by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895), pages 226 - 230
Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999.
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1528. SOLOMON WHITNEY (Solomon, Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Poult-
ney, Vt., June 4, 1793; m. there in 1818, Nancy HURLBUT; b. in 1798; d. Oct. 28, 1856.
He settled in Poultney, Vt., where his children were born. He learned the tan-
ner's trade, followed it, carrying on shoemaking until he was between sixty and seventy
years of age; also he had a farm. His son Newton concluded to go west after stay-
ing with him until he was past thirty years, and they sold out and went west in 1855.
He lived to be eighty-two years, and was buried in Deep River, Ia. He d. Jan. 13,
1876; res. Poultney, Vt., and Deep River, Ia.
3365. i. ALBERT, b. Jan. 14, 1820; m. Mary MARSHALL.
3366. ii. NEWTON, b. Sept. 26, 1822; m. Catherine DILLON.
3367. iii. MARY JANE, b. Mar. 16, 1824; m. May 13, 1850, R. F. HENDEE; res.
Webster, N. Y. He was b. Oct. 18, 1823. Ch.: Newton L., b.
Oct. 6, 1853; lives in Webster, N. Y.; Lorin A., b. Apr. 14, 1855;
res. Charlotte, Mich.; Alice M. (WEBSTER), b. May 16, 1857; Rob-
ert F., b. Sept. 30, 1862; d. May 12, 1875; Wm. H., b. Sept. 20,
1864.
3368. iv. MYRON, b. Mar. 10, 1826; m. Sophia GREER.
3369. v. HELEN, b. Sept. 10, 1833; m. A. C. Armstrong; res. Grinnell, Ia.;
s. p.
3370. vi. ELON G., b. in 1828; d. Poultney, 1839.
3371. vii. JULIA, b. Dec. 10, 1835; m. June 10, 1857, Edwin M. COUCH; res.
Colorado Springs, Col. He was b. Frankfort, Me., May 26, 1824.
Ch.: Eva Eldora, b. May 11, 1858; d. Sept. 25, 1859; Marcus N., b.
May 16, 1865; m. Feb. 26, 1891, Nora H. FRYE; res. Grinnel, Ia.;
Ada, b. Sept. 20, 1868; d. Dec. 16, 1871; Edwin Francis, b. Dec.
16, 1876.
1536. EBENEZER WHITNEY (Samuel, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. -----;
m. -----; res. in Maine.
3372. i. ELEAZER, b. -----. 3373. ii. EBENEZER, b. -----.
3374. iii. THOMAS G., b.-----.
1538. THOMAS E. WHITNEY (Samuel, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. -----;
m. ----- -----; m. 2d, Mrs. Thornton; res. Maine.
3375. i. ABIAH, b. -----; unm; res. Augusta, Me.
3376. ii. THOMAS R., b. -----; m. Harriett WAITE and Emeline WYMAN.
3377. iii. WARREN, b. -----; d. infancy.
3378. iv. TRYPHENA, b. -----; m. David BANGS.
3379. v. ELIZA, b. -----; m. Jonathan BANGS; d. s. p.
1539. AMOS WHITNEY (Jonathan, Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. Bath, Me.,
Apr. 18, 1766; m. 1797, Abigail SPRINGER. He was a rope spinner and died in his
factory. He d. Sept., 1833; res. Bath and Bowdoinham, Me.
3380. i. -----, b. -----; res. Bowdoinham, Me.
3381. ii. SIMEON, b. Aug. 19, 1800; m. Rosanna SMITH.
3382. iii. DAVID, b. May 2, 1802; m. Mercy REED.
3383. iv. JOEL, b. 1804; m. -----; res. Moscow, Me.
1542. BENJAMIN WHITNEY (Abraham, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. Nov.
29, 1776; m. 1807, Bethiah WOODWARD, b. Lisbon, Me., May 17, 1787; d. Nov. 3, 1864.
He d. Nov. 14, 1853; res. Lisbon, Me.
3324. i. JANE, b. Oct. 25, 1808; m. Dec. 9, 1830, Rufus SOULE, of Pownal;
b. May 27, 1806; res. Lisbon. She d. June 28, 1845; he m. 2d,
Sept. 16, 1846, Lucy COUSINS, of Poland, and had 2 ch.: res. W.
