Family:Whitney, Levi (1778-1855)
Levi6 Whitney (Abel5, Nathan4, Nathaniel3, Benjamin2, John1), born Gorham, Maine, 15 May 1778; married at Cape Cod, Sept., 1801, Happy Higgins; born Cape Cod, 17 Apr 1781; died in 1856. He died in 1855; resided Standish Maine.
Gorham Historical Society Births: Levy Whitney
Birth Date: May 15, 1779 Volume 1, Page 71
Father: Abel Whitney Mother: Thankful Morton
Levi Whitney was a Private in the War of 1812 and served under Capt. J Bailey's Company, Lt. Col. J. Burbank's Regt, Served from September 7 to September 20, 1814. 1 day for additional travel. Service at Portland. Raised in Standish. Source: War of 1812 Muster Rolls from the Records of the Volunteer Militia Called out by the Governor of Massachusetts to suppress a Threatened Invasion during the War of 1812-14. Brig. Gen. Gardner W. Pearson, Adjutant General of Massachusetts, Wright and Potter Printing Co. State Printers, Boston, MA, 1913,pp.171, 174, 175.
Moved to Standish after marriage to Happy Higgins. Name is on Standish Tax List for 1808
Standish, Maine Church Records Marriages in the First Church in Standish. 1802 November 10 11/10/1802 Levi Whitney- Standish ME, Happy Higgins- Standish ME, Rev. Daniel Marrett Source: Standish Maine http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4962/index2.html Courtesy of Dana Edgecomb <nighthawk@watchic,net>
Children of Levi6 and Happy (Higgins) Whitney:
i. Phineas7 Whitney, born 27 Jul 1803, Standish[1]; baptized 17 Oct 1809, Standish[2]. ii. Lucetta Whitney, born 1 Jun 1806, Standish, Maine[3] (Pierce says 19 Jan 1809, but this is not supported by the vital records); baptized 17 Oct 1809, Standish[4]. iii. Obediah Higgins Whitney, born 10 Jan 1809, Standish, Maine[5] (Pierce says 19 Jan 1809); baptized 17 Oct 1809, Standish[6]; married at Standish, Maine, February 14, 1836, Louisa Bangs; born b/w 1811 and 1812 in Gorham, Maine; died May 13, 1852 in Windham, Maine. He died after 1880 in Windham, Maine.-----. iv. Abel Whitney, born 22 Mar 1811, Standish[7] (Pierce says Mar 1810); married Sarah Cole. v. Joseph Whitney, born 28 Dec 1813, Standish (both Pierce & vitals); baptized 1 Sep 1815, Standish[8]; married Harriett Morse; resided Sanford, Maine. vi. Levi Whitney, born 31 May 1816, Standish[9]; baptized 1 Sep 1816, Standish[10]. vii. Flavilla Ann Whitney, born 17 Apr 1819, Standish[11]; baptized 16 Aug 1819, Standish[12]. viii. Francis Covel Whitney, born 16 Mar 1823, Standish[13]; baptized 11 Nov 1824, Standish.[14] ix. Isaac Rogers Whitney, born 11 Apr 1825, Standish;[15] baptized 19 Jun 1825, Standish;[16] died 14 Oct 1831, Standish.[17]
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. 411.
5.^ "Levi, and Happy Higgins, both of Standish, filed [marriage intentions] 28 Aug 1802," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:421].
5.^ "Levi, and Happy Higgins, both of Standish, m. 10 Nov 1802," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:524].
5.^ "Levi, Standish, ME, and Happy Higgins, Standish, ME, Nov. 10, 1802, by Rev. Daniel Marrett," according to Standish Vital Records.
5.^ "Phineas, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 27 July 1803," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:321; 2:no page #].
5.^ "Phineas, s. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. Oct. 17, 1809, by Dr. Deane," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Lucetty, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 1 June 1806," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:321; 2:no page #].
5.^ "Lucetta, d. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. Oct. 17, 1809, by Dr. Deane," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Obadiah, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 10 Jan 1809," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:321; 2:no page #].
5.^ "Obadiah Higgins, s. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. Oct. 17, 1809, by Dr. Deane," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Abel, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 22 March 1811," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:321; 2:no page #].
5.^ "Joseph, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 28 Dec 1813," according to Standish Vital Records, [2:no page #].
5.^ "Joseph, s. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. Sep. 1, 1815, by Dr. Deane," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Levi, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 31 May 1816," according to Standish Vital Records, [2:no page #].
5.^ "Levi, s. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. Sep. 1, 1816, by Rev. J. Lancaster," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Joseph, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 31 May 1816," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:321].
5.^ "Levi, bapt. Feb. 23, 1817, by Rev. Daniel Marrett," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Flavilla Ann, d. of Levi and Happy, b. 17 Apr 1819," according to Standish Vital Records, [2:no page #].
5.^ "Flavilla Ann, d. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. Aug. 16, 1819, by Rev. Daniel Marrett," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Francis Covell, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 16 March 1823," according to Standish Vital Records, [2:no page #].
5.^ "Francis Covel, s. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. Nov. 11, 1824, by Rev. Daniel Marrett," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Isaac Rogers, s. of Levi and Happy, b. 11 April 1825," according to Standish Vital Records, [2:no page #].
5.^ "Isaac Rogers, s. Levi and Happy Whitney, bapt. June 19, 1825, by Rev. Daniel Marrett," according to Standish Vital Records,
5.^ "Isaac Rogers, s. of Levi and Happy, d. 13 Oct 1831," according to Standish Vital Records, [2:no page #].
5.^ "Isaac Rogers, son of Levi, d. 14 Oct 1831, age 6 yrs.," according to Standish Vital Records, [1:no page #].
5.^ "Isaac Rogers, d. 14 Oct 1831, age 6," according to Standish Vital Records.
1. Birth Noted in Gorham, ME. Vital Records to 1850 The Children of Levi and Happy Higgins were all Baptised at The First Church in Standish-Standish, ME Source: Records of the First Church in Standish, Maine... Baptisms
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