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    1607. i.     MARY, b. -----.
    1608. ii.    EPHRAIM, b. Nov., 7, 1770; m. Sarah NOYES.
    1609. vii.   PAUL, b. Jan. 10, 1785; m. Catherine BARKER.
    1610. ix.    PORTER, b. -----.

  629. ZEBULON WHITNEY (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in York, Nov. 27,
1747; m. Joanna STONE.  He served in the Revolutionary war in the Massa-
chusetts state troops, and Apr. 4, 1835, was granted a pension while living in Cumber-
land Co., Me.; res. Gorham, Me.
    1611. i.     ABIGAIL, b. 1775.
    1612. ii.    HAPPY, b. -----.
    1613. iii.   MATTIE, b. -----.
    1614. iv.    RUFUS, b. -----.
    1615. v.     ELI, b. Aug. 16, 1786.
    1616. vi.    EUNICE, b. -----.
    1617. vii.   HANNAH, b.-----.
    1618. viii.  TABITHA, b. -----; m. -----.
    1619. ix.    ALMIRA, b. 1798.

  632. MICHA WHITNEY (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at Gorham, Me.,
Dec. 11, 1752; m. Hannah COBB; d. 1834.  He was a blacksmith and during the Revo-
lutionary war was a soldier in the company from New Vineyard, Me.; was also
sergt. In the war of 1812; was granted a pension in 1818.  He d. June 19, 1829; res.
Gorham and Phillips, Me.
    1620. i.     JOEL, b. May 7, 1787; m. Sally DYER, Sarah COMPTON, and Betsey
                  CHASE.
    1621. ii.    SALLY, b.-----; m. James HUMPHREY.
    1622. iii.   EBENEZER, b. -----; m. Dorcas PARLIN; res. Freeman, Me.
    1623. iv.    JOANNA, b. -----; m. Caleb SYLVESTER.
    1624. v.     ANDREW, b. May 5, 1795; m. June, 1816, Huldah SWEETSER; res.
                  Phillips, Me.
    1625. vi.    LYDIA, b. -----.
    1626. vii.   CHARLOTTE, b. -----.
    1627. viii.  WM. P., b. May 3, 1783; m. Nancy I. CARLTON.
    1628. ix.    MARY, b. -----; m. Reubin SMITH.
    1629. x.     HAPPY, b. -----; m. Samuel W. PHOENIX, of Phillips, Me.
    1630. xi.    BENJAMIN, b. 1806; m. Susan WELLS.
    1631. xii.   NAHUM, b. -----.

  633. DANIEL WHITNEY (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Sept. 26, 1754; m.
----- -----. Res. Gorham, Me.
    1632. i.     JESSE, b.-----; m. Mary SAWYER, Charity ----- and -----.

  637. ISAAC WHITNEY (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Dec. 28,
1748; m. 1771, Mary CROCKETT, of Gorham, b. 1752; d. July 29, 1832.
  Isaac was born at York, but soon moved to Gorham, where he married his wife.
In 1775 he purchased a farm in Gorham of his wife's father, on which they settled
and on which he died.  She was the daughter of Samuel CROCKETT, of Gorham.  His
farm was, in 1874, in the possession of his grandson.  He was in the Revolutionary
war in the Massachusetts line, and Apr. 18, 1818, was granted a pension.  In 1833
he was living in Cumberland Co., Me. He d. Oct 21, 1837; res. Gorham, Me.
    1633. i.     SARAH, b. 1772.
    1634. ii.    EDMUND, b. May 4, 1774; m. Martha MESERVE.
    1635. iii.   SAMUEL, b. May 4, 1774.
    1636. iv.    JOSEPH, b. Aug. 16, 1776.
    1637. v.     ISAAC L., b. May 29, 1781; m. Margaret C. LEACH.
    1638. vi.    ADAM, b. 1784.
    1639. vii.   POLLY, b. 1786.
    1640. viii.  SOPHIA, b. 1795.

  639. STEPHEN WHITNEY (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in Saco, Mar. 19,
1755; m. Patty IRISH, a daughter of the first white child who was born in Gorham.  He
was in the Revolutionary army, serving in the Rhode Island line, and was granted a
pension, April 18, 1818.  He d. -----; res. Gorham and Bridgton, Me.
    1641. i.     STEPHEN, b. May 5, 1799; m ----- MAYBERRY.

