Family:Whitney, Abraham (1748-1833)

Abraham⁵ Whitney (Abraham⁴, Isaiah³, Thomas², John¹), son of Abraham⁴ and Sarah⁵ (Whitney) Whitney,^[1] was born 20 Dec 1748, Harvard, MA, and died 26 Aug 1833, Harvard, MA, aged 84 years.

He married, 28 Feb 1776, Bolton, Rebecca Dudley, of Acton. She died 27 Aug 1838, Harvard, MA, aged 81 years.

Abraham Whitney, Jr., was born in Harvard, MA, where he always resided. He was educated for the ministry, but subsequently followed an agricultural life, remarking that he was not good enough to be a minister. He was in the Revolutionary army, in a Worcester County company. He was puritanic in all his tastes and was through life a thoroughly good man, highly esteemed and respected by all. He resided Harvard, Massachusetts.

Children of Abraham⁵ and Rebecca (Dudley) Whitney:

i.	Abraham6 Whitney, b. 3 Mar 1777; died 18 Oct 1778.
ii.	Abraham Whitney, b. 29 Nov 1779; m. Alice Houghton.
iii.	Josiah Whitney, b. 18 Aug 1781; m. Sally Puffer.
iv.	John Whitney, b. 31 Jul 1783; m. Sally Stowe.
v.	Samuel Whitney, b. 28 May 1785; unmarried Jan 27, 1840.
vi.	Simeon H. Whitney, b. 20 Mar 1787; m. Nancy Barnard.
vii.	Rebecca Whitney, b. 13 Oct 1789; m. Sept 30, 1811, Joel Bowers. He was b. 5 Feb 1789; d. 6 Mar 1851; was a farmer. Ch.: Mary Dickenson, b. 30 Apr 1814, Harvard, MA; 19 Nov 1838, Boxborough, MA, Varnum Taylor; resided Boxborough, MA; Cephas H., born Oct 23, 1816; resided Still River, [Harvard,] MA; Rebecca Howard, born 28 Sep 1822, Harvard, MA; married ----- Houghton; resided Bolton, MA; Luke Whitney; Levina Whitney; Joel Dudley; Elisha Puffer; and Francis Augustus.
viii.	Sarah Whitney, b. 11 Feb 1797; m. 24 Jun 1819, Cephas Houghton. He was b. Feb 11, 1792; d. 18 Aug 1881. Was a farmer. Ch.: Sarah E., b. 24 Mar 1820; d. 20 Mar 1860; George Emory, b. 2 Nov 1822, Harvard, MA, d. 17 May 1824, Harvard, MA; George N., b. Oct 23, 1824; m. 1847; d. Oct 23, 1893, Leominster, MA; Edward W., b. Mar 22, 1829; m. 1856; resided Still River, MA; Elsie A., b. 19 Apr 1831; m. G. B. Grassie; resided Bolton, MA; John Cephas, b. Dec 26, 1836, m. 22 Aug 1870, Mary Leora Smith; resided Still River, [Harvard,] MA.
ix.	Mary Whitney, b. 17 Jan 1800; apparently m. 1 Apr 1824, Harvard, Massachusetts, Addison Smith Edgerly, b. 4 Feb 1799, Durham, NH, son of George and Abigail C. (Thomas) Edgerly.
x.	Elizabeth Whitney, b. 22 Sep 1802; d. unmarried
xi.	Joseph Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1795; d. 16 May 1799.
xii.	Abel Whitney, b. 20 Oct 1791; d. 2 Dec 1799.
xiii.	Lydia Whitney, b. -----, reported only by Pierce.

Census

• 1790, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Abraham Whitney, 1 male over 16, 5 males 0-15, and 3 females.
• 1800, Harvard, Worcester Co., MA: Abraham Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 3 males 16-25, 1 male 10-15, 1 females 26-44, and 3 females 0-9.

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. 103.

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