Family:Whitney, Amos (1814-1884)

Amos⁷ Whitney (Amos⁶, Abraham⁵, John⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Amos⁶ and Martha (Priest) Whitney, was born 30 Jan 1814, Waltham, MA,^[1] and died 13 or 18 Mar 1884, Cambridge, MA, aged 70 years 1 month 18 days, of cardiac dropsy.^[2]

He "of Boston, Mass." married, 13 Aug 1846, Norwich, CT, Sophia Waterman Potter "of Providence, R.I.",^[3] daughter of Samuel and Henrietta (Stoddard) Potter. She was born about 1828, Newport, RI, and died 21 Jul 1895, Cambridge, MA, aged 67 years, of cardiac dropsy, widow, housewife, born Newport, RI, daughter of Samuel and Henrietta (Stoddard) Potter, both b. Newport, RI.^[4]

He was a steam engineer, Boston, Providence, and New York Railroad.

Children of Amos⁷ and Sophia Waterman (Potter) Whitney:

i.	Amos Priest8 Whitney, b. 27 May 1847, Boston, MA;[5] m.(1) Mary Elizabeth Shackley; m.(2) Emma Gibbs.
ii.	Walter H. Whitney, b. 12 Nov 1849, Cambridge, MA;[6] m. Sarah E. Brown.
ii.	Mary R. Whitney, b. 12 May 1856, Cambridge, MA;[7] deaf and mute; d. 12 Jun 1899, Cambridge, MA, aged 42, of pernicious anaemia.[8]

Census

• 1850, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA:

157 182 Amos Whitney 36 M - Bridge Builder Mass. Sophia W. Whitney 25 F - R.I. Amos P. Whitney 3 M - Mass. Walter H. Whitney 9/12 M - Mass. Sarah W. Richardson 40 F - N.H. Adelaide S. Richardson 8 F - Mass.

• 1855, Cambridge Ward 2, Middlesex Co., MA:

867 1040 Amos Whitney 41 M - Engineer Mass. Sophia W. " 30 F - R. I. Amos P. " 8 M - Mass. Walter M. " 5 M - "

• 1860, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA:

2353 3036 Amos Whitney 45 M - Moulder Mass. S. W. Whitney 32 F - R.I. Amos Whitney 13 M - Mass. Walter 10 M - " Mary 4 F - "

• 1865 State, Cambridge Ward 4, Middlesex Co., MA:

546 617 Amos Whitney 50 M - Mass. M Engineer - - 1 1 - Sophia M. " 37 F - R.I. M - - - - - Amos P. " 18 M - Mass. S Engineer - - - - - Walter H. " 15 M - Mass. S School - - - - - Mary R. " 9 F - Mass. S - 1 - - -

• 1870, Cambridge Ward 4, Middlesex Co., MA:

319 410 Whitney, Amos 54 M W Mechanical Engineer $500 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Sophia 42 F W Keeping House R.I. -----, Walter H. 20 M W Machinist Mass. -----, Mary R. 14 F W At Home " Deaf Mute

• 1880, Fairfield Street, North Cambridge, Middlesex Co., MA:

382 506 Whitney, Amos W M 65 mar Engineer Massachusetts Mass. Mass. -------, Sophia W F 52 wife mar Inflammation [????] Rhode Island R.I. R.I. -------, Amos P. W M 33 son wid Organ Builder Massachusetts Mass. R.I. -------, Walter H. W M 30 son mar Machinist Massachusetts Mass. R.I. -------, Sarah W F 27 DiL mar Maine Me. Mass. -------, Mary W F 24 dau sgl Massachusetts Mass. R.I.

References

• All data copied from William H. Whitney, A Watertown Farm in Eight Generations: A Memorial of the Whitney Family (Cambridge, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, and Watertown Historical Society, 1898).

1.^  "Amos [Whitney], ch. Amos and Martha, [born] Jan. 31, 1814," according to Vital Records of Waltham, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904).

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 356, page 55.

3.^  "Amos [Whitney], of Boston, Mass., m. Sophia W. POTTER, of Providence, R.I., 13 Aug 1846, by W[illia]m PALMER, V.D.M., Norwich 6:143," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 455, page 131.

5.^  "Amos P. [Whitney], s. of Amos and Sophia W., in Boston, [born] May 27, 1847," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).

6.^  "Walter H. [Whitney], s. of Amos, b. in Waltham, and Sophia W., b. in Newport, R.I., [born] Nov. 12, 1849," according to Cambridge 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 73, page 51.

7.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 97, page 98.

8.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 493, page 352.

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