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  642. BARNABAS WHITNEY (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at Gorham,
Me., Aug. 18, 1766; m. at Goldsboro, Jan. 1, 1789, Sarah WALKER.  He settled in
Pownal; in 1808 he moved to Freeman, where he died.  He d. Oct. 19, 1833; res.
Pownal and Freeman, Me.
    1642. i.     ISAAC, b. -----; was in war of 1812.
    1643. ii.    JOHN, b. -----; m. -----.
    1644. iii.   SEWELL PITT, b. Mar. 19, 1798; m. Annie TUTTLE.
    1645. iv.    CONSTANT HOPKINS, b. -----.
    1646. v.     MARSHALL H., b. Jan. 15, 1800; m. Lavina LACE.
    1647. vi.    JAMES PAINE, b. -----; res. Laurence, Kan. (75.)
    1648. vii.   REBECCA, b. -----.
    1649. viii.  LOUISA, b. -----.
    1650. ix.    POLLY, b. -----.
    1651. x.     SALLY, b. -----.

  645. HENRY WHITNEY (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Saco, Me., in 1774;
m. Abigail WALKER; b.-----; d.-----. His father died at his house.  He d. 1846;
res. Freeport and Chesterville, Me.
    1652. i.     HENRY, b. Feb. 7, 1804; m. Rebecca FELLOWS.
    1653. ii.    -----, b.-----; m. ----- LAINSCOTT; son Joseph A. res. Augusta,
                  Me.
    1654. iii.   GEO. W., b. Oct. 8, 1809; m. Violet HAINES
    1655. iv.    HIRAM, b. 1815; m. Susan P. LUNT.
    1656. v.     AMBROSE, b. -----.

  654. LIEUT. JESSE WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Nov. 24,
1730; m. in Mendon, Sept. 22, 1757, Mary CHENEY, b. abt. 1736; d. June 25, 1777; m.
2d, Apr. 19, 1779, Mrs. Ruth (LEGG) WIGHT, b. Feb. 30, 1739; d. Oct. 21, 1785; m. 3d
(int.) July 5, 1794, Abigail RAWSON.
  He inherited part of his father's estate, on which he lived and died.  Was lieut.
in the Revolutionary army, and his civil and social standing was of the best.  His will
is dated Apr. 17, 1810, and it was probated May 23, 1815.  Lieut. David STEARNES was
exec.  He d. Apr. 26, 1815; res. Milford, Mass.
    1657. ix.    LEVI, b. Oct 21, 1763; d. June, 1788, at Weedsport, NY by fall-
                  ing from a tree.
    1658. i.     OLIVE, b. Feb. 9, 1758; m. her cousin, Nathan WHITNEY (see).
    1659. ii.    SUSANNA, b. July 12, 1759; d. Apr. 6, 1760 in Mendon.
    1660. iii.   RHODA, b. Oct. 8, 1760; m. Dec. 7, 1779, William HAYDEN of
                  Hopkinton.
    1661. iv.    HACHALIAH, b. Apr. 5, 1762; m. Abigail NELSON and Mrs. Olive
                  (MADDEN) COBB.
    1662. v.     LUCY, b. July 17, 1765; m. Apr. 6, 1786, Joseph CHAMBERLAIN, of
                  Hopkinton.  He was born Dec. 27, 1762; d. Aug. 20, 1800.  Ch.:
                  Whitney, Jesse, George, William, Levi, Joseph, Richard.  A
                  grandson is Joseph, of Oberlin, O. Another grandson is Wm. H.,
                  of Raleigh, NC.
    1663. vi.    RUTH, b. July 17, 1765; d. July 31, 1765 in Mendon.
    1664. vii.   ASA, b. Sept 4, 1766; d. Oct. 7, 1768 in Mendon.
    1665. viii.  ANNA, b. July 13, 1770; m. Nov. 27, 1791, William ABBEY, b. 1768,
                  in Hopkinton.
    1666. viii1/2 BETSEY, b. Sept. 15, 1788; d. May 31, 1811.
    1667. ix.    HANNAH, b. Sept. 15, 1788; d. Sept. 11, 1805.
    1668. x.     ANNA, b. Jan. 13, 1792; m. Dec. 16, 1813, Charles BARNES; m. 2d
                  Jan, 21, 1829, Alex CHENEY, d. Nov. 2, 1843.  Ch.: Lucy, b. Aug. 9,
                  1816; d. Nov. 30, 1837; Laura Ann, b. June 11, 1831; d. Mar. 16, 1845;
                  Anna, d. Apr. 27, 1854.
    1669. xi.    ELIAS, b. Feb. 4, 1795; d. Jan 4, 1797.

