Family:Whitney, Amos (1766-1854)

Amos⁶ Whitney (Levi⁵, Daniel⁴, Jonathan³, Jonathan², John¹), son of Levi⁵ and Rebecca (Clark) Whitney, was born 11 Feb 1766, and died 2 Oct 1854, Chelmsford, MA.

He married, 16 Apr 1789, Concord, MA, Anna Brown.

He was in the coopering business at Chelmsford, now Middlesex village, where he lived, and where he acquired a large property in that trade. He resided Chelmsford, MA.

Children of Amos⁶ Whitney:

i.

Amos7 Whitney, b. 1790; d. unmarried 19 Oct 1873. Amos Whitney was never married. He was a man of exemplary character, without being particularly enterprising. In 1854 his father died and left him a large anount of wealth, though his means were ample without his inheritance. He left a will at his decease, giving $20,000 to relatives, $2,500 to the "Old Ladies' Home" at Lowell, and made Tuft's college the residuary legatee. His estate was valued at over $50,000.

ii.

Sewell Whitney, b. -----; d. -----.

Census

• 1790, Concord, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male over 16, 1 male 0-15, and 1 female.
• 1800, Chelmsford, Middlesex Co., MA: Amos Whitney, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 0-9, and 1 female 26-44.
• 1810: not found.
• 1820: not found.
• 1830: not found.
• 1840: not found.
• 1850: 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. 201-202.

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