Falmouth. She d. July 7, 1869, and he m. 3d, 1870, Mrs. Louisa
Jane HAWKES; he d. Windham, Me., Oct., 1874-5. Ch.: James
TEDFORD, b. Oct. 9, 1832; d. Jan. 27, 1843; Caroline Whitney, b.
Aug. 1, 1834; m. Horatio S. CURTIS; res. Cambridgeport, Mass.;
Alfred, b. Sept. 20, 1836; m. Ann E. SWETT; res. Portland, Me.;
Henry, b. Mar. 11, 1840; m. Mariel B. GREEN; res. Portland,
Me.; Augusta Jane, b. May 16, 1842; m. Benj. M. SWETT and d.
Feb. 18, 1885; Melissa Perkins, b. Jan. 17, 1845; m. Stillman H.
SAUNDERS; res. Hillsdale, N. J.
3385. ii. PRISCILLA WOODBURY, b. Dec. 22, 1810; m. Nov. 5, 1829, Jesse-
niah GOULD of L. He is a farmer; b. jan. 27, 1805. Ch.: Rufus
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S., b. July 9, 1831; d. unm. Sept. 13, 1855; Charles Melvin, b. Mar.
31, 1833; m. Mary F. GILMAN; he d. Apr. 15, 1885; Benjamin
Whitney, b. Feb. 25, 1835; d. Mar. 13, 1836; Priscilla jane, b.
Apr. 24, 1837; m. J. B. TREAT; res. Monroe, Wis.; Octavia Whit-
ney, b. May 14, 1843; m. Charles L. USHER; she d. at L. Jan. 13,
1871; Harry Leonard, b. July 28, 1848; m. Abbie STEVENS; he d.
at L. Aug. 12, 1886.
3386. iii. MELVIN STOW, b. Oct. 9, 1812; m. Sarah LANGLEY.
3387. iv. PELEG TALLMAN, b. Nov. 12, 1814; m. Mary E. VARNEY and
Louisa V. McLACHLAN.
3388. v. JOSEPH DAVIS, b. Mar. 9, 1817; m. Lorada H. WHITNEY, Ann Sarah
WHITNEY and Margaret MASTERSON.
3389. vi. BIANCA, b. Jan. 22, 1819; m. 1844, John H. WHITTEN; res. Orono,
Me. Ch.: Melvin, b. Apr. 1848; Lorada, b. Mar. 1848; Bianca
d., Oct. 5, 1851.
3390. vii. HEZEKIAH W., b. Jan. 22, 1821; m. Emeline CHANDLER and Har-
riett M. TREAT.
3391. viii. STEPHEN GOULD, b. Feb. 2, 1823; d. Sept. 11, 1838.
3392. ix. CAROLINE GODFREY, b. Aug. 9, 1825; d. Oct. 2, 1834.
3393. x. OCTAVIA, b. Feb. 9, 1827; m. Dec. 31, 1848, Albert C. NEAL; res.
Portland, Me. She d. Feb. 21, 1889. Ch.: Benj. F., b. Feb. 25,
1852; Jennie Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1856; m. Thomas F. HORN; res.
Lisbon.
3394. xi. CHARLES, b. Aug. 1831; d. Apr. 21, 1832.
1550. SAMUEL L. WHITNEY (Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. in
Mass., 1767; m. at Phillips, Me., Delinda S. HOWARD, d. Auburn, Wis. he d. Aug. 8,
1863; res. Lincoln, Me., and Auburn, Wis.
3395. i. BERNARD K., b. -----; m. ----- -----.
3396. ii. ANDREW D., b. -----; m. ----- -----.
3397. iii. CHARLES, b. -----; was in Co. I 49th Wis. Vols.
3398. iv. JACOB W., b. -----; m. ----- -----.
1551. JAMES M. WHITNEY (Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. Phillips,
Me., Oct. 9, 1790; m. ----- HINCKLEY. He was in the war of 1812; res. Phillips, Me.;
Appleton, Wis.
3399. i. HANNAH, res. Ap- 3400. ii. JACOB, res. Phillips, Me.
pleton, Wis. 3401. iii. ISAAC, res. Phillips, Me.
3402. iv. JAMES, res. Appleton, Wis.
3403. v. ABRAM H., b. Apr. 1, 1817; m. Mary WILBER.