  656. CAPT. JONATHAN WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Mil-
ford, Mass., July 26, 1737; m. both of Mendon, Nov. 7, 1760, Esther PARKHURST, b.
June 22, 1741; d. Dec. 6, 1812, in Milo, NY.
  Jonathan WHITNEY was born in Mendon, in that part subsequently Milford,
Mass., and soon after his marriage in 1761 moved to Conway, where he resided until
1782.  With his son, Joel, he went in 1789 to Ontario Co., NY, cut a stock of hay on
the "Old Castle" farm near Geneva and put in four or five acres of wheat, put up a

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log house 18 feet square and roofed it up with bark, and returned home to Conway
in the fall. In 1791 with his family he moved to the "Old Castle" farm with ox teams
and were some seventeen days on the road.
  Jonathan was in the Revolutionary war and was at the siege of Ticonderoga.
The trees about the fort had been felled to allow the guns to be used.  One tree,
however, remained upright, against which another had fallen in a slanting direction.
He climbed into the crotch of the upright tree and fired into the fort, a party under
the tree loading the guns and handing them up to him.  It was some time before he
was discovered and driven away by the garrison.
  His military record is as follows:
                          Revolutionary War Archives
                             ---------------------
                               Lexington Alarm,
                                Vol. 13, p. 21
    Jonathan WHITNEY, Sarg., Conway, No. miles 216, served 16 days
  Capt. Robert OLIVER's co., in ye Regiment commanded By Samuel WILLIAMS
Who march for the Relief of the Country April 22d, 1775.
                                                   Robert OLIVER, Capt.
                               Vol. 28, p. 112.
                        List of Militia Officers 1776,
                          Appointed and Commissioned
                          5th Regt., in Hampshire Co.
                   Thomas FRENCH Capt. May 3, 1776, 7th Co.
                 Jona. WHITNEY 1st Lieut. May 3, 1776, 7th Co.
  Jonathan WHITNEY Lieut. engaged July 10th, discharge Aug. 12, 1777,in Capt.
Benj. PHILLIP's Co., Col. Elisha PORTER's Regt., from Hampshire Co.
                                   Vol. 28,
                            Mass. Militia Officers
                                Hampshire Co.,
           June 19, 1780.  Jonathan WHITNEY Capt. 7th Co. 5th Regt.
He d. Aug. 22, 1792; res. Milford and Conway, Mass., and Milo, NY
    1670. i.     NATHAN, b. Oct. 18, 1761; m. Olive WHITNEY and Thankful
                  CALDWELL.
    1671. ii.    ABIGAIL, b. Mar. 12, 1764; m. in Conway Apr. 2, 1787 Simeon
                  AMSDEN, b. Apr. 20, 1763; d. Aug. 16, 1832.
    1672. iii.   JOEL, b. Nov. 13, 1766; m. Sybil WHITMORE.
    1673. iv.    ESTHER, b. Dec. 16, 1769; m. in Conway Aug. 31, 1789 Solomon
                  GATES, b. Oct. 4, 1761.  She d. Aug 16, 1848.
    1674. v.     EXPERIENCE, b. June 6, 1772; m. June 25, 1789 at Conway, Immer
                  CRITTENDEN, b. Mar 17, 1776, d. Dec 16, 1826.  She d. Feb 5,
                  1826.
    1675. vi.    JONAS, b. May 12, 1775; m. Catherine PARKER.
    1676. vii.   RUTH, b. Feb. 18, 1778; d. young.
    1677. viii.  AMMI, b. Jan. 18, 1781; m. Anna AMSDEN.
    1678. ix.    PARKHURST, b. Sept. 15, 1784; m. Celinda COWING.

  658. DAVID WHITNEY (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), bap. Sept 21,
1746; m. Rachel -----.  He was a farmer; res. Conway, Mass.
    1679. i.     JONATHAN, b. Mar. 13, 1770; m. Lucy WASHBURN
    1680. ii.    MERCY, b. Sept 10, 1771; m. Dec 26, 1795, Ezra BOND, of
                  Conway
    1681. iii.   LYDIA, b. Feb 13, 1773; m. Nov 4, 1794, Mark BANGS, of
                  Montague.
    1682. iv.    RACHEL, b. Apr 1, 1775; d. 1784.
    1683. v.     RUBY, b. Mar 3, 1776; m. Oct 14, 1798, Calvin BARTLETT, of
                  Conway.
    1684. vi.    PRUDENCE, b. Mar 12, 1778; d. 1796.
    1685. vii.   POLLY, b. Nov 22, 1779; m. Oct 22, 1800, Abel DE WOLF, of
                  Conway.
    1686. viii.  LEINDER, b. Dec 9, 1781.
    1687. ix.    DAVID, b. Apr 19, 1785; d. 1787.
    1688. x.     RUTH, b. Sept 26, 1788; d. in infancy.
    1689. xi.    RUTH, b. Sept 26, 1789.

