Family:Whitney, George Washington (1792-1878)

Rev. George W.⁶ Whitney (Asa⁵, Nathan⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), born Gorham, Maine, 14 Jun 1792; married at Buxton, 7 Mar 1817, Mary Whitney, born North Yarmouth, 7 Mar 1795; died Rochester, New Hampshire, 12 Jun 1853.

Rev. George W. Whitney was born in Gorham, state (or district) of Maine, June 14, 1792. His parents were Asa Whitney and Phee (Hopkins) Whitney, who were married in Gorham. His father died 17 Dec 1806, when he was about 14 years of age. His father being a farmer he continued in the same occupation til the age of 18 years, living with his mother when they sold the old homestead and moved to Bridgton, Maine, which was a new town recently incorporated and being rapidly settled; there they purchased a new farm which they cultivated with fair success, his mother and sisters continuing to live with him for several years. In the war of 1812-15 he enlisted in one of the Maine regiments raised for the defense of the sea coast and was stationed at Portland and its fortifications for the defense of the city and harbor, where he served till honorably discharged. March 7, 1817, he married Mary Whitney, of Buxton, Maine. He continued to live on his farm till 1842, when he disposed of his interest therein and removed to the town of Gray, Maine. About the year A. D. 1832 he was ordained as a minister in the Free Baptist denomination and soon became pastor of the churches in Bridgton and Harrison, an adjoining town, which pastorate continued until his removalto Gray, A. D. 1842, when he became pastor of the church in that town which was continued for several years. Having received a call to become the pastor of the church at W. Bethel, Maine, he accepted the call, where he continued till A. D. 1847, when he moved to Rochester, New Hampshire, and became pastor of the church in that town, and remained there till 1854. In 1853 his wife died and soon after he resigned his charge there and subsequently supplied at Berwick, Hiram, and Parsonsfield, Maine he continued in active ministerial life till the age of 80 years, hen he retired from the ministry and removed again to Rochester to live with his daughter, Mrs. S. F. Hayes, where he died 18 Sep 1878, at the age of 86 years and 3 months. He was a man highly esteemed, of sound judgement, good address, a successful minister and faithful pastor. The Free Baptist church at Rochesterville, New Hampshire, is largely indebted to his efforts for its existence. he died Roch., 18 Sep 1878; resided Bridgton, Maine, and Rochester, New Hampshire.

Children of George W.⁶ Whitney:

i.	Asa P.7 Whitney, born 19 Jul 1819; married Eunice C. Kneeland.
ii.	Jonathan W. Whitney, born 26 Mar 1823; married 30 Nov 1845; died at Waupun, Wisconsin, 21 Dec 1876.
iii.	Mary J. Whitney, born 10 Dec 1825; died 16 Jun 1852.
iv.	Phebe A. Whitney, born 19 Nov 1828; married 14 May 1846, ----- Cummings; resided 35 Palis St., Portland, Maine.
v.	Amanda E. Whitney, born 8 Jul 1830; married 9 Sep 1851. She died Aug. 6, 1868.
vi.	Sarah F. Whitney, born 30 Aug 1832; married S. F. Hayes; resided Rochester, New Hampshire.
vii.	George W. Whitney, born 12 Apr 1834; married 19 Jun 1857; is a physician; resided Cookville, Tennessee.
viii.	Charles H. Whitney, born 16 Jan 1838; married and resided Cookville, Tennessee.

References

1. 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. 230.

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