Family:Whitney, Charles (c1774-1828)

Charles⁶ Whitney (John⁵, (poss.) Samuel⁴, John³, Benjamin², John¹), son of "Elder" John⁵ and Joanna (Foy) Whitney, was born about Jun 1774, Leeds, ME, and died 25 Feb 1828, Thorndike, ME.

Marriage intentions were published 23 Dec 1798, Clinton, ME, for him and Rachel Pattee, "both of Twenty Five Mile Pond Town". Marriage intentions were published 5 Jan 1799, for him and Rachel Pattee, daughter of Ebenezer and Mary (Stinson) Pattee. She was born 26 Sep 1779, Vassalboro, ME, and died 1 Sep 1857, Thorndike, ME.

Both are buried in the Sayward Cemetery, Thorndike, ME.^[1]

"Rachel [Pattee], b. 26 Sept. 1779 (calc. from g.s.); d. at Thorndike, Me., 1 Sept. 1857 (MOCA Series, Waldo Co., WAL1020); m. 5 Jan. 1799 Charles Whitney, undoubtedly the same, appears with a family in 1800 at Twenty-Five Mile Pond, in 1810 at Jackson, and in 1820 at Thorndike (1800 U.S. Census, Maine, Kennebec Co., 453; 1810 U.S. Census, Maine, Hancock Co., 606; 1820 U.S. Census, Maine, Hancock Co., 698). Charles and Rachel were buried in the Sayward Cemetery, Thorndike (MOCA, Series 1, Waldo Co., WAL1020)"^[2]

Children of Charles⁶ and Rachel (Pattee) Whitney (incomplete):

i.	(poss.) Amos7 Whitney, b. 17 Dec 1800; d/ 21 Jan 1879; m. Mary -----; of Thorndike, ME, in 1830, 1840, 1850, and 1860.
ii.	Henry Whitney, b. 1815; d. 27 Oct 1905, Freedom, ME; bur. Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Freedom, ME; m. 5 Sep 1847, Freedom, ME, Thankful Briry "of Pittsfield", b. 1819, Bowdoin, ME, d. 25 Dec 1892, dau. of ----- and Hannah (Huff) Briry. Children of Henry & Thankful Whitney: a. James Alden Whitney, b. ca. 1848; d. 9 Jan 1922, aged 73 years; bur. Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Freedom, ME. b. Augusta L. Whitney, b. 1851; d. 1860; bur. Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Freedom, ME; unmarried. c. Ellen S. Whitney, b. 1857; d. 1861; bur. Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Freedom, ME; unmarried.
iii.	Charles Whitney, b. ca. 1819, Thorndike, ME; "of Freedom" m.(1) 12 Nov 1844, Freedom, ME, Sarah K. Hall "of Knox";[3] m.(2) 18 Aug 1864, Belfast, ME, Ruth N. Cunningham, daughter of Orren and Lucinda (-----) Cunningham, b. ca. 1839.[4]

Census

• 1800, Twentyfive Mile Plantation, Kennebec Co., ME: Charles Whitney, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female 16-25. Year immigrated 1795, from ME. This was a putative son.
• 1810, Lincoln Plantation, Hancock Co., ME: Whitney, Charles, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 0-9. This was a putative son.
• 1820, Thorndike, Hancock Co., ME: Charles Whitney, 1 male over 45, 2 males 18-25, 1 male 10-15, 3 males 0-9, 1 female over 45, 1 female 26-44, 1 female 16-25, 1 female 10-15, and 1 female 0-9; 3 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840: not found. Widow Rachel was probably the elderly female in the family of her son Henry, Freedom, Waldo Co., ME.
• 1850, Freedom, Waldo Co., ME:

50 52 Henry Whitney 33 M - Farmer $1000 Maine Thankful " 31 F - " James A. " 1 M - " Rachel " 71 F - " Allen Blethen 10 M - " Attended school

References

• Census records.

• Records of Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Freedom, ME.

1.^  Cemetery Records, Maine, Waldo County, Thorndike, Sayward Cemetery.

2.^  Scalisi, Marie Lollo, and Ryan, Virginia M., "Peter Patee of Haverhill, Massachusetts: A "Journeyman Shoemaker" and His Descendants," ''NEHGR'', Volume CXLVII (1993), pp. 73-86, 174-187, at p. 79.

3.^  "Charles Whitney of Freedom and Sarah K. Hall of Knox, [married] 12 November 1844," according to Elizabeth M. Mosher, transcr., Vital Records of Freedom, Waldo County, Maine to 1892.

4.^  "Charles, 46, second m., merchant of Thorndike, s. Charles, farmer (b. Leeds), and Rachael (b. Vassalboro, Kennebec Co.), and Ruth N. Cunningham, 25, d. Orren, farmer, and Lucinda (b. Prospect), int. Aug. 13, 1864, "Certif issued Augt 18th." ," according to Alfred Johnson, ed., Vital Records of Belfast, Maine, to the Year 1892 (Boston, MA: Maine Historical Society, 1917), vol. 2, p. 465-466.

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