Family:Whitney, William Knowlton (1795-1868)

William Knowlton⁷ Whitney (John Smith⁶, Thomas⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of John Smith⁶ and Susanna (Knowlton) Whitney, was born 5 Apr 1795, Westborough, MA, and died 30 Sep 1868, Athol, MA, aged 73 years 5 months, of consumption, laborer.^[1]

He married firstly, 8 Jul 1813, Dana, MA, Deborah Woodward^[2]. She was born 9 Apr 1787, and died -----.

He married secondly, 2 Apr 1843, Athol, MA, Mary Ann Billings.^[3] She was born about 19 Aug 1809, Hatfield, MA, and died 23 Dec 1897, Athol, MA, aged 88 years 4 months 4 days, of pneumonia.^[4]

He resided Dana, MA.

Children of William Knowlton⁷ and Deborah (Woodward) Whitney:

i.	Elbridge8 Whitney, b. 27 Feb 1814; d. 5 Jul 1818.
ii.	Hannah H. Whitney, b. 11 Aug 1815; d. 29 Oct 1892; m. 10 Oct 1841, Athol, MA, Hiram Lewis, Jr.[5] Ch.: Cordelia A., b. 6 Sep 1844; Hiram J., b. 11 Sep 1847; Lorenzo, b. 20 Jul 1850.
iii.	William Benjamin Whitney, b. 17 May 1817; d. 27 Aug 1891; m. Marilla Clement.
iv.	Elbridge Whipple Whitney, b. 26 May 1819, Athol, MA;[6] m. Sophia Ann Billings.
v.	Susanna K. Whitney, b. 1 Nov 1820, Athol, MA;[7] m.(1) 16 May 1840, Athol, MA, Silas Frye;[8] m.(2) Ezra Decamp; resided Athol, MA.
vi.	Barzilla J. Whitney, b. 21 Apr 1822, Athol, MA;[9] m. Eliza M. Frye; d. 6 Jan 1858, Fitchburg, MA, and left 1 son, Francis; b. 14 Oct 1850; resided Athol.
vii.	Deborah W. Whitney, b. 30 Oct 1823, Athol, MA;[10] d. 7 Jul 1852, s.p.; m. 20 Aug 1848, Athol, MA;[11] Lyman Fox
viii.	Bartholomew W. Whitney, b. 19 Jul 1825, Athol, MA;[12] m. Rhoda Long.
ix.	John Flint Whitney, b. 29 Mar 1828, Athol, MA;[13] d. 25 Apr 1851, Athol, MA, aged 23 years, shoemaker.[14]
x.	Mary Whitney, b. 16 Mar 1830, Athol, MA;[15] d. 6 Sep 1846, Athol, MA, aged 16 years.[16]

Children of William Knowlton⁷ and Mary Ann (Billings) Whitney:

xi.	Eliza M. Whitney, b. 25 Aug 1844, Athol, MA;[17] d. 1889; "Eliza E." m. 2 Oct 1875, Athol, MA, Walter E. Richards.[18]
xii.	Hiram D. Whitney, b. 15 Jan 1850; d. 30 Apr 1868, Athol, MA, aged 18 years 3 months 15 days.[19]

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. 344.

1.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 213, page 233.

2.^  "William Knowlton [Whitney] and Deborah Woodward, [married] July 8, 1813," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Dana, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1925).

3.^  "William K. [Whitney] and Mary Ann Billings, [married] April 2, 1843," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910).

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 474, page 562.

5.^  "Hannah H. [Whitney] and Hiram Lewis Jr., [married] Oct. 10, 1841," according to Athol Vital Records.

6.^  "Elbridge W. [Whitney], s. William K. and Deborah, [born] May 26, 1819. At Dana," according to Athol Vital Records.

7.^  "Susannah K. [Whitney], d. William K. and Deborah, [born] Nov. 1, 1820," according to Athol Vital Records.

8.^  "Susanna K. [Whitney] and Silas Fry, [married] May 16, 1840," according to Athol Vital Records.

9.^  "Barzillia J. [Whitney], s. William K. and Deborah, [born] April 21, 1822," according to Athol Vital Records.

10.^  "Deborah W. [Whitney], d. William K.and Deborah, [born] Oct. 30, 1823," according to Athol Vital Records.

11.^  "Deborah [Whitney] (d. William K.) and Lyman Fox, [married] Aug 20, 1848," according to Athol Vital Records.

12.^  "Bartholomew W. [Whitney], s. William K. and Deborah, [born] July 19, 1825," according to Athol Vital Records.

13.^  "John F. [Whitney], s. William K. and Deborah, [born] March 29, 1828," according to Athol Vital Records.

14.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 59, page 97.

15.^  "Mary W. [Whitney], d. William K. and Deborah, [born] March 16, 1830," according to Athol Vital Records.

16.^  "Mary [W.] [Whitney] d. William K., [and Deborah], [died] Sept. 6, 1846, a. 16. Typhus fever," according to Athol Vital Records.

17.^  "_____ [Whitney], d. William K. and Mary Ann, [born] _____ __, ____ [1844 or 1845]," according to Athol Vital Records.

18.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 273, page 208.

19.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 213, page 233.

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