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The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635, by Frederick Clifton Pierce (Chicago: 1895)

Transcribed by the Whitney Research Group, 1999.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 459

early age he entered a law office in Fitchburg, Mass., and was admitted to the bar in 1845. After a brief practice in Fitchburg, Mass., he moved to Baltimore, where he was eminently successful as an able lawyer. In 1854 he was chosen county attorney and re-elected in 1858. In 1860 he resigned, and later conducted many trials that are historic in that state. As a criminal lawyer he was not excelled. Modest and unas- suming, he seldom referred to his achievements, or appeared conscious of the magnitude of his labor. He d. Sept. 3, 1875; res. Baltimore, Md. 4098. MERRICK WHITNEY (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Dec. 31, 1804; m. Apr. 5, 1830, Harriett ADAMS; b. Feb. 16, 1809; d. Apr. 9, 1877. He d. Dec. 2, 1881; res. Ashburnham, Mass. 7334. i. MERRICK, b. Dec. 25, 1830; res. Ashburnham, Mass. 7335. ii. AUSTIN, b. Apr. 10, 1832; drowned June 10, 1846. 7336. iii. LINCOLN, b. July 1, 1834; m. Mary C. McINTIRE. 7337. iv. HOSEA S., b. Mar. 29, 1838; m. Mar. 31, 1870, Mary G. ADAMS; b. May 21, 1846; res. Ashburnham, Mass. 7338. v. FRANCINA J., b. Dec. 5, 1843; m. June 12,1876, David E. WILLARD; b. Sept. 28, 1839; res. Fitchburg; 2 ch. 7339. vi. CLEMENTINA H., b. Feb. 2, 1847; m. Dec. 31, 1874, Clement E. WILLARD; b. Aug. 30, 1847; res. Ashburnham. 7340. vii. WILLIS W., b. Jan. 21, 1851; m. Nov. 24, 1886, Harriett E. HYDE; res. Ashburnham. 4103. CHARLES W. WHITNEY (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 10, 1814; m. Aug. 10, 1848, Elmira m. WILDER. He is a wheel- Wright; res. Ashburnham, Mass. 7341. i. CHARLES B., b. Jan. 31, 1853; m. Kate G. ROBINSON; res. Portland, Me. 7342. ii. ALFRED W., b. June 15, 1867. 4102. AUSTIN WHITNEY (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Apr. 16, 1816; m. Apr. 4, 1854, E. Augusta HOLMES, b. Jan. 30, 1830. She res. 294 Rundell St., St. Paul, Minn. He has been assessor, selectman and representative in the legislature. He d. St. P. Apr., 1891; res. Ashburnham, Mass., and St. Paul, Minn. 7343. i. FREDERIC A., b. Jan. 18, 1855; d. Dec. 26, 1855. 7344. ii. ELLA A., b. Sept. 1, 1856. 7345. iii. LEONARD A., b. June 16, 1858; m. Ida M. GIBSON. 7346. iv. SAMUEL N., b. Apr. 23, 1860; unm.; res. The Ontario, cor. State and Ontario Sts., Chicago, Ill. 7347. v. FANNIE R., b. Mar. 18, 1862. 7348. vi. ALFRED W., b. Oct. 31, 1864 7349. vii GERTRUDE J., b. Apr. 30, 1866. 7350. viii. MYRA A., b. Nov. 20, 1868. 7351. ix. FLORENCE B., b. Jan. 21, 1871. 4106. SAMUEL V. WHITNEY (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 25, 1820; m. Jan. 31, 1843, Sarah Ann RUSSELL, b. -----; d. Apr. 9, 1875. He d. July 3, 1856. He was postmaster for some years and engaged in the morocco business; res. Ashburnham, Mass. 7351 1/2. i. RUSSELL, b. Nov. 13, 1844; m. June 11, 1867, Maria METCALF, b. Dec. 25, 1846; res. Gardner, Mass. 7352. ii. WILLIS, b. Nov. 22, 1848; d. Aug. 22, 1849. 7353. iii. ELEANOR, b. Sept. 28, 1851; d. July 29, 1852 7354. iv. LUELLA, b. Sept. 28, 1851; d. Jan. 26, 1877. 4107. REV. QUINCY WHITNEY (Samuel, Silas, Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 7, 1822; m. at Lancaster, Sept. 8, 1846, Mandana M. WHITTEMORE, of Lancaster. Rev. Quincy WHITNEY, s. of Samuel and Abigail (WILDER) WHITNEY, of Ash. He attended the academy several terms in his early manhood, afterward completing a course of study for the Universalist ministry, to which he was ordained about the year 1847. Some two years later he assumed the pastorate of the church and society of that faith in Westminster, a position he occupied till 1853. He had many personal friends in the town, having been born in the south part of Ashburnham, which gave him a

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