Family:Whitney, Leonard D. (1811-1883)

Leonard⁷ Whitney (Jacob⁶, Abner⁵, Jonas⁴, Eleazer³, Thomas², John¹), son of Jacob⁶ and Lucy (Adams) Whitney, was born 12 Sep 1811, South Orange, MA, and died 4 Jun 1883, probably Braintree, MA.

He married, 2 Dec 1835, Abby E. Day. She was born 2 Dec 1816, Paxton, MA, and died 12 Jul 1877.

He resided Worcester, Boston, Paxton, Newton and Braintree, MA.

Children of Leonard⁷ and Abby E. (Day) Whitney:

i.	Jane Elizabeth8 Whitney, b. 7 Sep 1837; d. 7 Sep 1840, Paxton.
ii.	Mary Louisa Whitney, b. 25 Nov 1839; m. 23 May 1864, John M. Daniels, b. Uxbridge, 10 Apr 1813; resided Worcester, MA, 125 Piedmont St. Ch.: Ella E., b. 29 Sep 1865; m. 22 Jun 1887, Alfred G. Wesson; resided Worcester; George M., b. 10 Dec 1869.
iv.	Charles Edward Whitney, b. 26 Jan 1842; d. 10 Mar 1870, Toronto, Canada; unmarried.
v.	Susan Abial Whitney, b. 24 Jul 1844, Paxton, MA;[1] d. 21 Dec 1878; m. 1 Jan 1865, David B. Cousens, b. 17 Mar 1842, Cohasset, MA; d. 3 Dec 1867, Worcester.
iii.	George Frederic Whitney, b. 5 Nov 1848; d. Paxton, 12 Sep 1848.
vi.	George Frederic Whitney, b. 6 Jan 1849, piano tuner; unmarried; resided with Mary L., in Worcester, MA.
vii.	Ella Elizabeth Whitney, b. 18 Oct 1854; d. 20 Sep 1856, Braintree.

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. 349-350.

1.^  "Susan Abiel, d. of Leonard and Abigail E., in Paxton, July 24, 1844," according to Vital Records of Cambridge, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1914-1915).

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