1552. CHRISTOPHER A. WHITNEY (Jacob, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Apr. 3, 1793, at Phillips, Me.; m. there June 1, 1823, Adeline HOWARD; b. 1803; d. 1883,
near Black River Falls, Wis. He was in the war of 1812; res. Phillips until 1866,
then moved to Greenfield. He d. at Tomah, Wis., Age 23, 1869; res. Phillips, Me.,
and Greenfield, Wis.
3404. i. SAMUEL, res. Phillips, Me.
3405. ii. BENJAMIN, b. Apr. 2, 1828; m. Huldah WHITNEY.
3406. iii. RUFUS G., res. Cambridge, Me.
3407. iv. LOUISE.
3408. v. NAOMI, m. George PRESCOTT; son Albert res. Tomah, Wis.
3409. vi. ATWOOD. 3410. vii. LUCETTE.
1558. ABIEZER HOLBROOK WHITNEY (Nathan, Benj., John, Benj., John), b.
Me., Mar. 29, 1794; m. at Litchfield in 1816, Elizabeth WHITE; b. Oct. 21, 1794; d. July
2, 1841; m. 2d Mrs. Susan YEATON, of Hollowell, Me. He was a millwright. He d.
July 17, 1865; res. Augusta, Me., and New Orleans, La.
3411. i. MARTHA WHITE, b. Feb. 29, 1836; m. at N. O., Oct. 17, 1854.
Thomas GODFREY, son of John and Mercy (WHITNEY) Godfrey, of
Lisbon, Me., who m. for 1st wife Marcia Ann WOODWARD.
He d. in New Orleans, La., June 13, 1860, and she m. 2d, Oct.
7, 1869, Dr. S. C. RUSSELL; res. N. O. Ch.: John Thomas, b.
Jan. 11, 1856, d. May 23, 1856; Bertha Aphia, b. June 15, 1857;
d. June 2, 1860; Ida, born July 2, 1859; m. Sept. 20, 1881, A. H.
BRACKETT; Mattie Chapin, b. August 3, 1870; Edward Ernest,
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b. June 30, 1872; d. Feb. 3, 1875; Anna Gertrude, b. May 15,
1877. The postoffice address of the living is in New Orleans,
excepting Ida Godfrey BRACKETT, of No. 717 17th St., east, Min-
neapolis, Minn.
3412. ii. DAVID W., b. Aug. 12, 1817; m. Philena CHURCH and Olena E.
CHURCH.
3413. iii. SARAH, b. Jan. 3, 1819; d. Oct. 3, 1891.
3414. iv. ALBERT, b. June 20, 1821; m. and d. Dec., 1881.
3415. v. JULIA A., b. June 27, 1823; m. Aug. 27, 1848; she d. Sept. 1892.
3416. vi. HANNAH, b. Nov. 10, 1825; m. -----.
3417. vii. HAVILAH, b. Nov. 15, 1827; m. -----.
3418. viii. LOUISA C., b. Oct. 22, 1829; m. -----.
3419. ix. EDWIN, b. May 15, 1833; d. June 17, 1837.
3420. x. MARTHA W., b. Feb. 29, 1836; m. Oct. 17, 1854, Thomas GODFREY;
b. Sept. 17, 1815; d. Jan. 13, 1860; m. 2d, Oct. 7, 1869, Dr. S. C.
Russell, b. Sept. 25, 1819. GODFREY was a stevedore and RUSSELL
a physician. Res. New Orleans, La.
3421. xi. FRANCES, b. Dec. 4, 1837; m. -----.
3422. xii. CHARLES EDWIN, b. 1845; d. in N. O., leaving a son, Wm. R.
Mills WHITNEY, b. 1869; res. 104 Orange St., N. O.
The following are the P. O. addresses of Abiezer H. WHITNEY's children, or, if
deceased, their children: Mrs. L. B. PHILBRICK, Salem, Mass.; Mrs. Hannah GILL,
Oak park, Ill.; Mrs. Havilah DUTTON, Morristown, N. J.; Mrs. G. C. FORY, Allen's
Grove, Scott Co., Ia.; Mrs. S. C. RUSSELL, 104 Orange St., New Orleans, La.; Mrs.
John DANE, Jr., Orange, N. J. Children of Abiezer's brothers and sisters: Rev.
