 1855, Chicopee, Hampden Co., MA:

715 904 Nathan Whitney 35 M - Farmer Mass. Nancy " 69 F - " Masena B. " 9 M - " Michael Johnson 14 M - Ireland

• 1860, Dublin, Cheshire Co., NH:

675 679 Nathan Whitney 43 M - Farmer $3400 $1200 Mass. Augusta " 39 F - House Keeper N.H. Albert R. " 14 M - " Attended school Cecleia " 12 F - " Attended school Amelia F. " 9 F - " Attended school Clara M. " 8 F - " Attended school William E. " 4 M - " Elmer H. " 2 M - " Edgar H. " 2 M - " Ada " 5/12 F - " Mary J. Butterfield 23 F - Domestic "

• 1870, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA:

Hotel 182 238 Whitney, Nathan 53 M W Hotel Keeper Mass. -----, Augusta 49 F W Land Lady New Hampshire -----, Albert R. 24 M W Hotel Keeper " " -----, Engelia M. 22 F W At Home " " -----, Clara M. 18 F W At Home " " -----, Edgar H. 12 M W Attends School " " -----, Edwin W. 14 M W Attends School " " -----, Elmer H. 12 M W Attends School " " -----, Ada M. 10 F W Attends School " " Whitney, Harry S. 7 M W Attends School New Hampshire [and 14 employees or residents]

• 1880, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

Nathan WHITNEY 62 Self M M W MA Painter MA MA Nancy A. WHITNEY 59 Wife F M W NH Keeping House NH NH Engelia M. WHITNEY 32 Dau F S W NH Teacher Of Music MA NH Ada M. WHITNEY 20 Dau F S W NH At Home MA NH Harry L. WHITNEY 16 Son M S W NH Clerk In Grocery MA NH Lewis PARKHURST 24 Oth M S W MA Princapal Of Grammer School MA NH William J. STEARNS 26 Oth M S W MA Clerk In Bank MA MA Amos BUGBEE 19 Oth M S W IL Machinst Apprentic IL IL

• 1880, Winchendon, Worcester Co., MA:

Harrison P. GOODSPEED 50 Self M M W MA Foreman Machine Shop CT MA Czrina B. GOODSPEED 42 Wife F M W MA Keeps House NH MA Edgar H. WHITNEY 22 Oth M S W NH Foreman In Machine Shop NH NH

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. 499.

1.^  "Nathan [Whitney], [born] Nov. 3, 1816. G.G.3," according to Winchendon Vital Records.

2.^  "Nathan Whitney & Nancy A. Hay, m. 29 Apr 1845, [Dublin,] NH," according to New Hampshire, Vital Records, Marriage Index.

3.^  "Nancy A. [Whitney], w. Nathan, [born] May 28, 1821. G.S.3," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Winchendon, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1909).

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 327, page 269.

5.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 264, page 344.

6.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 336, page 284.

8.^  New Hampshire, Vital Records, Birth Index.

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