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".^[1] He married, 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.^[2]

"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)"^[3]

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

i.	(poss.) Amos7 Whitney, b. 17 Dec 1800; m. Mary Lamson.
ii.	Zoa Whitney, b. ca. 19 May 1804; d. Mar. 21, 1880, aged 76 years 10 months 1 day;[4] "of Thorndike" m. (int. 6 Sep 1835, Freedom, ME)[5] 24 Sep 1835, Waldo Co.,ME, Aaron Gould, Jr. "of Freedom",[6] son of Aaron and Martha (Collar) Gould; both bur. Gould Cemetery, Freedom, ME.[7]
iii.	(prob.) John Whitney, b. ca. 6 Mar 1807, ME; m. Sarah Jane Pushor.
iv.	(poss.) Benjamin B. Whitney, b. ca. 1810; m.(1) Susan Moulton; m.(2) Mercy Abbott.
v.	(poss.) Abigail Whitney, b. 28 Aug 1812; d. 9 May 1891 aged 78 years, 8 months, 11 days;[8] "of Thorndike" m. (int. 23 Nov 1835, Freedom, ME), Levi Gould "of Freedom",[9] b. 5 Sep 1807, d. 12 Oct 1881, son of Aaron and Martha (Collar) Gould; both bur. Albion Cemetery #04, Albion, ME.
vi.	Henry Whitney, b. 1815; m. Thankful Briry.
vii.	Charles Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1818, 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. Widow Rachel may be the eldest female in the family of her putative son Amos, Thorndike, Waldo Co., ME.
• 1840: not found. Widow Rachel may be the eldest 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.^  "Charles [Whitney], and Rachel Pottee, both of Twenty Five Mile Pond, int. 23 Dec. 1798. [cert. issued 5 Jan. 1799]," according to Fisher, Carleton Edward, comp., Vital records of Clinton, Maine, to the year 1892: births, marriages, and deaths ([S.l.]: published under authority of the Maine Historical society, 1967), pp. 302-303.

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

3.^  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.

4.^  "Aaron Gould, Jr. of Freedom and Zoa Whitney of Thorndike, [intentions] 6 September 1835," according to Mosher, Elizabeth M., Vital records of Freedom, Waldo County, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, c1991).

5.^  "Aaron Gould, Jr. of Freedom and Zoa Whitney of Thorndike, [intentions published] 6 September 1835," according to Freedom, Maine, Vital Records.

6.^  "Aaron Gould, Jr. of Freedom and Zoa Whitney of Thorndike, [married] 24 September 1835 by John True," according to Waldo County, Maine, Marriage Records.

7.^  Cemetery Records, Maine, Waldo County, Freedom, Gould Cemetery.

8.^  "Levi Gould of Freedom and Abigail Whitney of Thorndike, [intentions] 23 November 1835," according to Mosher, Elizabeth M., Vital records of Freedom, Waldo County, Maine, prior to 1892 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, c1991).

9.^  Cemetery Records, Maine, Kennebec County, Albion, Albion Cemetery No. 4.

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