Family:Whitney, Jason (1780-1844)

Jason⁵ Whitney (Jason⁴, Mark³, Benjamin², John¹), son of Jason⁴ and Lois (Fisher) Whitney, was born 20 Oct 1780, Natick, MA,^[1] and died 25 Jul 1844, Natick, MA, aged 65 years; married; consumption.^[2]

Marriage intentions were published 12 Sep 1801, Natick, MA, for him "Jr." and his first wife Hannah Goodenow,^[3] daughter of William and Phebe (Mann) Goodenow. She born 8 Jun 1783, Natick, MA, and died 27 Dec 1810, Dedham, MA. In the Dedham VR, she is shown as dying 27 Dec 1810 at age 28 of "tiphus fever".^[4] Died shortly after the birth of her last child, Nancy Goodenow Whitney, b. 26 Nov 1810, also at Dedham. Probably was having a very difficult pregnancy and returned to her parents home for extra care leading up to the birth of this child, and died a month later.

He married secondly, after 27 Dec 1810, Margaret Green.

Children of Jason⁵ and Hannah (Goodenow) Whitney:

i.	Mary6 Whitney, b. 26 Nov 1801, Natick, MA;[5] d. 9 Dec 1801, Natick, MA.[6]
ii.	Roxellana Whitney, b. 23 Feb 1803, Natick, MA;[7] d. 29 Jan 1885; "Miss" "of Dedham" m. (int. 7 Dec 1828, Dedham, MA, and 10 Jan 1829, Dover, MA[8]) 2 Mar 1829, Dedham, MA, Ebenezer Blake "of Dover".[9]
iii.	Eben Fisher Whitney, b. 10 Jan 1805, Watertown, MA.[10]
iv.	Hannah Goodenow Whitney, b. 2 Jan 1807, Watertown, MA;[11] "Miss" m.(1) (int. 13 Sep 1829) 22 Nov 1829, Dedham, MA, "Mr." Arthur Danforth "of Dedham".[12] They were living in Boston, MA, in 1850.
v.	Emerline Ann Whitney, b. 6 Feb 1809, Watertown, MA;[13] m. 14 Oct 1827, Natick, MA, Elijah Hersey "Jr.", "of Dedham".[14] She and Elijah Hersey appeared on the census of 1880, Elmira, NY; Elijah HERSEY Self M Male W 74 MA Retired Farmer MA MA Emeline HERSEY Wife M Female W 71 MA Keeping House MA MA.
vi.	Nancy Goodenow Whitney, b. 26 Nov 1810, Dedham, MA;[15] bapt. 31 Oct 1819, Dover, MA;[16] m.(1) 14 Jun 1832, Newton, MA, Quincy Wheeler; m.(2) 23 Jan 1845, Natick, MA, David Morse6 Whitney.[17] Her mother died shortly after her birth, also at Dedham. Probably was having a very difficult pregnancy and returned to her parents home for extra care leading up to the birth of this child, and died a month later.

Jason⁵ and Margaret (Green) Whitney had no children.

Census

• 1810, Dedham, Norfolk Co., MA: Whitney, Jason, 1 male 26-44, 1 male 16-25, 1 male 0-9, 1 female 26-44, and 2 females 0-9.

References

1.^  "Jason [Whitney], s. of Jason and Lois, [born] Oct. 20, 1780," according to Thomas W. Baldwin, ed., Vital Records of Natick, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: 1910).

2.^  "Jason [Whitney], s. of Jason, July 25, 1844, [died] a. 65y. Md. Consumption," according to Natick Vital Records.

3.^  "Jason [Whitney] Jr. and Hannah Goodenow, int. Sept. 12, 1801," according to Natick Vital Records.

4.^  "_____, [Whitney] w. Jason, d. Dec. 27, 1810, a. 28y., of typhus. [CR1] [Mrs. Hannah, "at the farm of _____ Sprague, aged 26"," according to Don Gleason Hill, ed., Dedham, Records of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths 1638-1845 (Dedham, MA: Dedham Transcript, 1886). Also, "Hannah [Whitney], w. of Jason, at Dedham, [died] Dec. 27, 1810," according to Natick Vital Records.

5.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. Jason Jr. and Hannah, [born] Nov. 26, 1801," according to Natick Vital Records.

6.^  "Mary [Whitney], d. of Jason Jr. and Hannah, [died] Dec. 9, 1801," according to Natick Vital Records.

7.^  "Roxellana [Whitney], d. of Jason and Hannah, [born] Feb. 23, 1803," according to Natick Vital Records.

8.^  "Roxelany [Whitney] of Dedham, and Ebenezer Blake, int. Jan. 10, 1829," according to Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908).

9.^  "Roxana [Whitney], of Dedham, and Mr. Ebenezer Blake, of Dover, Mar. 2, 1829, by Rev. Alvan Lamson," and "Roxelana [Whitney], Miss, of Dedham, and Mr. Ebenezer Blake of Dover, int. Dec. 7, 1828 [VR], m. Mar. 2, 1829," according to Dedham Vital Records.

10.^  "Eben Fisher [Whitney], s. of Jason and Hannah, in Watertown, [born] Jan. 10, 1805," according to Natick Vital Records.

11.^  "Hannah Goodenow [Whitney], d. of Jason and Hannah, in Watertown, [born] Jan. 2, 1807," according to Natick Vital Records.

12.^  "Hannah G. [Whitney] [Miss, int.] and Arthur Danforth [Mr., int.], [b. of Dedham, int.], int. Sep. 13, 1829 [VR], m. Nov. 22, 1829," according to Dedham Vital Records.

13.^  "Emerline An[n] [Whitney], d. of Jason and Hannah, in Watertown, [born] Feb. 6, 1809," according to Natick Vital Records.

14.^  "Emeline Ann [Whitney] and Elijah Hearsey (Hersey, int) Jr., [married] Oct. 14, 1827," according to Natick Vital Records.

15.^  "Nancy Goodenow [Whitney], d. of Jason and Hannah, b. in Dedham, Nov. 26, 1810," according to Natick Vital Records.

16.^  "Nancy Goodenow [Whitney], niece of ______ (w. Wilder Rice), bp. Oct. 31, 1819. C.R.1," according to Vital Records of Dover, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1908). Wilder Rice m. Anna Goodenow, sister of Hannah (Goodenow) Whitney.

17.^  "David M. [Whitney], widr., s. of George and Esther, a. 40, and Nancy E. Wheeler, supposed wid., d. of Jason Whitney, [married] Jan. 23, 1845," according to Natick Vital Records.

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