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                  a cue. He was always welcomed by the lonely pioneers. He
                  was also known as the "Speaker of the Lobby," as he was the
                  leader of that branch of the Legislature for many years. The
                  citizens, judges an legistators at Vandalia were all agog to
                  witness the convening of the Lobby. It was a great event. A
                  throng would assemble and, after some ceremony, "Lord Coke"
                  would mount the stand and call the house to order. He
                  would deliver his annual message which would be received
                  with cheers and laughter. Many hits and jokes would be em-
                  bodied in the message. Sometimes the satire was very broad.
                  He presided over the Lobby with magisterial sway. Many of
                  the reports from committees would be submitted which would
                  be in accord with their burlesque titles. These reports were
                  often written by Lord Coke himself, and there was a broad
                  personality in them, rather Hudibrastic. He died Dec. 13, 1860.
                  [History Pike Co., Ill.]
    1513. xi.    MILTON, b. Apr. 7, 1786; m. Lydia CLEVELAND.

  585. JOSIAH WHITNEY (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. -----; m. -----
-----; m. 2d, at Addison, Vt., Dec. 6, 1818, Susanna HINDS; res. Addison, Vt., and
Chautauqua Co., N. Y.
    1514. i.     POLLY, b. -----; m. ----- COLBURN.
    1515. ii.    AMY, b.-----; unm.
    1516. iii.   NANCY, b. -----; m. ----- FERGUSON.
    1517. iv.    HULDAH, b. -----; m. Alanson SMITH of Addison.
    1518. v.     JOSHUA, b. -----.

  586. GEN. DAVID WHITNEY (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Conn. in 1755, m.
----- -----; m. 2d, ----- -----; m. 3d at Addison, Vt., Mar. 3, 1818, Eliza
WILSON, b. in 1802, d. at Bridport, Vt., Sept. 3, 1884.
  Gen. David WHITNEY came into Addison soon after the close of the Revolution,
and settled on the farm previously owned by KELLOGG. He afterward removed to
the farm on the north bank of Ward's Creek, where he lived until a few years pre-
vious to his death, when he moved to Bridport, where he died May 10, 1850, at the
age of 93. He was a member of the Constitutional Conventions of 1793, 1814, 1836,
and 1843; represented Addison in 1790, 1792, 1793, 1797, 1798, 1808 to 1815, and 1824.
He was a shrewd politician and always one of the leading men in the town; possessed
considerable conversational powers, spiced with a quiet vein of humor. I recollect
his account of having the lake fever soon after he came into town, and as it illus-
trates the practice of the day, I give it: It was whilst he lived on the Kellogg farm.
He was taken very sick - pulse bounding, eyes bloodshot and starting from their
sockets, the blood coursing through his veins like liquid fire. The doctor was sent
for; on arriving, ordered every window and door closed, although it was in the
hottest days - cold water forbidden, warm drinks ordered. Thus days and
nights of intolerable suffering went by, and when he begged for just one drop of
water it was denied. One night two neighbors, weary and tired from the harvest
field, came in to watch through the night. One of them soon dropped off to sleep;
the other, more enduring, still kept watch. At midnight, after giving the general
his medicine, he brought in a pail of water, fresh from the well. How quick the
sick man would have given the wealth of the Indies for one draught of that spark-
ling water. Could he not by stratagem secure it? He feigned sleep, and the tired
man, fixing himself as comfortably as possible, was soon in a sound sleep. WHITNEY
now crawled from the bed on his hands and knees, and made his way to the pail.
With what eagerness he clutched the cup and drained it, draught after draught. He
then wished he could breathe a little fresh air, it was so stifling where he was. The
man still slept; be opened the door. How still and quiet everything lay in the
moonlight. The dew on the grass sparkling like diamonds-the chirp of the cricket
alone broke the silence. How delicious was the night wind, as it fanned his fevered
cheek and burning brow. The idea of escape from his prison, as he regarded it,
presented itself, and instantly he started, crossing the road and through a thicket
edge that grew beside the fence, into a meadow, and plunging down amid the tall
wet grass, he clapped his hands for joy, as he rolled from side to side. But now the
fever is upon him; the fire is quenched and his strength is gone. He cannot rise.
The watchers have missed him. They shout his name. He tries to answer but is
too weak. They find and carry him to the house, and in alarm run for the doctor.
He does not get there until morning. A quiet, refreshing sleep has removed all

