Family:Whitney, Eliab Turner (1789-1865)

Eliab Turner⁶ Whitney (Josiah⁵, John⁴, Nathaniel³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Josiah⁵ and Hannah (Turner) Whitney, was born 17 Dec 1789, Gaspé, Lower Canada, and died 2 Apr 1866, Edgecomb, ME. He is buried in the cemetery opposite the Baptist Church, Edgecomb, ME, next to his son Benjamin.

He married firstly, before 1812, Lydia Butterworth, daughter of William Butterworth. She died 1827.

He married secondly, 1827, Cape Breton, NS, Lydia M. Williams. She was born 10 Sep 1810, Salem, MA, the dau. of William and Lydia (Butterworth) Williams, both born in England. She died 12 March 1893 in Bath, ME.^[1] She is buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME.

She was baptized as an adult, 5 Feb 1843, Bristol, ME.^[2]

He was a cooper. He resided in Ship Harbor (now Port Hawkesbury), NS, Newcastle and Edgecomb, ME.

Children of Eliab Turner⁶ and Lydia (Butterworth) Whitney:

i.	Lydia7 Whitney, b. 1818, Cape Breton Island, NS; d. 7 Oct 1912, Edgecomb, ME; m. (int. 6 Nov 1840, Edgecomb, ME) Robert S. Brier, son of Robert and Mary (Haggett) Brier, b. ca. 1812, Boothbay, ME, d. 30 Mar 1892, Edgecomb, ME. They resided in Edgecomb, ME in the 1870 census. They had four known children: a. Martha A. Brier, b. b. John Brier, b. c. Edwin Brier, b. d. Robert S. Brier, b.
ii.	Sarah Whitney, b. 2 Jan 1819, Hawksbury, Cape Breton, NS. Probably d. before 1830 when her half-sister, Sarah Jane, was born.
iii.	Eliab Whitney, b. ca. 1824; d. 18 Jun 1846 at sea. Buried or memorialized in the Oak Grove Grove Cemetery in Bath, ME.
iv.	Betsey Whitney, b. 1827; m. 23 Jul 1851, Charles H. Harding. She is found in the 1860 Census of Boothbay, ME, living with the family of her half-sister Nancy (Whitney) Morrison. Nothing more is now known.

Children of Eliab Turner⁶ and Lydia (Williams) Whitney:

v.	Nancy Ann7 Whitney, b. 30 May 1828, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, CAN and d. 31 Aug 1895 in Auburn, ME; m. Mar 1859, Ira I. Morrison. He was b. 30 May 1833 in Boothbay, ME, the son of Jonathan and Emma Morrison. He died 25 March 1895 in Auburn, ME. Both are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in Auburn. They resided Auburn, ME, where Ira was a shoe maker.
vi.	Sarah Jane Whitney, b. 21 Dec 1830, Newcastle, ME;[3] d. 10 Jan 1908, Sherman, Aroostook Co., ME; m. 18 Jul 1856 or 8 Jul 1854, Edgecomb, ME, David Alonzo Merry, son of Hiram and Elizabeth (Trask) Merry of Edgecomb, b. 10 Feb 1830 in Edgecomb, ME; d. 1 Apr 1859 aboard the schooner "Grace T. Powers"sailing out of Gloucester, MA; resided Damariscotta, ME. She m.(2) 3 Feb 1867, Damariscotta, ME, William B. Seavey, born 1 June 1816 in Wiscasset, ME, the son of James and Sarah Clough Seavey. William died 2 Nov 1898 in Damariscotta, ME and Sarah Jane died 10 Jan 1908 in Sherman, ME. She is buried in Damariscotta, ME. Child: a. Brainerd Merry, b. ca. 1855, ME.[4]
vii.	Emeline Whitney, b. 9 Mar 1833 in Newcastle, ME; m. 8 Nov 1851 in Gloucester, MA, Jonathan Chandler Merry, b. 13 June 1826 in Belfast, ME, son of Hiram and Elizabeth (Trask) Merry; resided Sherman Mills, ME. Jonathan died 27 Nov 1894 in Sherman, ME, and Emeline died 25 Oct 1914 in Sherman Mills, ME. They had no children.[5] They were foster parents of their double nephew Brainerd Merry, above, and also: a. Alden Merry, b. ca. 1854, ME.
x.	Williams Whitney, b. 30 Aug 1835 in Newcastle, ME; m. Rosalina H. Merry.
xi.	David J. Whitney, b. 23 Nov 1838 in Newcastle, ME; d. 3 Jan 1917 in Westport, ME, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME; unmarried; resided Bath and Westport, ME. He was a sailor.
xii.	Alvin Whitney (Pierce calls him Albion), b. 16 Feb 1840 in Newcastle, ME; m. 1863; resided Gloucester, MA; a son was Benjamin L.
xiii.	Alpheus Whitney, b. 16 Feb 1840 in Newcastle, ME; m. (1) Mehitable "Hattie" C. Tibbetts; (2) Georgia F. Hilton.
xiv.	Benjamin F. Whitney, b. 12 May 1842; d. 4 Dec 1864, Annapolis, MD, in hospital, a casualty of the Civil War. His mother received a pension from the U.S. Government. He is buried next to his father in the Old Cemetery, Edgecomb, across from the old baptist church.
xv.	Hannah Augusta Whitney, b. 13 May 1845, Newcastle, ME; d. 21 Sep 1925, Vineland, NJ, where she is buried; m. 19 or 18 Feb 1863, Bath, ME, Joseph Manual Soiett,[6] b. 25 Jun 1838, Bath, ME; resided Sherman, ME, 1868. She had nine children.
xvi.	Alonzo L. Whitney, b. 9 Aug 1847 in Newcastle, ME; m. (1) Alice R. Parsons; (2) Ada W. Hale.
xvii.	Georgiana Whitney, b. 1 Jan 1850, prob. in Newcastle, ME; m. 6 Oct 1876, Bath, ME, John F. Young; resided Bath, ME, in the censuses of 1880 and 1900. He was a caulker. Georgiana died in 1928, and John in 1940. They are buried in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Bath, ME. They had two known children: Florence B. Young, b. APR 1878, and George F. Young, b. Oct 1880.

