Family:Whitney, Christopher (1807-1860)
Christopher7 Whitney (Abraham6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Moses3, Richard2, John1), son of Abraham6 and Sarah (Conant)(Jewell) Whitney, was born 5 Nov 1807, Waterford, ME, and died 1860.
He married, 16 Oct 1831, Stow, MA, Dolly Brooks[1] of Stow, MA, daughter of Silas and Polly (Haynes) Brooks. She was born 11 Sep 1806, Stow, MA.
He resided Stow and Lynn, MA.
Children of Christopher7 and Dolly (Brooks) Whitney:
i. Albert8 Whitney, b. 12 Sep 1832, Stow, MA.[2] ii. Mary Elizabeth Whitney, b. 3 or 4 Mar 1834, Stow, MA.[3] iii. Eben S. B. Whitney, b. 12 Mar 1836, Stow, MA.[4] iv. Abraham Whitney, b. 28 Sep 1837, Stow, MA;[5] m.(1) Mary E. Swan; m.(2) Eliza Whitcomb v. Silas Brooks Whitney, b. 9 Nov 1839, Stow, MA.[6] vi. Mary B. Whitney, b. 2 Jan 1842, Stow, MA;[7] m. ---- Johnson; resided Lynn, MA. vii. Catherine Sophia Whitney, b. 4 Feb 1844, Stow, MA;[8] d. 1889 New Gloucester, ME; m. Dec 1869, Joseph M. Thompson, of Portland, ME. viii. George F. Whitney, b. 1 Oct 1852.
Census
294 400 Whitney, Albert 38 M W Shoe Maker Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Maria G. 35 F W Keeping House Conn. -----, Hattie I. 7 F W At School Mass. Attended school -----, Estella E. 4 F W At Home " -----, Kate L. 2 F W At Home " Tracey, Millesia 65 F W Keeping House Conn. Buro, Betsey 50 F W Keeping House " -----, Mary J. 8 F W At School " Attended school Sullivan, John 35 M W Shoe Maker Mass. Male citizen over 21 Hanes, George 22 M W Carpenter Maine Male citizen over 21 Davenport, Chas. C. 40 M W Painter Conn. Male citizen over 21 Chase, Charles G. 48 M W Carpenter Maine Male citizen over 21 Conley, Julia 25 F W Shoe Maker N. Scotia Parents foreign born Easthon, Anna 21 F W Seamstress Mass. Shaftenbury, Charlotte 22 F W Shoe Stitcher N. Scotia Parents foreign born Randolph, Brewer 27 M W No Occupation " Parents foreign born Raymond, Ella 19 F W Milliner Mass.
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. 304.
1.^ ",Christapher [Whitney] [int. Christopher] and Dolly Brooks, [married] Oct. 16, 1831. [Christopher, C.R.] [Christopher and Dolly Brooks, d. Silas and Polly, P.R.19]" according to F. Apthorp Foster, ed., Vital Records of Stow, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911).
2.^ "Albert [Whitney], s. Christopher, carpenter, and Dolly, [born] Sept. 12, 1832," according to Stow Vital Records.
3.^ "Mary Elizabeth [Whitney], d. Christopher and Dolly, [born] Mar. 3, 1834. P.R.19," and "Elizabeth [Whitney], d. Christopher, carpenter, and Dolly, [born] Mar. 4, 1834," according to Stow Vital Records.
4.^ "Eben S. B. [Whitney], s. Christopher, carpenter, and Dolly, [born] Mar. 12, 1836. P.R.10," and "Eben Brooks [Whitney], s. Christopher and Dolly, [born] Mar. 12, 1838. P.R.19," according to Stow Vital Records.
5.^ "Abraham [Whitney], s. Christopher, carpenter, and Dolly, [born] Sept. 28, 1837," according to Stow Vital Records.
6.^ "Silas B. [Whitney], s. Christopher, carpenter, and Dolly, [born] Nov. 9, 1839," according to Stow Vital Records. Also, "Silas Brooks [Whitney], s. Christopher and Dolly, [born] Nov. 9, 1839," according to Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904).
7.^ "Mary B. [Whitney], d. Christopher, carpenter, and Dolly, [born] Jan. 2, 1842," according to Stow Vital Records.
8.^ "Catharine [Whitney], [dup. Catherine] Sophie, d. Christopher, farmer [dup. carpenter], and Dolly, [born] Feb. 4, 1844," according to Stow Vital Records.
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