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. David Quimby.
iv.	William P. Whitney, b. 8 Jul 1810, Phillips, ME.
v.	Huldy Whitney, b. 5 Mar 1812, Phillips, ME; m. Abel Chandler.
vi.	Elmira Whitney, b. 13 Nov 1813, Phillips, ME; m. Enoch Staples.
vii.	Hannah Whitney, b. 4 Aug 1815, Phillips, ME; m. 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: not found.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850: not found.
• 1860: living with son Hiram in Pampas, Dekalb Co., Il; blind.

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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