Family:Whitney, Charles Kimball (1808-1862)

Charles Kimball⁸ Whitney (Amos Kimball⁷, Charles⁶, Aaron⁵, Moses⁴, Moses³, Richard², John¹), son of Amos Kimball⁷ and Anna (Leonard) Whitney, was baptized 29 Mar 1808 (twin), Roxbury, MA,^[1] and died 19 Sep 1862.

He married, 2 Sep 1832, Warwick, MA, Esther Maria Russell,^[2] daughter of Justus and Esther (Wright) Russell. She was born 29 Oct 1811, Warwick, MA, and died 14 Oct 1884, Boston, MA, aged 72, of chronic rheumatism and nephritis.^[3]

Children of Charles Kimball⁸ and Esther Maria (Russell) Whitney, if any, unknown. There were none with the family in 1850.

Census

• 1840, Canton, Norfolk Co., MA: Charles K. Whitney, 1 male 20-29 and 1 female 20-29; 1 engaged in manufacture or trades.
• 1850, Nashua, Hillsborough Co., NH:

213 228 Charles K. Whitney 41 M - Rail Rd. Express $2500 Massachusetts Esther M. " 38 F - " Angeline Bills 18 F - "

• 1860: not found.
• 1865 State, Waltham, Middlesex Co., MA:

888 1130 Thomas A. Lovell 38 M - Massachusetts S Watchmaker - - 1 - - Clarinda Lovell 72 F - Massachusetts W - - - - - Mary B. Baldwin 40 F - Massachusetts W - - - - - Esther M. Whitney 53 F - Massachusetts W - - - - -

• 1870, Boston Ward 11, Suffolk Co., MA:

92 121 Kinsley, Edward W. 35 M W Insp. of Woolens $15000 $40000 N. Hampshire Male citizen over 21 -----, Catherine 30 F W Keeping house Mass. -----, Addie 10 F W Attending School do Attended school -----, Minnie 5 F W Attending School do Attended school Billings, Lizzie 28 F W at home Massachusetts Whitney, Esther M. 58 F W at home $1000 do Moore, Annie 22 F W Domestic Servant Maine

Esther seems not to be related to Edward W. or Catherine (Billings) Kinsley.

• 1880, Boston Ward 21, Suffolk Co., MA:

Mary A. DEAN 70 Self F W W MA Keeping House MA MA Esther WHITNEY 68 Sis F W W MA At Home MA MA Saml. STEVENS 55 Oth M W W MA Tooth Brush, Comb, Manf. MA MA Alice A. STEVENS 23 Oth F S W MA At Home MA MA Nellie M. STEVENS 21 Oth F S W AUSTRALIA At Home MA MA Mary MCNEALEY 15 Oth F S W NEW BRUNSWICK Servant IRE IRE Sarah JOSE 40 Oth F S W ME At Home ME ME

Esther is living with her sister, Mary A. (Russell) Dean, widow of Benjamin F. Dean of Warwick.

References

1.^  "Charles Kimball [Whitney], s. twin. Kimball, bp. Mar. 29, 1808. C.R.3," according to Roxbury Vital Records.

2.^  "Charles K. [Whitney], Mr., and Miss Esther M. Russell, [married] 2 Sep 1832," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, "Massachusetts vital records", Warwick (Oxford, Massachusetts: Holbrook Research Institute, 1982-present), volume 1, page 88.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 357, page 173.

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