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symptoms of fever. The doctor would give him pill and potion, but the General
would none of it, and told him that he had a new doctor, old Dame Nature, who
seemed to understand the case altogether the best, and he should trust to her.
Returning health showed his judgment in choosing. Ague and fever, and bilious
intermittent prevailed extremely in the early settlement of the town, but for quite a
number of years little or none has been known. General WHITNEY lived to be 98.
[From the Vermont Historical Gazetteer.]
  His right arm was amputated after he was 80 years of age, and he then learned
to write with his left hand.
  The following is all the information I have been able to find in regard to Gen.
David WHITNEY in the adjutant-general's office at Vermont: He served as a private
four days in Capt. Abraham SALISBURY's company in 1780, and also twelve days in 1781
under the same command. Was a member of the General Assembly in Oct. 1790,
and Oct. 18, 1793, Col. David WHITNEY was elected brigadier-general of the 6th
brigade. Was a member of the General Assembly in Oct., 1797, 1798, 1809, and 1812.
It does not appear that he was ever adjutant-general. These facts came from a
Vermont history called "Governor and Council." Gen. WHITNEY served in the Revo-
lutionary war, in the early part in the Connecticut line, and more than I have found
on the rolls, but the Vermont records are very imperfect and unsatisfactory in
every way. He was pensioned March 4, 1831.
  N. S. BENNETT, town clerk at Bridport, sends the following of Gen. WHITNEY: Gen.
David WHITNEY, who died in this town May 10, A. D. 1850, aged 93 years, was for-
merly a resident of Addison, an adjoining town to this. He bought a small place in
this town in 1839, where he lived awhile, and subsequently sold that and purchased
another in the village, where he lived and died, leaving a widow, who was his third
wife, but he never had any children of his own by either wife. His last wife was
a Miss Eliza WILSON of this town whom he married when he was at the age of 60
years and she was 16 years old. She died in this town age 82 years. He d., s. p.,
May 10, 1850; res. Addison and Bridport, Vt.

  601. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
June 6, 1759; m. -----.
  Samuel WHITNEY was born in Canaan, Conn., and after the death of his father
moved to Vermont, where he died quite suddenly of apoplexy. His wife died of
consumption. He d. in 1814; res. Chittenden Co., Vt.
    1519. i.     DAVID, b. Mar. 4, 1796; m. Margaret KARR.

  602. TARBALL WHITNEY (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
June 30, 1763; m. in Huntington, Pa., Dec. 15, 1785, Mrs. Lois LAWRENCE, widow of
James HOPKINS, b. June 7, 1757, d. Aug. 30, 1840.
  Tarball WHITNEY was born in Canaan, Conn. Soon after the death
of his father he moved to Poultney, Vt., and was residing there in 1781,
for his name is found on the tax list. Later he moved to Huntington, Pa.,
and still later to Almond, N. Y., where he died. His wife was the widow of
James HOPKINS, who was killed by the Indians at the battle of Wyoming.
She left the valley on foot, carrying her child with her in her arms, though soon to
give birth to another. There is a tradition in the family that he was named after an
Indian chief. This is probably erroneous, the name Tarball comes from an old
family in Groton, Mass., where Tarball's ancestor resided. He d. Aug. 17, 1850,
res. Almond, N. Y.; Poultney, Vt., in 1781.
    1520. iv.    RUFUS, b. Dec. 18, 1796; m. Laura Maria PICKET.
    1521. vi.    WILLIAM, b. Apr. 23, 1802; m. Louisa ALLEN.
    1522. iii.   AMI, b. July 28, 1793; m. Rachel OSGOOD.
    1523. i.     SARAH, b. Aug. 28, 1787; m. 1808 Joseph KARR; res. Almond, N. Y.
                  She d. Feb. 4, 1833; son Joseph, res. Almond.
    1524. ii.    SOLOMON, b. Apr. 29, 1790; m. Sarah A. HASKINS.
    1525. v.     TARBALL, b. Mar. 14, 1800; d. Sept. 6, 1803.

