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"Records of Falmouth (now Portland) Me.", NEHGR, vol. XVII (1863), pp. 30-33, 150-154.

Intentions of Marriage, From the Records of the Town of Falmouth
Alphabetically arranged.

[p. 31]

Morton Ebenezer with Sarah Whitney, Dec. 27, 1758.

[p. 153]

Whitney David with Hannah Brown, both of Gorham, Feb. 1, 1754

Whitney Nathaniel Jr. of Gorham with Susannah Whitney of Brunswick, Sept. 17, 1757

Whitney Abel with Thankful Morton of Gorhamtown, Dec. 16, 1758

[p. 154]

Whitney David of Gorham with Abigail Knight of Fal., Oct. 11, 1760

Whitney Moses with Susannah Crocket both of Gorham, Dec. 27, 1760

Whitney Moses Jr. of Gorham T. with Lois Cradiford of Fal., Aug. 28, 1761

Whitney David of Gorham T. with Rebecca Edgecom of Fal., Nov. 26, 1761

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"Lancaster Records", NEHGR, vol. XVII (1863), pp. 70-74.

[p. 71]

Marriages consumated per John Houghton, Esq., Just. Peace.

Jonathan Whitney & Alice Willard, were married Feb. y^e 25, 1718-9

Account of marriages consumated at Lancaster 1719 & 1719-20.

Nathaniel Whitney & Mary Holeman were married by y^e Rev^d. Mr. John Prentice, Minister, Nov. y^e 18, 1719.

[p. 72]

Marriages by me John Houghton Justice of y^e peace:

Jonathan Rand of Stow and Abigail Whitny, of Lancaster married 27 Feb 1773-4 * (see below)

(Abigail Whitney in Index)

John Whitney of Lancaster & Rebeccah Whitney of Stow, married May 20, 1724

* Probable misprint. Marriages are listed in order of date. Believe this one should be 1723-4.

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"Marriages and Deaths", NEHGR, vol. XVII (1863), pp. 75-82, 173-179.

[p. 75] Marriages

Hubbard=Matchett. -- At Brighton, June 28th, by Rev. Frederic A. Whitney (Frederick Augustus Whitney in Index), Gilbert Hubbard, Esq., merchant of Chicago, Ill., a native of Boston, to Miss Helen Poindexter, dau. of the late William Perkins Matchett, Jr., Esq., of Brighton.

[p. 173] Marriages

Cabot=Whitney. -- At Jamaica Plain, in the Unitarian Church, on th evening of th 18th November, by Rev. Dr. Thompson, assisted by Rev. Frederic A. Whitney (Frederick Augustus Whitney in Index), Mr. William Furness Cabot of Brookline, to Miss Carolina Baker, dau. of the late Rev. George Whitney of Jamaica Plain.

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"Monthly Meetings - 1863", NEHGR, vol. XVII (1863), pp. 282-285

[p. 285]

Boston, May 6 -- A stated meeting was held this afternoon, Rev. Martin Moore, vice president for Massachusetts, in the chair.

On motion of William B. Towne, it was voted that a committee of twelve be appointed, with power to add to their number, to procure memoirs of such members of the Society as have deceased previous to the appointment of an Historiographer.

The chair appointed William B. Towne, William B. Trask, Joseph Palmer, M.D., Rev. F. W. Holland, Rev. Joseph A. Copp, D.D., Rev. J. T. Sargent, Andrew H. Ward, Thaddeus Allen, George Mountfort, John H. Sheppard, Frederic Kidder, Rev. F. A. Whitney. (Frederick Augustus Whitney in Index)

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"Brief Memoir of Andrew Henshaw Ward", NEHGR, vol. XVII (1863), p336.

Mr. Ward entered Harvard University in 1804 and graduated with the class of 1808. His chum, for three years, was William Whitney, afterwards a teacher in Roxbury, who died early.

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