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 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, 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. Charles7 Whitney, b. ca. 1819, Thorndike, ME; m.(1) ----- -----; m.(2) 18 Aug 1864, Belfast, ME, Ruth N. Cunningham, daughter of Orren and Lucinda (-----) Cunningham, b. ca. 1839.[3]
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.
References
- Census records.
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, 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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