  603. SOLOMON WHITNEY (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
Nov. 15, 1766; m. at Poultney, Vt., Polly MARSHALL, b. Aug. 17, 1767; d. Feb. 23, 1837,
at Poultney.
  He was born at Canaan, Conn., and soon after reaching his majority moved to
Poultney, Vt. There he married, purchased land and conducted a large farm until
his death in 1854. He d. Sept. 1854; res. Poultney, Vt.
    1526. i.     JOHN, b. Sept. 1, 1791; m. Sally HOLLENBECK.

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    1527. ii.    SALLY, b. Feb. 23, 1787; m. in Poultney, Oliver Lawrence ANGEVINE.
                  He was b. 1779; d. Poultney, Vt., Sept. 26, 1870, ae. 91, was a
                  farmer. Ch.: Solomon; Mary; Harriett, m. James HOWE, res.
                  Martinsburg, Mo.; Hiel; Charity, m. Nathaniel MITCHELL, res.
                  Fairhaven, Vt.; James; Mary; Ann; Parcellus, res. Omro, Wis.;
                  John; Harvey; Sarah, m. Henry FARMER, res. Fairhaven.
    1528. iii.   SOLOMON, b. June 4, 1793; m. Nancy HURLBUT.
    1529. iv.    LUCY, b. Nov. 11, 1786; m. Harvey FINEL; res. Poultney, Vt.
    1530. v.     POLLY, b. May 22, 1796; m. in Poultney, Caleb BUTLER. Soon after
                  their marriage they moved to Waukegan, Ill., where they
                  resided.
    1531. vi.    CHESTER, b. May 22, 1798; m. Ruth CRANE. He d. Aug. 6, 1845,
                  in Poultney, Vt.
    1532. vii.   LYDIA, b. Apr, 8, 1800; m. Harvey MALARY.
    1533. viii.  RUTH, b. Sep. 22, 1804; m. in Poultney, Vt., A. B. CHURCH; res-
                  Rochester, N. Y., and Hamburg, S. C.
    1534. ix.    ICHABOD, b. May 7, 1789; d. unm. 1807.
    1535. x.     ELIZA, b. Mar. 4, 1807.

  604. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. Brunswick, Me.,
Sept. 15, 1732; m. Mary -----.
  He was born in Brunswick, Me., and during the French and Indian war in
1754 was taken prisoner to Quebec. He was sold for a certain sum. and released in
1761, after the war was over. There is a petition in the statehouse at Boston which
he sent to the Great and General Court, praying for ransom. In the records of the
First Baptist Church at New Meadows there is this entry:
  "Samuel WHITNEY, deacon, dismissed to a church to be gathered at St. John's.
River, eastward." . . . . .
  Mary WHITNEY, wife of Deacon S. W., dismissed to St. John's River, October,
1765. It would be interesting to know if the town of Whitneyville resulted from this
dismissal; res. -----, Me.
    1536. i.     EBENEZER, b. -----; m. -----.
    1537. ii.    JOEL, b. -----. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and d. unm.
at Plattsburg, N. Y. in the service in 1812 of fever.
    1538. iii.   THOMAS G., b. -----; m. ----- -----, and Mrs. ----- THORNTON.