Wilson WHITNEY, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Minn.; Otis FOLSOM, Belfast, Me.
1561. JOHN GODFREY WHITNEY (Nathan, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Lisbon, Me., Mar. 3, 1798; m. Oct. 20, 1823, Mary ALLEN; b. July 24, 1804. He was a
farmer and by trade a carpenter and joiner. He d. July 2, 1883; res. Readfield, Me.
3423. i. WILSON, b. Mar. 5, 1845; m. Mary Aphia GOODELL.
3424. ii. J. CHESTER, b. -----; res. 304 20th Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn.
1563. ELIAS SCOTT WHITNEY (Nathan, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b.
Mass., 1809; m. in Brunswick, Me., Sarah GODFREY; d. in 1872. He d. New Orleans,
La.; res. Augusta, Me.
3425. i. ALFRED C., b. Sept. 30, 1835; m. Annie GOUTIER.
3426. ii. MARY A. P., b. May, 1837; d. -----.
3427. iii. HARRIETT FRANCIS, b. Sept., 1849; res. Brockton, Mass.
1572. JACOB WHITNEY (Samuel, Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. Oct. 14,
1804; m. -----; res. Lisbon, Me.
3428. i. INCREASE G. 3431. iv. WASHINGTON D.
3429. ii. MARY J. 3432. v. CHRISTIANA.
3430. iii. MARTHA M.
1578. ENOCH WHITNEY (Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gor-
ham, Me., 1769; m. Eunice NEWCOMB; d. 1824; m. 2d Mrs. KENDALL, mother of Ned
KENDALL, celebrated cornet player; m. 3d, Mrs. DENNETT.
He resided in Livingston, Standish, Buxton, and moved to Harrison, Me., in
1810. His ten children were born by his first wife. He d. in Brownfield, May 1,
1857; res. Standish and Harrison, Me.
3433. i. FREEMAN, b. Mar. 9, 1800; m. Mary S. GRAY.
3434. ii. DANIEL, b. Jan. 22, 1793; m. Susan HARMON.
3435. iii. MARY, b. -----; m. William DECKER, of Casco.
3436. iv. ELI, b. -----.
3437. v. EUNICE, b. May 30, 1870; m. Mar. 4, 1824, Simon NEWCOMB.
She d. Aug. 29, 1856; res. Harrison, Me. He was b. June 6,
1803. He m. 2d, in 1857, Mary RICHARDS. Ch.: James R., b.
June 26, 1824; res. Monroe, Me.; Andrew H., b. June 20, 1826;
res. Newburyport, Mass.; Susanna C., b. Dec. 6, 1829; Eleazer
W., b. Oct. 16, 1831; res. Plattsmouth, Neb.
3438. vi. ELEAZER, b. 1809; d. at sea, unm., 1829.
3439. vii. WILLIAM G., b. Aug. 4, 1812; m. Agnes SMITH.
3440. viii. JOHN, b. -----; d. young.
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1580. CAPT. RICHARD WHITNEY (Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin,
John), b. Gorham, Me.; m. ----- -----. He was a sea captain; res. Lubeck, Me.
3441. i. SAMUEL, b. -----; sea captain.
3442. ii. GEORGE, b. -----; jailor, Bangor, Me.
3443. iii. ANDREW, b. -----.
1581. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Moses, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Harrison, Me., in 1780; m. at Belfast, Me., Margaret DARROW; b. 1790; d. Feb. 1883.
He d. in 1869; res. Belmond and Morrill, Me.
3444. i. HENRY, b. June 24, 1824; m. Ellen M. MERRIAM.
3445. ii. DOTY L., b. -----. He had two daus., one, Helen, married
Ephraim SHELDON; res. M.
3446. iii. EDMUND C., b. -----; res. Big Timber, Mont.
3447. iv. GEORGE A., b. Jan. 8, 1835; m. Nellie W. THORNE.
3448. v. LYDIA ANN, b. -----; m. Geo. PRATT; res. Charlestown, Mass.
3449. vi. ELIZABETH, b. -----; m. nathan CARSLEY; res. Me.
3450. vii. HARRIETT, b. -----; m. Eben ROWE and Cyrus ACORN; res. Me.
3451. viii. EMILY, b. -----; m. Ephraim REDMAN; res. Portland, Me.
