Family:Whitney, Joseph Park (1798-1823)
Joseph Park7 Whitney (Joseph6, Benjamin5, James4, John3, Jonathan2, John1), son of Joseph6 and Sarah (Park) Whitney, was born 9 Jul 1798, Sherborn, MA,[1] and died 19 Jan 1824, Gardner, MA, in his 26th year.[2]
He married, 28 Jan 1823, Gardner, MA, Rowena Bickford.[3] She married secondly, Carlisle Heywood, and had 4 children.
He resided Gardner, MA.
Children of Joseph Park7 and Rowena (Bickford) Whitney:
i. Rowena Hill Whitney, b. 25 Jul 1823, Gardner, MA;[4] m.(1) 25 Jul 1843, Gardner, MA, William P. Allen;[5] resided Gardner; m.(2) 4 Jan 1861, Fitchburg, MA, Reuben F. Smith, b. ca. 1825, Winchendon, MA, son of Joshua and Eunice (-----) Smith.[6]
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. 367.
1.^ "Joseph Park [Whitney], s. of Joseph and Sally, [born] July 9, 1798," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Sherborn, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1911).
2.^ "Joseph P. [R. ? G.S.1] [Whitney], h. Roena, [died] Jan. 19, 1824 [in 26th y. G.S.]," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Gardner, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1907).
3.^ "Joseph P. [Whitney] and Roena Bickford, [married] Jan. 28, 1823," according to Gardner Vital Records.
4.^ "Roena Hill [Whitney], d. Joseph P. and Roena, [born] July 25, 1823," according to Gardner Vital Records.
5.^ "Rowena H. [Whitney] and William P. Allen, [married] July 25, 1843," according to Gardner Vital Records. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 7, page 121.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 146, page 157.
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