  605. JONATHAN WHITNEY (Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Dec.
21, 1734; m. at Bath, Me., Mary AUSTIN.
  He was born in the old town of York, Me., but moved to Brunswick with his
parents at an early age. He settled in Bath, Me., and died there in his eighty-fourth
year. He was captured by the Indians at New Meadows in Bath when but seventeen
years of age. He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He d. Nov. 1816; res.
Bath, Me.
    1539.        AMOS, b. Apr. 18, 1766; m. Abigail SPRINGER.

  604a. ABRAHAM WHITNEY (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. 1752; m. in
Lisbon, Aphia COOMBS, b. -----; d. -----. He was a farmer; was in the Revolution-
ary war and received a pension. He d. -----; res. Lisbon, Me.
    1540. i.     ABRAM, b. -----; m. Ann CONANT.
    1541. ii.    PETER, b. -----; m. ----- HINCKLEY.
    1542. iii.   BENJAMIN, b. Nov. 29, 1776; m. Bethiah WOODWARD.
    1543. iv.    THOMAS, b. -----; m. Susan COWING.
    1544. v.     SARAH, b. Feb. 22, 1792; m. Jan. 1, 1812, William WOODWARD; res.
                  Lisbon. She d. Feb. 20, 1845; he m. 2d Oct. 19, 1845, Betsey
                  CLOUGH. He d. in Lewiston, Jan. 28, 1880. Ch.: Moses, b. Oct. 22,
                  1812; Nathan Coombs, b. Aug. 17, 1814; Abram Whitney, b.
                  Feb. 4, 1817; Harriett Whittemore, b. Mar. 1, 1819; Jane S., b.
                  Dec. 2, 1820; Marcia Ann, b. May 6, 1824; Wm. Gardner F.,
                  b. Apr. 24, 1836; Susan Elizabeth, b. May 22, 1837.
    1545. vi.    MERCY, b. -----; m. John GODFREY.
    1546. vii.   JOSEPH STOCKBRIDGE, b. -----; m. Betsey PHILBROOK.
    1547. viii.  ISAAC, b. -----; drowned, ae. 20.
    1548. ix.    APHIA, b. -----; d. ae. 18.
    1549. x.     MEHITABLE, b. -----; m. Jesse ALLEN.

  606a. JACOB WHITNEY (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), said to have been
b. in Conn. and his father was Jacob; b. Lisbon, Me., June 11, 1763; m. July 11, 1787,

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Hannah MILLS; b. July. 17, 1760; d. -----. He was in the Revolutionary war. He
d. May, 1846; res. Phillips, Me.
    1550. vi.    SAMUEL L., b. Aug. 3, 1799; m. Delinda S. HOWARD.
    1551. ii.    JAMES M., b. Oct. 9, 1790; m. -----, HINCKLEY.
    1552. iii.   CHRISTOPHER A., b. Apr. 3, 1793; m. Adeline HOWARD.
    1553. viii.  JOSIAH S., b. Aug. 1, 1807; res. in Chippewa Falls, Wis., in 1875.
    1554. i.     MARY M., b. June 27, 1788.
    1555. iv.    PATIENCE, b. Feb. 26, 1795.
    1556. v.     JOSEPH, b. Jan. 26, 1797.
    1557. vii.   JOHN B., b. Nov. 5, 1801.