  661. ELIAS WHITNEY (Elias, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. June 15, 1750; m.
Apr 10, 1772, Lucy BARNES, b. Hingham, Mass., June 15, 1750; d. Oct 15, 1818.  He

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settled finally on the paternal homestead.  He was the worthy head of a worthy fam-
ily.  He was so strictly conscientious that when the pension law had passed, favor-
ing with pensions the surviving Revolutionary soldiers, and his papers were all made
out making perfectly valid his claim, on hearing them read over and finding that he
had got to swear that he was a needy applicant, he positively refused to make oath
or to have his pension on such terms, declaring that he was not thus needy, but had
lived and could live without the pension.  He was told that others much richer than
himself made no scruples of swearing that they needed the proferred pension; but,
though in really moderate circumstances, he persistently stuck to his scruples.  He
made his will Jan 16, 1825.  It was probated July 1, 1828.   He served in the Revolu-
tionary army, in Capt. JENNISON's company from Mendon, Mass.  He d. May 22, 1828;
res. Milford, Mass.
    1690. i.     ABIGAIL, b. Mar 6, 1773; m. 1798, Barnard BOYDEN; b. Mar 6, 1773.
                  Ch.: Elias, b. July 5, 1779; Ellis, b. -----; res. Milford.
    1691. ii.    MELLEN, b. Dec 9, 1774; m. Jane RICHARDSON.
    1692. iii.   REBECCA, b. Dec 14, 1776; m. June 22, 1797, Amos HOWARD, b.
                  Oct 2, 1769; d. Sept 1, 1829.  She d. Nov 25, 1827; res. Milford.
                  Ch.: Sibbia, b. May 22, 1798; Lucy, b. Dec 22, 1799; d. June 30,
                  1822; John, b. June 10, 1802; m. Chloe A GOULD; Margaret, b.
                  Feb 9, 1805; d. Mar 3 1832; Amos, b. Apr 2, 1807; m. Elvira
                  GOULD; Emery, b. Apr 11, 1809; d. Jan 9, 1829; Rebecca, b.
                  Aug 4, 1812; m. Sewell H. GOULD; Andrew J., b. Dec 7, 1818;
                  m. Laurinda HOWARD.
    1693. iv.    LYDIA, b. Apr 12, 1779; m. 1798 Abijah CLARK; b. Sept 1776; res.
                  Becket, Mass.  She d. bef. 1808.  Ch.: Alexander, Whitney,
                  Eliza and Stearnes.
    1694. v.     JONATHAN, b. May 9, 1781; m. Lavina COOMBS.
    1695. vi.    LABAN, b. Oct 24, 1783; m. Olive GREEN.
    1696. vii.   LUCY, b. Jan 6, 1786; m. Feb 1, 1803, John WOOD; rem. Barre, Vt.
                  Although the records of Mrs. WOOD's native town show her to
                  have been born Jan 6, it is related that Mrs. WOOD a few years
                  ago changed the date in the family bible to the 16th, and she
                  now insists on observing the later date.  Mrs. WOOD was born at
                  Jaffrey, NH, Jan. 6, 1786, and is therefore three years older
                  than the Federal government.  She has witnessed the rise and
                  fall of every political party and every presidential campaign
                  from the days of WASHINGTON to those of Grover CLEVELAND's
                  second triumph?  Her maiden name was Lucy WHITNEY, being
                  one of a family of 11 children.  At the age of 9 years her father
                  moved to Milford, Mass.  During her 16th year she was a pupil
                  in a Milford singing school, John WOOD, a young man from the
                  adjoining town of Mendon, also trying to master the difficult
                  "do, me, sol"  While rehearsing their parts together Cupid
                  accomplished his purpose, and on Feb 1, 1803, the young couple
                  were made man and wife by Amariah FROST.  They went to Vt.
                  to Barre.  The young husband built a cottage on the east hill.
                  There were no doors or windows.  The fireplace and chimney
                  were constructed of stone, and the house was divided into two
                  rooms by a blanket hung in the center. Mr. WOOD erected an
                  oven in the clearing outside the house, and Mrs. WOOD proudly
                  declares that the best cooking she has ever done was performed
                  in that ancient oven.  As soon as the house was finished both
                  husband and wife worked early and late to clear the land and
                  burn the brushwood about the dwelling.  On many nights dur-
                  ing the absence of Mr. WOOD, who had gone to the nearest sett-
                  lement for supplies, the good wife has sat by the candle light
                  through the midnight hours keeping a bright fire burning to
                  scare away the wolves that were howling about the house.
                  Sometimes they were brave enough to come by the blanket
                  which covered the door not daring to proceed further for fear
                  of the flames.
                    Mr. WOOD was a teamster for the United States government
                  in the war of 1812, his route being from Wells river to Burling-
                  ton.  The care of the farm and family devolved upon Mrs.
                  WOOD.  During her husband's absence the house caught fire

