Family:Whitney, Otis (1821-1907)

Otis Whitney

Otis⁷ Whitney (James⁶, Ezra⁵, James⁴, John³, Jonathan², John¹), son of James⁶ and Clarissa (Gould) Whitney, was born 19 Apr 1821.^[1]

Marriage intentions were published 19 Aug 1843, Milford, MA, for him and Joanna W. Howard.^[2] He married firstly, 5 Nov 1843, Joanna Wedge Howard. She was born 7 Mar 1825,^[3] and died 12 Oct 1871.

He married secondly, 13 Jun 1872, Medora Albee. She was born 13 Jun 1832,^[4] and died after 1880.

Resided 74 Grove St., Milford, MA.

Children of Otis⁷ and Joanna Wedge (Howard) Whitney:

i.	Newell H.8 Whitney, b. 5 Oct 1844; d. 5 Oct 1844.
ii.	George Schuyler Whitney, b. 26 Aug 1847, Milford, MA;[5] m. Anna Mae Wilkinson.
iii.	Edwin J. Whitney, b. 27 May 1850, Milford, MA; m. 1 Nov 1882, Mendon, MA, Isabella M. Whitney, b. ca. 1851, Mendon, MA, dau. of John R. and Sally C. (-----) Hayward;[6] resided Worcester, MA.
iv.	Frank O. Whitney, b. 5 Nov 1860; d. 31 Aug 1861.

Children of Otis⁷ and Medora (Albee) Whitney:

v.	Emma C. Whitney, b. 26 Apr 1873; d. 29 Apr 1874.

Census

• 1850, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

606 795 Otis Whitney 29 M - Carpenter $450 Vt. Joana " 25 F - Mass. George T. " 3 M - " Edwin D. " 3/12 M - " 796 Diadama Howard 48 F - "

• 1855, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

668 1013 Otis Whitney 34 M - Carpenter Vt. Joanna Whitney 30 F - Mass. George S. Whitney 8 M - Mass. Edward J. Whitney 5 M - Mass.

• 1860, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

730 1109 Otis Whitney 39 M - Carpenter $1200 - Vermont Johanna 35 F - Mass. George S. 12 M - " Edwin J. 10 M - "

• 1865 State, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

1187 1720 Otis Whitney 44 M - Vermont M Carpenter - - 1 1 - Joanna W. Whitney 40 F - Mass. M House Keeper - - - - - George S. Whitney 18 M - " S Soldier - - - - - Edwin J. Whitney 15 M - " - - - - - -

• 1870, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

324 484 Whitney, Otis 49 M W Carpenter $2000 $500 Vermont Male citizen over 21 -----, Joanna W. 45 F W Keeping house Mass. -----, George S. 22 M W Carpenter " Male citizen over 21 -----, Edwin J. 20 M W Carpenter " Fitzpatrick, Mary A. 18 F W Domestic servant " Parents foreign born

• 1880, Milford, Worcester Co., MA:

Otis WHITNEY 58 Self M M W VT Contractor And Builder MA MA Medora WHITNEY 47 Wife F M W MA Keeping House MA MA

• 1880, Worcester, Worcester Co., MA:

Theodore L. CHASE 30 Self M M W NY Tin Ware Maker NY NY Floretta A. CHASE 26 Wife F M W CT Keeping House VT VT Perley W. CHASE 4 Son M S W MA NY CT Abbie PETERSON 20 Oth F S W MA Domestic Service MA MA Charles MARSH 18 Oth M S W MA Tin Smith MA MA Frank EWINGS 21 Oth M S W MA Laborer MA MA Gilbert W. MARBLE 22 Oth M S W RI Tin Smith RI RI Smauel BALLOU 49 Oth M W W RI Teamster RI RI Edwin J. WHITNEY 30 Oth M S W MA Tin Peddler VT MA

This was his son Edwin, living with a cousin Floretta (Whitney) Chase.

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), p. 368.

1.^  "Otis [Whitney], [born] _____, 1821. G.R.5," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Milford, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1917).

2.^  "Otis [Whitney] and Joanna W. Howard, int. Aug. 19, 1843," according to Milford Vital Records.

3.^  "Joanna W. [_____] [Whitney], w. of Otis, [born] ____, 1825. G.R.5," according to Milford Vital Records.

4.^  "Medora [_____] [Whitney], w. of Otis, [born] _____, 1832. G.R.5," according to Milford Vital Records.

5.^  "George S. [Whitney], s. of Otis and Johanna, [born] Aug. 26, 1847," according to Milford Vital Records.

6.^  "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910," from original records held by the Massachusetts Archives. Online database: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2004; volume 336, page 310.

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