  607a. NATHAN WHITNEY (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. about 1768: m.
Sarah GODFREY; d. Mar. 21, 1827; m. 2d Fanny SHEPARD. He was a farmer. He d.
in Sept., 1849; res. Lisbon and Gardiner, Me.
    1558. i.     ABIEZER H., b. Mar. 29, 1794, m. Elizabeth WHITE and Mrs. Susan
                  YEATON.
    1559. ii.    REBECCA S., b. 1801; m. at Lisbon, Robert GOULD; b. Pitson, Me.,
                  1796; d. at Gardiner in 1835. He was a merchant and ship
                  owner. Ch.; Geo. A., lost at sea in 1843 in the brig "Netarnis";
                  Henry G., res. 34 Coney St., New Orleans, La.; F. Delia;
                  Edward G., d. aged three years; Sarah E., d. in Tryon, N. C., in
                  1892; her dau. is Mrs. F. A. BOWMAN, at Tryon, N. C.; Robert.
    1560. iii.   BATHSHEBA. b. 1800; m. ----- HAMLIN; d. s. p.
    1561. iv.    JOHN G., b. Mar. 3, 1798; m. Mary ALLEN.
    1562. v.     OTIS, b. -----; m. twice.
    1563. vi.    ELIAS S., b. 1809; m. Sarah GODFREY.
    1564. vii.   THANKFUL, b. -----; m. ----- KIMBALL.
    1565. viii.  HANNAH, b. -----; m. ----- FOLSOM.
    1566. ix.    CALVIN, b.-----; m. twice.
    1567. x.     SELINDA, b.-----; m. ----- BRAGDON.
    1568. xi.    NATHAN, b. -----.
    1569. Xii.   SARAH, b. -----.
    1570. xiii.  RUEL, b. -----.

  610. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. 1774; m. Lydia
CURIT; res. -----, Me.
    1571. i.     ELIZA, b. -----.
    1572. ii.    JACOB, b. Oct. 14, 1804; m. ----- -----.
    1573. iii.   JOHN, b. -----.
    1574. iv.    ISABEL, b. -----.
    1575. v.     MERCY, b. -----.
    1576. vi.    LYDIA, b. -----.
    1577. vii.   SAMUEL, b. -----.

  616. CAPT. MOSES WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gor-
ham, Me., 1739; m. Molly PAGE, b. England; d. -----; m. 2d. Abigail -----; d. Oct.
8, 1844.
  He was a man of remarkable physical strength and courage. He was a sturdy,
unyielding, self-reliant character, but with much kindness of heart. He moved to
Harrison, Me., from Gorham, in 1815. He was captain in the French and Indian
war, and also served in the Revolutionary war. Ridlon, in his History of Harrison,
says: "The WHITNEY family is remarkable for its firmness and force of character of
its members. Indeed they are a people of singular stability and persistency of pur-
pose. They have been possessed of strong physical organizations, and frequently
lived to be very old. Public spirited and progressive they have been foremost in
defending the rights of their countrymen, and in all matters designed for the eleva-
tion and well-being of society."  He d. Apr. 12, 1820; res. Harrison, Me.
    1578. i.     ENOCH, b. in 1769, m. Eunice NEWCOMB, Mrs. KENDALL and Mrs.
                  DENNETT.
    1579. ii.    MOSES, b. -----; d. young.
    1580. iii.   RICHARD, b. -----; m. -----.
    1581. iv.    SAMUEL, b. in 1780; m. Margaret DARROW.
    1582. v.     MOLLY, b. -----; m. Lemuel ROUNDS. and rev. to Ohio.
    1583. vi.    BETSEY, b. -----; m. Jonas CATES, and rev. to New York state.
    1584. vii.   LUCY, b. -----; m. John GREENLAW, of Brownfield.

