Family:Whitney, Welcome P. (c1816-1869)

Welcome P.⁸ Whitney (Asa⁷, Eleazer⁶, Nathan⁵, Thomas⁴, Eleazar³, Thomas², John¹), son of Asa⁷ and Martha (Cook) Whitney, was born about 1816, Halifax, VT, and died 17 Mar 1869, Readsboro, VT, aged 53 years.

He married, say 1835, Ruth B. Lake, daughter of Burden and Hannah (Gatrix) Lake. She was born 26 Dec 1819, Heath, MA, or Whitingham, VT, and died 13 Feb 1888, Whitingham, VT. She married secondly, 21 Sep 1871, Whitingham, VT, or Heath, MA, Joseph Farnum.^[1]

Children of Welcome P.⁸ and Ruth B. (Lake) Whitney, possibly incomplete:

Whitney, Amanda S., marriage, 1858, vol. 117, p. 224:

[number] 9; [marriage date and place] Aug. 26; [date of record] --; [groom] Henry M. Kellogg; [residence] Bloomington, Ill.; [age] 24; [occupation] --; [birthplace] Shelburne; [parents] Elem Kellogg; [number of marriage] First; [bride] Amanda S. Whitney; [residence] Buckland; [age] 23; [occupation] Teacher; [birthplace] Buckland; [parents] Welcome Whitney; [number of marriage] First; [officiant] Elem Kellogg, Justice of the Peace.

i.	Amanda S.9 Whitney, b. ca. 1835, Buckland, MA; m. 26 Aug 1858, Buckland, MA, Henry M. Kellogg, of Bloomington, IL, b. ca. 1834, Shelburne, MA, son of Elem Kellogg.[2]
ii.	Sarah Whitney, b. ca. 1846, Readsboro, VT; "age 23" m.(1) 29 Apr 1864, Adams, MA, Nathan A. Bishop, b. ca. 1841, Readsboro, VT, son of Chauncey and Semanthy (-----) Bishop;[3] m.(2) 24 Jun 1877, VT, Selah H. Holbrook.
iii.	Susan Ellen Whitney, b. 1 Apr 1849, North Adams, MA, or Readsboro, VT; d. 16 Nov 1910, Brattleboro, VT, aged 64 years;"Susan" "age 18" m.(1) 14 Apr 1864, Adams, MA, Seth M. Bishop, b. ca. 1839, Readsboro, VT, son of Chauncey and Semanthy (-----) Bishop;[4] must have been a divorce because Seth m.(2) bef. 1870, Harriet L. Hicks. She "Ellen Whitney" "age 17" "of Readsboro" m.(2) 25 Jun 1865, Whitingham, VT, Augustus Barker, son of David and Augusta (-----) Barker.[5]
iv.	William Whitney, b. ca. 1858; d. after 1870.

Census

• 1850, Adams, Berkshire Co., MA:

693 693 Welcome Whitney 30 M - Laborer England Jane " 26 F - " Sarah " 5 F - " Ellen " 3 F - Mass. Julia O'Connely 20 F - Ireland

• 1855 State Census, Adams, Berkshire Co., MA:

3 3 Welcom Whitney 40 M - Laborer Vt. Ruth B. " 35 F - " Sara " 9 F - Mass. Susan E. " 6 F - "

• 1860, Readsboro, Bennington Co., VT:

160 179 Welcom Whitney 40 M - Lawyer $300 $30 Vt. Ruth B. Whitney 38 F - " Sarah " 14 F - Mass. Susan " 11 F - " William " 2 M - Vt Increase Whitney 38 M - Lawyer " Albert Smith 26 M - " "

• 1870, Readsboro, Bennington Co., VT:

6 7 Whitney, Ruth 40 F W Keeping House Vermont -----, Willie 12 M W Vermont Attended school

• 1880, Whitingham, Windham Co., VT, p. 554A: Joseph and Ruth Farnum living with Selah H. Holbrook and family.

References

• Census records.

1.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

2.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 117, page 224.

3.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 171, page 27.

4.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 171, page 27.

5.^  Vermont, Vital Records Index, Marriages.

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