Family:Whitney, Merrill E. (c1822-1883)

Merrill E.⁸ Whitney (Eliphalet⁷, Eliphalet⁶, Joshua⁵, Joshua⁴, Richard³, Richard², John¹), son of Eliphalet⁷ and Sally (Ryan) Whitney, was born 1823, and died 23 Aug 1883, Cape Elizabeth, ME, aged 38 years.^[1] He is buried in Browns Hill Cemetery, Portland, ME.

Intentions of marriage were published -- Feb 1857, Cape Elizabeth, ME, for him and "Miss" Martha Ellen Fickett "both of Cape Elizabeth".^[2] He married, 7 Feb 1857, Portland, ME, Martha E. Fickett, "both of Cape Elizabeth".^[3] She was born about 1834, ME, and died after 1880.

Children of Merrill E.⁸ and Martha E. (Fickett) Whitney:

i.	George E.9 Whitney, b. ca. 1858, ME; not in family in 1870.
ii.	S. Whitney, b. 1863; d. 1868; buried in Browns Hill Cemetery, Portland, ME.
ii.	Frank E. Whitney, b. 17 Sep 1866, Cape Elizabeth, ME;[4] not in family in 1880.
ii.	Carrie B. F. Whitney, b. 6 May 1869, Cape Elizabeth, ME;[5] d. after 1880, then unmarried.

Census

• 1850, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME:

74 74 William W. Whitney 30 M - Farmer $6000 Maine Mary A. " 34 F - Do John E. Whitney 1 M - Do Merrill E. Whitney 28 M - Laborer Vermont John J. Whitney 22 M - Laborer Maine

• 1860, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME:

103 110 Merrill Whitney 33 M - Grocer $600 $300 Maine Martha E. 26 F - " George E. 2 M - "

• 1870, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME:

447 511 Whitney, M. E. 40 M W R.R. Employee $2000 -- Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Martha E. 32 F W Keeping House Maine -----, Frank 5 M W Maine -----, Carrie 3 F W Maine

• 1880, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., ME:

M. E. WHITNEY 50 Self M M W VT VT VT Martha E. WHITNEY 47 Wife F M W ME Post Mistress ME ME Carrie B. WHITNEY 12 Dau F S W ME At School ME ME

References

1.^  "Merrill S. Whitney, [died] age 38-0-0, 23 August 1883, parents unknown," according to Diehm, Anne, comp., Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 63 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, c2009).

2.^  "Merrill E. Whitney and Miss Martha Ellen Fickett, both of Cape Elizabeth, intention entered February 1857," according to Diehm, Anne, comp., Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 63 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, c2009).

3.^  "Feb. 7, 1857, Merrill E. WHITNEY & Martha E. FICKETT, both of C. Elizabeth; by Rev. C. R. Moore, Portland (C:268)," according to Kelley, Judith Holbrook, ed. and transcr., Clayton Rand Adams, ed., Marriage Returns of Cumberland County, Maine, Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 29 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, 1998), p. 504.

3.^  "Frank E. Whitney, child of Merrill E. and Martha E. Whitney, [born] 17 September 1866," according to Diehm, Anne, comp., Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 63 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, c2009), p. 145.

4.^  "Carrie B. F. Whitney, child of Merrill E. and Martha E. Whitney, [born] 6 May 1869," according to Diehm, Anne, comp., Vital Records of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Maine Genealogical Society Special Publication No. 63 (Rockport, ME: Picton Press, c2009), p. 145.

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