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                  and was devoured by the flames.  She hastened to a place of
                  safety, but remembering that her oldest child was sleeping in
                  the house, she re-entered the building and took her child to a
                  safe place.  The brave woman was severely burned in this act,
                  and still carries the scars.  This daughter died a few years ago,
                  aged. 73.  The neighbors proved to be friends in the hour
                  of need, and when Mr. WOOD returned home, greatly to his sur-
                  prise, he found a new house nearly completed.  In one of the
                  early winters there was no track of man or team at her door
                  for a period of six weeks.  Her oldest children went to school
                  in a barn on the CARLETON farm.  There was but one preacher in
                  town, Rev. Aaron PALMER.  Robert PADDOCK was the only physi-
                  cian, and the only merchant was Jack POLLARD.  For his service
                  in the battle of Plattsburg, Mr. WOOD drew a land warrant.  He
                  died in Boston March 24, 1857.  After his death Mrs. WOOD
                  managed the farm seven years, and then removed to Barre
                  village, where she now resides on Hill street with her daughter
                  Sophia, who is now 76 years old, and spends her entire time
                  caring for her aged mother.  Mrs. WOOD has had 10 other chil-
                  dren; three sons are now living - Charles, who resides at Orange;
                  Phineas, at Newport and Warren at Auburn, RI.  She claims
                  to have 40 living grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild 17
                  years old.  She is the last survivor of her father's family, there
                  having been five older and five younger.  In her 99th year she
                  made a bedquilt containing 5,876 pieces, which has taken
                  premiums at several county fairs.  To the casual visitor she
                  does not appear to be so old, although she is very thin and much
                  wrinkled.  Her memory is very good, and she remembers
                  events of her childhood with perfect clearness, delighting to
                  relate early reminiscences of the state and the noted men she
                  has met.  She can recall the events of the war of 1812, and
                  often she has told the young people gathered about her how the
                  patriotic men fought and the hardships they endured for their
                  country in the early days of the present century.  In her youth
                  Mrs. WOOD was a Congregationalist, but after her marriage and
                  settlement in Barre, she joined the Methodist society, and has
                  since been a stanch adherent of its creeds.  She retains her
                  faculties to a remarkable degree, her only weakness being her
                  great deafness and lameness, though she can move about the
                  house with the aid of chairs.  She still retains her business
                  faculty, and until very recently conducted her own affairs.  In
                  1891 Mrs. WOOD petitioned Congress for a pension on the ground
                  that her husband was a teamster in the war of 1812, and Con-
                  gress, by a special act, granted her $12 per month.  Last year
                  Mrs. WOOD was made a member of R.B., CRANDALL Woman's
                  Relief Corps, and was appointed an aide upon the staff of the
                  department president, and at the last State convention a depart-
                  ment badge was voted to her, she being the oldest member of
                  the order.  For several years she has ridden in the Grand Army
                  parade on Memorial days.  The old lady has enjoyed many
                  a birthday party, the one on her 100th being, perhaps the most
                  notable.  Crandall Relief Corps, with her relatives and neigh-
                  bors, celebrated with her the 107th anniversary of her birth.
                  She died Jan. 31, 1893.  Her children were: Willis, born in
                  Mendon, Mass; Horace, Elias, Celinda H., Phinneas, Laura,
                  Sophia M., b. July 28, 1818, still living unm.; Charles L., Warren F.

  668. JONATHAN WHITNEY (Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. Sherborn;
Mass., Sept 25, 1734; m. in Waltham, June 15, 1758, Eunice MARSHALL, b. Oct 2, 1736,
d. Sept 1799. He was a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill from Hopkinton, Mass.
He d. in 1800; res. Framingham and Dalton, Mass.
    1697. i.     ISAAC, b. Sept 26, 1768; m. Caroline HARMON.
    1698. ii.    AMOS, b. Sept 27, 1764.
    1699. iii.   PERSIS, b. Aug 20, 1769; m. ----- LASURE.

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