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". He married secondly, 5 Jan 1799, 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; m. Mary -----.
ii.	(poss.) Benjamin Whitney, b. ca. 1810; d. 8 Jun 1841, aged 31 years. He is buried in Sayward Cemetery, Thorndike, ME.
iii.	Henry Whitney, b. 1815; m. Thankful Briry.
iv.	Charles Whitney, b. ca. 1819, Thorndike, ME; m.(1) Sarah K. Hall; m.(2) Ruth N. Cunningham.

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.

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