Family:Whitney, Jonas (1824-a1900)

Jonas⁸ Whitney (Jonas Prescott⁷, Josiah⁶, Josiah⁵, David⁴, Benjamin³, John², John¹), son of Jonas Prescott⁷ and Rebecca (Piper) Whitney, was born 20 Mar 1824, MA, and died after 1900.

He "of Fitchburg" married, 11 Apr 1850 or 7 May 1850, Ashby, MA, Elizabeth Corey Rice,^[1] daughter of Silas and Almira (Corey) Rice of Ashburnham. She was born 21 Mar 1827, Ashburnham, MA, and died 3 May 1874, Fitchburg, MA, aged 47 years 1 months 12 days, of pneumonia.^[2]

He married secondly, 6 or 11 May 1875, Ashby, MA, Lucy Elizabeth Damon, daughter of Joseph and Olive (Lamb) Damon.^[3] She was born 5 Oct 1845, Ashby, MA, and died 7 Sep 1917, Fitchburg, MA.

He resided Fitchburg, MA.

Children of Jonas⁸ and Elizabeth Corey (Rice) Whitney:

i.	Frank Ormond9 Whitney, b. 21 Jul 1851, Fitchburg, MA;[4] m. Anna M. Snow.

Census

• 1850, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

39 39 Jonas Whitney 26 M - Organ & Scrapin Maker Mass. Married in year Elizabeth C. " 23 F - " Married in year

• 1855, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

188 243 Jonas Whitney 31 M - Organ Maker Mass. Elizabeth C. Whitney 28 F - Mass. Frank C. Whitney 4 M - Mass.

• 1860, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

1254 1255 J. Whitney 30 M - Mechanic $300 Mass. E. C. Whitney 33 F - Wife Do T. O. Whitney 8 M - Do

"T. O." should be "F. O." for Frank Ormond.

• 1865 State, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

414 493 James Whitney 42 M - Mass. M Organ Maker - - 1 1 - Elizabeth C. Whitney 39 F - " M - - - - - Frank Whitney 14 M - " S - - - - - 494 Sarah W. Kendall 73 F - " W Housekeeper - - - - -

• 1870, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

764 1030 Whitney, Jonas 46 M W Organ Maker $3500 $3000 Mass. Male citizen over 21 -----, Elizabeth 43 F W Keeping House Mass. -----, Frank O. 18 M W At School Mass. Attended school

• 1880, Fitchburg, Worcester Co., MA:

Jonas WHITNEY 55 Self M M W MA Organ Maker MA MA Lucy E. WHITNEY 34 Wife F M W MA Keeping House NH MA

• 1900, 6 Cheever Place, Fitchburg Ward 3, Worcester Co., MA:

153 250 Whitney, Jonas Head W M Mar 1824 76 mar 20 Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Organ maker, Owns free house -----, Lucy E. Wife W F Oct 1845 54 mar 20 0ch 0liv Massachusetts New Hampshire Massachusetts

References

• Census records.

• All data imported from Frederick Clifton Pierce, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, (Chicago: 1895), pp. 476-477.

1.^  "Jonas [Whitney], of Fitchburg, and Elizabeth C. Rice, [married] Apr. 11, 1850," according to Jeannette D. Pingrey, comp., Birth, Marriage, and Death Records in the Town of Ashby, Massachusetts, from 1754 to 1890 (Decorah, IA: Anundsen Publishing Company, c. 1989). Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 46, page 29.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 267, page 328.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 272, page 40.

4.^  "Frank Ormond [Whitney], s. Jonas and Eliz. C., [born] July 21, 1851," according to Walter A. Davis, comp., Old Records of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA: Fitchburg City Council, 1898-1913), vol. 8, p. 97. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 53, page 153.

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