Family:Whitney, Martin Van Buren (1834-1924)

Martin Van Buren⁷ Whitney (Benjamin Morse⁶, Micah⁵, Abel⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Benjamin Morse⁶ and Susan (Wells) Whitney, was born 21 Jun 1834, Phillips, ME, and died 1924, probably Greene, ME.

He allegedly married one ----- Rowe. G. B. Sedgeley says that he married first _______ Rowe, with whom he had a son Theron C. Whitney. I find no record of this marriage.

He married firstly, 17 Feb 1861, Strong, ME, Nancy M. Pease, daughter of Sewall F. and Nancy M. (-----) Pease [Hallowell Gazette]. She was born Oct 1845, Strong, ME, died 29 Jan 1865, probably Wilton, ME, and was buried in the Brown Neighborhood Cemetery, East Wilton, ME.

He married secondly, date unknown, Abbie Q. (Toothaker) Pratt, daughter of Edward and Eunice (Wilbur) Toothaker. She was born 9 Feb 1837, Rangeley, ME, and died 4 Feb 1889. She had married firstly, 2 Jun 1858, Dennis H. Pratt, who died 31 Aug 1863. They were divorced, and she married thirdly, 5 Mar 1884, Ebenezer J. Gilkey.

He married thirdly, Catherine (Pooler) Towle. She was born about 1831, Canada, died 1906, Greene, ME, and was buried in the Peare Cemetery, Greene, ME. She had married, before 1860, John T. Towle.

Children of Martin Van Buren⁷ and Nancy M. (Pease) Whitney:

i.	Theron C.8 Whitney, b. ca. Mar 1862, ME.

Children of Martin Van Buren⁷ and Abbie Q. (Toothaker)(Pratt) Whitney:

ii.	Edward H.8 Whitney, b. 1867, Phillips, ME.

Martin Van Buren⁷ and Catherine (Pooler)(Towle) Whitney had no known children.

Census

• 1860, Phillips, Franklin Co., ME:

99 99 Royal T. Whitney 27 M - Cabinett worker $500 Maine Louisa Whitney 19 F - house wife do Martin V. Whitney 26 M - Farmer $200 do Inez S. Whitney 9/12 F - do

• 1870, Auburn Ward 4 & 5, Androscoggin Co., ME:

194 218 Towle, Catherine 38 F W Keeping house Canada East Parents foreign born -----, Ellen F. 8 F W Maine Mother foreign born Whitney, Martin 36 M W Work in Cotton Mill Maine Male citizen over 21 Pooler, Lizzie 20 F W Work in Cotton Mill Maine Parents foreign born

• 1870, Auburn Ward 1, Androscoggin Co., ME:

158 172 Whitney, Theron 8 M W Me. Mitchell, Thomas 41 M W Farmer $2500 $550 Me. Male citizen over 21 " Maria 27 F W Keeping house Me. " Hattie 9 F W Me. Attended school " Fannie 4 F W Me. Attended school " Charles 3 F W Me. " Harry 1 M W Me.

• 1870, Phillips, Franklin Co., ME:

14 17 Whitney, Abbie Q. 33 F W Tailoress $750 Maine -----, Edward H. 2 M W Maine

• 1880, Greene, Androscoggin Co., ME:

James PEARE 87 Self M W W ME ME ME Elizabeth B. ROWE 51 Dau F W W ME Keeping House ME ME Martin V. WHITNEY 45 Oth M S W ME Laborer ME ME

• 1880, Lowell, Middlesex Co., MA:

Continued from JOHN D. MARTIN Marcia VEIRIA 20 Oth F S W PORT W. In Cotton Mill PORTUGAL PORTUGAL Edwin MORSE 33 Oth M M W CAN Carpenter HALIFAX HALIFAX John BEST 24 Oth M S W CAN Machinest HALIFAX HALIFAX Joseph SOUZA 40 Oth M S W PORTUGAL Laborer PORT PORT Robert DYER 26 Oth M S W ME Laborer ME ME Theron WHITNEY 18 Oth M S W ME Machinest ME ME Miles ROARKE 27 Oth M S W MA Suspender Webbing --- --- Wm. L. WOODS 25 Oth M S W ME Laborer ME ME Charles ULSHER 28 Oth M S W HALIFAX Laborer HALIFAX HALIFAX Cornelius MC KENNAN 24 Oth M S W SCOT Laborer SCOT SCOT Palmer BLAKE 21 Oth M S W MA Machinest MA MA James BREEN 28 Oth M S W CAN W. In Cotton Mill CAN CAN Walter EATON 26 Oth M S W MA Works On R. R. MA MA James DONOVAN 26 Oth M S W NY Laborer NY NY Wm. DELANY 48 Oth M M W IRE Machinest IRE IRE Charles MC GRATH 26 Oth M S W MA W. In Cotton Mill MA MA John MC DONALD 23 Oth M S W NY Laborer NY NY Mike HARRINGTON 23 Oth M S W MA Farmer --- --- William DAY 35 Oth M S W ME Cooper ME ME James P. CUSHMAN 27 Oth M S W VT Laborer --- --- (Continued)

• 1880, Phillips, Franklin Co., ME:

Abbie WHITNEY 37 Self F W W ME Keeping House ME ME Edward T. WHITNEY 12 Son M S W ME Attending School ME ME

• 1900 Greene, ME
• 1910 Greene, ME
• 1920 Greene, ME, with son Theron and grandson Walter

References

• Sedgeley, George B., Micah Whitney, Revolutionary Soldier and His Twelve Children Settled Early in Philips, Maine; Jacob and Joseph Whitney Came to Phillips 1792; Salmon Whitney Appeared in Letter E Plantation 1810 (Farmington, Maine: The Knowlton & McLeary Co., Printers, 1943).

• Pierce, Frederick Clifton, The Descendants of John Whitney, Who Came from London, England, to Watertown, Massachusetts, in 1635 (Chicago: 1895), p. 232.

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