Family:Whitney, William Perse (1783-1865)

William Perse⁶ Whitney (Micah⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Micah⁵ and Hannah (Cobb) Whitney, was born 3 May 1783, Gorham, ME, and died 30 Dec 1865, Cortland, IL. He is buried in the Ohio Grove Cemetery, Cortland, IL.

He married firstly, about 1805, Sarah Frank "of Gray". She was born 25 Jan 1789, Gray, ME and died 20 Aug 1815, Phillips, ME.

He married secondly, 27 Oct 1823, Phillips, ME, Nancy I. Carlton. She was born 30 Nov 1806, Plantation E, ME, and died either 3 Jan 1902, Marysville, KS, or 20 Nov 1902, Cortland, IL.

He resided Phillips, ME.

Children of William Perse⁶ and Sarah (Frank) Whitney:

i.	Sally7 Whitney, b. 31 Jan 1806, Gray, ME; d. 1886, Phillips, ME; m. 19 Feb 1825, Thomas Quimby; resided Phillips, ME.
ii.	(son) Whitney, b. 15 Jul 1807, Phillips, ME; d. 15 Jul 1807, Phillips, ME.
iii.	Happy Whitney, b. 14 Jun 1808, Phillips, ME; m. 19 Feb 1829 Phillips, ME, David Quimby.
iv.	William P. Whitney, b. 8 Jul 1810, Phillips, ME.
v.	Huldy Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1812, Phillips, ME; m. 22 Mar 1841, Phillips, ME, Abel Chandler.
vi.	Elmira Whitney, b. 13 Nov 1813, Phillips, ME; m. before 1840, Enoch Staples. Child, paternity unknown: a. Isaac Smith8 Whitney, b. ca. 1835, ME. He changed his name to Isaac Whitney Smith before 1860; m. 13 May 1860, Phillips, ME, Mary Eliza Mitchell; was a millman; lived in Phillips and Madrid, Maine; was the father of Charles E., Fred E., Daniel M., Isaac A., and Artemas B. Smith.
vii.	Hannah Whitney, b. 4 Aug 1815, Phillips, ME; m. 1835, Gray, ME, Lorin Worthley.

Children of William Perse⁶ and Nancy I. (Carlton) Whitney:

viii.	Hiram7 Whitney, b. 12 Sep 1825, Phillips, ME; d. 2 Oct 1825, Phillips, ME.
ix.	Nancy Perse Whitney (or Pierce or Peace), b. 14 Apr 1826, Phillips, ME; d. 11 Feb 1912, Sycamore, IL; m. Mar 1847, Dearborn, IN, George Merritt Kinyon; resided Sycamore, IL.
x.	Philemon Whitney, b. 21 Sep 1828, Phillips, ME; d. 26 Nov 1828, Phillips, ME.
xi.	Hiram Elias Whitney, b. 12 Apr 1832, Phillips, ME; m. (1) Catherine Harshey; m. (2) Mary E. Dow; m. (3) Mary -----.
xii.	Philena Whitney, b. 1835, Phillips, ME; d. 1851.
xiii.	George Washington Whitney, b. 8 Dec 1837, Phillips, ME; m. Minnie M. Hartley.

Census

• 1810, Curvo, Somerset Co., ME: William Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 2 females over 45, and 2 females 0-9.
• 1820, Phillips, Somerset Co., ME: William Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, 2 females 10-15, and 4 females 0-9; 1 engaged in agriculture.
• 1830, Phillips, Somerset Co., ME: William Whitney, 1 male 40-49, 1 male 20-29, 1 females 20-29, 2 females 15-19, 1 female 0-4.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850, Pampas, DeKalb Co., IL:

67 72 William Whitney 67 M - Black Smith $900 Me. Nancy J. " 44 F - " Hiram " 19 M - Farmer " Attended school George " 12 M - " Attended school Philena " 15 F - " Attended school

• 1850, Madrid, Franklin Co., ME:

70 73 Enoch Staple 38 M - Farmer $300 Me. Almira Staple 36 F - " Isaac S. Whitney 15 M - " Attended school 74 George Staple 80 M - N.H. Phebe Stapel 74 F - "

• 1860, Pampas, DeKalb Co., IL:

1111 117 Hiram Whitney 27 M - Reaper Agent 100 Maine Mary Do 22 F - Housekeeper N.Y. Effie G. Do 7 F - Ill. William Do 77 M - Blind 1000 --- Maine Blind Nancy J. Do 56 F - Housekeeper Do George W. Whitney 22 M - Farm Laborer Maine

References

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), p. 232.

• Sedgeley, George B., Micah Whitney, Revolutionary Soldier and His Twelve Children Settled Early in Philips, Maine; Jacob and Joseph Whitney Came to Phillips 1792; Salmon Whitney Appeared in Letter E Plantation 1810 (Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers, 1943).

• Whitney, Kenneth L., The Ancestors and Descendants of Ebenezer Whitney and Dorcas Drury Parlin (Silver Spring, MD: The author, 2003).

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