Family:Whitney, Oramel Leland (1811-1857)
Oramel Leland7 Whitney (Moses6, Jabez5, Joshua4, Joshua3, Benjamin2, John1), son of Moses6 and Polly (Ferry) Whitney, was born 10 Dec 1811, Hinsdale, MA,[1] and died 26 Mar 1857, Westfield, MA, aged 42 years 7 months 12 days, of lung fever, farmer.[2]
He married 4 Jul 1836, Windsor, MA, Judith Holbrook,[3] daughter of Isaiah Doane and Anna (Pierce) Holbrook. She was born about 1816, Windsor, MA, and died after 1860. She married secondly, 26 Jan 1859, Westfield, MA, Elias S. Upson.[4]
They lived in Westfield, MA.
Children of Oramel Leland7 and Judith (Holbrook) Whitney, probably incomplete:
i. Jasper Franklin8 Whitney, b. 6 Apr 1843, Norwich, MA;[5] d. 29 Jun 1844, Norwich, MA.[6] ii. Anna Harriet Whitney, b. 1 Aug 1844, Westfield, MA;[7] d. after 1860. iii. William L.8 Whitney, b. 13 Dec 1848, Westfield, MA;[8] m. Hannah M. Francis. iv. Edward Whitney, b. 25 Oct 1857, Westfield, MA;[9] d. 10 Nov 1857, Westfield, MA, aged 15 days.[10]
Census
- 1840, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA: Oramel Whitney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 20-29, and 1 female 15-19.
- 1850, Westfield, Hampden Co., MA:
759 786 Oramel L. Whitney 34 M - Farmer Mass. Judith Whitney 34 F - Mass. Anna H. Whitney 6 F - Do Attended school Wm. Whitney 1 M - Do Anna Holbrook 74 F - Do
394 494 Leland O. Whitney 40 M - Farmer " Judith Whitney 37 F - " Harriet Whitney 10 F - " William L. Whitney 6 M - "
810 977 Elias Upson 36 M - Farmer $1200 $250 Mass. Juda " 43 F - do Harriet Whitney 15 F - House work do Attended school William L. " 11 M - do Attended school Frank Upson 37 M - Laborer do
56 56 Elias L. Upson 40 M - Mass. M Farmer - - 1 1 - Judith Upson 49 F - " M - - - - - Wm. L. Whitney 16 M - " S Farmer - - - - - Harriet C. Whitney 20 F - " - - - - -
- 1870: not found.
References
1.^ "Oramel Leland [Whitney], ch. Moses and Polly, [born] Dec. 10, 1811," according to Vital Records of Hinsdale, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1902).
2.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 111, page 373.
3.^ "Oramel L. [Whitney] and Judith Holbrook, [married] July 4, 1836," according to Vital Records of Windsor, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1917).
4.^ "Judy [Whitney] [or Holbrook], and Elias S. Upson, [married] 26 Jan 1859," according to Holbrook, Jay Mack, Massachusetts Vital Records, Westfield, Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1987. Also, "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 126, page 306.
5.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 2, page 301.
6.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 14, page 169.
7.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 10, page 199. Also, "Harriet [Whitney], d. O. and S., [born] 1 Aug 1844," according to Holbrook, Jay Mack, Massachusetts Vital Records, Westfield, Holbrook Research Institute, Oxford, MA, 1987.
8.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 35, page 88.
9.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 105, page 469.
10.^ "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 111, page 374.
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