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    1585. viii.  SUSANNA, b. -----; m. Jan. 22, 1809, Dea. Seth CARSLEY; res. H.
                  He was b. Gorham, July 18, 1789, but res. in Harrison, where he
                  purchased land of Thomas PERLEY, of Boxford, Mass. He built
                  the first house in Bridgeton, was one of the original members of
                  the F. W. Baptist church, was early chosen a deacon and held
                  the office during life; was a man of honor and integrity and
                  esteemed for his sincere piety. At his death, Mar. 27, 1874, he
                  was the oldest man in the town. His wife d. Dec. 16, 1873. Ch.:
                  Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1810: d. unm. July 29, 1839; Susanna, b. Dec.
                  11, 1811; m. Stephen BLAKE; Edward P., b. Mar. 25, 1815, unm.;
                  res. Otisfield; Nathan, b. Apr. 20, 1817; m. his cousin, Elizabeth
                  WHITNEY; res. Harrison; John, b. July 16, 1820: m. Adaline
                  BLAKE; Mary A., b. Feb. 21, 1823; m. Stephen BLAKE; Richard P.,
                  b. Apr. 13, 1826; m. Caroline M. HAYES; res. Newton, Mass.
    1586. ix.    SALLY, b. -----; m. Rev. Joseph PHINNEY, of H. He was
                  born in Gorham, married and settled in Harrison. He
                  preached for several years; was very unlike his brother-eccen-
                  tric, rough, and loud spoken, who was gentle and a great singer.
                  He became somewhat deranged in latter years, and died about
                  1870. Ch.: Esther, b. July 16, 1813; m. Jacob KILBOURN, of
                  Waterford, Me.: Jane B., Dec. 9, 1816; m. Amos LIBBY; she d.
                  Nov. 10, 1872; Nancy G., b. Mar. 24, 1819; m. Oliver P. HASKELL,
                  of Windham; Sarah H., b. Oct. 16, 1821; d. unm.; Andrew R.,
                  b. June 22, 1824; d. unm. 1848.

  618. JOSIAH WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Cape Cod, m.
Cape Cod, Hannah BASTOW, b. Cambridge, Mass., 1732; d. 1807, at Cape Breton. He
d. Queens Co., Salmon River, N. B., 1810; res. Gasby, Ca., and Salmon River, N. B.
    1587. i.     JOSIAH, b. -----; m. Elizabeth HARDING.
    1588. ii.    SETH, b. -----.
    1589. iii.   JOHN, b. 1781; m. ----- -----.
    1590. iv.    NOALS, b. -----.
    1591. v.     ELIAB T., b. Dec. 17, 1789; m. Lydia BUTTERWORTH and Lydia
                  WILLIAMS.
    1592. vi.    HANNAH, b. -----.
    1593. vii.   MARGARET, b. -----.
    1594. viii.  SALLY, b. -----.
    1595. ix.    MARTHA, b. -----.

  620. ASA WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham, Me.,
Dec., 1754; m. 1st Flora, b. -----; d. -----; m. 2d, at Cape Cod, Mass., 1782, Phebe
HOPKINS, dau. of the signer of the Dec. of Independence Stephen HOPKINS. He d.
Dec. 17, 1806; res. Gorham, Me.
    1596. i.     GEORGE W., b. June 14, 1792; m. Mary WHITNEY.
    1597. ii.    SAMUEL, b. Aug. 29, 1777; m. Hannah SNOW, Mary RICH, and Mrs.
                  Mary (PIPER) RING.
    1598. iii.   JOHN, b. -----; m. ----- RICH.
    1599. iv.    BENJAMIN, b. -----; res. Kingston, Canada.
    1600. v.     ANNIE, b. -----.
    1601. vi.    ERIE, b. -----.
    1602. vii.   MARY, b. -----.
    1603. viii.  HANNAH, b. -----; m. -----.
    1604. ix.    EUNICE, b. -----.
    1605. x.     ROXANNA, b. -----.

  621. ABEL WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham, Me.;
m. Thankful MORTON. He. d. -----; res. Standish, Me.
    1606. i.     NATHANIEL, b. -----; m. ----- -----.

  626. JOEL WHITNEY (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at York, Me., May
21, 1743; m. at Falmouth, Me., Mary WESTON.
  He was born in the old town of York, Me., married at Falmouth, now Portland,
and about 1767 moved to Chandler's River, now the town of Jonesboro, Me., where
he afterward resided and where he died. It is said they had two daughters and
eight sons and that their descendants are scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
He was always a farmer. He d. 1789; res. Falmouth and
Chandler's River, Me.

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