3452. ix. MARTHA ANN, b. -----; m. Richard DIXON; 3 ch.; res. Col.
1587. JOSIAH WHITNEY (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in Cape Cod,
Mass.; m. at Gorham, Me., Elizabeth HARDING; b. Gorham, Me., 1749; d. At Alfred in
1841. They belonged to the Shakers, and died while living in the colony at Alfred.
He d. in Alfred, ae. 80; res. Gorham and Alfred, Me.
3453. i. SILAS, b. June 23, 1779; m. Elvira J. LANE.
3454. ii. EBENEZER, b. -----. 3457. v. SETH.
3455. iii. EUNICE. 3458. vi. ABIGAIL.
3456. iv. BETSEY.
The above never married, and all resided with the Shakers and were members
of that colony at Alfred, Me.
1589. JOHN WHITNEY (Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. To-
ronto, Canada, in 1781; m. in Quebec, ----- -----; d. 1832.
He was born in Toronto, Canada, was a farmer, and during the war of 1812
served in an English company, raised in Canada. He was a devout member of the
Church of England, and in politics was a Conservative. He was granted a pension
from Chelsea Hospital of 6d. sterling per day. he d. 1864; res. Sherbrook and Chip-
man, N. S.
3459. i. BELLE, b. Jan. 2, 1816; m. in Chipman, Can., 1841, Matthew GLEN;
res. Salmon River, Queens Co., N. B. He was b. 1816. Is a
farmer. Ch.: Mary Jane, b. 1846; m. 1868, Mr. PASCHEL; res.
Harcourt, Kent Co., N. B., Josiah, b. 1848; m. 1885; res. Lake
Stream, N. B.; Matthew, b. 1851; m. 1892; res. Fulton Brook,
N. B.
3460. ii. ELENOR, b. 1823; m. 1851, John McDUFF; res. Doaktown, Northum-
berland Co., N. B.
3461. iii. CHARLOTTE, b. 1828; m. 1853, Freeman ARBO; res. Elm Hall, Mich.
1591. ELIAB T. WHITNEY (Josiah, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Gaspy, Lower Can., Dec. 17, 1789; m. Lydia BUTTERWORTH, dau. of William. She d.
1826; m. 2d, in Cape Breton, N. B., 1827, Lydia WILLIAMS, b. Salem, Mass., Sept. 10,
1810; d. Apr. 2, 1866, in Edgecomb, Me. He was a cooper. He d. Apr. 2, 1865; res.
New Castle and Edgecomb, Me.
3463. i. NANCY ANN, b. May 30, 1828; m. Mar., 1859, ----- MORRISON; res.
Auburn, Me.
3464. ii. SARAH JANE, b. 1830; m. July 18, 1856, ----- MERRY; res. Dama-
riscotta, Me.
3465. iii. EMELINE, b. Mar. 9, 1833; m. Nov. 8, 1852, ----- Merry; res.
Sherman Hills, Me.
3466. iv. WILLIAMS, b. Aug. 30, 1835; m. Rosalina H. MERRY.
3467. v. ALPHEUS, b. Feb. 16, 1840; m. Georgia F. HILTON.
3468. vi. ALBION, b. -----; m. 1863; res. Gloucester, Mass.; a son was
Benjamin L.
3469. vii. DAVID J., b. Nov. 23, 1838; unm.; res. Bath, Me.
3470. viii. BENJ. F., b. May 12, 1842; d. in hospital, Dec. 4, 1864.
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3471. ix. HANNAH A., b. May 13, 1845; m. 1863, ----- SOIETT; res. Bath, Me.
3472. x. ALONZO L., b. Aug. 9, 1847; m. 1872; res. Pigeon Cove, Mass.;
dau. Gertrude.
3473. xi. GEORGIANA, b. Jan. 1, 1850; m. 1877, ----- YOUNG; res. Bath, Me.
3474. xii. LYDIA. 3475. xiii. ELIAB. 3476. xiv. BETSEY.
1596. REV. GEORGE W. WHITNEY (Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. Gorham, Me., June 14, 1792; m. at Buxton, Mar. 7, 1817, Mary WHITNEY, b. North
Yarmouth, Mar. 7, 1795; d. Rochester, N. H., June 12, 1853.
