Family:Whitney, Lewis Jones (1802-1881)
Lewis Jones7 Whitney (Jabez6, Jacob5, Jonas4, Eleazar3, Thomas2, John1), son of Jabez6 and Elizabeth (-----) Whitney, was born 3 Jan 1802, Orange, MA,[1] and died 10 Nov 1881, Athol, MA, aged 79 years 10 months 7 days, of old age.[2]
He married, 18 Jul 1824, Athol, MA, Ruth Howard, daughter of Simon and Lucy (Putnam) Howard.[3] She was born 11 Jun 1803, Athol, MA, and died 7 Jun 1886, Athol, MA, aged 82 years 11 months 26 days, of paralysis of heart.[4]
Children of Lewis Jones7 and Ruth (Howard) Whitney, possibly incomplete:
i. (daughter)8 Whitney, b. 1820-1825; not in family in 1840. ii. Gilbert H. Whitney, b. 1824, Athol, MA; m.(1) Melinda L./C. -----; m.(2) Helen Mar Woods. iii. Sumner P. Whitney, b. 1827, Athol, MA; m. Elisa J. Peabody. iv. Mary A. Whitney, b. ca. 1838, Athol, MA; d. 24 Feb 1866, Athol, MA, aged 27 years 6 months, of consumption;[5] "Mary E." m. 18 Jul 1860, Athol, MA, George W. Holden, of Athol, b. ca. 1835, Grafton, MA, son of William and Phebe B. (-----) Holden.[6]
Census
- 1830, Athol, Worcester Co., MA: Lewis Whitney, 1 male 20-29, 1 male 5-9, 1 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 5-9.
- 1840, Athol, Worcester Co., MA: Lewis J. Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 male 15-19, 1 male 10-14, 1 female 30-39, and 1 female 0-4.
- 1850, Athol, Worcester Co., MA:
206 246 Louis S. Whitney 45 M - Carpenter $1000 Mass. Ruth " 46 F - " Sumner P. " 22 M - Farmers Man " Mary A. " 12 F - " Attended school Mary M. " 52 F - "
3 3 Lewis J. Whitney 53 M - Carpenter Mass. Ruth Whitney 52 F - do Mary E. Whitney 17 F - do Mary M. Whitney -- F - do
1365 1428 Lewis Whiting 59 M - Farmer $4000 $1400 Mass. Ruth M. " 59 F - " John Holden 86 M - " Elizabeth " 83 F - "
- 1860, son Sumner not found.
- 1865 State, Athol, Worcester Co., MA:
26 31 Lewis J. Whitney 63 M - Massachusetts M Carpenter - - 1 1 - Ruth Whitney 61 F - Massachusetts M Housekeeper - - - - -
253 292 Mason, Henry 49 M W Harness Maker $100 New Hampshire Male citizen over 21 -----, Emily 44 F W Keeping house " -----, Jennie 14 F W At home Mass. Attended school 293 Whitney, Louis 57 M W Carpenter $2500 $100 " Male citizen over 21 -------, Ruth 55 F W Keeping house "
338 471 Whitney, Lewis J. W M 78 mar Carpenter Mass. Mass. Mass. Whitney, Ruth W F 77 Wife mar Keeping House Mass. Mass. Mass.
References
1.^ "Lewis [Whitney], ch. Jabez and Elizabeth, [born] Jan. 3, 1802," according to Jay Mack Holbrook, "Vital Records of Orange, Massachusetts, to 1891" (Oxford, MA: Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1983).
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 330, page 332.
3.^ "Lewis I. and Ruth Howard, July 18, 1824," according to Franklin P. Rice, ed., Vital Records of Athol, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (1910).
4.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 200; volume 375, page 375.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 200; volume 194, page 167.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 200; volume 137, page 152.
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