Family:Whitney, Orlando (1804-1874)

Orlando⁷ Whitney (Jonah⁶, Thomas⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jonah⁶ and Anna (Rider) Whitney, was born 23 Jul 1804, Westborough, MA, and died 25 Jul 1874, Grafton, MA.

He married, 7 May 1829, Grafton, MA, Susan Maria Wood,^[1] daughter of Isaac Willard and Susanna (Smith) Wood. She was born 22 Dec 1808, Grafton, MA.

They resided Grafton, MA, until his death, and then she resided Westborough, MA.

Children of Orlando⁷ and Susan M. (Wood) Whitney:

i.	Susan C.8 Whitney, b. 4 Nov 1834, Grafton, MA;[2] d. 29 Jul 1836, Grafton, MA, aged 1 year 3 months.[3]

Census

• 1830, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA: Orlando Whitney, 1 male 20-29 and 1 female 20-29.
• 1840, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA: Orlando Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 2 males 10-14, and 1 female 30-39; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1850, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:

521 570 Orlander Whitney 46 M - Shoemaker $2300 Mass. Susan M. " 41 F - do Byron M. Mosely 14 M - do Attended school

• 1855, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:

135 153 Orlando Whitney 51 M - Shoe Maker Mass. Susan M. Whitney 50 F - " Alonzo Bond 15 M - Shoe Maker "

• 1860, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:

1486 1662 Orlander Whitney 56 M - Farmer $2300 $600 Massachusetts Susan M. " 42 F - " Samuel Bacon 13 M - "

• 1870, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:

466 586 Whitney, Orlando 66 M W Farmer $2500 -- Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Susan M. 61 F W Keeping House Mass.

• 1880, Grafton, Worcester Co., MA:

W. L. WOOD 73 Self M M W MA Laborer MA MA Rhoda M. WOOD 52 Wife F M W NJ Keeping House NJ NJ Susan M. WHITNEY 71 Oth F W W MA Servant MA MA

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. 345.

1.^  "Orlando [Whitney] and Susan M. Wood, [married] May 7, 1829," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Grafton, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, MA: The Systematic History Fund, 1906).

2.^  "Susan Caroline [Whitney], d. Orlando and Susan M., [born] Nov. 4, 1834," according to Grafton Vital Records.

3.^  "Susan Caroline [Whitney], d. Orlando and Susan M., [died] Jan. 29, 1836. [a. 1y. 3m. G.S.]," according to Grafton Vital Records.

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