Rev. Geo. W. WHITNEY was born in Gorham, state (or district) of Maine, June
14, 1792. His parents were Asa WHITNEY and Phee (HOPKINS) WHITNEY, who were
married in Gorham. His father d. Dec. 17, 1806, when he was about 14 years of age.
His father being a farmer he continued in the same occupation til the age of 18
years, living with his mother when they sold the old homestead and moved to Bridg-
ton, Me., which was a new town recently incorporated and being rapidly settled;
there they purchased a new farm which they cultivated with fair success, his mother
and sisters continuing to live with him for several years. In the war of 1812-15 he
enlisted in one of the Maine regiments raised for the defense of the sea coast and
was stationed at Portland and its fortifications for the defense of the city and harbor,
where he served till honorably discharged. March 7, 1817, he married Mary WHIT-
ney, of Buxton, Me. He continued to live on his farm till 1842, when he disposed of
his interest therein and removed to the town of Gray, Me. About the year A. D.
1832 he was ordained as a minister in the Free Baptist denomination and soon
became pastor of the churches in Bridgton and Harrison, an adjoining town, which
pastorate continued until his removalto Gray, A. D. 1842, when he became pastor of
the church in that town which was continued for several years. Having received a
call to become the pastor of the church at W. Bethel, Me., he accepted the call, where
he continued till A. D. 1847, when he moved to Rochester, N. H., and became pastor
of the church in that town, and remained there till 1854. In 1853 his wife died and
soon after he resigned his charge there and subsequently supplied at Berwick,
Hiram, and Parsonsfield, Me. he continued in active ministerial life till the age of
80 years, hen he retired from the ministry and removed again to Rochester to live
with his daughter, Mrs. S. F. HAYES, where he died Sept. 18, 1878, at the age of 86
years and 3 months. He was a man highly esteemed, of sound judgement, good
address, a successful minister and faithful pastor. The Free Baptist church at
Rochesterville, N. H., is largely indebted to his efforts for its existence. he d.
Roch., Sept. 18, 1878; res. Bridgton, Me., and Rochester, N. H.
3477. i. ASA P., b. July 19, 1819; m. Eunice C. KNEELAND.
3478. ii. JONATHAN W., b. Mar. 26, 1823; m. Nov. 30, 1845; d. at Waupun,
Wis., Dec. 21, 1876.
3479. iii. MARY J., b. Dec. 10, 1825; d. June 16, 1852.
3480. iv. PHEBE A., b. Nov. 19, 1828; m. May 14, 1846, ----- CUMMINGS;
res. 35 Palis St., Portland, Me.
3481. v. AMANDA E., b. July 8, 1830; m. Sept. 9, 1851. She d. Aug. 6,
1868.
3482. vi. SARAH F., b. Aug. 30, 1832; m. S. F. HAYES; res. Rochester, N. H.
3483. vii. GEORGE W., b. Apr. 12, 1834; m. June 19, 1857; is a physician; res.
Cookville, Tenn.
3484. viii. CHARLES H., b. Jan. 16, 1838; m. and res. Cookville, Tenn.
1597. REV. SAMUEL WHITNEY (Asa, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b.
Gorham, Me., Aug. 29, 1777; m. at Gorham, in 1798, Hannah SNOW, dau. of Capt. SNOW,
of Barnstable, Mass.; d. in Gorham; m. 2d, at Brooks, Me., Mary RICH, b. Feb. 15,
1778; d. Aug. 17, 1822; m. 3d, Newport, Me., Sept. 10, 1823, Mrs. Mary (PIPER) RING;
d. Aug. 31, 1863.
Rev. Samuel WHITNEY was a Free Will Baptist preacher of marked ability, and
preached at different times at Monmouth, Hallowell, and Bath, Me. He was a lead
ing member of the Constitutional convention of Maine, of 1819, under whose consti-
tution maine was admitted to the Union. He was in the House of Representatives
of Maine for several years, beginning in May, 1820, representing Brooks, Knox,
Jackson and Thorndike. He was in the senate for several years, about 10,
from Waldo county. He was a member of Gov. Albion K. PARIS' council. When
the state capitol was o be removed from Portland to Augusta, the governor of the
state for the time being had to locate it, and he commissioned Mr. WHITNEY to fix a
site, and he selected Augusta. he was a most modest man, and disliked