Census

• 1840, New Castle, Lincoln Co., ME: Eliab Whitney, 1 male 50-59, 1 male 15-19, 4 male 0-4, 1 female 20-29, 1 female 15-19, 2 females 10-14, and 2 females 5-9; 1 engaged in agriculture, 2 in navigation of the ocean.
• 1850, Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., ME:

8 9 Eliub Whitney 60 M - Cooper $1200 Lower Canada Lydia M. " 40 F - Mass. Nancy " 22 F - Cape Breton Attended school Emeline " 17 F - Me. Attended school William " 14 M - " Attended school David " 12 M - " Attended school Albion " 10 M - " Attended school Alpheus " 10 M - " Attended school Benj. F. " 7 M - " Attended school Hannah A. " 5 F - " Attended school Alonzo L. " 3 M - " Betsey " 23 F - "

• 1850, Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., ME:

143 163 Hartley Nichols 32 M - Brick Maker $600 Maine Sarah J. Whitney 20 F - " Joseph Cunningham 20 M Brick Maker "

• 1860, Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., ME:

105 114 Eliab T. Whitney 70 M - Farmer $550 $40 Lower Canada Lydia " 49 F - " Betsey Harden 34 F - " David " 22 M - Fisherman Maine Allis " 20 M - " Attended school Albin " 20 M - Fisherman " Attended school Benjamin " 18 M - " Attended school Hannah A. " 15 F - " Attended school Alonzo " 12 M - " Attended school Georgean A. " 9 F - " Attended school Susan A. " 5 F - " Attended school Allis M. " 3 M - "

• 1870, Sherman, Aroostook Co., ME:

54 56 Merry, Jonathan C. 44 M W Farmer $800 $425 Maine Male citizen over 21 -----, Emeline 35 F W Keeping House " -----, Brainerd 15 M W " -----, Alden 16 M W " Whitney, Lydia 58 F W "

Lydia is living with her daughter Emeline (Whitney) Merry.

• 1870, son David and daughter Georgianna not found.
• 1880, Bath, Sagadahoc Co., ME:

John YOUNG 28 Self M M W ME Caulker CAN CAN Georganna YOUNG 29 Wife F M W ME Keeping House CAN CAN Florence B. YOUNG 2 Dau F S W ME ME ME Lydia WHITNEY 69 MotL F W W MA At Home ENG N.S.

Lydia is living with her daughter Georgeanna (Whitney) Young.

• 1880, son David not found.

References

• 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. 229-230.

• Vital Records of Edgecomb, ME

• Vital Records of Edgecomb and Newcastle, ME

• Records of St. George's Church, Sydney, N.S., Canada

1.^  "Lydia [Whitney], Mrs., [died] 1893, at Bath," according to Dodge, Christine Huston, ed., "Vital Records of Bristol and Nobleboro in the County of Lincoln, Maine, Including the Present Towns of Bremen, Damariscotta, South Bristol and the Plantation of Monhegan (Brunswick, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1951).

2.^  "Lydia [Whitney], Mrs., bapt. Feb. 5, 1843," according to Dodge, Christine Huston, ed., "Vital Records of Bristol and Nobleboro in the County of Lincoln, Maine, Including the Present Towns of Bremen, Damariscotta, South Bristol and the Plantation of Monhegan (Brunswick, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1951).

3.^  "Sarah J. [Whitney], d. E., wid. ----- Seavey, Dec. 20, 1830, in Newcastle," according to Dodge, Christine Huston, ed., "Vital Records of Bristol and Nobleboro in the County of Lincoln, Maine, Including the Present Towns of Bremen, Damariscotta, South Bristol and the Plantation of Monhegan (Brunswick, ME: Maine Historical Society, 1951).

4.^  Houlton, Maine, Pioneer Times, 15 Sept. 1976, "History of Sherman Part 14"

5.^  "Anna W., and Joseph M. Soiett, m. 18 Feb 1863," according to Bath, Maine, Vital Records.

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