Family:Whitney, Abraham (1804-1872)
Abraham8 Whitney (Zimri7, John6, Zachariah5, John4, Joseph3, John2, John1), son of Zimri7 and Susanna (Sanderson) Whitney, was born 19 Jan 1804, Lunenburg, MA, and died 22 Feb 1872, Jaffrey, NH.
He married, 23 Nov 1829, Jaffrey, NH, Adaline Sawyer, daughter of Rufus and Susanna (Green) Sawyer. She was born about 22 Nov 1804, Jaffrey, NH, and died 16 Jun 1878, Newton, MA, aged 73 years 6 months 24 days, of paralysis.[1]
He resided Boston and Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
Children of Abraham8 and Adaline (Sawyer) Whitney:
i. Edward S.9 Whitney, b. 17 Oct 1831; d. -----. ii. Frances A. Whitney, b. 5 May 1832, Boston, MA; d. 6 Feb 1867, Boston, MA, aged 33 years 9 months 1 day, of anaemia;[2] m. 23 Nov 1851, Boston, MA, David W. Tarr, of Gloucester,[3] who d. 14 May 1875, Boston, MA, aged 49 years 7 months, of pneumonia.[4]
Census
- 1830: not found.
- 1840: not found.
- 1850, Boston Ward 11, Suffolk Co., MA:
1819 2898 Abram Whitney 45 M - Watchman Vt. Adaline " 43 F - N.H. Frances " 17 " - Ms.
830 1472 Daniel W. Tarr 29 M - Brewer Mass. Fanny A. " 21 F - " Frank " 3 M - " Abraham Whitney 49 M - Policeman " Adeline J. " 48 F - N.H. Mary Conner 30 F - Ireland
436 535 Daniel W. Fam 38 M - Brewer $11000 $4000 Massachusetts Fanny A. " 26 F - New Hampshire Frank W. " 8 M - Massachusetts Attended school Horace C. Smith 38 M - Vermont Abraham Whitney 56 M - Policeman Massachusetts Adaline S. " 54 F - New Hampshire Kate Rooney 18 F - Domestic Ireland
165 156 Whitney, Abram 67 M W Works on Farm $100 N.H. Male citizen over 21 -----, Adaline 64 F W Keeping House N.H.
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. 469.
1.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 302, page 141.
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 204, page 18.
3.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 56, page 155.
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 276, page 116.
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